It was with some misgiving and not a little bit of “there for the grace of God…” that I wrote this piece on how the University of Montana will handle Nate Montana’s Friday morning DUI arrest. It was a strange feeling, chasing down UM athletic director Jim O’Day and asking questions about UM’s student-athlete code [...]

Here’s my Wednesday column, speaking in defense of the 2010 Griz football team. It was an excellent year that some seem to think was ruinous. I don’t feel that way, and there was a lot to like about that team. One note: I said two 7-4 teams received at-large bids into the Football Championship Subdivision [...]

Here’s my feature on Severin Campbell for Saturday’s GameDay section, as well as the straight advance of the Northern Colorado game seen in today’s Missoulian. But we couldn’t stop there: Here’s the story on Montana athletic director Jim O’Day’s controversial e-mail — a dispatch he no doubt didn’t mean to go public. I think he [...]

Here’s a column out of Honolulu concerning the Grizzlies and their possible move into the Western Athletic Conference. That the WAC wants the Griz seems a given; but can or will Montana make the move is the question. Boise State set the bar pretty high, that is certain, but as Ferd Lewis points out: The [...]

Peter Fields, like Jim O’Day before him, has denied talking turkey with the Western Athletic Conference in a story by the Bozeman Chronicle’s Will Holden. Fields, Montana State University’s athletic director, said his conversations with WAC commissioner Karl Benson haven’t included overtures or hints about joining the WAC. In his words: “Karl and I are [...]

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 [...]

I’m just about ready to rent a car and head over a couple mountain passes to Bozeman, to watch the Montana Grizzlies take on the MSU Bobcats in the 109th Brawl of the Wild.* I stayed in the office until 1 a.m. Friday writing up Saturday’s advance story along with some Griz tracks. I have [...]