Big Sky Breakdown

No. 2 South Dakota State made a 4th down stop in double overtime to secure a 30-24 win over No. 3 Montana State in Bozeman on September 6, 2025. Montana pulled away for a 42-17 win over Central Washington in their season opener in Missoula. Brooks Nuanez was in Missoula, Colter Nuanez was in Bozeman. They recap what they saw in Week 2 on both sides of the Continental Divide.

No. 2 South Dakota State made a 4th down stop in double overtime to secure a 30-24 win over No. 3 Montana State in Bozeman on September 6, 2025. A record-setting crowd watched Montana State's first regular-season home loss since 2019. MSU head coach Brent Vigen, DE Hunter Parsons, RBs Julius Davis & Adam Jones addressed the media after falling to 0-2.

Award-winning broadcaster Ryan Tootell joins Colter Nuanez weekly to talk Griz, Bobcats and Big Sky Conference sports. This week, we talk about former Big Sky players in the NFL, Montana State's nationally elite home opener and the Griz getting 2025 underway.

In this Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem looks forward to some of the Week 2 matchups happening in the Big Sky Conference. Once again, the game of the week in FCS football involves a Big Sky team.  Montana State and SDSU face off after both squads lost major talent, but are still in the conversation as top teams in the country. Montana will get their first chance to hit the field for 2025 after their...

Tanner Castora is a freelance journalist covering South Dakota State with a variety of mediums. He's also the author of "Stig and the Rise of South Dakota State Football", a biography about former SDSU head coach John Stieglemeier. Castora joined Colter Nuanez on the Big Sky Breakdown to discuss SDSU's game at No. 3 Montana State on Saturday

Former Griz RB and NFL Agent Andrew Schmidt joins Colter Nuanez to preview Montana's season opener.

Montana State inside linebacker Neil Daily suffered an injury that knocked him out of MSU's 59-13 loss to Oregon. Cole Taylor, a sophomore from Great Falls who was a QB at CMR High, stepped in and performed well.  Taylor joined Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports & ESPN MT to break down his standout performance.

Former Bobcat player & coach Mike Rider joins Colter Nuanez to break down Montana State's Week 1 loss at Oregon and preview the FCS game of the week between MSU and South Dakota State.

Former Montana Griz linebacker Jordan Tripp, who was an NFL draft pick out of UM, is now the color commentator for Griz football games on Scripps Sports broadcasts this fall. He joined Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to talk about all things Griz, broadcasting and more.

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck will open his 14th season leading his alma mater in Missoula on Saturday evening against Central Washington of the Division II Lone Star Conference. 

Montana State 5th-year head coach Brent Vigen hosted his weekly press conference on Monday to help preview his team's home opener against No. 2 South Dakota State. The Bobcats lost 59-13 to No. 7 Oregon. The Jackrabbits beat Sacramento State 20-3. 

Montana State opened the 2025 season with a 59-13 loss to No. 7 Oregon. The 46 points is the largest margin of defeat suffered by the Bobcats since a 69-10 loss at Kansas State in 2008. Following the loss, MSU head coach Brent Vigen along with junior WR Taco Dowler & DT Alec Eckert addressed the media. 

Former Montana State player and coach Michael Rider is back for another season breaking down all things Bobcat football with Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports. Montana State opens its 2025 season in Eugene against the No. 7 Oregon Ducks on Saturday. The Bobcats went 15-1 but lost their final game of 2024 in the FCS national title game, falling 35-32 to North Dakota State.

In this week's Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem breaks down all of the biggest games happening in the Big Sky Conference this week. A few of the teams out of the Big Sky played in Week 0, but now we get to see more of the conference live in action.  The biggest game of the weekend is Sacramento State vs South Dakota State. It could have big playoff ramifications later in the season. Montana State will...

Tyson Alger has been covering the Oregon Ducks for more than a decade with stops at the Oregonian, The Athletic & the I-5 Corridor. He now covers Oregon football for Lookout Eugene-Springfield. No. 7 Oregon opens with Montana State on Saturday in Eugene. Tyson joined Colter Nuanez to preview the Ducks' season.

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Idaho sophomore captain quarterback Joshua Wood and first-year Idaho head coach Thomas Ford Jr. (13:21) joins Colter Nuanez to talk all things Vandal football on the debut episode for the 2025 season of "Vandals Weekly" presented by Array Real Estate.

In this Week's Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem goes through all the games from Week 0 and give his assessment on what we saw! The good, the bad, and the ugly.  0:00 - Intro  2:03 - 8 UC Davis vs 11 Mercer Reaction  4:04 - Idaho State vs UNLV Reaction  25:21 - 5 Incarnate Word vs Nicholls Reaction  41:02 - Big Sky vs MVFC In Allegiant Stadium (2027 & 2029)  45:10 - Should Preseason Polls Be Finish...

Montana State named Justin Lamson as its starting quarterback on Monday. MSU opens its 2025 season at No. 7 Oregon on Saturday afternoon. Lamson is a senior who transferred to MSU from Stanford. He's been on campus since after. Lamson addressed the media on Monday.

Montana State opens its 2025 football campaign at No. 7 Oregon in Eugene on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats are coming off a 15-1 season that ended with a 35-32 loss to North Dakota State in the FCS national title game. MSU fifth-year head coach Brent Vigen hosted his first press conference of the season on Monday.

Grace Lawrence is the sideline reporter for all Montana State and Big Sky Conference football games for KBZK TV of Bozeman and Scripps Sports. She also is a co-host of the Bobcat Insider TV show and a reporter for KBZK in Bozeman. Each week, she will join Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to share some of the tidbits from her reporting that doesn't make the TV broadcasts.

Kyle Hansen is the man on the Griz football sidelines during television broadcasts. He also covers Big Sky Conference football for Scripps Sports.  Each week throughout the season, Kyle will join Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to go through the story lines that don't make the TV broadcast.  The conversation continues with the exploration of the difference in roster construction strategies at UM a...

Ryan Tootell returns to the studio to break down the biggest, broadest narratives for the Griz and the Bobcats entering the 2025 football season. Tootell and Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports lead with Junior Bergen & Tommy Mellott's NFL prospects. The conversation continues with the exploration of the difference in roster construction strategies at UM and MSU.

In this week's Akem's Analysis, we talked about the upcoming games in the Big Sky as well as the rest of the FCS. UC Davis vs Mercer is the biggest game of the weekend, and it will tell us a lot about what to expect from UC Davis this season.  The FCS Stats Perform Preseason poll gives us an idea of how many ranked opponents each Big Sky team will be playing. What does that look like this season?...