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Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports is joined by Kyle Hansen of Scripps Sports to handicap the Big Sky Conference men's & women's basketball teams and play a game of "this team will win if" leading up to the postseason for Big Sky hoops.
Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports breaks down Monday's results from Big Sky Conference women's and men's basketball regular season finales from across the league. Plus, get an update on the final league standings and a preview of the brackets for next week's Big Sky Tournament.
No. 5 Montana State scored on its first four offensive possessions to spark a 45-21 win over Northern Arizona to move to 5-1 in league play, 7-2 overall. Montana State hosts Eastern Washington (4-4) on Saturday November 11 in Bozeman, MT. It's the final regular-season home game of 2023.
Montana State head coach Brent Vigen addressed the media on November 6, 2023.
Colter Nuanez presents a slate of interviews from Around Big Sky Conference football for the first week of November in 2023, including:
- Sacramento State head coach Andy Thompson (2:45)
- Northern Arizona head coach Chris Ball (16:50)
- Sacramento State senior tight end Marshall Martin (31:25)
- Northern Arizona senior center & captain Jonny Bottorff (38:16)
- Montana State senior linebacker & captain Nolan Askelson (48:35)
- Montana junior safety Jaxon Lee (1:02:21)
- Montana sophomore linebacker Riley Wilson (1:11:15)
Montana State head coach Brent Vigen addressed the media on October 30, 2023 ahead of MSU's home game against Northern Arizona. Montana State is coming off a 24-21 loss at Idaho, just the second Big Sky Conference loss under Vigen in 21 league contests.
Colter Nuanez presents this week's slate of interviews previewing Montana at Idaho and Cal Poly at Montana State including:
- Levi Janacaro, Griz linebacker (4:40)
- Hayden Hatten, Idaho wide receiver (10:17)
- Aaron Pflugrad, Northern Arizona offensive coordinator (22:10)
- Sebastian Valdez, Montana State defensive tackle (34:38)
- Paul Wulff, Cal Poly head coach (44:06)
Colter Nuanez is joined by Ty Gregorak to preview Cal Poly at Montana State and Montana at Idaho.
Colter is joined by Andrew Houghton to go around the Big Sky Conference (41:02) with thoughts on every single game in the league.
Colter Nuanez is joined by Andrew Houghton to go around the Big Sky Conference (2:07), and a preview of the Week 2 matchups across the conference.
Ty Gregorak (38:37) chimes in to give his thoughts on No. 3 Montana State's 40-0 beat down of previously No. 9 Weber State plus some thoughts on Montana's struggles
Colter and Brooks Nuanez (1:12:05) diagnose the ins and outs of what has the Grizzlies looking for a bounce back in the worst way after last week's shocking loss to previously winless Northern Arizona, plus analysis on why Montana State is rolling.
Colter Nuanez presents this week's interviews leading up to the September 23 slate of games that helps the Big Sky Conference open league play for the 2023 season. Interviews include:
- Weber State head coach Mickey Mental (3:36)
- Montana State head coach Brent Vigen (14:58)
- Sacramento State head coach Andy Thompson (23:48)
- Northern Arizona head coach Chris Ball (37:06)
- Montana senior linebacker Braxton Hill (52:34)
- Montana senior defensive end Hayden Harris (1:04:58)
- Montana State sophomore safety Dru Polidore (1:09:54)
Andrew Houghton helps Colter Nuanez break down all the matchups for the opening weekend of Big Sky Conference football. Ty Gregorak (45:50) joins to talk with Colter all about Sac State's win over Stanford, Portland State setting the Big Sky single-game scoring record against North American and an analysis of Montana, Montana State and Idaho leading into conference play.
Montana outlasted Ferris State 17-10 on September 16, 2023. The Griz pitched a second-half shutout to pull away from the two-time defending Division II national champions.
Griz head coach Bobby Hauck, senior offensive lineman A.J. Forbes and senior linebacker Braxton Hill addressed the media leading up to Montana's Big Sky Conference opener at Northern Arizona on Saturday.
