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We've always wanted to make a documentary.
Now we have our project.
We've been working on this for two years, but now, thanks to a grant from @MontanaCommerce, our vision has become a reality.
Coming soon: Desert Horse - The JR Camel Story
Trailer drops tomorrow. Follow along for behind the scenes content, the phenomenon of 3-on-3s in Montana in the '90s and early 2000s plus the legend of one of the greatest, most infamous Native American basketball players in the history of the Treasure State.
#DesertHorse
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"The last two years have been fun at a level I've never experienced."
After 20 years of struggle, No. 3 Idaho is tearing up the FCS with a charismatic coach, a dynamic offense and a reborn fanbase.
I spent a weekend in Moscow to experience the revival:
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Ferris State coach Tony Annese post-game: "If I make an excuse... that's the excuse. We're not used to that kind of crowd noise. I don't know if anybody is. I don't know how people even manage."
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UFC bantamweight champion, Helena's Sean O'Malley, raises the 37 flag before Montana plays Ferris State. Nice hype video and a good crowd pop for the champ
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Looking back at the dude you just spin cycled into the ground...that's cold.
Spin ya later 👋
@MontanaGrizFB up 10-0
#ExperienceElevated
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Game over, Canes win! 52-45 over Bartram Trail. What. A. Game @dailytribsports
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I think I saw somebody reverse back up an exit ramp on 270 today but I might have been hallucinating
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Eastern Washington's QB/returner/all-purpose player Michael Wortham commits to the Griz.
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Bobcat sideline is bouncing as Mony Mony puts the finishing touches on another convincing win for the home team in this rivalry. Two minutes to go.
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"When Tommy Mellott took the field for Montana State for the final time, the Bobcats required a miracle – or perhaps several."
I watched from field level as one of the greatest careers in Bobcat history ended on Monday in Frisco.
Here's what I saw: skylinesportsmt.com/the-last…
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Remember watching Bergen return punts for the first time a couple years ago and instantly noting the uncommon vision and patience. All on display there, plus the speed. Plus he runs a man over for good measure.
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If I had a nickel for every time a team ran a ridiculous, too-cute-by-half WR/RB pass against Montana on a crucial 2-point try this season, I'd have three nickels.
Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened three times.
The interception that sent us to Frisco!
#UpWithMontana #GoGriz
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How many other defensive tackles in the country stop Mellott from getting to the edge there when he first starts scrambling left? Gubner is a freak.
Nail in the coffin came from Trevin Gradney (@tgradney7) who missed the last few games with injury, but bounced back and play today and came up with his fifth pick of the season, and first since NAU. Huge moment for the Billings product. #GrizFB
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FINAL: Montana 87, Montana State 77, with some post-whistle words from Laolu Oke for the MSU student section. Told you Moody would be blowing kisses. Awesome game, awesome atmosphere.
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Prince Ford, an Illinois transfer cornerback and the younger brother of former Griz All-American Justin Ford, announces his commitment to Montana.
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Junior Bergen. Opening kickoff. House call.
13 seconds into the game, Montana 7, Furman 0.
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Just trying to give you a sense of the scale of this thing. 30 seconds of people walking by and that was just the start. Hundreds more lined up behind them
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"When you’re running in that stadium, and you want to let up a little bit, you look around, you know it’s gonna be packed. I’m gonna work as hard as I can when no one’s watching for those moments," Hill told me. Safe to say he enjoyed those moments today.
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On Wednesday, we played a game of "The Griz will win if..." on #NuanezNow. @blakeahssports said that 'Cats would only win if Braxton Hill didn't get off the bus.
Hill balled out of his mind as #GrizFB rolled MSU.
Think the kid from Anaconda was jacked for his last rivalry?
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FINAL: Blessed Trinity 21, Cartersville 17. Canes are eliminated in the second round of the Georgia Class 4A state playoffs @dailytribsports
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*ahem* Missoula is a soccer town. Griz draw (harshly; they were better) Ohio State 2-2 in front of 1,973 at South Campus Stadium. Count the guys watching from pickups in the parking lot to make it an even 2k.
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Woodland's Emmanuel Jones reveals his commitment to Colorado State #NSD17 @dailytribsports
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Huge Class of 2025 commit for Montana soccer in defender Addie Stendera from Fairwood, Washington (Kentridge HS). This time last year, she was in camp with the U-16 national team: ussoccer.com/stories/2022/10…
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And here's Seven Richards celebrating his state title at heavyweight @dailytribsports
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Cass basketball player and reigning DTN Player of the Year Jana Morning commits to play at Berry College. Congrats to Jana! @dailytribsports
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Exactly the kind of player the Griz should be going after. If multiple of the best players in MT are going to the Frontier every year (I know Peck is from CO) and multiple of those teams are top 25 in the country, you need to be poaching those kids as they develop. Good commit.
