Posts Tagged ‘Big Sky Conference’
Fortune Finally Finds Montna in 33-27 OT Victory Over ISU
By JOEL CARLSON - In a finish that can stack up with any of the jaw-droppers from this fall , Montana won 33-27 in overtime Saturday over Idaho State.... more
Griz Return to the Road to Face Bengals
By ERIC TABER-The No. 22 Montana Grizzlies are back on the road this weekend to Pocatello, Idaho to face Idaho State in a must win Big Sky matchup for the Griz.... more
Top-5 Reasons To Be Excited for Griz Basketball
By ERIC TABER - The Grizzlies men’s basketball season officially gets underway on Nov. 3, with the team’s first and only exhibition game against Div. III powerhouse Whitworth University out of Spokane.... more
Griz Control Own Destiny Against Portland State
By ERIC TABER-The No. 17 Grizzlies sit in control of its own post-season destiny with another key Big Sky matchup against Portland State this Saturday.... more
Simis Earns Accolades, Griz Move Up After UND Win
By ERIC TABER - When you tie the Montana school record for touchdown passes in a single game, in your first college football start, people sit up and take notice.... more
Soccer: Montana Wins 1-0, Clinches Tournament Spot
By JOEL CARLSON - Despite starting the season under a bad sign and playing a disadvantageous league schedule, the Big Sky Conference’s lone wolf will be playing into November.... more
Simis Shines in Montana Victory Over North Dakota
By ERIC TABER (PHOTO GALLERY) (PHOTO GALLERY) Making his first career start as a Grizzly, Makena Simis tied the UM school record for touchdown passes in a game leading Montana to a 42-16 victory over North Dako... more
Montana Hosts North Dakota in Key Big Sky Matchup
By ERIC TABER - The Montana Grizzlies take on the University of North Dakota on Saturday at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:30pm.... more
Griz Hoops Prepares to Defend Title
By ERIC TABER - About a year ago, men’s basketball coaches around the Big Sky Conference looked at the Montana Grizzlies and saw a team with a new coaching staff, and only one returning starter.... more
Griz Fall to Wildcats in Overtime
By ERIC TABER (PHOTO GALLERY) Montana takes its first Big Sky Conference loss on the season, moving to 2-1 in league play and 3-3 overall, heading into a bye week.... more
Griz Return Home to Face Weber State
By ERIC TABER- Tickets still remain for the Griz vs Weber State game, this Saturday, Oct. 10. Kick-off is at 2PM.... more
Lady Griz Opening Day News and Notes
By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz basketball team, defending Big Sky Conference champion and preseason favorite for 2015-16, held its first practice of the season Tuesday morning.... more
Kidder Named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week
By ERIC TABER-Montana Defensive Tackle Caleb Kidder has been named the ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week.... more
Breunig Earns Big Sky Preseason Nod
By ERIC TABER - Montana men’s basketball standout Martin Breunig has been named to the Big Sky Conference preseason All-Conference team following a breakout 2014-15 season.... more
Montana Moves to 2-0 in Big Sky with 27-13 Road Win over UC Davis
By ERIC TABER- Montana's Chad Chalich threw three touchdown passes, and the defense forced four turnovers in a 27-13 victory Saturday afternoon at Davis, Calif.... more
Holmes Hauls in the Accolades After Huge Weekend
By ERIC TABER - Montana senior defensive end Tyrone Holmes has been selected as the STATS FCS national Defensive player of the Week, as well as the Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week.... more
Griz Start Fast, Hold Off Lumberjacks in Big Sky Opener (PHOTO GALLERY)
By ERIC TABER-Montana rode a dominant defensive effort and a balanced offense to a 23-14 victory over Northern Arizona on Homecoming at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.... more
Griz Open Big Sky Play With NAU on Homecoming
By ERIC TABER- It's Homecoming and the Grizzlies return home on Saturday to take on Northern Arizona in the first BSC matchup of the 2015 season for both teams.... more
UM Volleyball: Errors Prove Costly as Griz Drop Big Sky Opener
By JOEL CARLSON-Weber State rallied from an early deficit to post a 3-1 victory over the Montana volleyball team to spoil the home debut of first-year coach Brian Doyon.... more
Griz Lose at Liberty 31-21
By ERIC TABER- The Montana football team lost 31-21 at Liberty Saturday night in Lynchburg, Va., in a battle of ranked teams and in front of a record crowd.... more
Montana Hits the Road to Face #14 Liberty
By ERIC TABER- The Montana Grizzlies hit the road for the first time this season, traveling east of the Mississippi River to face the Flames of Liberty University.... more
Griz Climb FCS Polls to to 8th
By ERIC TABER - On the heels of an up and down opening two weeks, the net result for the Montana Grizzlies is a No. 8 ranking in this week’s STATS FCS poll and FCS coaches’ poll.... more
Cal Poly Stuns Montana on Late Field Goal (PHOTO GALLERY)
By ERIC TABER- It was another nail-biter decided in the game’s final seconds. But this time Griz fans went home feeling empty after watching the game slip through their team’s grasp.... more
Montana Hosts Cal Poly in Non-Conference Action
By ERIC TABER- The Grizzlies will get another shot at redemption of a 2014 loss as Cal Poly visit Washington-Grizzly Stadium for a non-conference game under the lights.... more
#12 Montana Hosts #1 North Dakota State in Season Opener
By ERIC TABER-The Montana Grizzlies host the four-time defending national champion North Dakota State Bison at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Sat., at 1:30 p.m. ... more
Run-and-Gun Grizzlies Ready for New Era
By DILLON TABISH - What’s the potential of this year’s Montana Grizzlies football team? It's easy to trust an answer when it comes from a Rhodes Scholar candidate.... more
