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Montana wasn’t the only Big Sky Conference football team to unveil a true freshman quarterback this past Saturday — the Grizzlies’ next opponent  did the same with more impressive results.

Sacramento State brought in Carson Conklin late in the first half and he quickly put the Hornets up for good, 21-16, finding Devin Gandy with a 13-yard touchdown pass at 3:13 of the second quarter.

The product of Yorba Linda, Calif., went on to throw for 235 yards and three touchdowns and it could have been more: The Hornets’ first two drives of the second half ended with a fumble into the end zone by receiver Marshel Martin, at the end of a 37-yard pass; and another fumble in which Conklin bobbled a low snap and then lost the ball to Idaho State.