It doesn’t get easier for the Montana Grizzlies football team this week, with a game in Cheney, Wash., against the Eastern Eagles. As noted in Thursday’s Missoulian, Eastern Washington is road-weary for a second straight season — but this time the Eagles are 2-1. They were 0-2 as they headed to Missoula a year ago, [...]

Maybe it’s the haze still hanging around Missoula, but I don’t know — did that just happen? Yeah, it did. And to deny that NAU wasn’t fairly dominant in its 41-31 win over the Montana Grizzlies Saturday would descredit Lumberjack coach Jerome Souers, his staff — which includes three former Griz – and players. Looking back at [...]

I searched the Arizona Daily Sun, the daily paper in Flagstaff, for stories about Saturday’s game between Montana and Northern Arizona. All I found was this story on the Lumberjacks, written in a familiar style. Oh well. The Jacks are dealing with a couple streaks, like Montana having won 14 straight against them and 19 [...]

I thought I’d go all over the map today, and link to this story about NAU’s surprising 17-14 win at UNLV two Saturdays ago. Don’t read the comments. They’re depressing. As tough as it was on former Griz coach Bobby Hauck it was a landmark win for Northern Arizona, which plays the Grizzlies Saturday in [...]

I’m as happy as anybody – with the obvious exception of Ty Gregorak – that Gregorak was named defensive coordinator for the Griz, replacing Mike Breske. Gregorak didn’t have the easiest 2010, a year that included a divorce; a strange arrest on charges of theft for which he was later exonerated; the ensuing loss of [...]

I’m not sure where to go with the news that Trumaine Johnson and Gerald Kemp were arrested for allegedly scuffling with police following the Montana Grizzlies’ 28-24 win at Northern Arizona. Well, there’s this: Both players have a lot to lose as Montana nears the end of a promising season – Johnson in particular, with [...]

Vuvuzela Alert! The Montana Grizzlies are approaching kickoff in Flagstaff, Ariz., and among the new amenities at the remodeled Walkup Skydome: Several dozen soccer horns set next to the improved seating. Great. On the field Montana will have to deal with a Northern Arizona team hungry for a win, in its homecoming game, against an opponent [...]

This came from the Big Sky Wednesday: The Big Sky Conference has suspended the referee from the Northern Arizona University-University of Montana football game, league Commissioner Doug Fullerton announced Wednesday. Jim Lenau has been suspended for one game for misapplication of a rule during the second quarter of Montana’s 24-21 victory over Northern Arizona on [...]