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Time for Round 2
December 12, 2024 midnight

Time for Round 2

Idaho looks to close gap after lopsided loss on Oct. 12

Idaho coach Jason Eck makes no bones about it. His Vandals got whipped by the top-ranked Montana State Bobcats on Oct. 12.

December 12, 2024 midnight

Column: Where QBs go - but not to stay

It was a spring evening a couple years ago when a longtime friend — we’d played fastpitch together, and like me he is maybe a little too fond of Red’s Bar — made an off-hand yet salient point.

Sterling defenses await Cats, Griz
December 6, 2024 midnight

Sterling defenses await Cats, Griz

A couple statistically strong defenses await the Montana State Bobcats and Montana Grizzlies Saturday, and the old cliche — something has to give — applies times two.

December 6, 2024 midnight

AA wrestling teams hit mats Saturday

Things are changing in the prep wrestling world — we have new weight classes in Montana — but there are also some constants.

Vigen: 'Not going to let it happen'
December 5, 2024 midnight

Vigen: 'Not going to let it happen'

It was a year ago, in this very round of the FCS playoffs, that Montana State’s season came to a stunning close with a 35-34 home playoff loss to North Dakota State.

Griz notebook: Montana was too special for TSU
December 1, 2024 2:30 p.m.

Griz notebook: Montana was too special for TSU

MISSOULA — Tennessee State football coach Eddie George has played and seen a lot of football, and he had the Montana Grizzlies pretty well scouted coming into their first-round FCS playoff game Saturday.

Bergen times two
December 1, 2024 3 a.m.

Bergen times two

Montana tops Tennessee State thanks to a pair of punt return TDs

The Tennessee State Tigers did a lot of things right Saturday night at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, worrying the host Montana Grizzlies with big plays and ball-hawking defense. The major issues? Two jail-break snaps that lost big yardage; a bevy of false starts; and two punts that got to the hands of Junior Bergen.

Too many Joneses
November 23, 2024 6 p.m.

Too many Joneses

Bobcats win 123rd Brawl, 34-11 over Griz

BOZEMAN — The Montana State Bobcats had too much for the Montana Grizzlies to handle Saturday.

Bruins claw past Wolfpack, 34-21
November 23, 2024 12:20 a.m.

Bruins claw past Wolfpack, 34-21

HELENA — The Glacier Wolfpack hoped a second chance at Helena Capital would turn out better, and that a surprising surge into the State AA football championship would bring exaltation.

Brawl: A rivalry with lasting power
November 22, 2024 midnight

Brawl: A rivalry with lasting power

Given the conference upheaval in the Bowl Championship Subdivision of college football, a rivalry game like Saturday’s in Bozeman — the 123rd Brawl of the Wild — could soon be the Grandaddy Of Them All.

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