Weather prediction right now is a high of 48, and a low of 27. 5 MPH wind.

Any local watch parties?

Well, that 27 degrees will be in the early morning hours, so it's going to be 40 degree to 30 degree type of night.

Montana right now, is not looking that impressive in San Luis Obispo, but give their defense credit, they've been holding teams to zero points for 6 straight quarters...and Bo Kelly fumbles in the red zone, giving the ball back to the Griz in the 3rd quarter...no wait, targeting, CP keeps the ball.

Currently, Griz have 196 yards of offense through the air, and 35, that's right, 35 yards rushing @ Cal Poly right now.

They've played two quarterbacks with near identical stat lines so far:
#12 Logan Fife
#8 Keali'i Ah Yat

True to Montana fashion, at least, a Hauck coached Montana - when the offense can't move it, you move it with special teams.

Junior Bergen returns the punt for 84 yards to the house. 21-0 Griz now in SLO.

Griz season thus far:

vs. #17 Missouri State W 29-24 Missouri State is currently 7-2 and 2nd in the MVFC behind NDSU
@ #15 North Dakota L 27-24 North Dakota is currently 5-4 (UND will drop this week)
vs. Morehead State W 59-2 Morehead State is currently 6-3 and 2nd in the Pioneer
vs. Western Carolina W 46-35 WCU is currently 5-4 and 2nd in the Southern
@ EWU W 52-49 Eastern is currently 2-7
vs. Weber State L 48-55 Weber is currently 3-6 and have lost 4 of their last 5, including vs. UNC
vs. NAU W 31-20 NAU is currently 5-4
@ UNC W 24-0 UNC is currently 1-8
@ Poly W 42-7 Cal Poly is currently 2-6
vs. Davis 11/9, Washington-Grizzly Stadium 7:15 pm PT -- ESPN2

Don’t kick to Jr Bergen. Do not let special teams have much of an impact on Montana’s side. They rely a lot on that.

Weather looks to be as good as can be expected for this time of year - hope it stays as predicted cause I will be there. @Idaho Aggie will be there too.

Will the Aggie Band be there?

Is there still a town in Montana named Joe?

Kind of cool that the last 3 weeks features a round robin between 3 of the best 4 teams in the Big Sky.

I think this game will come down to how well can the Aggie defense contain Montana's 2 headed monster at running back. Both Eli Gillman and Nick Ostmo are putting up very good numbers. Gillman has 105 rushes for 792 yards (7.3 avg) and 12 TDs while Ostmo has 105 rushes for 684 yards (6.4 avg) and 3 TDs. They have efficient QB play, but that is complementary to what they want to do on the ground.

If we are able to contain the run game then we have a pretty solid chance. If we don't, we all know what that Montana crowd is capable of once they smell blood in the water.

Updated Massey numbers give the Aggies a 33% chance of winning which I find pretty interesting. I personally think it's closer to a toss up, but what do I know.

I want more jordan fisher. Thinking of starting a new thread to get the coaching staffs attention.

Jordan fisher needs more reps…

The Montana fans are loud and rowdy so we need to be ready for the deafening noise. Visiting teams often have several false starts because they can't hear the QB's voice or even hand claps for the snap. I'm sure Plough will have the offense thoroughly practicing silent counts. A critical false start could mean the difference in a game like this in their house.

The Ags will also need to keep their poise when some breaks or calls don't go their way with the officiating crew. The officials are not immune to the loud boos and the name calling they'll get from a packed house of 27,000 Griz faithful when they don't like a call so it's easy to get homered in Missoula. Griz fans are as passionate as any fan base in all of the FCS.

Please do.

If I remember right from that 2018 comeback game in Missoula, the Ags switched to silent counts in the second half with the center doing hand signals to ready everyone — and if they needed to audible Jake and Keelan would go right up to the line and shout in peoples ears.

Crazy stuff

I’m not saying they cheat BUT..at the 2018, I was on the field and noticed mikes placed every 5-10 yards along the wall separating fans from field. Pretty sure amplified fan noise is not supposedly to be allowed. Of course, there might be some other reason for the mikes.

Oh I totally agree that Montana is probably one of if not the most difficult FCS environment to play a game of football. I just find it interesting that Massey is giving us just a 33% chance of winning given the fairly equal levels of play from the teams.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised by anything with Bobby Hauck.

The coaching staff reads this?

Recording tonight with former Montana great and current team analyst, Sam Akem. Send us questions to ask about the Griz and the game!

Montana has allowed 7 points in the last 8 quarters of football. Granted, it's UNC and Poly, but what has the Griz defense been doing to be so dominant?

We will ask this!

I think you have answered a big part of that!

Bobby Hauck, aka Mr. Snarky. His treatment of his own press people is pretty pathetic. His press conferences are a pro forma 1. Sit and stare. 2. Awkward silence as press attendees don’t know what to ask without setting him off. 3. Ask typical non-insightful question benign question. 4. Get snarky answer and very succinct from Hauck. 5. Rinse and repeat.

hopefully (and I am pretty sure) not.

Respectfully… no, we don’t amplify crowd noise.

I was up to Montana 15+ years ago. A lot of people don’t realize how close the stands are to the field. Fans can basically touch players on the visitor bench and the stadium is steep and retains noise. Being in the band, I remember Montana fans trying to break into and board our buses and in the stands kept trying to reach over railings and pickpocket people or steal instrument parts like mouthpieces or drumsticks. And it wasn’t drunk 20-somethings like Sac State where they hurl some insults and then burp Natty Ice on themselves. This was 40-something year old dads behaving badly in front of their young sons. Perhaps there is low brow trash anywhere, but it struck me as odd that their trash element was wearing New Balances with their t-shirts tucked into their jeans.

Maybe they wanted to give Mateo Perez carries early bc of his position on the depth chart, and he's a senior.

Fisher again showed he's explosive. We need more big-play weapons.

I presume there are other criteria like blocking and pass catching ability.

Razer and Vargas, even though they didn’t stay in long, looked really explosive to me.

FWIW, only EWU and Northern Colorado have played all three of UCD, Mont St, Mont this year.

Mont St 42. EWU 28
Mont 52, EWU 49
UCD 48, EWU 38

Mont St 55, UNC 14
Mont 24, UNC 0
UCD 59, UNC 7