Cat-Griz Article from the Coaches

[grizfan95]

AJ Mazzolini of the Missoulian wrote an article on Cat-Griz from the perspective of the coaches, as Stitt enters his first one.

Full article: http://missoulian.com/news/local/br...cle_1647c44d-e23a-5d00-8755-8ce36c2c6195.html

As the bus drew closer to the stadium, assistant coach Robin Pflugrad, a migrant from Read's old institution at Portland State, spotted something dangling from the ramparts. Were those nooses? And stuffed bear heads?

"Man, this is intense," Pflugrad recalled thinking. "I thought I would understand, but I didn't. During warmups, it was unbelievable what people would say. Talk about learning some new language. I learned a lot in Bozeman."

"It's all year long. It's all season. It never goes away," said Ash (2007-present). "The rivalry exists and permeates everything you do. It's 365 days a year."

"When we lost the Rose Bowl to Ohio State (in 1997) when I was with Arizona State, and had we won that we would have been national champions, it's right there with that loss," said Pflugrad, now the operator of Pflugrad Athletic Consulting in the Phoenix area.

"Learn about it, come to understand it, embrace it, but don't downplay it," coach Dennehy added. "Because it's pretty friggin' important."

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Uhhhh the dude from the Billings Gazette wrote this. Or did I miss something here??? I feel like this type of thing is a serious matter in the journalism world??

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Or did AJ write it for the Gazette??

 

[grizfan95]

Uhhhh the dude from the Billings Gazette wrote this. Or did I miss something here??? I feel like this type of thing is a serious matter in the journalism world??

AJ wrote the article. The Gazette printed it but AJ wrote it for the Missoulian. It even says at the top of the Gazette story: http://billingsgazette.com/sports/c...cle_46590996-b493-5192-8240-8b78a3432ef3.html.

 

[Catsrback76]

AJ Mazzolini of the Missoulian wrote an article on Cat-Griz from the perspective of the coaches, as Stitt enters his first one.

Full article: http://missoulian.com/news/local/br...cle_1647c44d-e23a-5d00-8755-8ce36c2c6195.html

As the bus drew closer to the stadium, assistant coach Robin Pflugrad, a migrant from Read's old institution at Portland State, spotted something dangling from the ramparts. Were those nooses? And stuffed bear heads?

"Man, this is intense," Pflugrad recalled thinking. "I thought I would understand, but I didn't. During warmups, it was unbelievable what people would say. Talk about learning some new language. I learned a lot in Bozeman."

"It's all year long. It's all season. It never goes away," said Ash (2007-present). "The rivalry exists and permeates everything you do. It's 365 days a year."

"When we lost the Rose Bowl to Ohio State (in 1997) when I was with Arizona State, and had we won that we would have been national champions, it's right there with that loss," said Pflugrad, now the operator of Pflugrad Athletic Consulting in the Phoenix area.

"Learn about it, come to understand it, embrace it, but don't downplay it," coach Dennehy added. "Because it's pretty friggin' important."

Great article and comments from the coaches! :clap: