It didn’t take a football savant to know that the University of San Diego football team was walking into a precarious, overwhelming environment Saturday afternoon when the visiting Toreros faced Montana State.

The sixth-ranked Bobcats have played in the Football Championship Subdivision national championship game two of the past four years, losing both times. And the hosts came in 0-2, losing to No. 4 Oregon and South Dakota State, the second-ranked team in Division I FCS.

Said USD coach Brandon Moore: “It’s no secret they’re a very good football team.”

Montana State did exactly what you would expect a focused, angry, full-scholarship team would do against a non-scholarship program, routing USD 41-7 at Bobcat Stadium.

The Toreros (1-2) trailed 10-0 after the first quarter and 24-0 at h

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