Griz til I die said:
It’s funny you say that cause they tend to think they have a pretty tough schedule in the article I read. Only one P5 game against Colorado who’s really become the class of the PAC 12. They get 2 of the top 3 teams in the summit league in NDSU and SDSU, those will be tough games. New Mexico is always a tricky place to play, and then they get Shantay Legans pilots twice, and don’t overlook them he brought in some serious talent.
I think it’s challenging because they’re gonna spend a lot of time on the road when you throw in those 2 early conference games as well. I saw in one article where Sprinkle was bitching about how nobody wants to come to Montana to play, same thing Decuire has been saying for years, but I’m thrilled that Air Force is coming and we get a home MTE over Thanksgiving. This might be our best non-conference schedule ever.
I've got to admit once I graduated and received my Army Commission and left Montana for the first time I struggled understanding why nobody wanted to come to either Montana schools. Still don't understand why a state like Wyoming with half our population has such good facilities in Laramie and decent schools go there for sports. Or Christ, even Idaho has three schools at our level (or higher with boise athletically but academically?) and our conference has the basketball tournament there. I still remember the crap they said when they left our conference. I just don't understand why we're stuck in a conference with directional schools. Yes, both Davis and Poly are academically superior as are ISU and Idaho, but????
One would think our BOR could somehow put their historically poor choices and petty differences where they belong, in the past, and figure out how to grow our two flagship institutions. Living outside Montana again and listening to what others really think of us gets old.
I get damn tired of the sheep jokes from Utah, Washington and Oregon and don't like being lumped into the same stereotypes as Idaho.