… and spinners always make me laugh. So did this free throw by a member of Idaho State’s men’s basketball team. I wonder if Kamil Gawrzydek can replicate that against the Griz at Dahlberg Arena on Feb. 16… -Fritz Neighbor

I was perfect in my FCS playoff picks again last week, by which I mean a perfectly symmetrical 2-2. That brings me to 6-6 on the postseason. I got Georgia Southern over Wofford right, and Eastern Washington over North Dakota State. But for whatever reason I picked App State over a healthy Matt Szczur and [...]

With the addition of Trent McKinney, a high school quarterback out of Mililani, Hawaii, the Montana Grizzlies have six verbal football commitments by my count. So I figured it was time to start a list. One note: I talked to Zach Gratton, a standout defensive back for Billings Senior whose brother Sam plays receiver for [...]

Ty Gregorak, former linebackers coach for the Montana Grizzlies, spoke at a public forum in Butte Wednesday; Gregorak is one of two finalists for head football coach at Montana Tech. As I expected, Gregorak was up-front and honest about his past problems. Whether that sways public opinion is debatable, but I hope that Butte, with [...]

Montana Tech has two finalists to be the Orediggers’ next football coach. One is Ty Gregorak, who was a motivating, recruiting, blue language barrier-breaking linebackers coach at UM for seven seasons under Bobby Hauck. We all know what happened between Hauck’s leaving for UNLV and the Rebels’ first game this season. Long story short, Gregorak [...]

Griz legend Dave Dickenson is making a name for himself in the coaching ranks, and was officially named the offensive coordinator for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL Thursday. That’s after a year of planning the Stamps’ attack during the week and calling plays on game day — basically he was their OC but didn’t [...]

So I went 4-4 in my second-round FCS playoff picks last week, including a 42-17 loss by the MSU Bobcats to North Dakota State. I thought the Bison would be tough, but when their starting QB went down, the Cats looked to be set. Then the hosts wore down in the fourth quarter, giving up [...]

Isn’t that (to the left) sweet? We just have the sweetest guys at the UM athletic department! I kid. Some Griz fans don’t appreciate that the University of Montana took out what looks to be a quarter-page ad in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, wishing the Bobcats luck in the 2010 FCS playoffs. I’m OK with [...]

Here’s my Wednesday column, speaking in defense of the 2010 Griz football team. It was an excellent year that some seem to think was ruinous. I don’t feel that way, and there was a lot to like about that team. One note: I said two 7-4 teams received at-large bids into the Football Championship Subdivision [...]

Fifteen seniors, including Andrew Selle and Chase Reynolds, graduate off the 2010 Montana Grizzlies, leaving Robin Pflugrad to hit the recruiting trail and replace some excellent talent. Yet there are quite a few players ready to fill big shoes already in the system. Whether they can, or if they can rebound from injuries, remains to [...]