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NCAA investigating Montana football program
University of Montana officials have announced the NCAA opened an investigation into the university's football program four months ago, in yet another blow to a school dealing with allegations that it improperly handled reports of rape and sexual assaul… more »
UND will be competitive in Big Sky
UND football coach Chris Mussman was asked if he feels a weight has been lifted off his shoulders now that the difficult transition from NCAA Division II to Division I is in the rear-view mirror.
He just laughed.
Like all of UND’s programs heading… more »
What's the Big Deal With College Football?
The following is not intended as a defense of the current BCS system, racked as it is with imperfections and inherent unfairness. Rather, I choose to celebrate the pageantry that is college football. And it is meant as a counter to an argument, recently… more »
NFF Announces College Football Hall of Fame 2012 Divisional Class
The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today the members of the College Football Hall of Fame 2012 Divisional Class. The Divisional College Football Hall of Fame considers players and coaches from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Di… more »
Griz Gridiron Fix
While there always is anticipation for a Griz football fix, it just couldn’t occur at a better time for FCS semi-final round Montana.
That’s right you saw it here.
This is the Grizzly team coming off an 11-win playoff run that ended at the hands o… more »
Cal Poly not part of 12-game Big Sky TV contract
Each ROOT SPORTS game will feature Montana or Montana State, two teams Mustangs don’t play
Cal Poly football was the only Big Sky Conference program left off a new television broadcast schedule, and the announcement isn’t sitting well in San Luis Obi… more »
North Dakota looking for a big year from Shaugabay
Growing up in Warroad, Minn., Adam Shaugabay had to play hockey.
“You have to play hockey,” Shaugabay said. “It’s in your blood up there. You’re so close to Canada and the (hockey) stick factory is there, too. As a little kid, you grew up watching th… more »
A play-by-play look at five years of Griz gridiron success and scandal
University of Montana President Royce Engstrom shocked Griz Nation on the last Friday in March when he fired Athletic Director Jim O'Day and head football coach Robin Pflugrad. Engstrom gave no explanation other than a need to change leadership. The mov… more »
Eastern Washington overflows with quality receivers
Eastern Washington wide receivers coach Junior Adams doesn’t have the easiest job on campus. Really.
It’s just the opposite, said Adams, who in four years has crafted a unit that should be the best in the Big Sky Conference, if not the entire Footbal… more »
Randy Hanson Hired as Secondary Coach at Cal Poly
Randy Hanson, an assistant coach with the United Football League’s Sacramento Mountain Lions last season and a former assistant under head coach Tim Walsh at Portland State, has been hired as an assistant coach at Cal Poly.
In an announcement made by… more »
Receivers step up at North Dakota spring practices
A lack of depth at the receiver position was a problem last season. So far this spring, however, receiving depth appears to be better. A number of battles will take place today when UND holds its first spring scrimmage, scheduled for a 10:45 a.m. start… more »
Delaney to coach Griz through 2012 season
With 44 years of coaching experience, Mick Delaney has an inkling of what lies ahead in stiff challenges and potential distractions.
Montana’s interim football coach also knows what he has in the 2012 Grizzlies. He’s well-versed in the talent pool an… more »
Weber State building coaching staff means being on same page
With a change of head coaches at Weber State inevitably comes the change of coaching staff. Last week John L. Smith made his final hire, bringing in Jody Sears as his defensive coordinator.
Three coaches — offensive coordinator Matt Hammer, offensive… more »
Q&A: Delaney looks to heal Grizzlies, move program forward
Mick Delaney, the newly appointed interim head football coach at Montana, says he's anxious to move the program forward in the wake of the controversial firings of former coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O'Day.
Mick Delaney says it will… more »
Grizvox: Sioux or Sue?
Did you by any chance miss the five-paragraph item that the decision as to whether the state’s voters can decide whether the University of North Dakota can continue to be called the Fighting Sioux went to the Supreme Court?
The highest court in the s… more »
