university of montana

Idaho State had visions Saturday of snapping a 15-game losing streak to Big Sky rival Montana. But the Grizzlies had other ideas.

No. 4 Montana jumped out to an early lead over No. 8 Idaho and never looked back, putting up over 400 yards of offense.

The University of Montana is bringing back its classic colors of copper, silver and gold this year to celebrate its legacy, history and the 30th anniversary of the Grizzly football team’s first national championship.

More than 11,060 students were enrolled this fall, including 592 first-generation students, 817 Native Americans and 397 veterans.

There were plenty of big performances to go around on both sides of the ball as Montana outgained Indiana State 647-387 on the day – the seventh-most yards the Griz have racked-up in program history.

Dick Berrett writes, " If rather than evaluating its economic impact on other businesses such as hotels and gas stations, we think of university athletics as a business itself, we have to recognize that without hefty subsidies it would fail."

No. 5 Montana clawed back in the fourth quarter to take a thrilling 24-23 win over No. 16 North Dakota in front of a sold-out crowd of 26,492 fans at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula on Saturday.

The University of Montana's Grizzly Athletics program serves as a major economic driver for the state, generating nearly $100 million in annual income and creating hundreds of jobs across the region.

The Griz, currently ranked No. 6 in the FCS, will kick off the season under the lights at 6 p.m. at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, the first of 12 straight weeks of games.

Today, I’m wrapping up a two-part series on K. Ross Toole. If you didn’t read last week’s column, it might be helpful to review it before enjoying part two, today. Ross Toole was deeply concerned about corporate greed vs. “the will of the people to protect the land they love.”