As of three days-plus after the Montana Grizzlies’ 31-28 loss at Sam Houston State, I’ve watched the replay a couple times and am, first and foremost, amazed at how the Griz picked themselves off the canvas. The Bearkats are excellent but to borrow a word from Caleb McSurdy: Dudes, that game was winnable. And those [...]

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 [...]

That was impressive. Say what you will about Weber State missing starting quarterback Mike Hoke, but the now-No. 10 Montana Grizzlies’ 45-10 win over the Wildcats Saturday was a thing of beauty. For example: That first touchdown pass to Peter Nguyen. The screen play has been off and on over the years for the Griz, [...]

The dust has settled on Montana’s 30-24 win over Portland State Saturday, and after further review… there were more close calls than previously reported. I mentioned in Sunday’s Missoulian game story that the first half could have been worse, but the defense for the now No. 12th-ranked Griz came up with a goal-line stand after [...]

This should be called Things I wish I’d recorded: Somehow, in all the homecoming hoopla, I forget to set my DVR for the Montana Grizzlies’ 55-28 win over Northern Colorado Saturday. Well, there’s this: At the 1:25 mark of Amanda Beterman’s Missoulian video of the game, you can see 368-pound UNC noseguard Marcus Felker going [...]

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 [...]

Time for the first installment of TIWIW for 2011. The Tennessee Volunteers boast talent all over the football field and it showed in their 42-16 win over the now No. 15 Montana Grizzlies Saturday.  Vols’ sophomore quarterback Tyler Bray predicted he’d complete 70 percent of his passes against the Griz, and then made it happen. [...]

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 [...]

Here’s a story from the Los Angeles Daily News that includes a snippet about Antwon Moutra’s impending transfer to Montana from UCLA. Moutra was a highly-recruited receiver out of Carson, Calif., who turned down a scholarship offer from Robin Pflugrad – then an Oregon assistant – to play for the Bruins. Two years later – [...]