Someone’s a recruiter!

I figured Seth Allison, the wunderkind defender for the Central Arkansas football team, would have a great back story. I didn’t figure the women’s basketball coach at Baylor would be crucial to him landing with the Bears. It’s been a fun week at the Missoulian, what with ESPN deciding to televise Saturday’s FCS playoff game [...]

Minus 1 star for tossing twinkies?

Here’s a little nugget from stadiumjourney.com, a website that checks out all manner of our nation’s stadiums – including those for college football. Washington-Grizzly Stadium gets rave reviews though the fans deserve more than four stars out of five. Maybe that’s just me. Saturday will mark the first trip to Washington-Grizzly Stadium for the Central [...]

TIWIW for the Brawl

The 111th Brawl of the Wild had it all, including a couple Big Sky Conference players of the week and some major hits (not including the collision with one of UM’s band bus drivers). Too many things to get in the paper really. I shrugged off the newfangled helmets that the Bobcats and Griz wore [...]

My 2011 all-Big Sky team

Before I get to the things I wish I’d written about the Cat-Griz game – and there’s plenty – here’s my prediction for the all-Big Sky Conference football team. It’ll be released Tuesday, and I have to say: I am laughably bad at these things. But I suppose that’s part of the fun, and I [...]

TIWIW for Western Oregon

If Saturday’s 32-7 win by the Montana Grizzlies over D-II Western Oregon wasn’t always pretty, at least it had plenty to write about. Not that I got to everything. For instance: a) Brody McKnight hit a record six field goals for the Griz, but he’ll be the first to tell you he needed help. Both [...]