BOZEMAN — As Monday's practice wrapped for Montana State, which is in its second week of fall camp, the team gathered around new university president Brock Tessman, who gave a pep talk.

A former collegiate athlete himself, Tessman ran track at Brown and Colorado and was able to pull from his own experience and relate it to the players.

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"I was a track athlete in college, that was my deal, but the core part of being a student-athlete (is) this brotherhood that you have, I do know that," said Tessman, who is replacing Waded Cruzado as head of the university. "My lifelong friends, those were the guys I met through my college track experience."

He also ended his speech with saying, "Y'all got to beat t

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