Category: Montana Grizzlies
What Matters To Me and the Griz
Much has been made about the fact that Eastern Washington University has won more games at Washington Grizzly Stadium than any other Montana opponent.
And there’s little doubt the Eagles, who have handed the Griz four of the 21 losses they have suffe… more »
Griz gear up for second course
The No. 12 Montana Grizzlies aren't calling this the revenge tour, but they know the score: 36-27.
That's the final of last year's Griz-Eastern Washington game, the first on the Eagles' new red turf. The hosts won in dramatic fashion, scoring nine po… more »
Players fall to EWU and find prime time
Call them Bo Levi and The Not Ready for Pac-12 Players.
That Eastern Washington won a Football Championship Subdivision title last season shouldn't be a surprise, given that Cheney, Wash. - which sits just 20 miles from Spokane - has access to a good… more »
Artistic Griz: Karl Stein has same passion for painting as he did pickoffs
Those who contend college football players are nothing but muscle-bound grunters have never met Karl Stein.
Creative and cerebral, he lives a life worthy of a movie. One in which his time spent as a star free safety for the Montana Griz is but one sc… more »
Griz' Hughes earns another badge
Montana senior Ben Hughes might be just as good at tackling problems off the field as he is at tackling opponents on it.
Hughes, a 6-foot, 285-pound senior from Grants Pass, Ore., was named the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the week after hi… more »
Cal Poly's Walsh worried about a slow start
A year ago a slow start on offense was on Tim Walsh's mind as Cal Poly prepared to play the Montana Grizzlies.
Now it's the defense, as his Mustangs ramp up for a visit to Washington-Grizzly Stadium Saturday to play the No. 15-ranked Griz.
Actuall… more »
Fetherston To Wear No. 37, Griz Captains Named
The legacy continues. The University of Montanafs Ryan Fetherston has been chosen to wear the number 37 during the 2011 football season.
Griz head coach Robin Pflugrad made the announcement last night at a team meeting following Thursdayfs final… more »
Position-by-position Grizzly breakdown
Donning the maroon and silver practice jerseys, players showed flashes of brilliance at this year's fall camp – a comforting sight for a team that finished a dismal 7-5 last year and missed the playoffs for the first time in nearly two decades. With the… more »
Tennessee pays Griz $500K to play
That's still a lot of money.
The payoff for the Tennessee football game this Saturday is $500,000 for the University of Montana, which is a bit less than the $650,000 collected for the Iowa game in 2006.
There are reasons for that.
"The situati… more »
Is the Big Sky Conference the best it’s ever been?
This much is certain: Big Sky Conference football coaches agree the league is likely the strongest its ever been.
“In my opinion, and I don’t mean to sound cliché or anything like that, but everybody talks about how the SEC is so tough — the toughes… more »
Inspiration can take many forms for Griz
Chase Reynolds may be gone and the University of Montana's quarterbacks may have less than 40 Division I passes among them, but the feeling is still there.
They may have lost two starting safeties - one was all-Big Sky Conference and the other just g… more »
Big Sky position rankings: Defensive backs
They're the last line of defense. They're the ones who must make stops or defend passes when no one else is between the opposing offense and the goal line.
It's not an enviable task, and it takes poise and patience to be successful. It also takes ple… more »
Griz high on linebackers
Prior to the start of fall camp for The University of Montana football team, second-year head coach Robin Pflugrad said that he expected to have a solid defense in 2011 and that he expected to receive substantial leadership from the linebacker position.… more »
Optimism reigns in Big Sky
What better way for fans to look forward to another dramatic race to the Big Sky Conference football championship than looking back to the league's amazing past?
And who better to speak of the future of the league than one who has tasted all the best… more »
2011 Big Sky position rankings: Linebackers
@FCS_Football Tweeted something that caught my eye the other day: "635 hours until kick off." There's even less than that now.
Yep, there are fewer than 30 days before the season opener, and we here at the CGI are getting close to wrapping up our ann… more »