Denny Bedard tells us that the University of Montana Grizzly football coach’s radio show has moved to Tuesday and starts Aug. 31 — that’s tonight — at 6 p.m. on KVWE FM. The program airs live from Paradise Falls and listeners can call 1-877-401-9151 with questions for Coach Robin Pflugrad and the voice of the [...]

Here’s my story in Thursday’s Missoulian on Steve Hackney, the University of Montana’s equipment manager who is retiring at the end of the football season. It’s hard for me to feel like I can spend 8 hours on a story and do justice to a man who spent 30 years at UM, but I gave [...]

Here’s an old YouTube video of an Alabama fan voicing his displeasure with the Tennessee Volunteers, which is who the Montana Grizzlies open up the 2011 football season.
Thought it was funny the first time I saw it — it dates back at least a couple years to the Phillip Fulmer Era at UT — and [...]

Here’s a short story from the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus-Leader about a quarterback and receiver named Matt Hermanson who has verbally committed to the University of Montana for football.
South Dakota isn’t a hotbed for Griz recruiting — I only found three Grizzlies who came from Mount Rushmore State, including linebacker Kent Clausen (Aberdeen, 1976-79) — [...]

There’s two-for-ones and there’s what Portland State has set up for its home football slate, which is being played at 7,600-seat Hillsboro Stadium this season.
According to a release from UM, Griz fans who want to see their team play PSU on Oct. 16 can buy a ticket only if they purchase a ticket to another [...]

Be alert: The Grizzlies are having their next spring football scrimmage Saturday at 1 p.m., not Friday as earlier scheduled.
While we’re on the subject, here’s my report from Tuesday’s practice, the first after the Griz returned from spring break. If you like blitzes, you’ll like the Griz under defensive coordinator Mike Breske this fall.
- Fritz [...]

And it’s heavy.
The NCAA approved expanding the Football Championship Subdivision playoff grid to 20 teams, and the new look has its good points and bad. As examples, Montana athletic director Jim O’Day provided me with mock 20-team brackets for the last two postseasons.
Things to like: Montana would’ve had a first-round bye in each season, playing [...]

Has any football coach ever got to the podium and said, “Well, sorry folks, but we dropped the ball on this one…”? It won’t happen.

Here’s a story in today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal about Coach Bobby Hauck’s first team meeting with his new football team, the UNLV Rebels.
“He didn’t talk too long,” defensive end Malo Taumua said. “He didn’t need to talk too long. He wants to get to work.”
Sounds like the Bobby we all know. He’s also been hitting the [...]

From the Chattanooga Free Press comes this doomsday article on the economic impact of Montana’s 24-17 FCS semifinal win over Appalachian State Saturday.
Here’s one snippet:
The Football Championship Subdivision finalists are set for Friday night with Montana and Villanova, a combination that will travel the fewest fans since the title game came to Finley Stadium in [...]