Carroll College DE and 2024 Frontier DPOTY Hunter Peck commits to UM.
17 sacks in four years at CC. #mtscores
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Trevor Lawrence puts him in the spin cycle @dailytribsports
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Thoughts:
- Furman is the best-tackling team the Griz have played, I think, all year. No free yards.
- The biggest story of the last month is that the Griz receivers have become killers. All three of them are winning one-on-one, every play, and that makes UM so dangerous.
HALFTIME: Montana 20, Furman 14.
Clifton McDowell has thrown for 141 yards and a score, run for 78 yards and a score. Furman has hit two big plays but really struggling to move it outside of that...Paladins have 123 yards on two plays and 156 yards total.
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Idaho O-lineman Nathan Knapik is out of the portal and heading back to Moscow. Good player - had reported offers from Washington State and Jason Eck at New Mexico. We'll see if new head coach Thomas Ford can make that a trend... nitter.app/KnapikNathan/status/18…
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That's sweet. A moderately hot take I have is that the script "Griz" they're using for everything now sucks and, more than that, represents a failure of imagination on the part of the athletic department. You have one of the most unique and intimidating mascots in the NCAA...
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Awesome stuff. In his first year as a head coach, Andy Thompson's Sac State gets a late stop and clinches it by grinding out a couple first downs to beat North Dakota 42-35.
Only Big Sky team in the first round gets a win, Hornets travel to South Dakota next week.
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Fun work announcement: I'll be doing color commentary on @ESPNPlus for all five games at the @BigSkyConf soccer tournament this week. Excited to join @AceSauer on the call from South Campus Stadium!
Full schedule of games is here if you want to tune in: bigskyconf.com/tournaments/?…
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Okay this is pandemonium. Williams missed the second free throw, Emmett Holt finds Bruin Fleischmann with, officially, two seconds left to put Century up 46-45
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I suppose it's past time to make this Twitter official: Excited to announce that I'm moving to Pocatello to cover Idaho State football and women's basketball, plus local preps, at the Idaho State Journal
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Kicked off tonight's press conference by asking Bobby Hauck about all three of Ty Morrison, Aaron Fontes and Drew Deck bouncing back to make crucial plays after big first-half mistakes. Thought his answer was really good ⬇️
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Dillon Jones worked his way into being an NBA prospect.
Then he returned to mid-major Weber State.
A deep dive on that audacious gamble - and the journey of one of the most fascinating, polarizing and unique prospects in this year's #NBADraft: skylinesportsmt.com/last-of-…
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Treyshon Malone can't stop winning championships and setting records. 20.94 in the 200 is a Big Sky title, an Idaho State record (rebreaking the record he set yesterday), a Big Sky championships record and a Holt Arena record for the ISU stud. What a meet he's had
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So after the Big Sky has been the best conference all year the committee puts Sac State behind SDSU, Cats behind NDSU and no seed for Weber?
Not good for Montana imo...
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Back in Bobcat Stadium for the first time since my senior year of college. FCS semifinal between Montana State and South Dakota State. Stadium is fully full, incredible atmosphere.
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A note -- Saturday was my last day at the Idaho State Journal. Further moves TBA shortly. Thanks to everyone around Pocatello I've worked with, written about or even just talked to. It's been a pleasure.
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Red Lodge DB Owen Reynolds, who announced that he had a PWO offer from the Griz a couple days ago, now commits to Montana.
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Jana. Morning. Took a shot to the face, stayed in, hit the go-ahead 3. Took another shot, came back and hit clinching FTs while bleeding
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Back on the beat! I've officially moved to Missoula to work for @1029ESPN and cover Montana, Montana State and the entire Big Sky for @SkylineSportsMT. Coverage to come from today's @BigSkyFB Kickoff.
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Furman came to Missoula and played a hell of a game on Friday night.
They took the Griz - 17.5-point favorites - to overtime.
But in the end, the Griz had Junior Bergen - and Furman didn't.
Quick gamer:
skylinesportsmt.com/bergen-t…
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Am I allowed to guess which "anonymous" respondent is Bruce Barnum? 🤣🤣
Only two coaches pick the Griz in @SamHerderFCS great survey article - as many as explicitly say UM wouldn't be in the title game if the Griz hadn't played the last two at home...
I asked several FCS head coaches and assistant coaches across the country to share their anonymous #FCSChampionship predictions and reasoning.
Here is what they said:
herosports.com/fcs-champions…
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The Montana Grizzlies blew out a top-10 team.
They set multiple records.
They gained 547 yards - a season-high - and held Sac State to 268 - a season-low.
And none of that was the scariest thing about their performance.
