After 10 or so days, I am so over Montana State’s 21-16 victory over Montana in the 110th Brawl of the Wild. Two fumbles inside the 5-yard line. Another untimely interception. A fumble by MSU that went through the legs of a Griz defender, letting the Cats recover. Man. And there’s more: 1) Both third-quarter [...]

It is official. As of about 8:15 a.m. local time Sunday the Montana Grizzlies’ 17-year FCS playoff run is over. The FCS playoff pairings are below. The Griz fell to Montana State 21-16 in an excellent Brawl of the Wild Saturday, and that helped doom their playoff hopes. Montana finished 7-4 — as did at-large [...]

The website FootballScoop.com reports Tuesday (Nov. 15, 2010) that Mike Kramer, ousted as Montana State’s coach before the 2007 season, will be Idaho State’s next coach. Here’s a column from the Idaho State Journal’s Jay Heater on the subject. That’s no quick fix — well, except other than the sheer speed of the move. John [...]

Montana’s 27-17 win over North Dakota had plenty of highlights (or lowlights), not all of which we got into the paper. 1) Justin Roper had some pretty nice throws: His first pass went 33 yards, and he completed his first two throws for 37 yards, and his last two for 71. And in between? 10 [...]

Made it through most of Saturday’s DVR of the Weber State win over Montana, by a 30-21 score. A few things that I couldn’t fit in the gamer or notebook from Ogden, Utah: 1) The Grizzlies had the ball to open the game… and kept it 43 seconds. Weber State’s first possession started at 14:17 [...]

With the Big Sky expanding to 14 teams for football, and likely going with two divisions because of it, I thought I’d show what the Colonial Athletic Association did in 2009, when it had 12 teams and two divisions, to decide who went to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Last fall Villanova and Richmond tied [...]

Dan Carpenter tied an NFL record by hitting five field goals in back-to-back games, and is getting big props from Andy Cohen of Miami Dolphins.com, who wrote this glowing column about the Griz great. It’s fitting, and not surprising, that the only Carpenter quote in there is about the length of his hair. “That’s just [...]

The Big Sky Conference announced Monday that Southern Utah and North Dakota have accepted invitations to become core schools in the Division I league, with South Dakota set to join as well. Here’s my version of Monday’s events as it appears in the Missoulian. The moves mean as of July 1, 2012, the Big Sky [...]