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Montana State Bobcats add transfer quarterback Justin Lamson
BOZEMAN — Montana State has added transfer quarterback Justin Lamson, according to a report from ESPN and confirmed by MTN Sports.
Lamson also changed his social media profile to state that he’s a “Montana State Quarterback”.
“Former Stanford and Syracuse quarterback Justin Lamson has committed to Montana State, he tells ESPN,” ESPN’s Pete Thamel posted to X on Tuesday. “He’d planned to attend Bowling Green for the 2025 season, but entered the portal after the head coaching change.”
Thamel added that Lamson told ESPN “Montana State is intriguing to me because Coach (Brent) Vigen has developed something great there and they are consistently in contention for the national title.”
Lamson hails from El Dorado Hills, Calif., and started his college football career at Syracuse. After spending 2021 and 2022 with the Orange, he transferred to Stanford.
During the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the Cardinal, Lamson appeared in 23 games and made four starts. As a junior, he completed 38 of 88 passes for 504 yards and two interceptions while carrying the ball 120 times for 334 yards and five touchdowns. He led Stanford in carries and rushing touchdowns.
As a senior at Stanford, Lamson set the program’s single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback. He had eight rushing scores and 94 yards on 68 carries. Lamson completed 24 of 47 passes for 300 yards and four touchdowns.
In January, Lamson announced he was transferring to Bowling Green, but he again entered the NCAA transfer portal after the Falcons underwent a coaching change. Former NFL All-Pro running back and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George was named the Bowling Green coach on March 9 after previous head coach Scot Loeffler left for a position on the Philadelphia Eagles’ coaching staff.
While in high school in 2020, Lamson was offered a scholarship by Montana State, according to 247sports.com. The recruiting website also said Lamson was offered by Wyoming, where current MSU coach Brent Vigen was then the offensive coordinator.
Lamson will join a Bobcat quarterback group that will try to replace Walter Payton Award winner Tommy Mellott this season. Other QBs on the roster include junior Jordan Reed, sophomores Chance Wilson and Patrick Duchien, and redshirt freshman Thomas Buchanan. Freshmen Grant Vigen and River Warren also signed with the Bobcats in December.
Mellott completed 203 of 300 passes for 2,759 yards, 31 touchdowns and two interceptions during his senior season last fall while also rushing for 1,050 yards and 15 more scores. The Bobcats went 15-1 and lost to North Dakota State in the FCS national championship game.
Montana State begins the 2025 season Aug. 30 at Oregon.
The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at July 8, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from July 8 drawing
12-29-37-43-55, Powerball: 18, Power Play: 4
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Winning Lotto America numbers from July 8 drawing
17-26-31-32-37, Star Ball: 01, ASB: 02
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Winning Big Sky Bonus numbers from July 8 drawing
03-13-16-17, Bonus: 10
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Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from July 8 drawing
06-27-33-44-69, Powerball: 23
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Winning Montana Cash numbers from July 8 drawing
08-16-17-22-27
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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from July 8 drawing
16-18-43-48-50, Bonus: 01
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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HELENA, Mont — Gov. Greg Gianforte is backing a new effort to keep data centers from driving up Montanans’ power bills.
This week, Gianforte announced Montana is signing on to the Ratepayer Protection Pledge — an initiative endorsed by President Trump.
Several major technology companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and XAI first signed the pledge back in March.
The pledge comes as data center development continues to grow — raising questions about how much new energy will be needed and who will pay for it.
NBC Montana spoke with Julia Haggerty, professor of geography and department head of earth sciences at Montana State University, about whether Montana’s power grid is ready for that growth.
“Not without resolution of significant transmission bottlenecks and massive amounts of new generation. So, while our grid is adequately, relatively adequately equipped to serve the needs of our current load base, it’s definitely not equipped to accommodate the new demands without a lot of expansion,” she said.
According to the pledge, data center developers will pay for new power generation, and infrastructure needed to support their operations.
“It does align with ongoing regulatory efforts to ensure that the cost of new generation associated with data centers is borne by the developers of those data centers and not customers,” Haggerty said.
The governor’s office says Gianforte’s support of the pledge is designed to encourage responsible data center investments while protecting Montana ratepayers from long-term costs.
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