Big Sky Breakdown

No. 3 Montana State rolled past Cal Poly 61-7 on Halloween at Bobcat Stadium to improve to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in Big Sky Conference play. The Mustangs fall to 4-6 overall, 3-4 in league. True freshman Carter Dahlke returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and later caught a 44-yard TD pass, Caden Dowler intercepted two first-half passes and the Bobcats built a 48-0 halftime lead. MSU...

Former Montana State player, coach and analyst Michael Rider joins Colter Nuanez to talk about special teams as a roster-building art, the Bobcats' slow starts, fixing run fits on defense, the corner and linebacker rotation, Jared White and Pete Serbeck's creative offense, and why Saturday's game against Cal Poly is pivotal. More at skylinesportsmt.com

Skyline Sports analyst Jordan Tripp joins Colter Nuanez to talk about how the Griz turn the page, depth and injuries in the secondary, slowing Eastern Washington QB Nate Bell, the Griz offense against Eastern's defense and why the playoffs start now for Montana. Big Sky Breakdown is presented in part by Trail West Bank. More at skylinesportsmt.com

Montana wide receiver LeKeldrick Bridges is a Griz Star of the Week on Tootell & Nuanez on ESPN Montana 102.9. Colter Nuanez catches up with the redshirt sophomore from Cedar Hill, Texas, at Washington-Grizzly Stadium as the Griz get ready for Eastern Washington.

Montana safety Brady Beaner is a Griz Star of the Week on Tootell & Nuanez on ESPN Montana 102.9. Colter Nuanez catches up with the sophomore from Anacortes, Washington, at Washington-Grizzly Stadium as the Griz get ready for Eastern Washington.

Montana State offensive line coach Matt Smith talks Bobcat football. More Montana State, Montana and Big Sky Conference coverage at skylinesportsmt.com

Andrew Schmidt joins Colter Nuanez for a Halloween edition of Talkin' Schmidt. The guys dig into the University of Montana's budget problems, with enrollment flat and faculty being cut while millions go to administration instead of the athletic department, and why the Bobcats have dominated the all-sports race. Schmidt says the Griz just need a C defense, not an F, and should feed Eli Gillman, whi...

Montana head coach Bobby Kennedy joins Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez for the Brawl of the Wild Coaches' Corner on ESPN Montana. Coming off the bye, Kennedy breaks down a wild Big Sky where anybody can beat anybody, how the Griz used the off week for self-scouting, walkthroughs and film work, and how he approaches the defense from an offensive coach's perspective. He also opens up about the challe...

Skyline Sports analyst JP Flynn joins Colter Nuanez for Jammin' with JP on the Big Sky Breakdown. JP breaks down the Bobcats' 38-33 win over an improved Weber State team, the two-back look with Jared White and Adam Jones, Jared White's senior-year story, and how the Montana State offensive line has coalesced around center Aiden Kaplan to post 200-plus rushing yards three straight weeks. Plus: what...

Montana State Director of Athletics Leon Costello sits down with Colter Nuanez on the state of Bobcat athletics. Costello talks about the growth of Montana State's scholarship gala and why scholarship support is still the bedrock of everything the department does, educating fans on NIL and the Bobcat Collective, how student-athletes giving back in the community has strengthened the program's reput...

Idaho head coach Thomas Ford Jr. joins Colter Nuanez on Vandals Weekly after the Vandals' 31-28 homecoming win over Southern Utah in the Kibbie Dome, from how hard his heart was beating on the 53-yard walk-off to slowing down Floyd Chalk and the Thunderbirds' option run game and getting ready for the trip to Portland State. Then kicker Owen Forsman, the Big Sky special teams player of the week and...

Eastern Washington head coach Aaron Best joins Colter Nuanez on the Big Sky Breakdown ahead of the Eagles hosting Montana on Saturday in Cheney. Best explains how Nate Bell edged Jake Schaukle in fall camp to win the quarterback job and why his leadership has been off the charts, what the Eagles got done during their bye week, what EWU learned from one of the toughest schedules in the FCS, how a 1...

