BOZEMAN — In Saturday’s postgame press conference, Montana State head football coach Brent Vigen was asked to assess his team’s progress from game three to game four. Vigen said, “Hmm,” and didn’t start his full answer until four seconds later.

It wasn’t a trick question, but it had a tricky answer.

The No. 4-ranked Bobcats (2-2) appeared to regress in some areas during their 17-0 win over unranked Mercyhurst (1-3) Saturday at Bobcat Stadium . They certainly looked less sharp than in last week’s 41-7 win over San Diego.

Some of MSU’s issues in its nonconference finale can be attributed to Mercyhurst, which Vigen said was better than last year (when it lost 52-13 at Bobcat Stadium in its first season of transition from Division II to FCS) and “a greater challenge” than San Diego. The C

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