News flash, Griz fans. You didn’t have Johnny Manziel out there. In fact, Jordan Johnson was no Johnny Manziel — at least not after that Sac State loss in 2011, am I right? But in 2012 there was no Jordan Johnson, either, and so the Montana Grizzlies came at the world with Trent McKinney and Shay Smithwick-Hann [...]

A little layover in Minneapolis gives me time to post a few stories on Saturday’s game between the Montana Grizzlies and another Big Sky Conference newcomer, the University of North Dakota. The Griz aren’t going into Grand Forks at full strength, since running back Dan Moore is still sidelined by a high-ankle sprain. It is [...]

The Montana Grizzlies’ 40-17 win at Northern Colorado Saturday, complete with bone-chilling winds and crazy plays, smacked of the trip I made to Greeley, Colo., in 2008. On that trip, Chase Reynolds had his first 100-yard game and the Griz won 41-20. OK, it was a good 25 degrees warmer in 2008, but you get [...]

It was a pretty jocular press conference Tuesday at UM, where Coach Mick Delaney spoke of the 35-27 defeat at Appalachian State and the Grizzlies’ Saturday home game against Liberty (kickoff at 1:30 p.m.). The hottest topic of conversation was Dan Moore’s 87-yard catch and run against Appalachian State. “I thought Dan was going to [...]

There was a lot to like about Montana’s 35-27 loss at Appalachian State Saturday, one that dropped the Grizzlies just two spots (to No. 14) while raising the Mountaineers three spots to No. 8. Montana had four turnovers and still hung into the very end. The Griz lost the special teams battle and hung into [...]

Mick Delaney almost saw two school records in his first game as the Montana Grizzlies’ head football coach. In their 35-24 win over South Dakota Saturday (check out the related video), the Griz gained a school-record 34 first downs while running 98 plays – one short of the 99 they ran against South Dakota State [...]

If you read my Q&A with Justin Green in last Sunday’s paper, well, let me tell you, you don’t know the half of it. I left about half the interview on the cutting-room floor. That includes an interesting bit about Green briefly getting signed by the Jets, and then released the next day for failing [...]

As often happens, the feature I did for our GameDay section is already online at missoulian.com; we profiled junior running back Dan Moore this week ahead of the No. 5 Montana Grizzlies’ home playoff game with No. 15 Central Arkansas. Moore was notable for his return to the lineup for the 111th Brawl of the Wild: [...]

Time and opportunity ran out on now-No. 21 Eastern Washington Saturday in its 17-14 loss to No. 10 Montana, and it won’t get any easier for the Eagles, who have No. 4 Montana State this Saturday. As noted earlier, it was a bizarre game full of big plays that threatened to turn the tide either [...]

There was a lot to like about the Montana Grizzlies’ 37-23 victory over Cal Poly Saturday, from Jabin Sambrano’s 96-yard return of the opening kickoff to Dan Moore’s win-clinching touchdown, his second of the game. Bill Speltz mused that sophomore quarterback Jordan Johnson quite possibly “arrived” with his play in the second half Saturday. We [...]