Football

After the Montana Grizzlies were eliminated from the FCS playoffs by Sam Houston State, it was hard to look past the game and difficulty of taking the loss. But next year, the Griz have many key players returning to help them defend their Big Sky Conference title. They will return battery mates Quarterback Jordan Johnson, who will be a junior and wide reciever Sam Gratton, who will be a senior.

It’s pretty well accepted that the BCS system to determine college football’s national championship is unpopular with the public. But a new survey from Poll Position shows just how hated the BCS -- which uses a mix of human polls, computer rankings and strength of schedule to determine a one-off national championship game — really is.

By now, pretty much everyone in Missoula knows that the Griz football team will be heading to Texas later this week for Friday night’s FCS semifinal match-up against top-ranked Sam Houston State. What many people don’t know is that most of those players have a lot more on their minds than X’s and O’s.

UM has spent the week prepping for the game, and now it’s your turn.

This week's crop of former Montana Grizzlies in the NFL got an early start.

The University of Montana's head football coach Robin Pflugrad has been chosen by his fellow league coaches as the 2011 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, the conference announced today.

Tonight's edition of "Curley's Coaches" will have a postseason feel to it. That's because we're covering all things playoff football.

Earlier today, the Big Sky Conference announced its award winners and all-conference teams for the 2011 football season.

What a week to be a former Montana Grizzly in the NFL.

The University of Montana’s head football coach Robin Pflugrad has been named one of 20 finalists for the 25th Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the national coach of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision.