BILLINGS — After what was undoubtedly a very long week, Montana State athletic director Leon Costello took stock Thursday of the fact that football coach Brent Vigen will remain with the Bobcats — at least for the foreseeable future.

Vigen was reportedly a top-two candidate for the head coaching job at Oregon State, but he announced last Wednesday that he is staying in Bozeman. In a similar circumstance a year earlier, Vigen was linked to the head job at Washington State.

Despite the outside interest — and the anxiety that comes with it — Vigen is still a Bobcat. And that makes Costello's life a little bit easier as MSU clings to the football juggernaut it has built.

"We've got our arms around this thing and we're holding on tight to keep everything intact," Costello told MTN Sports.

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