http://grizpawblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:04:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seeing what happened to Shann Schillinger and Marc Mariani in last week's NFL draft reminded me a bit of what happened to Blaine McElmurry back in 1997. The two-time All-American safety went off the charts when NFL scouts came through Missoula to test Grizzly players before the draft that year. Running ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=284 I'm still amazed how many questions I'm getting about new Griz football coach Robin Pflugrad, mainly in the form of, "How do you think new coach will do?" But I guess I shouldn't be. After all, Grizzly football is everyone's baby. Every time there's a coaching change at the top, people are ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=282 I know I should have done this much sooner, but hey, I've been really busy. But better late than never, as they say. It was interesting, to say the least, to watch the Grizzly basketball team go toe to toe with New Mexico in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=280 I'm old enough to remember watching the Montana Grizzlies play New Mexico in men's basketball. Growing up in the 50s, we made most of Montana's home basketball games, and a few on the road, too. There was no women's program to speak of in those days. If there was a team, ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=276 It didn't take it long to come up in conversation these days that Montana's remarkable comeback against Weber State Wednesday night wasn't the first such occurrence in recent memory. Just ask the South Dakota State football team. If you're old and memory challenged like me, the Griz gridders were down 48-21 late ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=274 I wonder how many people quit watching last night's Griz game at halftime. I thought about it. It's hard to come up with adjectives to describe how the Griz played, especially Anthony Johnson, in the  second half of the Big Sky tournament championship game. Somehow words like unbelievable and exhilarating just don't ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=272 Watching the Montana Grizzlies outlast Northern Colorado Tuesday finally brought into focus for me what has been an ongoing problem for the Griz this season. They seem too ready to relax when things are going well. It happened twice against Northern Colorado, and the second case nearly cost Montana its berth in ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=270 We've heard it before. Win or go home. The Montana Grizzlies and the Montana Lady Griz took very different paths to the semifinals of their respective Big Sky Conference tournaments this week. The Grizzlies, at times playing like the best team in the conference, wound up with only a No. 4 seed ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=268 One of the options the University of Montana is looking at to alleviate its economy-induced budget woes is cutting the number of out-of-state scholarships that could be offered to prospective athletes. It's an attractive thought to some because five in-state scholarships can be offered for the same cost as two out-of-state ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=265 I stopped by to pick up tickets for this Saturday night's first-round Big Sky Conference men's tournament play-in game between Montana and Northern Arizona, and wasn't really surprised that sales are slow. That's because I was on hand last Saturday night when the Griz laid an egg in their loss to ... http://grizpawblog.com/?p=263