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 [...]

Alarms set for 5 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Friday and Sunday have hurt my sleep cycle; apologies for this late post. In case you missed it, Sacramento State’s first-ever win over the Montana Grizzlies came in convincing fashion; the game wasn’t as close as the score (42-28) indicated. I wrote two stories that pretty much belabored the [...]

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. [...]

On Wednesday Tennessee dismissed standout cornerback Janzen Jackson from its football team, but lest you think team turmoil is limited to the Southeastern Conference, there’s this: Griz tight end Kavario Middleton was charged with DUI in June. There are a couple things that strike you about the incident, which was originally reported by Bob Condotta [...]

Here’s my story from the first day of fall camp for the Montana Grizzlies, one that I thought was encouraging for its intensity and fast play. Defensive coordinator Mike Breske was in full voice for a unit that was among the best in the Big Sky Conference a year ago, and may – through improved [...]