I guess I didn’t think “crap” was suitable for a headline. After reviewing the Montana Grizzlies’ 32-26 loss at Eastern Washington I’m none to pleased to announce that, once again, I was transported back to 1990: I was on the sidelines when the Griz blew a 35-17 lead with around five minutes left in a 36-35 loss [...]

It doesn’t get easier for the Montana Grizzlies football team this week, with a game in Cheney, Wash., against the Eastern Eagles. As noted in Thursday’s Missoulian, Eastern Washington is road-weary for a second straight season — but this time the Eagles are 2-1. They were 0-2 as they headed to Missoula a year ago, [...]

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 [...]

It’s about 60 minutes to game time on Saturday for the Big Sky showdown between No. 10 Eastern Washington and No. 12 Montana, and Washington-Grizzly Stadium will no doubt be rocking. Among the many subplots will be how the Grizzlies’ back end — their linebackers plus a fairly green secondary — deal with an Eagles offense [...]

Here is Wednesday’s Griz Tracks about Eastern Washington, 0-2 but still ranked No. 10, and still the national champion for the FCS as it heads into Saturday’s game at Washington Grizzly Stadium (1:05 p.m. kickoff). You’d probably feel better about an 0-2 opponent if a) you hadn’t lost three pretty dang good secondary players (Jimmy [...]

Here’s another good article from The Sports Network’s Craig Haley, listing 10 games he feels will shape the 2011 Football Championship Subdivision season. Notice he didn’t say “Top 10,” just “10 that will shape the season.” Craig’s crafty. On the list is the Sept. 24 game at Eastern Washington between the defending FCS champion Eagles [...]

The Spokesman-Review is reporting that Eastern Washington’s supremely talented running back, Taiwan Jones, is going to leave the school a year early to try for the NFL. Apart from wondering if any other underclassman at the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) level of football has even been drafted, I like the move by Jones. He’s as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]