Full gamer from Wa-Griz:
skylinesportsmt.com/griz-blo…
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Idaho football will radio broadcast three upcoming games this fall in Spanish. Former kicker/punter Ricardo Chavez on color commentary. Very very cool effort/initiative.
Estamos muy emocionados de anunciar una nueva asociación con Radio Rancho para llevar el fútbol Idaho Vandal a más habitantes de Idaho.
We are very excited to announce a new partnership to bring Vandal football to more Idahoans.
#VamosVandals
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Mason Mickelsen throws it DOWN off the rebound and outlet by Cedar Washakie. Sound on for this one. Pocatello 33, Highland 23 going to the fourth #idpreps
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Century football's Drew Gunter and De'qua Lang signed today to play at Idaho State. Congrats to both
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Robert Ford III...freakin' legendary. Perseverance. Leadership. Sacrifice. Hustle. Exceptional talent. What more can you ask for in an athlete?
Wrote about Ford carrying the Montana State Bobcats into March Madness with an instantly-iconic performance: skylinesportsmt.com/ford-iii…
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Rounding up some clips from a bevy of interviews at the #BigSkyFB Kickoff this morning. We'll be posting all week here and @SkylineSportsMT, starting with @MSUBobcats_FB's Tommy Mellott talking about building off a national title game loss:
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Cartersville basketball player Jaylon Pugh signed to Furman today. Congrats to Jaylon! @dailytribsports
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Clifton McDowell, who transferred from Central Arkansas, didn't start until halfway through the year and still led the Griz to the conference title, is the Big Sky's Newcomer of the Year.
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Good look at the true freshman quarterback Keali'i Ah Yat, with the first pass attempt and completion of his Montana career to Aaron Fontes.
Ah Yat is the son of legendary Griz quarterback Brian Ah Yat.
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Scottre Humphrey scores with no time left on the clock to make the final Montana State 37, Idaho State 17...which I'm sure will be significant to some.
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Wow, UC Davis gets boned by the playoff committee again. That's wild. Big Sky gets four teams in, three seeds. But leaving Davis out is crazy, especially after the same exact thing happened to them last year...
Here’s the full FCS playoff bracket
1st round home teams at the bottom
I’ll share a better printable version soon
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Former Youngstown State defensive end Andres Lehrmann commits to Montana. 22 tackles, 4.5 TFLs last season at YSU.
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Griz hoops offered 4-star California point guard DeMarco Johnson, the 90th-rated recruit in the country in the Class of 2025 per 247Sports.
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DILLON JONES, FIRST ROUND!!!! WHAT A STORY!!
READ IT READ IT READ IT ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Big Sky football programs as F1 teams, a thread:
Montana/Ferrari
The most iconic brand, most impressive history, biggest (and wildest) fanbase and went on one of the most dominant runs the sport has ever seen…but has recently struggled to turn those advantages into trophies...
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"It was unreal. He put it together."
Treyshon Malone competed in four events Friday at the Big Sky Championships. He broke the Idaho State record in three of them.
On the ISU star and a performance that drew every eye in Holt Arena:
idahostatejournal.com/sports…
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Montana football breaking into the Class of 2025 in a big way with three more commits today ⬇️
A trio of three-star two-way standouts from Washington committed to Montana on Wednesday - Anacortes (Wash.) safety Brock Beaner, Nooksack Valley (Wash.) athlete Colton Lentz and Anacortes (Wash.) athlete Brady Beaner 247sports.com/college/montan…
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Former Weber State linebacker Jack Kelly announces an offer from Montana. Kelly was first-team all-Big Sky this year as a sophomore for the Wildcats. 56 tackles, 12 TFLs, 10.5 sacks.
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Another race, another record for Treyshon Malone. He runs 21.07 in the 200-meter prelims, his third Idaho State record of the day. That also stands as a Big Sky Championships record
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Loved Aaron Fontes picking up his old high school teammate Xavier Harris late in Montana's blowout of PSU last weekend ⬇️
For other plays that caught my eye from that game, plus analysis from every other #BigSkyFB game, read the Big Sky Scramble: skylinesportsmt.com/big-sky-…
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Get Junior Bergen to the Payton Award ceremony and somebody build a time machine so he can go to the Heisman ceremony too
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Latest #GrizFB commit is Kaikoa Kanakaole, a 3-star offensive lineman from St. Louis HS in Honolulu. Listed at 6-5, 340. Also had an offer from Nevada.
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Braydon Bailey, a Utah State transfer defensive lineman, commits to the Griz. Three years of eligibility remaining to play two.
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Griz offer Keenan Eck, a JUCO pass rusher from Citrus College. Originally from Apple Valley, CA. Had six sacks in nine games last season.
