Big Sky Breakdown

Longtime Montana track and field head coach Brian Schweyen abruptly resigned in August of 2020. Clint May, one of the most successful prep cross country coaches in state history, was named the interim head coach after only one year as the head of UM's cross country program and distance runners.  May led Bozeman High to nine girls' and boys' Class AA state cross country titles in 10 seasons, servin...

Montana State head coach Jeff Choate joins the ESPN Roundtable to give an update on what fall might entail for his team and analyze recruiting in the state of Montana as a whole for the Class of 2020. 

Former University of Montana standout guard comes on the ESPN Roundtable to recap his seven years as a professional basketball player, a journey that helped him play with LeBron James early on before becoming a star in countries like Lithuania, Germany, Turkey, Croatia, Greece and Italy. 

Don Wetzel, a former University of Montana standout basketball player, and his son, Ryan Wetzel, give commentary with a personal feel on the Washington professional football franchise changing its name and logo. "Blackie" Wetzel, a Blackfeet dignitary, is who the former Redskins' logo is modeled after. 

Sam Herder of Hero Sports joins the ESPN Roundtable to break down the current state of the FCS. 

Montana State defensive line coach Byron Hout stops by the ESPN Roundtable to talk about his group, his five years as an assistant on Jeff Choate's staff and his playing career as an all-conference linebacker at Boise State. 

Craig Haley of STATS Perform joins the show to talk about the dwindling FCS Playoff field and all the teams in the FCS who will or won't play in 2020. 

Montana athletic director Kent Haslam stops into the ESPN Roundtable, a joint venture between ESPN Missoula and Skyline Sports presented by Paradise Falls in Missoula.  Haslam gives an update on the state of his department as Griz athletics tries to find answers to questions never seen before at the university. 

Montana athletic director Kent Haslam and interim Lady Griz head coach Mike Petrino hosted a Zoom conference call with 12 members of the Montana media to address the non-renewal of Shannon Schweyen's contract and the promotion of Petrino to interim head coach of the UM women's basketball program. 

In the final ESPN Roundtable for February 2020, Colter Nuanez is joined by Montana State athletic director Leon Costello for an update on the state of his department. 

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, Montana sixth-year head men's basketball coach Travis DeCuire gives an overview of his team's pursuit of a third straight Big Sky Conference title with a rivalry game against Montana State in Bozeman on the horizon. 

In the ESPN Roundtable for the last week of January 2020, Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell were joined by University of Montana senior men's basketball player Jared Samuelson to talk about his journey leaving UM and returning to play for the Griz for his final season. 

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports breaks down the 2020 signing classes for Montana and Montana State football. 

In this week's Big Sky Breakdown, Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports is joined by Ryan Tootell of ESPN Missoula to talk about our latest collaboration - "Griz Greats - the Coaching Tree", which is a podcast series out now. Plus, a breakdown of Big Sky hoops and interviews with Montana State head men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle, former Montana linebacker and Buck Buchanan Award winner Dante Olso...

This week's ESPN Roundtable features Montana men's basketball assistant Jay Flores breaking down the state of Griz hoops a few weeks into the Big Sky Conference season.

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, Montana State 15th-year head coach Tricia Binford joins Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell to talk about her new 3-year contract extension, her journey at Montana State and the prospects for the first-place Bobcats going forward. 

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, former Montana All-American defensive end Tyrone Holmes joins Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell to talk about his 2015 FCS Defensive Player of the Year award leading up to UM linebacker Dante Olson winning a similar accolade plus memories of Holmes' career in the NFL. 

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell are joined by Montana State 15th-year women's basketball head coach Tricia Binford to talk about her 3-year contract extension and her long, successful tenure at MSU. 

Montana State fourth-year head coach along with senior captains safety Brayden Konkol, defensive tackle Derek Marks and wide receiver Kevin Kassis addressed the media following MSU's 42-14 loss at No. 1 North Dakota State in the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs. 

In this episode, Colter and Brooks Nuanez of Skyline Sports recap the opening of the early signing period and the signees for Montanan and Montana State before giving a preview of the semifinal matchup in the FCS playoffs between No. 5 MSU and No. 1 North Dakota Sate and thoughts on No. 3 Weber State at No. 2 James Madison.  Plus hear interviews with NDSU quarterback Trey Lance, Montana State defe...

In this week's ESPN Roundtable, Colter Nuanez and Ryan Tootell are joined by Montana State senior associate athletic director Dan Davies, who was a player on Montana State's 1976 national title team and a coach when the Bobcats won the national title in 1984 to talk about the arch of the Bobcat football program over the last five decades. 

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck and UM recruiting coordinator Justin Green give details on the 17 newest Grizzlies as the early signing period opened on Wednesday. 

Montana State fourth-year head coach Jeff Choate and his coaching staff signed 23 new Bobcats with the opening of the early signing period on Wednesday. They addressed the media after all the National Letters of Intent were in. 

Montana State head coach Jeff Choate addresses the media ahead of MSU's first trip to the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs since 1984. The Bobcats play at No. 1 North Dakota State on Saturday in Fargo. 

Colter Nuanez is joined by Ryan Tootell of ESPN Missoula and Brooks Nuanez of Skyline Sports to preview the matchups between Montana and Weber State along with Austin Peay at Montana plus some analysis of the coaching hires at Cal Poly (Beau Baldwin) and Northern Colorado (Ed McCaffrey).