FCS analyst Sam Herder joins Colter Nuanez for The FCS Herd as the season hits the stretch run. They debate whether the FCS is trending toward parity or the rich getting richer, how sustained success earns the benefit of the doubt from the playoff committee, Tarleton State and the FBS question, the Missouri Valley's bracket ramifications, UC Davis' win over Northern Colorado and the Davis-Weber St...

UC Davis head coach Tim Plough joins Colter Nuanez to tell the story behind the Keelan Doss photo on his wall from the Aggies' first FCS playoff win, why Doss stayed at Davis after a call with Cooper Kupp, and his favorite Kupp story: the Eastern Washington star playing through a shoulder injury and still torching Plough's NAU defense. Plough and Nuanez also look back on the Big Sky's golden era o...

Big Sky Conference expert Brooks Nuanez joins Colter Nuanez for the Monday edition of Big Sky Breakdown. The brothers dig into a chaotic weekend across college football, Montana's 42-35 loss to Idaho in the battle for the Little Brown Stein, what is ailing the Griz defense and how to fix it, Idaho's ability to pile up 30-plus first downs, and Montana State getting back on track with a 56-20 win ov...

Big Sky Conference expert Brooks Nuanez joins Colter Nuanez for the Big Sky Breakdown. The brothers break down Montana State's 38-33 win over Weber State, the Bobcats' second-half defensive shutout, the special teams blunders Brent Vigen's team must clean up, Jared White's breakout season and Cal Poly's trip to Bozeman. Plus, Montana comes out of its bye week and how the Griz can slow down Eastern...

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen joins Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell for the Brawl of the Wild Coaches' Corner on ESPN Montana. Vigen breaks down the Bobcats' comeback win over Weber State, the elevated quarterback play across the Big Sky and the challenge of rushing the passer, the opening punt that set the wrong tone, how the offensive line has come together, senior Burke Mastel's journey f...

Montana head coach Bobby Kennedy, running back Dylan Paine and linebacker Tanner Williams meet the media coming out of the Grizzlies' bye week. Kennedy discusses the defensive adjustments made during the off week, why there will be no changes on his defensive staff, slowing down Eastern Washington quarterback Nate Bell and the challenge of facing elite quarterbacks every week in the Big Sky Confer...

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen's team won a 14th straight home game 38-33 over Weber State. The Bobcats host Cal Poly Saturday. He held his weekly press conference Monday.

Montana State pulled out a 38-33 win over Weber State to move to 5-1 in Big Sky Conference play, 7-1 overall. The Wildcats fall to 4-2 in league, 5-4 overall. MSU head coach Brent Vigen, senior running back Jared White and senior defensive end Zac Crews addressed the media following the game. This video also includes Weber State head coach Eric Kjar following the loss. Video shot by Brooks Nuanez....

Weber State gets the Big Sky Breakdown treatment ahead of its trip to Bozeman. First-year Wildcats head coach Eric Kjar joins Tootell & Nuanez to talk about the jump from a Corner Canyon High School dynasty to Division I, how he's rebuilt the culture in Ogden with accountability and coaching his players hard, coaching his sons Noah and Tate, the parity across the Big Sky and the challenge of f...

UC Davis head coach Tim Plough joins Colter Nuanez after the Aggies' 38-17 loss at Southern Utah. Plough explains why roster instability and the transfer portal have created so much parity across college football and the Big Sky, why veteran teams that have been through it together still win close games, what made Southern Utah's option-style rushing attack so tough to stop, Jordan Fisher's contin...

Vandals Weekly rolls on after Idaho's 42-35 win at Montana. Idaho head coach Thomas Ford Jr. joins Colter Nuanez, plus running back Hayden Kincheloe, Idaho Vandals analyst Jerek Wolcott and Skyline Sports analyst Samuel Akem. Presented by Array Real Estate. Thanks to our partners Jewelry Design Center, Town & Country Foods, Jeremiah Johnson Brewing and RMC Attorneys. Watch on YouTube: https://...

Skyline Sports analyst and former Montana State captain JP Flynn joins Colter Nuanez on the Big Sky Breakdown podcast series to break down the Bobcats' decisive win at Eastern Washington. They dig into the two Cole Taylor interceptions before halftime that flipped the game, the depth of Montana State's linebacker room, what Justin Lamson, Caden Dowler and Adam Jones bring back to the lineup and ho...