Did you attend UM?

[Paytonlives]

0.0.....This was basically me Freshman Year... Dunaway Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rAKwVwE-zQ

Went back and finished with a 3.47
I was a lot more focused!
Psych/Soc Grad... Emph on Teaching

 

[RABIDAWG]

BS in 1963. All clover bowl 61 and 62.

Some real athletics in those clover bowl days!

 

[BDizzle]

Both my parents graduated from UM. Brother did too. I got recruited to MSU but decided to go to UM in 01. Started out thinking I was gonna do sports medicine. Freshman year on the honors floor of Knowles hall. My best friend at the time was on the football team. Had real potential but ended up flaming out. I transferred to MSU for a girl and a degree in civil engineering. Lived with football players at MSU. Had some fun bets over cat/Griz that I lost. 20 credits short of graduating I took an internship down in Florida. Moved back to MT and found out I was gonna be a dad. So ended up at MSUB and double majored in management and marketing. Now have a mortgage company. Through it all I’ve been a Griz through and through.

 

[kemajic]

Both my parents graduated from UM. Brother did too. I got recruited to MSU but decided to go to UM in 01. Started out thinking I was gonna do sports medicine. Freshman year on the honors floor of Knowles hall. My best friend at the time was on the football team. Had real potential but ended up flaming out. I transferred to MSU for a girl and a degree in civil engineering. Lived with football players at MSU. Had some fun bets over cat/Griz that I lost. 20 credits short of graduating I took an internship down in Florida. Moved back to MT and found out I was gonna be a dad. So ended up at MSUB and double majored in management and marketing. Now have a mortgage company. Through it all I’ve been a Griz through and through.

And a good one. Many, many thanks for your leadership of the local GSA. The MSU connection forgiven.

 

[SoCal Surfer]

UM Grad. 1970. BA. ROTC Grad: Infantry Officer.

Funny story how I got to UM. In my senior year of HS I didn't know what college I wanted to attend. So I took a map of the US out and placed it on the wall. Turned away from the wall and threw 5 darts over my shoulder towards the map. I submitted applications to all the state colleges nearest to where the darts landed. I said I would go to the 1st college that accepted me based upon my educational records. UM was the first - 3 weeks later. The remaining 4 colleges also did same - months later. When I got to UM in '66 the UM administration told me they had an open admissions policy for out of state applications to increase the diversity of students as I was born and raised in New York City. My academic record didn't come into play. Loved my 4 yrs at UM and watching FB in the old stadium.

 

[3-7-77]

Past through Missoula once, been to the campus once, been to a game once, took a class long ago, didn't graduate but...
and yes, attended and graduated with something more meaningful that a Associates Degree. What the hell. I was born in Missoula, too. That's gotta count for something. Destiny. It all really doesn't matter, this isn't a dick measuring contest. Quoting from "Animal Farm," "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." :lol Go Griz! FTC!

 

[CFallsGriz]

I spent most of my time in the Chem and Health Sciences building graduating when Heathcote coached and basketball was king. I spent many an evening at the Fieldhouse watching McKenzie, Hays, Richardson and Robin Selvig play among others. Congratulations to Coach Selvig on a well deserved honor.
The football program and games were a reason to drink beer on Saturday afternoon in the old stadium. It was still fun but just not very satisfying.
My only claim to athletic involvement was getting run over by Coach Heathcote in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. He stop, helped me pick up my books and of course apologized. Later that day I heard he was offered the Michigan State job and was on his way to the airport.
I returned to Billings after graduating and had a successful career in business due in large part to my technical education from the University.
I drove with a friend, well known local sports broadcaster, to the first Griz Cat Game in the new Wahington Grizzly Stadium. We both had a great time and he got invited to the broadcast both for a bit.
I return as often as I can and have enjoyed watching the evolution of WaGriz. A few years back while we were relaxing on or deck,my wife and I saw a bright yellow airliner fly overheard. I was curious about that flight and checked on flight radar to discover it was headed to Missoula. It originated at Monmouth NJ.
After finding that out I asked her if she would like to go to the game and she said yes. We had a great time.
At one point we discussed retiring to the Missoula area but the housing prices have put a stop to that.
Griz for a long time and forever. Go Griz!

