Coach Memories of the Brawl

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The new redesign of the Missoulian makes stories impossible to find, and this one was easy to miss:

http://missoulian.com/news/local/brawl-debuts-from-profanity-to-insanity-coaches-can-t-forget/article_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."

 

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Outakes:

http://www.grizsports.com/best-of-the-rest-cat-griz-story-time-with-former-coaches/

Montana head coach Mick Delaney (2012-14), who loved playing the Cats in Bozeman:

“Probably my favorite memory was beating them in Bozeman and watching them walk across that field at the end of the third quarter. Twice. That’s a pretty vivid memory.”