While the Montana Grizzlies gear up for their final spring football practice before spring break, here’s a story about how a young but capable group of receivers has looked so far. In my mind the Griz haven’t had so many unproven wide outs in maybe 25 years. This may be a reason Coach Mick Delaney [...]

News flash, Griz fans. You didn’t have Johnny Manziel out there. In fact, Jordan Johnson was no Johnny Manziel — at least not after that Sac State loss in 2011, am I right? But in 2012 there was no Jordan Johnson, either, and so the Montana Grizzlies came at the world with Trent McKinney and Shay Smithwick-Hann [...]

While some hold out hope that a big Montana Grizzly victory in Saturday’s Brawl of the Wild will mean an FCS playoff berth, this is likely the last game of UM’s season. The Sports Network’s Craig Haley notes there will be many 7-, 8- and even possibly a 10-win team that won’t make the 20-team [...]

Now that the dust has settled on Montana’s hard-earned 24-21 win at Weber State – or whatever stands in for dust on artificial turf — there are things I should have taken into consideration while writing up that gamer. 1) Weber linebacker Anthony Morales was everywhere. His hard hit, combined with the ground, broke up [...]

That wasn’t much of a fight the Idaho State Bengals put up Saturday, in a 70-24 loss to the Montana Grizzlies, but you know they are chasing history. I just learned that in 2008 the Bengals gave up a Big Sky-record 494 points. They’ve given up 432 already this season, and have games left against [...]

A little layover in Minneapolis gives me time to post a few stories on Saturday’s game between the Montana Grizzlies and another Big Sky Conference newcomer, the University of North Dakota. The Griz aren’t going into Grand Forks at full strength, since running back Dan Moore is still sidelined by a high-ankle sprain. It is [...]

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, [...]

There was a lot to like about Montana’s 35-27 loss at Appalachian State Saturday, one that dropped the Grizzlies just two spots (to No. 14) while raising the Mountaineers three spots to No. 8. Montana had four turnovers and still hung into the very end. The Griz lost the special teams battle and hung into [...]

Mick Delaney almost saw two school records in his first game as the Montana Grizzlies’ head football coach. In their 35-24 win over South Dakota Saturday (check out the related video), the Griz gained a school-record 34 first downs while running 98 plays – one short of the 99 they ran against South Dakota State [...]

Wow, we left a lot of stuff on the cutting room floor Friday night. Night games like Montana’s 48-10 FCS playoff romp over Northern Iowa mean 5-6 less hours to distill the action – and there was plenty, including: a) The degree of difficulty on Sam Gratton’s two TD catches. The junior caught TDs covering [...]