Colter Nuanez and Andrew Houghton break down the Big Sky Conference football race by tiers and reveal their preseason polls with the Big Sky Kickoff media gathering less than a week away.
The Big Sky Conference preseason all-conference votes were due on July 13. So Colter Nuanez and Andrew Houghton did a deep dive on narratives around the league and reveal all of their votes on this week's Big Sky Breakdown.
This week, Colter Nuanez takes you around the Big Sky Conference in men's and women's hoops plus checks in with one of the new football head coaches in the league, with interviews including:
Northern Colorado head men's basketball coach Steve Smile (4:00), Northern Arizona head men's basketball coach Shane Burcar (14:48), Montana State head women's basketball coach Tricia Binford (25:15)
John Velk of Velk Law Top 12 Griz men's players he's seen checking in with No. 8 Matt Kempfert.
Montana head men's coach Travis DeCuire (41:30), Montana State men's head coach Danny Sprinkle (48:10), Northern Arizona women's head basketball coach Loree Payne (56:51) and Cal Poly head football coach Paul Wulff (1:04:00).
Montana State posted a 41-38 win in walk-off fashion at Northern Arizona on Saturday, MSU's first win in Flagstaff since 2008. The Bobcats are now 6-0 in Big Sky Conference play, 8-1 overall.
Montana State plays its final regular-season road game on Saturday at Cal Poly (0-6, 1-8). MSU head coach Brent Vigen addressed the media to preview the matchup.
Colter Nuanez breaks down the day that was around the Big Sky Conference on November 5, 2022, including three big things about Montana and Montana State plus sound from Griz head coach Bobby Hauck, Montana State head coach Brent Vigen, Griz senior quarterback Lucas Johnson, Bobcat sophomore quarterback Tommy Mellott, UM junior linebacker Braxton Hill, MSU freshman wide receiver Taco Dowler and Montana sophomore running back Nick Ostmo.
No. 3 Montana State posted a 43-38 win over No. 5 Weber State on October 22, 2022 to enter its bye week undefeated in Big Sky Conference play (5-0) and 7-1 overall.
MSU begins November with a trip to Flagstaff to take on Northern Arizona. Montana State has not played at Walkup Skydome since 2017.
Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports lead analyst Ty Gregorak to talk about Montana State's quarterback revelation, Montana's struggles at Holt Arena historically and MSU's homecoming game against Idaho State.
Former Griz running back and current NFL agent Andrew Schmidt chimes in about Montana's mid-season report plus a thesis on what the future might hold for the Montana schools and other FCS programs in the West that he likes to call the "Snow Belt Conference".
And Andrew Houghton of Skyline Sports and ESPN MT breaks down Idaho State's players to watch leading up to ISU's game at Montana State this week plus Colter & Andrew go around the Big Sky Conference.
BIG SKY BREAKDOWN TIMES
Ty Gregorak, Skyline Sports lead analyst - 4:05
Andrew Schmidt, NFL agent and contributing podcaster -
Andrew Houghton, Skyline Sports writer & ESPN MT producer -
Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports lead analyst Ty Gregorak for a discussion about an instant classic between Montana State and Eastern Washington plus a few thoughts about how Montana builds then rides momentum.
Brooks Nuanez swings by to talk about another Griz blowout as Montana steam-rolled Portland State on Homecoming plus a discussion about life without Tommy Mellott for the Bobcats.
And Colter shares a conversation with Andrew Houghton about one of our favorite subjects: what's it going to take for Sac State to get the respect they deserve?
BIG SKY BREAKDOWN TIMES
Ty Gregorak - 2:18
Brooks Nuanez - 29:28
Andrew Houghton - 56:40
Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports co-founder Brooks Nuanez, then by lead Big Sky analyst Ty Gregorak, then by contributing writer Andrew Houghton with conference play set to start this week.
1:57 – Brooks Nuanez, Skyline Sports co-founder
47:08 – Ty Gregorak, Skyline Sports analyst
1:06:28 – Andrew Houghton, Skyline Sports writer & power rankings podcaster
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