Watching the Griz run through drills Thursday, a friend sidled up, noted the heat and the contact and said we were probably due to see a fight. Sure enough, it happened. I suppose all football coaches have to ride that fine line: You want aggression between the lines, but you don’t the players wasting too [...]

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 [...]

The Griz are concentrating on Cal Poly this week, but it’s not too late to include this snippet KECI’s Kayla Anderson took of Jabin Sambrano’s run-in with the foundation of Neyland Stadium. Pretty good concentration. I’d also like to add that Mike McCord made an NFL-caliber hit (the TV commentators’ words) on a UT receiver [...]

Here’s a feature from the New York Times’ Dan Frosch on Jimmy Wilson, who recently completed his delayed senior season with the Grizzlies. I note that Bobby Hauck was not quoted in the story but that Tim Hauck and Mike Hudson – Hudson is currently UM’s linebackers coach – was. Here’s a quote from Hudson: [...]

Made it through most of Saturday’s DVR of the Weber State win over Montana, by a 30-21 score. A few things that I couldn’t fit in the gamer or notebook from Ogden, Utah: 1) The Grizzlies had the ball to open the game… and kept it 43 seconds. Weber State’s first possession started at 14:17 [...]

Jimmy Wilson is back, as announced by UM and in Tuesday’s edition of the Missoulian. His story has ranged from impressive to tragic and downright dark, and now is on the verge of being amazing. Jailed for two years following the shooting death of his aunt’s boyfriend, Wilson was acquitted of murder a year ago [...]