We call it, 'Bison': Another Griz win highlighted by special teams
Grizzlies returner Junior Bergen (5) scores a touchdown on a 47-yard punt return in the fourth quarter against North Dakota State in the FCS semifinals at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
MISSOULA — This is getting to be ridiculous, how special teams, and especially the punt returns of Junior Bergen, keep tilting games in the Montana Grizzlies’ favor.
Bergen took punts for house calls in consecutive weeks against Furman and North Dakota State, covering 59 and 47 yards, both breaking west and then down the Grizzlies’ sideline.
Something else they had in common: A pursuer getting tea-kettled about the 20-yard line. In the 35-28 overtime win over Furman on Dec. 8, safety Jaxon Lee blew up a Paladin.
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