Just out of curiousity...

[Panther-at-Arms]

Hi all, from a faithful Griz fan living in Des Moines. I'll try to shed some light on why I think others hate us so much, and I liked UNI Cat's take on we are the Yankees of the FCS (although I hate the yankees).

Several of you had it correct that we are the only game in town. If I was to compare it to IA, it's similar to no UNI and just having the Hawks/Clones. In MT you are simply a Griz or a Bobcat, nothing else, and it didn't matter if you went to the school or not. Unfortunately the similarities to the Hawks is strong. We have won more games between the two schools in the past 30 yrs and are the big brother. Our fans are similarly passionate and our "fans" are similarly obnoxious (what I have seen of the Hawk fans after living here 4yrs).

Our board is full of smack that is primarily directed between the two MT schools. Most of us realize that a minority group on the board or in person makes for an unpleasant gameday experience.

I hope that my Griz see you in the playoffs and I'll be more than happy to have you buy me a beer when I show up to tailgate with you. In fact, I might have to come up and do some "scouting" of the remaining games on my own.

Hope to see you there...but only as long as we don't have to read any more posts on the Griz board about what a crappy arena the Dome is!

[Iowagriz]

Hope to see you there...but only as long as we don't have to read any more posts on the Griz board about what a crappy arena the Dome is!

I'll have to visit 1st to make that judgement call. One one hand, I hate indoor football, on the other hand, I've watched the Vikings in January in a t-shirt drinking cold beer. That would be a little tough to do outdoors. (my MT blood has thinned out considerably)

[TravelingPanther]

Stop with the posts about Montana not coming here for the semis. If we win out we are the #1 team/seed and Montana will be playing in the Dome.

[BCPanther]

Rob is right...

I emailed the NCAA and got a response confirming it. RH was simply worried the Montana would get the overall #1...

[Mountain Panther]

If we win out we are the #1 team/seed and Montana will be playing in the Dome.

Not if Montana is the #2 seed, correct?

[BCPanther]

I think what Rob meant was that if we are the #1 or #2 we don't have to worry about going anywhere, even Montana...

[Iowagriz]

I know it wouldn't happen with UNI as they have their act together and got the bids in, but if I remember correctly we once hosted a higher ranked team in Missoula as their school hadn't placed a bid to host any semi's. I don't remember which year, but it seems like it happened in the past 5.

If UNI wins out, they are #1, if the Griz win out we are #2 or #3, then we meet at Chatty.

[igo4uni]

If UNI wins out, they are #1, if the Griz win out we are #2 or #3, then we meet at Chatty.

Or in the fabulous UNI-Dome!!

[JayJ79]

Or in the fabulous UNI-Dome!!

that's not how the brackets work.
IF UNI got the #1 seed, and IF Montana was the #2 or #3 seed, then they'd be in opposite halves of the bracket, which couldn't meet until in Chatty.

But if Montana had the #4 seed.....

[Twin Cities Panther]

Fans throwing VCR tapes at us on the sidelines, 45 y/o drunk females swearing at us with their kids sitting at their side, granny swearing at us, racial epithets... you know, all the things that make fans great.

Oh, and be sure to NEVER say anything negative about the Griz to one of their fans. You'll never hear the end of it.

Montana = the West Virginia of our side of the Mississippi River; foul-mouthed drunks with snuff and tobacco spit dribbling out of their mouths where their teeth used to be. The men are just as bad if not worse..........

[Iowagriz]

Montana = the West Virginia of our side of the Mississippi River; foul-mouthed drunks with snuff and tobacco spit dribbling out of their mouths where their teeth used to be. The men are just as bad if not worse..........

You sure you aren't thinking of the Vikings fans in the Dome? I had season tickets when I lived there and think you are describing the section that I sat in (I still enjoyed it). Perhaps it felt like home?

[Panther-Sheik]

You sure you aren't thinking of the Vikings fans in the Dome? I had season tickets when I lived there and think you are describing the section that I sat in (I still enjoyed it). Perhaps it felt like home?

As a Vikings fan (but not a Minnesotan), I love your post...but I think it is actually lutefisk dribbling down their chins through the extra row of teeth.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Just out of curiousity...

Just more examples of the type of guy former Montana Coach Joe Glenn is/was.

Glenn gets reprimand for the "finger"

I dont necessarily agree with Utah doing what they did either. However, me thinks it has something to do with the general distaste most people have for this guy. Guaranteeing a victory and losing by 50?? That's classic!!

[Mountain Panther]

Re: Just out of curiousity...

Just more examples of the type of guy former Montana Coach Joe Glenn is/was.

Glenn gets reprimand for the "finger"

I dont necessarily agree with Utah doing what they did either. However, me thinks it has something to do with the general distaste most people have for this guy. Guaranteeing a victory and losing by 50?? That's classic!!

He shouldn't have used the finger, but the Utah coach should have taken the high road and not kicked that onside when up 43-0. I don't care about Glenn's win gaurantee before the game.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Just out of curiousity...

I love this line in the article...Utah coach Kyle Whittingham acknowledged the onside kick with a 43-0 lead was a "bad decision." It sounds like a headline from "The Onion."

Does anyone know what context Glenn used to guarantee victory? He must have said it in a derogratory or arrogant way to anger the opposing coach into rubbing it in like that.