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All 12 Montana Grizzly Football Games to Be Televised [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:08:05 +0000

University of Montana officials are putting the finishing touches on another football season in which all 12 home and away games will be televised. UM Athletics Director Kent Haslam said Thursday afternoon that an agreement to televise all 12 games is very close. “We’re getting close to having all 12 games televised live here in [...]

Grizzly Football Games on TV – ROOT Sports Lists Conference Games to be Televised [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:52:20 +0000

For those who can't attend Grizzly football games in person, and for those who like to record the games and watch them later, ROOT Sports has released their conference game schedule for Montana.

Grizzly Offense Surges in Final Spring Scrimmage – Jordan Johnson Named Offensive Co-Captain

Peter Christian — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:08:43 +0000

What a difference a week makes in a football team.At the final Grizzly football scrimmage under the Friday night lights at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, it was the offense that took home the honors. Montana Sports Information relates that six fifferent players combined for seven touchdowns, which racked up an impressive 485 yards of total offense on [...]

Special Guests Part of Final Grizzly Spring Football Scrimmage on Friday Night [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:54:26 +0000

Fans who attend the final spring scrimmage Friday night under the lights at Washington Grizzly will be treated to special guests on the field, Super Dave and Johnny Montana.

"We'll have about a 45 minute session on the field with the kids and the coaches and the players prior to the scrimmage, where the kids will have a chance to interact with players

Syracuse Newspaper – Montana Has 38% Chance of Upsetting Orange in San Jose

Peter Christian — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:55:24 +0000

Brent Axe of Syracuse dot com has written a very interesting online article about the chances the 13th seed Montana Grizzlies have to beat the 4th seed Syracuse Orange. Axe cites research by Peter Tiernan of CBS Sports, who has determined that the Grizzlies have a 38% chance of scoring the upset due to several [...]

What a Fun Week of Hoops!

Alan K — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:22:52 +0000

Basketball fans can at last pause and take a deep breath….Man that was some basketball we watched last week during the Big Sky Women’s and Men’s tourney! As a long-time fan of Montana basketball this past week was outstanding. All basketball all the time, Wednesday through Saturday. The tourney had some moments that really [...]

How Will Griz FB Do This Season?

Alan K — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:30:06 +0000

Spring football starts Monday, 3/18. For Griz Nation it goes without saying there’s a lot of anticipation. Looking around the conference, the Big Sky is loaded.

Missoula is Titletown, Montana as Griz – Hellgate Boys – Sentinel Girls Claim Championships

Peter Christian — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:57:08 +0000

Saturday, March 9, 2013…a date that will live in the minds of Missoula sports fans for a long, long time, as three teams brought home titles; The Hellgate boys, The Sentinel girls, and the University of Montana Grizzlies. Tres Tinkle sent the Montana State Double A championship game into overtime, and led the Hellgate Knights [...]

Get Your Montana Griz On!

Alan K — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:05:27 +0000

The University of Montana basketball team wraps up their regular season with two home games Thursday and Saturday. They’ll play Sacramento State first and then the finale against Northern Arizona on Saturday night. The Grizzly Scholarship Association is going all out for the final game throwing a tailgate party for fans. The party will have [...]

Pflugrad – O'Day Firings Part of University of Montana Quarterback Jordan Johnson's Rape Trial Testimony

Peter Christian — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:51:00 +0000

One significant event in the year since sexual assaults in Missoula became national news, was the firings of University of Montana football coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O’Day. During testimony at the Jordan Johnson rape trial in Missoula District Court, defense attorney David Paoli challenged the young woman who has accused Johnson of [...]

Montana Grizzly Football Recruiting Class Preview [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:45:03 +0000

National signing day for college football is Wednesday, February 6th, and many sports pundits are saying the Montana Grizzlies will have a very good recruiting class. Brint Wahlberg is a local realtor, but his passion is Grizzly football. Wahlberg is a regular contributor to egriz dot com, the fan site for Grizzly sports. Wahlberg has [...]

Jordan Johnson Trial Jury Will Be Chosen From 400 at Local Hotel [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:18:54 +0000

The trial of suspended Grizzly quarterback Jordan Johnson will begin February 8th with jury selection, but it is where selection will take place and how many potential jurors will be in the pool that is unusual. Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg says the State requested a pool of 500 jurors, but District Judge Karen [...]

New York Jets Offensive Coordinator Marty Mornhinweg Remembers His Grizzly Roots [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:10:48 +0000

He may be a part of ‘Gang-Green’, but Marty Mornhinweg will always bleed copper, silver and gold as a Montana Grizzly. Coach Mornhinweg, now the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets, took a few moments Thursday afternoon to chew the fat about life in New York, his family, the Jets and the Montana Grizzlies. [...]

Cougars Claw Grizzlies 85-60 in Salt Lake [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:39:21 +0000

The Montana Grizzlies ran into foul trouble early and the hot-shooting BYU Cougars ran away with an 85-60 victory Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. The Griz turned the ball over 17 times, and leading scorer Matthias Ward got into foul trouble early in the game. Add to their troubles that starting center Eric Hutchinson [...]

Griz – Lady Griz Both Win in Overtime

Peter Christian — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:25:17 +0000

The Montana Grizzlies won an overtime thriller over San Diego Saturday night in Missoula, 67 to 66, while the Lady Griz beat UNLV in Las Vegas on Saturday, also in OT, 69 to 65. In Missoula, forward Kevin Henderson drained a three-point shot with 2.5 seconds to go in overtime to give the Griz the [...]

Timm Rosenbach Bolts Griz to Weber State

Peter Christian — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:38:42 +0000

Weber State University earlier this week, announced the hiring of Timm Rosenbach as their new offensive coordinator. Rosenbach, a former NFL quarterback spent the last season as the offensive coordinator for the Montana Grizzlies. He was hired in February by now former Griz head coach Robin Pflugrad, who was fired just a month later. Rosenbach [...]

18 DUI Arrests Over The Grizzly Bobcat Weekend

Peter Christian — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:52:11 +0000

Law enforcement personnel were kept busy over the Grizzly-Bobcat weekend pulling over alleged drunk drivers. Sergeant Jerry Odlin with the Missoula Police Department says 18 people were arrested from Friday night into Monday morning. Missoula County Sheriff’s deputies and the Montana Highway Patrol participated in the extra patrols. Many times, law enforcement personnel must call [...]

2012 Grizzly Football Awards Banquet on Sunday [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:06:26 +0000

It was a disappointing season for the Montana Grizzly football team in terms of wins and losses, but support is still strong from Griz Nation. The Grizzlies finished the season 5 and 6 overall and 4 and 5 in the Big Sky Conference, the first losing record suffered by the program for well over 20 [...]

F-15 Flyover Planned For Griz-Cat Game

Peter Christian — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:37:46 +0000

The Montana Air National Guard will be providing two F-15 fighter jets to fly over Washington Grizzly Stadium during pre-game festivities for the Grizzly-Bobcat game. Sergeant Andy English says the two fighter aircraft will be using the fly-over as part of a regular Saturday mission out of the Montana Air National Guard air base in [...]

Griz – Lady Griz Lose Road Openers

Peter Christian — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:28:52 +0000

Both the Griz and Lady Griz dropped their opening games on the road last night. The Montana men fell to Colorado State 72-65, while the Lady Griz lost to Temple 55-41. The Grizzlies forged ahead at the half, leading CSU 34-27, but the Rams closed the gap and went ahead to stay and won by [...]