Category: Montana Grizzlies
Tripp to wear No. 37 for Griz
Montana junior Jordan Tripp will wear the iconic No. 37 jersey when the Griz return to the gridiron this fall. The Missoula Big Sky graduate was picked by former wearer Ryan Fetherston to carry on the tradition.
Missoula Big Sky graduate Jordan Tripp… more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Montana and Its Troubled Football Team
A Winning Coach Is Let Go Amid Player Rape Allegations; Questioning a 'Frontier Culture'
In parting ways last week with its head football coach and athletic director, the University of Montana emphatically delivered no message.
Instead of firing t… more »
Montana State keeps eyes on offense midway through spring drills
Montana State went 19-6 combined in the last two football seasons, including a 14-2 mark in the Big Sky Conference that led to shares of two straight league championships and two straight playoff appearances.
Now that they are midway through spring p… more »
Griz claim MSU has game film advantage
Since Robin Pflugrad took over as the head football coach at the University of Montana, his Grizzlies and the Montana State Bobcats have played common opponents in consecutive weeks 10 times.
In 2010 and 2011, Montana played Eastern Washington, Sacra… more »
Hardy becoming leader for Montana
A big factor in Fairview native Greg Hardy’s decision to play football at the University of Montana was the Grizzlies’ winning tradition
Winners of 18 Big Sky conference championships, the Grizzlies have won five more than any other Big Sky opponent.… more »
Happy Birthday Washington Grizzly
I saw her as a new born, took her through her infancy, shared moments during her adolescence and teen years and today mark her quarter-century presence.
And having worked during every football game at Washington Grizzly Stadium since 1986, I think I… more »
The secret of Sambrano’s success
Possessing absolute love for the game of football runs deeper than simply playing hard.
For certain players, this affection for "America's game" causes football to be more of a lifestyle than a sport.
That passion is evident in University of Monta… more »
UNC not alone in its Big Sky struggles
The University of Montana football team always has been considered the standard-bearer of the Big Sky Conference, winning two Football Championship Subdivision titles (1995, 2002) and being a runner-up for the national title five times, including four t… more »
Montana adds No. 37 flag-raising ceremony for home games
Up with Montana, boys.
That's exactly what the University of Montana has decided to do with its new No. 37 flag-raising ceremony.
Beginning this season, before the coin toss during the pre-game show leading up to kickoff of each Grizzly home footb… more »