Griz Fan Pod

With the Brawl of the Wild just days away we’re happy to bring you a special roundtable episode featuring Griz and Cat fans from around the Big Sky Podcast Network realm.  Mike and Brint with the Griz Fan Pod share and discuss their thoughts and opinions of this game from the Montana Grizzlies perspective.  Both Ryan and Ryan from the R&R Cat Cast and Montana Parlay and Hot Take Nate from Montana Mint join to share their Montana State Bobcats perspective.  It’s a fun hour and half of discussion, banter, occasional jokes, and opinions from both sides of the rivalry.  

The Brawl of the Wild awaits this Saturday and we’ve got plenty to cover on the GFP.   With Luke out for the week, Riley Corcoran joins Mike and Brint in person.  In our chat Riley goes over some final thoughts from NAU and looks ahead to the Cat game.  As the pod goes on, Andrew Schmidt, everyone’s favorite backup running back, joins in virtually to chat all things cat week.   Both share great insights, stories, and fun moments of their memories on this great rivalry.   This was the first GFP that was also live-streamed on Twitch during Andrew’s segment as well.  

TOC:

0 – 5 – Intro / James’s picks

5 – 27 – Riley joins / NAU recap

27 – 37 – Around the Big Sky / College Gameday

37 – 1:44 – Andrew Schmidt joins to talk Griz-Cat

1:44 – 1:47 – Riley signs off

1:47 – 2:21 – Fan Questions and close

The GFP is back at it and we’ve got plenty to cover!  The Griz are looking much better after a 35-0 shutout win vs Northern Colorado.  And as many were hoping for, Mike quickly addresses his UNC pick and seeks atonement from Griz Nation.  Moving beyond that point there was plenty to cover from the game and the guys go over all of it.  

From there we move on to a broad look around the Big Sky and the FCS.  There’s two weeks of regular season left and the post-season is on the horizon.  What do the Griz need to do to secure a spot?  How are the FCS polls shaping up?

After that it’s time to talk NAU and what to expect for this upcoming game.  The Griz have had a tough go of it in Flagstaff in the last decade and this young NAU team is eyeing Montana for an upset.  Then, as always, the last hour is all of your fan questions that came in this week.  

TOC:

0-27 Intro, Mike’s atonement, Lady Griz Soccer, ESPN Gameday

27-56 Northern Colorado recap

56-1:10 Around the Big Sky and FCS

1:10-1:31 Northern Arizona preview

1:31-2:13 Fan questions

It’s been quite the week in Griz Nation

as many fans are still reeling from Montana’s 20-19 win over 1 win Southern Utah.  The GFP is back and ready to share our

thoughts, good and bad.   We go over the ongoing struggles the offense is

having, team penalties, and the continued effort from the defense.  We chat about having two strong candidates for

the Buck in Pat O’Connell and Justin Ford. 

Discussion also centers around areas of needed improvement, team

leadership, and road games vs home games.

Before the recap of the SUU game

though, the guys have SID Eric Taber on to talk about the very real possibility

of having College Gameday come to Montana for the Brawl.   Montana

fans need to go all out for the next two weeks to tag game day in all social

media posts to get their attention. 

There’s a big push behind this, let’s make it happen!

Once complete with the recap we

jump into our usual look around the conference and make picks for the upcoming

week.  Then it’s on to the Northern

Colorado game.  UNC has been playing

better and will pose a bigger challenge to Montana than one might expect.  We break down what to expect, who to look

for, and what the Griz need to do to get a win. 

Then, as usual, we close with all of our great fan questions and

topics. 

TOC:

0 – 6:30 – Introduction & James’

picks

6:30 – 16:40 – Eric Taber on

Gameday

16:40 – 1:02 – Southern Utah talk

1:02 – 1:17 – Around the Big Sky

1:17 – 1:36 – Northern Colorado

Preview

1:36 – 2:31 – Questions and close

The Little Brown Stein stays in Montana as the Grizzlies got back on track with a solid win against the Idaho Vandals.  And as it turned out there was quite a few takeaways we wanted to chat about.  The offense showed great improvement, there are still a lot of costly errors, and the defense appeared to be back to it’s dominant ways.  Beyond that there was plenty to cover from the officiating, the lack of replay, the atmosphere, beer sales in the Kibbie Dome, and the woes of the Idaho faithful. 

We then shift gears to look around the conference.  Weber pulled off a major upset against Eastern Washington, the crazy box score from ISU vs MSU, and Sac appears to be rolling.  With just 4 weeks left of regular conference play it’s also time to start looking at the very murky Big Sky Conference playoff picture.  

