…. But I wrote a hit piece on Bobby Hauck for the Las Vegas Sun. Sort of. I was asked to write an essay on what UNLV fans can expect from Hauck, who I worked with, mostly on a friendly level but with some notable difficult points, for six seasons. Since you asked, I am [...]

Just kidding. It looks like Bobby Hauck is UNLV-bound, which could be a fine opportunity for him. Here’s hoping he finds the success that escaped his predecessors at UM who went onto larger schools: Joe Glenn (fired by Wyoming); and Mick Dennehy (same at Utah State). The Mountain West is a tough conference, but like [...]

News broke Friday out of Las Vegas that Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is a finalist for the UNLV head coaching job. I wondered when something might pop. As a sports writer you always hope to be out in front of it, but I figured if Bobby was too busy to interview I was too [...]

From the Chattanooga Free Press comes this doomsday article on the economic impact of Montana’s 24-17 FCS semifinal win over Appalachian State Saturday. Here’s one snippet: The Football Championship Subdivision finalists are set for Friday night with Montana and Villanova, a combination that will travel the fewest fans since the title game came to Finley [...]

It’s been 20 hours and I’ve watched the game over again, and I’m still trying to find the words to describe that scene at Washington-Grizzly Stadium Saturday night, after the Griz beat App State 24-17 in the FCS semifinals. Surprising shouldn’t be one of them; after the first-round comeback for a 61-48 win over South [...]

… at any press conference. Tuesday’s weekly sitdown with the media featured Montana defensive tackle Austin Mullins, as good a quote as the Griz have. And that’s saying something. Here’s what he said about having Saturday’s FCS semifinal between the unbeaten Griz and 11-2 Appalachian State broadcast nationwide on ESPN. “It probably means a lot [...]

The Football Championship Subdivision semifinals, including the one between the Montana Grizzlies and Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday, will have instant replay. We tend to forget about such things in the FCS, where only a handful teams (including the Griz) have all or most of their games televised. Dave Guffey, UM’s sports information director, brought [...]

Here’s a feature out of the Charlotte Observer on Armanti Edwards, the Walter Payton Award-winning, national title-winning QB who will be in Washington-Grizzly Stadium this Saturday, when Appalachian State comes to town. The Mountaineers were a great program before he hit campus, and now 3 1/2 years later he’s closing in on a degree in [...]

I know we’re on the eve of watching the unbeaten Griz battle Stephen F. Austin in football, but I had to single out this egriz.com posting by a male fan about UM’s 61-48 win over the SDSU Jackrabbits last week. You can do a lot of things on egriz, including lose faith in your fellow [...]

I am not sure why the news Thursday that Hofstra is dropping football bothers me so much. Maybe it’s because I thought Wayne Chrebet was a stud. Maybe it’s because I thought someday the Grizzlies would take another trip out to Long Island and I’d get to see NYC. Maybe it’s because a Hofstra grad [...]