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 friends. [...]

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 [...]

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 to [...]