I enjoyed reading your post, particularly the little anecdote about Judd lol. Thanks for sharing!

 

[CFallsGriz]

My education came via way of the United States Air Force. 39+ years....

Also my route. 9+ years.

Same same, but UM as well. Working in an engineering capacity now.

 

[kemajic]

I spent most of my time in the Chem and Health Sciences building graduating when Heathcote coached and basketball was king. I spent many an evening at the Fieldhouse watching McKenzie, Hays, Richardson and Robin Selvig play among others. Congratulations to Coach Selvig on a well deserved honor.
The football program and games were a reason to drink beer on Saturday afternoon in the old stadium. It was still fun but just not very satisfying.
My only claim to athletic involvement was getting run over by Coach Heathcote in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. He stop, helped me pick up my books and of course apologized. Later that day I heard he was offered the Michigan State job and was on his way to the airport.
I returned to Billings after graduating and had a successful career in business due in large part to my technical education from the University.
I drove with a friend, well known local sports broadcaster, to the first Griz Cat Game in the new Wahington Grizzly Stadium. We both had a great time and he got invited to the broadcast both for a bit.
I return as often as I can and have enjoyed watching the evolution of WaGriz. A few years back while we were relaxing on or deck,my wife and I saw a bright yellow airliner fly overheard. I was curious about that flight and checked on flight radar to discover it was headed to Missoula. It originated at Monmouth NJ.
After finding that out I asked her if she would like to go to the game and she said yes. We had a great time.
At one point we discussed retiring to the Missoula area but the housing prices have put a stop to that.
Griz for a long time and forever. Go Griz!

Particular thanks for your efforts to stop Heathcote. Brave, even in failure.

 

[griz4life]

I’m curious about this. The folks down at the research lab are trying to determine if there’s a correlation between UM attendance and positivity toward UM sports. Let us know in the comments.

Of course there is. At the start of Montana's enrollment decline, I happened tailgating with friends who's children were enrolled at the the school. I was surprised by how negatively those students viewed athletics, which they considered to be on a different and much better trajectory than the rest of the school. They were happy to be at the game, but very cynical about the the politics of UM athletics.

I'll say this, anytime a university can bring 20k people to its campus, a significant number of whom are from communities 100 away or further, it should be doing everything possible to extend that interest to the rest of the university. If the rest of the school is just a parking lot, t-shirt shop and restroom to the main event, then its failing on multiple levels.

I attended both UM and MSU.

 

[Dillon]

I spent most of my time in the Chem and Health Sciences building graduating when Heathcote coached and basketball was king. I spent many an evening at the Fieldhouse watching McKenzie, Hays, Richardson and Robin Selvig play among others. Congratulations to Coach Selvig on a well deserved honor.
The football program and games were a reason to drink beer on Saturday afternoon in the old stadium. It was still fun but just not very satisfying.
My only claim to athletic involvement was getting run over by Coach Heathcote in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. He stop, helped me pick up my books and of course apologized. Later that day I heard he was offered the Michigan State job and was on his way to the airport.
I returned to Billings after graduating and had a successful career in business due in large part to my technical education from the University.
I drove with a friend, well known local sports broadcaster, to the first Griz Cat Game in the new Wahington Grizzly Stadium. We both had a great time and he got invited to the broadcast both for a bit.
I return as often as I can and have enjoyed watching the evolution of WaGriz. A few years back while we were relaxing on or deck,my wife and I saw a bright yellow airliner fly overheard. I was curious about that flight and checked on flight radar to discover it was headed to Missoula. It originated at Monmouth NJ.
After finding that out I asked her if she would like to go to the game and she said yes. We had a great time.
At one point we discussed retiring to the Missoula area but the housing prices have put a stop to that.
Griz for a long time and forever. Go Griz!