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Idaho State football hadn't won a game in 18 months. They hadn't won on the road in over two years.
One kick from Kevin Ryan changed that Saturday.
idahostatejournal.com/sports…
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Gillman becomes the first Grizzly and fifth Big Sky player to win the Rice in its 13-year history. Great list: Cooper Kupp (2013), Case Cookus (2015), Josh Davis (2018), Gevani McCoy (2022).
Wrote about Gillman early in the season: skylinesportsmt.com/stud-fre…
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FINAL: Century 28, Pocatello 14. Jovan Sowell picks off Park in the red zone with under two minutes to go to end it. Diamondbacks win the 4A District 5 title #idpreps
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Cass football player Brett Gaddy signed to play at LaGrange College Tuesday. Gaddy will play safety for LaGrange. Congrats to Brett!
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The atmosphere before the Brawl of the Wild is unlike anything else.
Saturday's rivalry clash was primed to be a classic.
And the Griz rendered all of that irrelevant.
Full gamer from a historic beatdown:
skylinesportsmt.com/big-sky-…
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Feel like a lot of people around the country might be wondering how Idaho went from under .500 to beating the No. 2 team in the country in two years. Well have I got the story for you...
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Very exciting transfer for Griz football. Micah Harper had 62 tackles, 2.5 TFLs in 2022 for BYU and was an honorable mention freshman All-American. Had to take a medical redshirt in 2023 and didn't play much last year, 11 tackles in seven games. Still, a high-potential addition.
Had an All-America season at BYU... Now he's coming to Montana. 💪🇺🇸
Welcome to Missoula @micahharper_!
#GoGriz
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Eli Gillman's younger brother Monte commits to #GrizFB. Like his brother, Monte was a star running back at Dassel-Cokato High School in Minnesota. Also played defensive back.
Truly am blessed for the opportunity to come join the Montana Griz football 🏈 team this fall @MontanaGrizFB @GriCoachGreen @KeatonJ_3 @DCChargersFB @captureathletic @IkeNelson_
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From Holt Arena for the second straight night: Century was down 14-0 to Idaho Falls just 6 minutes in. Then one of the smallest guys on the field put the Diamondbacks on his...well, back. Jovan Sowell had 5 TD catches to lead Century to a 42-20 win idahostatejournal.com/preps/…
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Oh my that's a good race in the boys 200. Woodland's Thomas Jolly just beat Cartersville's Trey Creamer for the win @dailytribsports
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Griz football offers Bozeman Gallatin QB Grant Vigen
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There's the Griz O-line claiming the Little Brown Stein from AD Kent Haslam.
Bobby Hauck also immediately ran out to midfield pumping his fist at the Vandal bench as the clock expired 🤣
I'd say the rivalry is back.
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Griz football offered Isaiah Reed, 3-star athlete from Rocky Mountain HS in Meridian, ID. WR/LB type. Other offers from Nevada and Idaho. 247Sports has him as the No. 1 recruit in Idaho in the Class of 2025.
After a great conversation with @CoachPease, I am honored to have received a D1 offer from the University of Montana! @MontanaGrizFB @Coach_Hauck @coachcooperUM @CoachTimHauck @GrizCoachGreen @KeatonJ_3 @BrandonHuffman @gorockyfootball @RAREAcademyID @PrepRedzoneID #GoGriz
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Last year, Ricardo Chavez missed a crucial field goal in Idaho's playoff loss against SELA. This year, he gets to celebrate with the fans at the Kibbie Dome after sending Idaho to the quarterfinals with the overtime game-winner. That's beautiful.
WALK OFF IN KIBBIE ✌️
@Richaard4800 wins it in OT for the Vandals
#ExperienceElevated
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"Our D-line leads our team in everything. If we make a play, then everyone gets hyped."
Highland is used to building around dominant defensive lines. This year, seniors Logan George (@Logange32759921) and Luke Togiai (@LTogiai32) are leading the charge.
idahostatejournal.com/preps/…
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Malaki Davis, a 6-5, 230-pound tight end from Tacoma, commits to Griz football. He was on a visit in Missoula over the weekend.
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There it is - the Great Divide Trophy crowned with a Montana State Bobcat helmet as the 'Cats smoke Montana 34-11 to clinch a top-two playoff seed, the undisputed Big Sky title and the first 12-0 regular season in Big Sky history...
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Oh. My. Word. Trevor "Houdini" Lawrence to Turner for 6, 21-17 Canes @dailytribsports
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Well would you look at that...Visperas has thrown for over 2,000 yards each of the last two seasons at Eastern Washington. Had six total touchdowns against the Griz in Cheney this last season.
Honored and blessed to receive an offer from the University of Montana! #AGTG @CoachPease @Reach_NIL
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