Posts Tagged ‘Grizzly football’
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 27
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - I was delighted with the news last week that former Griz coach and playe,r Blaine Taylor, had gotten back into coaching.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 20
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Missoula Osprey manager Joe Mather is doing something this season that none of the other three managers to guide the O's to a title did, come back the next year.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 13
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Hockey fans everywhere were saddened by the news of the passing of Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey, to more than a generation.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 6
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - It's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago this week that the first Wyoming-Montana all-star games were played.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 23
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Later this week another High School sports season comes to an end as track and softball crown their Champions.... more
Holmes, Feller Named Grizzly Cup Winners
Tyrone Holmes, of the Montana football team, and McCalle Feller, of the Lady Griz basketball team, were named the annual winners of the Department of Athletics’ Grizzly Cup.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 16
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - It's hard to put in perspective the accomplishment of the University of Montana Softball team in reaching the Big Sky Tournament.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 11
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Twenty-five years ago this week the 1991 American Legion baseball season began, a season that would see the AA Mavericks claim a state title. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 2
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Few Montana public officials have ever been more closely tied to a sport than the late Conrad Burns. Burns refereed in Montana high School football as well as the Frontier Conference.... more
Two More Griz Get NFL Opportunities
By ERIC TABER - Montana’s all-time leading receiver Jamaal Jones will get his chance to prove himself at the next level, as will former Griz linebacker Herbert Gamboa.... more
Jacksonville Jaguars Take Montana’s Holmes in NFL Draft
Tyrone Holmes was selected in the sixth round as the 181st overall pick in the NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He joins former Grizzly Jordan Tripp who is currently on the roster as a linebacker.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 25
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Saturday's Grizzly intra-squad scrimmage brought to mind the days under Don Read when the Griz did something similar.... more
Maroon Pulls Out Victory Over White in Spring Game
By ERIC TABER - Senior quarterback Brady Gustafson piled up 300 yards passing, completing 15 of 32 passes to lead the Maroon team to a 27-26 win over the White team in the spring game.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 18
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - It was 40 years ago this week that Michigan State reached out to Missoula to get their new basketball coach--Jud Heathcote. ... more
Offense Gets Rolling in Second Griz Scrimage
By ERIC TABER-The UM corps of running backs blew up for 207 yards and three touchdowns in the Griz football squad’s second scrimmage of the 2016 spring season on Saturday. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 11
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - It was thirty years ago this spring when prep softball made its debut in Montana with the first championship held in Cut Bank. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 4
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - The U Conn women's basketball team has posted exactly 100 wins between Jan. 4, 2014 and Tuesday's title game. Over the same span of time the Montana Lady Griz have won 58 games.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 28
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Well it appears that facing a Montana team during the season is good way for Syracuse to get ready for a trip to the final Four.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 21
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- While the 2015-16 season ended a little bit earlier than the Montana Lady Griz would have liked the outstanding group of seniors had an tremendous 4 year run.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 14
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The last time Oregon State was in the NCAA tournament it was March of 1990 and "Pretty Woman" was No. 1 at the box office (a fact I learned from coach Tinkle).... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 7
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Montana Lady Griz open Big Sky Touranament play facing Northern Arizona who struggled to a last place finish in 2016. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 29
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Lady Griz are going to get plenty of frequent flyer miles in the next 10 days with flights to Grand Forks, Greeley and then Reno for the league tournament.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 22
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Griz will find their last regular season road trip easy in the way of travel, but the two foes awaiting them do not promise to be overly hospitable. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 15
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-Currently the Lady Griz are just a half a game out of fourth place, a spot they need to reach to ensure a first round tournament.... more
Schillinger Returns Home as Safeties Coach at UM
By ERIC TABER-Former Montana All-Big Sky Conference and NFL safety Shann Schillinger returns as a safeties coach under Griz head coach Bob Stitt.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 8
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- On Sunday the Denver Broncos became only the 8th NFL franchise to win at least 3 Super Bowl Titles.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 1
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- No Super Bowl has gone into overtime and none have ended in a shutout.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 25
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- For the first time in a very long time the Montana Lady Griz head to Bozeman for their annual " Brawl Of the wild" with the MSU women's team with a lot of the line.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 18
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Thursday night the Idaho Vandals are at Dahlberg Arena to face the league-leading Griz. The Vandals will be looking for their first win in Missoula since December of 1999.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 11
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-One thing that could be a major factor in this weekend's Grizzly basketball home stands are the crowds.... more
Holmes Named Defensive Player of the Year
By ERIC TABER - Tyrone Holmes was named the best defensive player in all of FCS football.... more
Tyrone Homes Set For National Awards Banquet
By ERIC TABER-Montana All-American defensive end Tyrone Holmes will travel to Frisco, Texas on Friday for the presentation of the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Year award.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 4
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-One thing that could be a major factor in this weekend's Grizzly basketball home stands are the crowds.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 28
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-The Griz and Lady Griz basketball begin the "Road To Reno" this weekend as Big Sky play begins.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 21
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- McCallie Feller had a tournament for the ages in this past weekend's Lady Griz holiday Classic.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 14
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-There have been big wins, tremendous upsets, and heroic effort, but nothing quite compares to December 16, 1995 in Huntington West Virginia.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 7
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-It has been nearly a decade since the Montana Grizzlies have traveled to Gonzaga to take on their old friends the Gonzaga Bulldogs. ... more
Holmes and Jones Named Griz MVPs at Annual Awards Banquet
By ERIC TABER-Defensive end Tyrone Holmes and wide receiver Jamaal Jones have been named the University of Montana's 2015 Steve Carlson Award co-winners for Griz football’s MVPs.... more
Crittenden Named to Academic All-America First Team
By ERIC TABER-Montana Grizzly football captain and senior defensive end Derek Crittenden has been named to the 2015 Academic All-America® Division I football first team.... more
Griz Legend Becomes Head Coach of Calgary Stampeders
By ERIC TABER-Dave Dickenson, the quarterback who led Montana to its first National Championship has now taken over as the head coach of the Calgary Stampeders.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 30
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-The Montana Grizzlies renew their long-running post-season rivalry this Saturday in Fargo North Dakota.... more
Where to Watch the Griz Playoff Game
By ERIC TABER - Fans across the nation can tune in LIVE to watch the Griz take on South Dakota State in the opening round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs exclusively via web stream on ESPN 3. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 23
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- When the South Dakota State Jackrabbits come to town you know something exciting is going to happen.... more
Brains & Brawn
BY DILLON TABISH - From Whitefish to Missoula, Derek Crittenden has developed into one of the smartest student-athletes in America.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 16
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Montana Grizzly football team has made a habit of beating the MSU Bobcats in Bozeman. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 2
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Since the Portland State Vikings joined the Big Sky Conference they have manged just two narrow wins over Montana... more
Crittenden a Finalist for College Football’s Premiere Scholar-Athlete Award
By ERIC TABER - Montana football team captain Derek Crittenden has been announced as one of 12 finalists for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Since the Portland State Vikings joined the Big Sky Conference they have manged just two narrow wins over Montana... 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
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 19
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Back in the 1960's Sentinel assistant football coach Frank McElwain was friends with then Griz offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe. ... more