Big Sky Breakdown

In this latest episode, of "Sports Bite - Inside Montana Media", Blake Hempstead of Skyline Sports sits down with Grace Lawrence, the sideline reporter for Montana State football for Scripss Sports and a sports reporter for MTN, to learn more about her path to Montana. 

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck and recruiting coordinator Justin Green introduce UM's 35 football signees on Wednesday February 6, 2025. 

Efton Chism III carved out an incredible career at Eastern Washington and he now is looking to take his career to the next level. After a stellar performance at the Hula Bowl, he received an invite to the East-West Shrine Bowl, where he also shined. Despite being a small school guy, he was able to make plays and show the NFL scouts his value.   0:00 - Intro  0:44 - Hula Bowl & Shrine Bowl Expe...

Montana State lost offensive coordinator Tyler Walker and offensive line coach Al Johnson to Temple earlier this off-season.  MSU head coach Brent Vigen officially announced the hiring of their replacements, including OC Pete Sterbick.  Sterbick worked at Montana Tech from 2014-2018 before coaching at Colorado School of Mines from 2019 until last season, serving as head coach the last two seasons....

Montana State head football coach Brent Vigen addressed the media after his program signed six more new recruits, bringing the total combined between the early signing period in December and Wednesday to 30 new Bobcats. Vigen addressed the media about the class as well as his new coaching staff hires.  New MSU offensive coordinator Pete Sterbick (49:13) makes his press conference debut after Vigen...

In this week's interview with Keelan White, he and Samuel Akem looked back on his college football career and talked about his pending professional career. Keelan went from being a freshman walk-on to becoming a top receiver on a Big Sky championship team. Being from Canada is special in its own right, but it also comes with challenges that made the road difficult for him.  0:00 - Intro  0:57 - Ho...

In the latest edition of "Sports Bite - Inside Montana media with Blake Hempstead", Blake sits down with Keaton Gillogly, the Voice of the Montana State football and men's basketball teams to talk about going from the Big Ten to the Big Sky as well as riding the bus during minor league baseball and much more. 

In this week's Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem talks about some of the big name FCS Transfers that are taking their talents elsewhere, the impact of going to an all-star game for FCS prospects. The CAA is opting into the House settlement. What does this mean for the FCS  0:00 - Intro  2:38 - FCS Transfer Portal Tracker  20:19 - Keelan White & Hayden Harris CFL Prospects 24:25 - All Star Games For...

Ryan Tootell joins Colter Nuanez to talk about building a roster with both transfers and high school players in Big Sky Conference football, plus a conversation about Tommy Mellott, Junior Bergen and Marcus Wehr's NFL prospects & more. 

Montana State sports information director Bill Lamberty, who has spent more than 30 years at MSU, joins Blake Hempstead to talk about the evolution of his industry and the evolution of media in general. 

In the debut episode of "Sports Bite: Inside Montana media", host Blake Hempstead sits down with Brandon Sullivan, an Emmy award winning photo/video journalist for MTN who recently moved to Boise, Idaho. 

In this interview, Samuel Akem sits down with former Montana quarterback Clifton McDowell. Sammy & Cliff talk about Clifton's time in college, most notably his time at Montana when he helped to the Griz to the 2023 FCS national championship game. The conversation also touches on McDowell's time at McNeese State which is where he spent his final season of college football. 0:00 - Intro  1:00 -...

In the debut episode of "Sports Bite - inside Montana Media with Blake Hempstead", Blake interviews Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports about the motivation for this new podcast series delving into the back stories of Montana's media corps + Colter shares the story of the origin of Skyline Sports. 

In this week's Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem looks at some of the transfers leaving the Big Sky Conference and going to the FBS, a former Big Sky coach is cleaning up! We will also be looking at some of MY top offensive FCS draft prospects who are looking to take their game to the next level. Towards the end I will chat about Sac State President Dr. Luke Wood's comments about the house settlement....

Montana entered Saturday's rivalry game against Montana State with a 9-1 record at home this season and an 8-1 record in Missoula against MSU under Travis DeCuire.  The trend of home winning continued for the Griz and the trend of beating Montana State continued for DeCuire, who moved to 15-5 against MSU. 

On Saturday in Missoula, Montana State remained undefeated in Big Sky Conference play with a 67-66 win over the Lady Griz, the 9th win in 11 rivalry matchups for MSU.  Following the game, MSU's Marah Dykstra (left), Esmeralda Morales & Dylan Phillip, followed by Bobcat head coach Tricia Binford addressed media. Montana head coach Nate Harris along with senior Dani Bartsch (center) and junior M...

Montana and Montana State played for the Big Sky Tournament title game last March. After trailing for much of the first 30 minutes, MSU surged to an 85-70 win to advance to the NCAA Tourney for the 3rd year in a row. This is the first time the two teams have played since.  The 309th matchup between MSU and Montana takes place Saturday night in Missoula. The Grizzlies lead the all-time series 156-1...

Montana dominated Montana State in women's basketball for four decades under Robin Selvig's leadership. Since Selvig retired in 2016, the tables have turned significantly.  Montana State has won 12 of the last 15 matchups between the two teams, but Montana won 72-50 in Missoula last year in their last meeting.  Montana State has won eight of the last 10. MSU 20th-year head coach Tricia Binford is...

Junior Bergen carved out a legendary career on the field for the Montana Grizzlies and now he's taking his talents to the next level. The first step in that process is pro day. We talked about his process of choosing an agent and we also dove into some of his memories from the last few years with the Griz.    0:00 - Intro  2:13 - Picking An Agent  4:09 - Combine Training  5:14 - Reflecting On Mont...

In this week’s Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem talks about the effect that Title IX will have on the new revenue sharing model that is coming in college sports. We also get into schools ending their collectives in anticipation of the revenue sharing model. Also, coaches are going to be discussing fake injuries in the offseason.  0:00 - Intro  1:15 - Power 4 Schools Ending NIL Collectives For Rev Shar...

Colter Nuanez is joined by Andrew Houghton to talk all things Big Sky Conference hoops, including the biggest surprises in the men's and women's basketball leagues, the surging Northern Colorado men's squad, the up-and-down last few weeks for the Montana Grizzlies, the struggling MSU Bobcats plus thoughts on the Lady Griz under an interim head coach and Montana State women's hoops continued domina...

Brooks Nuanez joins Colter Nuanez to break down all the ins and outs of the 2024 FCS National championship game, a 35-32 North Dakota State win over No. 1 Montana State. 

No. 2 North Dakota State exploded to a 21-3 halftime lead and hung on for a 35-32 victory over No. 1 Montana State on January 6, 2025 in Frisco, Texas to claim the FCS national championship.  North Dakota State has claimed 10 FCS titles since 2011, and this was its first national championship since beating MSU here in 2021, 38-10.  Montana State head coach Brent Vigen, senior QB Tommy Mellott and...

New University of Idaho head football coach Thomas Ford Jr. joined Colter Nuanez for his "Vandals Weekly" debut about a week after getting hired as the 37th head coach at UI.

Former Montana State All-American and current Denver Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton joins Colter Nuanez to talk all things Bobcat football