What a day: Montana coach Robin Pflugrad unveiled his third recruiting class, though not quite all of it – running back Joey Counts signed his letter of intent later on Wednesday. One thing I didn’t get in my main story is that Tyrone Holmes, a defensive lineman out of Oregon, had originally committed to Portland [...]

The dust has settled on Montana’s 30-24 win over Portland State Saturday, and after further review… there were more close calls than previously reported. I mentioned in Sunday’s Missoulian game story that the first half could have been worse, but the defense for the now No. 12th-ranked Griz came up with a goal-line stand after [...]

Here’s the gamer I cranked out from Saturday’s wild 23-21 Grizzly win at Portland State. And here’s the notebook I finished up at 1 a.m. (2 a.m. Mountain) on Sunday. Even with 70 inches of copy there are still details that fall through the cracks.  One was a personal foul call on Tyler Hobbs that [...]

There’s two-for-ones and there’s what Portland State has set up for its home football slate, which is being played at 7,600-seat Hillsboro Stadium this season. According to a release from UM, Griz fans who want to see their team play PSU on Oct. 16 can buy a ticket only if they purchase a ticket to [...]

The Montana Grizzlies’ football schedule has been out a while, but here’s a wrinkle you may not have noticed: They’ll play Portland State at a different venue from PGE Park: Hillsboro Stadium. The 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium has hosted the Vikings before, in 2000. They went 8-4 that year, including a 33-21 home loss to Montana. [...]

From the Chattanooga Free Press comes this doomsday article on the economic impact of Montana’s 24-17 FCS semifinal win over Appalachian State Saturday. Here’s one snippet: The Football Championship Subdivision finalists are set for Friday night with Montana and Villanova, a combination that will travel the fewest fans since the title game came to Finley [...]

With a news conference scheduled for 45  minutes from now in Portland, it’s seems likely that Jerry Glanville has coached his last football game at Portland State. Glanville came to PSU three seasons ago amid much fanfare and, if you take this TV article seriously, rumors that the Vikings were thinking of bagging football. He [...]