After that we strap on the oxygen tanks, get the scuba masks, and get below the surface waters of the upcoming Southern Utah game.  SUU’s stats aren’t great but they’ve put a few scares into teams, we go over their season so far, and what to expect.  Brint also updates us on his planned tailgate spread for this weekend.  And finally, as always, we finish with all of the fan questions that piled up on egriz and twitter.

TOC:

0 –  13: intro

13 – 1:05 – Idaho recap

1:05 – 1:35 – Around the big sky / Playoffs

1:35 – 1:57 – Southern Utah

1:57 – end – Fan questions

On the heels of a tough home loss

to Sacramento State the GFP is back to dissect the game and where the team is

at right now.  And who better else can we

have on hand to assist in the discussion but Colter Nuanez with ESPN Missoula and

Skyline Sports.  With Colter’s insight we

have some long discussions on the roster, the game, and the coaching staff’s

approach and plans week in and week out. 

It’s an impressive overview that spins off multiple conversations that

give Griz Nation a total perspective that helps give insight to some of what’s

happening with this team. 

Moving beyond last week’s game the

guys discuss the upcoming Idaho game and what to expect there.  With Colter’s help we analyze the importance

of the next handful of games Montana has coming up and what the Griz need to do

to get back on track.  Of course everyone’s

favorite part of the pod, the fan questions, close us out in in the last 45

minutes.  The questions range from

serious ones about the roster, play calling, and playoff hopes to having to

pick between Backstreet Boys or NSYNC. 

TOC:

0 – 13:00 – Introduction and talk

on the 2001 team reunion

13:00 – 1:40 – Sac State game

talk, state of the team discussion

1:40 – 2:05 – Idaho game

2:05 – 2:15 – Around the Big Sky

2:15 – 3:00 – Fan questions

With the mysterious lost pod now in the rear-view mirror the guys are back at it and covering all of your need to know Grizzly topics.  Fresh off a 31-14 win over Dixie State there was plenty to dissect. From Kris Brown’s first start, the offensive line, the defense, injuries, and illness.  It was also a crazy weekend around the FCS and in the Big Sky as there were plenty of surprising games to recap.  Now, Montana has a major test with a challenging Sacramento State coming to Missoula.  As always, we close with fan questions, and we added in a bunch that were not answered from the last week as well. Stay for the bonus content where we quiz Mike on his favorite soups. And hear from Brint on what types of pizza college kids think is high quality.

TOC:

0 – 17 – Lost pod and EWU look back

17 – 52 – Dixie State recap

52 – 1:08 Around the big sky

1:08 – 1:30 – Sac state

1:30 – 2:10 – questions and close

It’s a big week in Griz Nation as the #4 Montana Grizzlies head to Cheney to play the #6 Eastern Washington Eagles.  In this weeks episode of the GFP we share our thoughts from the homecoming game against Cal Poly.  From how impressive the defense and special teams were, to the inconsistent showing from the offense.  There’s also a segment dedicated to our ongoing observations around the gameday experience.  We then look around the league and recap what happened in Big Sky Conference play and predict the upcoming week.  After that it’s time to talk about this huge game against EWU, we talk about who to look for, what to expect, and how the Griz can win.  Finally, as always, we’ve got a large array of fan questions to cover as we close out the show including a pick one option about being a pirate or driving a teal Miata with the roof down in the winter.

TOC:

1 – 27:00 Cal Poly recap

27:00 – 43:00 Gameday experiences

43:00 – 58:00 Big Sky recap

58:00 – 1:05 Picking the next week

1:05 – 1:25 Eastern Washington talk

1:25 – 2:21 Fan questions

It’s homecoming for Montana!  With the bye week in the rear view mirror the Griz ramp up for their next opponent, the Cal Poly Mustangs.  Without a prior game to recap the guys jump into talking about the wild last week of Big Sky Conference football and also discuss the week ahead for all other conference teams.  We chat as well about the upcoming Griz opponent in Cal Poly.  The Mustangs new head coach is former EWU coach Beau Baldwin and he’s undergoing large changes with the program.  Gone are the triple option days for Poly, but as discussed in the pod, we don’t know who’s starting at QB and we’re expecting some tricks up Baldwin’s sleeve.  The last half of the pod closes out with the wide array of fan questions and comments, some of which lead to some long discussions on various topics.

Big Sky, Big Takes is back! A couple weird audio issues in the middle of this one because Producer Jerry doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Host – Bear Tycoon

Panel – Brint Wahlberg (Griz Fan Pod), Hot Take Nate (Mint Sports), and Colby Peterson (Weber State Weekly)

Producer – Jerry the idiot