Grizzly football

Will the Montana Grizzly - North Dakota State football be cancelled by the dense smoke from area wildfires? The chances are slim and none...and slim just left town.

The anticipation is building for this weekends BIG kickoff to the college football season. As the Griz get set to take on the #1 FCS team in the country (NDSU,) in the first NCAA game of the year, the Griz are going to look good doing it...

Two storied programs face off in front of a national TV audience a week before any other college football game.

Montana Sports Information issued a press release on Tuesday, stating that senior Montana Grizzly linebacker Herbert Gamboa was suspended for the first game of the season doe to a violation of team and athletic department rules.

The waiting is over.

This week, Montana's new head football coach Bob Stitt experienced his first visit to Park City, Utah for the summer meetings of Big Sky Conference football coaches and the media.

The University of Montana Grizzlies have landed two offensive players and two defensive players on the Big Sky Conference all-league teams at the opening of the preseason meetings at Park City,Utah.

Grizzly football fans who wanted season tickets had to wait in line Monday morning outside the Adams Center ticket office.

Kole Swartz, a 19 year-old freshman defensive end for the Montana Grizzly football team, lost his life in a tragic accident on March 15.

How does one become a 'legend'? Hard work...dedication..talent...and time. And all point to one man who has been part of the heart and soul of Grizzly and Missoula athletics for over 50 years, 'Grizzly Bill' Schwanke.