An expanded, quote-heavy look at the new Griz

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 [...]

17 and counting for Griz

Here’s a little something on the latest verbal commitment to the Montana Grizzlies, J.R. Nelson. He played a lot of receiver for Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, Calif., then ran for 1,704 yards on 211 carries in his one season as running back. Nelson will be a defensive back at Montana. He brings the [...]

Another coordinator moves on up

The Montana Grizzlies took another hit to their coaching staff with the hiring of offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith by Boise State. Smith will be the quarterbacks coach at Boise State and yet receive a nice bump in pay: The Broncos pay their assistants anywhere from $140,000-310,000, and I’ve heard that they’ll pay Smith somewhere in [...]