Pieces Falling Into Place for Griz After Second Scrimmage
By ERIC TABER - After the second scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday morning, the general consensus coming from Washington-Grizzly Stadium: a cleaner and crisper performance on both sides of the ball.... more
Griz Produce Highlights in First Scrimmage of Season
By ERIC TABER - The Montana Grizzlies came out and ran roughly 75 plays in about an hour on Monday afternoon, scoring 16 points in the team’s first scrimmage of the fall season.... more
Griz Football Schedules Pac-12 and FCS Opponents
The Montana Grizzlies football team will get a crack at some new FCS programs, as well as some of the top teams in the nation, as future schedule details have been announced through 2021.... more
Crittenden and Jones Voted Griz Football Captains
By ERIC TABER - The Montana Grizzlies have voted, and seniors Derek Crittenden and Jamaal Jones are the 2015 team captains.... more
Griz Open Fall Drills on Tuesday
By ERIC TABER-The University of Montana football squad opens its fall drills Tuesday morning with the season’s first practice session in Washington-Grizzly Stadium set for 9 a.m.... more
Griz Picked to Finish Third in 2015 BSC Preseason Poll
The University of Montana Grizzlies have been picked to finish third in 2014 Big Sky Conference preseason polls by both the media and the league coaches the conference announced today.... more
Griz Land Four Players on Preseason All-Conference Teams
By ERIC TABER - The University of Montana Grizzlies have landed two offensive players and two defensive players on the Big Sky Conference all-league teams announced today.... more
UM and Root Sports Announce Fall Start Times
By JOEL CARLSON - ROOT Sports announced the kickoff times this week for its 2015 Big Sky Conference package of football games including 5 with Montana. See the schedule.... more
Montana Tops League in Academic All-Big Sky Conference Selections
By JOEL CARLSON - Montana’s spring sports placed a league-high 62 student-athletes on the recent Academic All-Big Sky Conference teams giving the Grizzlies a record 155 selections for the 2014-15 academic yea... more
Football Season Tickets On Sale Starting Monday
Fans wishing to purchase season tickets for the 2015 Montana football schedule, which includes home games againstNorth Dakota State and EWU, can do so beginning Monday, July 6.... more
Griz Track and Field Program Adds Eight Newcomers
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana men’s track and field program signed eight athletes to National Letters of Intent over the last two months during the NCAA’s signing period that began April 15.... more
Grizzlies Announce That All 11 Football Games to be Televised
By MIKE HANSON - University of Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam announced on Wednesday that all 11 games of the 2015 football season will be televised.... more
Lady Griz Hand Out Annual Awards, Kellie Cole-Rubel Named MVP
Kellie Rubel was named 2015 Most Valuable Player, and Montana’s other two seniors, Maggie Rickman and Carly Selvig, were both double award winners at this week's awards banquet.... more
Griz Track & Field: Griz Drop Both Duals to Bobcats
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana track and field teams dropped both matchups to Montana State in the annual Griz-Cat Dual Saturday at Dornblaser Field in Missoula.... more
Big Sky Basketball Tournaments Heading to Reno
The men's and women's BSC postseason basketball tournaments are headed to Reno. The Big Sky and the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority announced a three-year agreement.... more
Griz Track & Field: Annual Griz-Cat Dual This Week at Donrblaser Field
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana will host the annual Griz-Cat Dual Fri. & Sat. at Dornblaser Field. The hammer throws begin Fri. afternoon at 3 p.m. The rest of the meet will take place Saturday.... more
Hanson Hired as Next Montana Assistant AD for Communications
Mike Hanson has been hired as the school’s new Assistant Athletic Director of Communications to replace Dave Guffey, who will retire after 37 years with the department.... more
Defense Dominates Grizzlies’ First Scrimmage of 2015 Spring
By DAVE GUFFEY-The only touchdown of the day was scored by a linebacker, as the Grizzlies’ defense dominated the first scrimmage of spring drills Saturday in UM’s Washington-Grizzly Stadium.... more
Lady Griz Fall to Notre Dame 77-43
By JOEL CARLSON-No. 16-seed Montana’s season came to an end with a 77-43 loss to the No. 1-seed Fighting Irish in front of 6,231 fans at Notre Dame’s Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Ind.... more
Lady Griz Face Fighting Irish Tonight in NCAA Opener
By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz will face Notre Dame tonight (Friday) in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The Game will tip off at 5:30 p.m.... more
Lady Griz Draw Notre Dame in NCAA Tournament
The Lady Griz received a No. 16 seed and will face No. 1 Notre Dame Friday night at South Bend, Ind., in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.... more
Big Sky Suspends NAU Head Coach for Postgame Incident Against Montana
Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton has announced that Northern Arizona men’s basketball coach Jack Murphy will be suspended for his team’s next postseason contest.... more
Eagles Defeat Grizzlies 69-65 in Big Sky Tourney Title Game
By DAVE GUFFEY - Harvey and Brandon combined for 34 points to lead Eastern Washington to a 69-65 come-from-behind win over the Grizzlies in the Big Sky Championship Game Saturday night.... more
Lady Griz Rally, Win Big Sky Championship 60-49 (PHOTO GALLERY)
(PHOTO GALLERY) Montana came from behind to post a 60-49 victory in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament at Dahlberg Arena.... more