BOZEMAN — No. 4 Montana State begins defense of its Big Sky title as reigning conference champions on Saturday when it hosts rival Eastern Washington.

"A lot of the focus is on ourselves," Montana State wide receiver Dane Steel explained of how the team is approaching Big Sky play. "I think that when you go back and look at the past couple games, I think we’re just beating ourselves up.

"I think we’re going to attack it the same way we did Oregon, the same way we did Mercyhurst. Regardless of who’s on that other side, if we’re focusing on ourselves, then we’ll like the scoreboard at the end."

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