Grizzly football

It's been a rough month for Grizzly football, with the team for the first time in the history of Washington Grizzly Stadium, losing two straight games..Homecoming against Northern Arizona and Saturday against Southern Utah..losing both by an identical margin of 10 points.

It was fourth-and-two for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, the score was tied 20-20, and their punter was lined up to kick to Peter Nguyen, when the entire front defensive line pulled back off the line,ostensibly to block for the return. The punter, Brock Miller, sprinted untouched for 22 yards and a first down.

The Missoula County District Court has set a Feb. 8 date for the rape trial of suspended University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson.

The Montana Grizzlies took their first step back toward the top 25 Saturday afternoon on a cold, windy day in Greeley, Colorado, beating Northern Colorado 40-17 to spoil their Homecoming.

The Sunday after a University of Montana football game or a large campus event like the Forester's Ball can often be frustrating for residents in the University area, when they find trash littering their yards and alleys.

This news release written and produced by UM Sports Information. University of Montana linebacker Jordan Tripp is one of three players who was added to The Sports Network’s 2012 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List (Football Championship Subdivision’s “Defensive Player of the Year”), the organization announced today.

For the first time in 195 straight weeks, the Montana Grizzlies have dropped out of the Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll just released Monday morning.

A large, enthusiastic crowd at Caras Park watched as the University of Montana Grizzlies let a very important game slip away on Saturday night in Cheney, Washington against the Eastern Washington Eagles, during the first ever Town Pump outdoor viewing party.

Montana’s U.S. Senator Max Baucus announced a nearly $200,000 grant for the Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence this week.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Missoula judge says the rape trial of a former Montana quarterback will likely be held in February as the attorneys in the case work out several issues with the evidence.