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What's one of the first things you should do in a new leadership role at the University of Montana?  Hop on an episode of the GFP of course!  Joining us for a little over an hour is the newly installed President of the University of Montana, Jeremiah Shinn.  The conversation ranges from his background and experiences at other schools, to his vision for Montana, and the vital roll athletics plays a...

Get to know the new head coach of the Montana Soccer team, Stu Gore.  He sits down with the GFP and shares some information on his background as a player and then a coach.  He gives an overview on his coaching philosophy, the potential he sees in Montana, and his hopes for the future. 

Just about 4 weeks on the job as Montana's new head football coach, Bobby Kennedy spent a few hours with us to talk all things Griz football.  Get to know Coach BK a little better as he shares about his background in coaching and his approach to his current job.  Fan questions are woven throughout the 2 hour conversation as well, enjoy!

Bobby Hauck announced his retirement from the University of Montana Football program on February 4th, 2026.  When news of this magnitude hits, you know we've got to drop an emergency pod!  Joining the GFP for the first 50 minutes is Deputy Director of Athletics Greg Sundberg.  Greg talks on the day of the announcement and the days leading up to it.  From there the pod goes into our thoughts and fe...

In this marathon pod the GFP takes a total look at the 2025 football season.  We discuss the positives and what's encouraging moving forward.  We also really dive into our assessments on needed changes an improvements.  It's a long pod, take it in doses.  Go Griz

With the sting from the semifinal loss still pretty strong, we sat down to talk about the game.  Additional conversations spread to some broader perspectives.  We were flooded with fan questions and nearly half of the pod is covering those.  In the weeks ahead the GFP will release another look ahead pod and full dissection on the 2025 season.

It's time to talk about the greatest upcoming game in the Griz / cat rivalry.  We're back in studio together to talk about what Montana needs to do to win the game.

Arguably the biggest sporting event in Montana will occur this Saturday when the Grizzlies and Bobcats meet in the FCS semifinals.  This week's GFP we give some time to recap the USD win and then move into the upcoming game against the bobcats.  Legacies and bragging rights will forever be on the line this weekend, ramp it up with the GFP!  Go Griz!

Ace gave us the keys this week and we met up at the Townsquare studio to record this week's GFR.  We're wrapping SDSU, talking South Dakota, and all things playoffs.  Go Griz!

With a week of rest the Montana Grizzlies put on their best performance of the season in a masterful beatdown of the SDSU Jackrabbits.  This week we dive into our takeaways from the game and what this means going forward.  We look around the playoffs a bit and give some time to Montana's next opponent, South Dakota.  The last 90 minutes or so cover the overwhelming amount of fan questions.

Joining the pod for the first hour and half is head coach Chris Citowicki, associate head coach J Landham, and associate coach Ashley Herndon.  We discuss their backgrounds, their coaching style, and the soccer season that ended with the Griz as Big Sky Tournament Champions.  There we a lot of fan questions for the staff, so we ask those during this segment as well.  From there the 2nd half of the...

Joining the pod this week is most everyone's favorite backup running back, and trash talker, Andrew Schmidt.  As one might suspect, this episode dissects a lot of concerns and frustrations following the Brawl loss.  Once all that needed to be said has been said, we move on to playoff talk for the #3 seed Montana.  As always, we close with fan questions. TOC: 0 - 2:05 Brawl therapy session 2:06 - 2...

It's Brawl week - FTC

It's cat week, and time for the Brawl of the Wild.  Joining the pod are two former Grizzly players, Samuel Akem and Tyler Hobbs.  Buckle in for 3.5 hours of all the stories and the trash talk you can handle.  

We're giving final thoughts on the EWU game and we preview the Portland State game.  We also give some time to the men's hoops win over UNLV and we assign some madden rankings to the football team.

The Grizzlies escaped a major upset loss at home and there's plenty to discuss on it.  Joining us this week is Kyle Hansen with KPAX and Montana Sports.  We open with celebrating Montana Soccer's Big Sky tournament championship and then we dive into our thoughts from the EWU game.  With over 50 fan questions to answer the back 1/3 of the pod is getting to all of those! TOC: 0-15: Intro / James / S...

GFR is back!  This week we discuss the narrowing playoff picture, scout out Eastern Washington, and pick this weekend's games.

After 150 episodes we still have more stuff to talk about!  This week we recap the Weber game, and call out some ongoing concerns.  Before that though the week of carnage in the FCS is addressed and the top seeds for the playoffs are a hot topic to discuss.  We quickly preview EWU's stats and then get to fan questions.  

Whoops - here's the correct one, this week we reflect on the Grizzlies success so far, scouting Weber State, and the FCS playoffs

The Montana Grizzlies let their play do the talking as they took down Sacramento State in a highly talked about game. This episode revisits the win, Brint shares his observations from attending the game, and we recap the positives and concerns. Now 9 weeks in the season we move on to dedicate some time on the FCS playoff picture as well. Finally, lots of fan questions, we cover most all!   TOC: 0...

GFR is back to talk Friday night lights in Sacramento!

The Montana Grizzlies are off to their best start since 2009.  However, the GFP has concerns.  Coming off a choppy win against Sacred Heart we dissect and debate areas of concern and needed improvement.  After a quicker chat around the game itself more outward comparison is considered as we look around the rest of the FCS.  From there, it's time to discuss the upcoming Sacramento State game.  The...

GFR is back!  This week Mike, Kyle, and Brint wrap up thoughts on the homecoming weekend and events and how UM marketing hit a home run.  They discuss the Griz at the midway point of the season, and then scout out the Sacred Heart Pioneers.

For the first time since 2009 the Montana Grizzlies have opened the season 6-0.  This homecoming came started slow, but the Griz found their stride and finished strong.  This week we break down takeaways, concerns, and impressions around the conference as the FCS is starting to take shape.   TOC: 0 - 1:18 Homecoming recap 1:18 - 1:29 Sacred Heart and FCS chat 1:29 - 2:11 Fan Questions

Games at ISU are always low-stress and very calming for the Griz and none of the hosts of this podcast panicked about it at all.  In all seriousness though after a shootout win there was plenty to dissect, both good and concerning.  After some extensive talk about the game we give some early looks into Cal Poly and answer all of the fan questions. TOC: 0-5:30 Intro with James 5:30 - 16:30 Revisiti...