It’s Season One, Episode One of the Montana Trivia Championship - the first game show devoted entirely to Montana!  In this quarter finals matchup, Dan, Dave, and the tag team of Kaylee/Ethan fight to see who is the smartest Montanan.  Oh my!

Mike, Luke, and Brint have guest Shaun Rainey with ABC/Fox SWX Montana on the pod this week.  Shaun currently is the longest tenured local sports media reporters and brings some great stories and perspectives from his time so far as a reporter.  This pod covers Shaun’s background in sports and what brought him to Missoula, looking ahead to NCAA rule changes, Covid19, and The Last Dance.  The guys take a dive into what they foresee for the upcoming football seasons, both college and professional.  Additionally they close with another hilarious set of fan questions. 

0 – 40:00 Introduction & chat with Shaun Rainey

40:00 – 54:00 NCAA and players making money on their likeness

54:00 – 1:18 the 2020 Football season and Covid19

1:18 – 1:23 NFL schedules and Dante Olson

1:23 – 1:44 The Last Dance latest seasons

1:44 – close with fan questions

The guys are back with guest Kyle Hansen with KPAX News to talk about all the current topics around sports and Grizzly Athletics.  Kyle brings a perspective as a former Missoulian and Billings Gazette reporter and now the sports reporter for KPAX and the MontanaSports.com website.  In this podcast the GFP and Kyle discuss The Last Dance so far, both men's and women's basketball, the NFL draft, and Grizzly Football.  The show is full of fun stories, good jokes, and the occasional references to Shelby Montana and the Frozen 2 soundtrack.  

Show segments:

0 – 30:00 – Opening, The Last Dance, Introducing Kyle Hansen

30:00 – 1:13 - Men’s basketball, Kyle on his career so far

1:13 – 1:25 – Lady Griz basketball

1:25 – 1:43 – NFL Draft, Dante, Brint bemoans the Packers Draft

1:43 – close – Grizzly football and why Shelby, Montana is the Paris of the Hi-Line

The guys are back and discussing the GFP poll of Grizzly fans of the 5 best games that have ever occurred in Washington Grizzly Stadium.  This poll consisted of feedback from message boards, twitter, calls, and texts.  The selection covers games ranging from 5 to 25 years ago.  Spend a few hours with the guys as they discuss their memories of these games and the epic moments we all remember from our home field.  

Additionally there's some discussion on both men's and women's basketball, some current topics in sports, and as always listener questions. 

In the first installment of the GFP Happy Hour, the guys welcome Brynn Molloy who is the Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Community Relations for the University.  If you've been curious about what goes on behind the scenes on a football game day this is the show for you.  Brynn shares her insights on prep work, in-game events, and what happens after the games too.  Beyond that we discuss all sorts of points dealing with the fan experience; from Monte, to music, skydivers, and the variation between Football and Lady Griz games when it comes to in-game experiences.  

We also cover social media and marketing efforts that the UM currently does and how that's been changing over the years.  There's discussion on fan feedback, fan interaction, and how other Big Sky Conference Schools compare to Montana.  

As always we have a handful of fan questions and topics to go over and we share a lot of good stories on all things Grizzly Athletics.

The guys are back together and properly socially distanced by way of a zoom conference call.  Mike, Luke, and Brint dive into all aspects of Grizzly Athletics this spring and discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on Montana sports and their lives in general.

The Big Sky Conference suspended their tournament before the men's team could even play a game, while the Lady Griz lost the day before.  Football practice was suspended right before spring break, and there's plenty of questions and topics to discuss about the impact of these cancellations and what they mean for Grizzly Athletics in the future.

There's also plenty of random topics to cover, what the guys are up to, which shows on Netflix they're watching, how they're handling social distancing, and then of course there's the always entertaining onslaught of fan questions from twitter and from egriz. 

Mike, Luke, and Brint are back, talking Grizzly Basketball as the conference tournament is just around the corner and they discuss a few early impressions from football's spring camp and have more general talks on the roster and what to expect moving forward.  

The show also features guests from the Kaimin Sports.  Jack Marshall is one of the sports reporters and he shares a bit of his story, his insights, and what he's seeing from the Griz so far.  Liam McCollum with the multimedia staff of the Kaimin weighs in a bit as well.  

Segments:

0 - 46:00 Introductions / Men's and Women's basketball

46:00 - 1:30 Football's spring camp so far 

1:30 and on, fan question, Kaimin questions, and other chat

Former Griz Quarterback Dalton Sneed joins the Montana Mint Sports Pod to talk about his next steps, how he chose Montana over Portland State, and how he beat out an incumbent QB for the top job in Missoula.  

In a marathon of a podcast Mike and Brint with guest Colter Nuanez with ESPN Radio Montana and Skyline sports to talk Grizzly and Lady Griz Hoops, summarize and discuss the recently completed recruiting class for the Montana Grizzlies, chat about the upcoming spring roster and spring camp, and Colter shares a lot of his insights into the programs.  

Segments roughly as follows:

Intro - 50:00 Griz and Lady Griz Hoops 

50:00 - 1:40 Grizzly Football and Big Sky Conference Football in general

1:40 - 2:25 Colter talks on his career path so far as a reporter

2:25 and on with fan questions and discussions

After a few weeks off, Brint, Luke, and Mike return to record their first pod of the year that covers a wide array of topics including the FCS title game, a look ahead to spring ball for the Montana Grizzlies, a look back over the last decade for Montana, Dante Olson, and many more topics.

Segments as follows:

0 – 27:00 FCS playoffs and national title talk