Big Sky Breakdown

Montana 11th-year head coach Travis DeCuire can tie the UM record for career wins with a victory on Saturday against rival Montana State. His next win will help him tie Jiggs Dahlberg for the most in UM men's hoops history. 

Montana State assistant coach Zach Payne was an assistant on Travis DeCuire's staff for four years. He has been on Matt Logie's staff at MSU the last two seasons.

Montana interim women's basketball coach Nate Harris addressed the media ahead of his team's matchup at first place Montana State on Saturday. UM is 5-5 under Harris's guidance and on a three-game losing streak entering the rivalry game.

Montana State head women's basketball coach Tricia Binford joins Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to preview MSU's home game against Montana on Saturday. The Bobcats have tied a school record with 17 straight victories and sit at 14-0 in Big Sky Conference play. MSU (24-2 overall) beat Montana 67-66 in Missoula in the first rivalry matchup of the season.

Montana State head men's basketball coach Matt Logie joins Colter Nuanez to break down his team's matchup against league-leading Montana on Saturday night in Bozeman. Logie is 1-3 against Montana in his career at MSU. The Griz won the first matchup this season 77-70. 

Montana senior guard MJ Bruno addressed the media ahead of her last rivalry matchup against Montana State on Saturday in Bozeman. MSU is riding a 17-game winning streak that included a 67-66 win over UM in Missoula. The Lady Griz have lost three in a row and sit at 6-8 in league play with four conference contests remaining in the regular season.

Montana State senior forward KJ (Limardo) Martin joins Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to preview Saturday's rivalry game against the Lady Griz of Montana. Martin has never lost on her home court to Montana. The Bobcats have won 17 in a row and are 14-0 in Big Sky Conference play.

This week's Akem's Analysis is short and straight to the point, looking at all the FCS players that are getting invites to the combine and the players who are not! I will also be looking at all of the Big Sky football schedules for the 2025 season. 0:00 - Intro  1:11 - Looking At All The Big Sky Schedules For 2025  35:02 - All 2025 FCS Combine Invites/Omissions  44:48 -Final Thoughts   47:27 - End...

Austin Parr of SWX Montana joins Blake Hempstead of Skyline Sports to talk about his career path and what he loves about being a story teller. 

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...