That was my era as well! Took a handball class from Heathcoat (the 50 cent piece did not help with pain). We were fortunate to get back to Missoula in the 90s when home prices were decent! Now retired here! Sorry it did not work out for you!

 

[Blgs Griz Fan]

I spent most of my time in the Chem and Health Sciences building graduating when Heathcote coached and basketball was king. I spent many an evening at the Fieldhouse watching McKenzie, Hays, Richardson and Robin Selvig play among others. Congratulations to Coach Selvig on a well deserved honor.
The football program and games were a reason to drink beer on Saturday afternoon in the old stadium. It was still fun but just not very satisfying.
My only claim to athletic involvement was getting run over by Coach Heathcote in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. He stop, helped me pick up my books and of course apologized. Later that day I heard he was offered the Michigan State job and was on his way to the airport.
I returned to Billings after graduating and had a successful career in business due in large part to my technical education from the University.
I drove with a friend, well known local sports broadcaster, to the first Griz Cat Game in the new Wahington Grizzly Stadium. We both had a great time and he got invited to the broadcast both for a bit.
I return as often as I can and have enjoyed watching the evolution of WaGriz. A few years back while we were relaxing on or deck,my wife and I saw a bright yellow airliner fly overheard. I was curious about that flight and checked on flight radar to discover it was headed to Missoula. It originated at Monmouth NJ.
After finding that out I asked her if she would like to go to the game and she said yes. We had a great time.
At one point we discussed retiring to the Missoula area but the housing prices have put a stop to that.
Griz for a long time and forever. Go Griz!

That was my era as well! Took a handball class from Heathcoat (the 50 cent piece did not help with pain). We were fortunate to get back to Missoula in the 90s when home prices were decent! Now retired here! Sorry it did not work out for you!

I always worried about Coach Heathcote during the games and thought there should be a defibrillator and EMT's sitting behind him. He was so animated and excited, growl, bark, yip...yap during the games that I thought he was a walking coronary.
Yap yap yap!
That being said, Tex our family beagle died of old age in the summer of 73. He was to be my dog as a youth but soon became Harry's, my father, dog.
Harry was lost without his dog. So Christmas break was coming that year and I would be returning home. I decided to roll the dice and called the animal shelter to see if they had any puppies available.
As luck would have it they had a litter of 8 week old beagle cross. I quickly drove out and picked a little boy pup that resembled a beagle and took it home for the ten days before the trip. That little guy was stubborn, high strung and annoying.
He was always running around barking, yippi g and yapping but I stuck it out with him and took Harry's Christmas present to him. He loved the gift and acted like he just won the lottery.
So why am I sharing this? Well for reasons stated above I named that dog...Jud.

 

[24GRIZ]

Small town north central MT kid - loved my five years at UM. Finance degree and masters in accounting. Met my wife basement floor of library. Been to 3 NC games. Had 4 season tickets ever since north end zone expansion. Both kids now at UM. Just spent the weekend there visiting the kids and daydreaming on drive home about retiring to Missoula some day.

 

[mthoopsfan]

Small town north central MT kid - loved my five years at UM. Finance degree and masters in accounting. Met my wife basement floor of library. Been to 3 NC games. Had 4 season tickets ever since north end zone expansion. Both kids now at UM. Just spent the weekend there visiting the kids and daydreaming on drive home about retiring to Missoula some day.

Where do you live now?

 

[24GRIZ]

Small town north central MT kid - loved my five years at UM. Finance degree and masters in accounting. Met my wife basement floor of library. Been to 3 NC games. Had 4 season tickets ever since north end zone expansion. Both kids now at UM. Just spent the weekend there visiting the kids and daydreaming on drive home about retiring to Missoula some day.

Where do you live now?

Billings - followed my gal back to her home area

 

[SoldierGriz]

Graduated in 93. Commissioned as a 2nd LT through the ROTC Program and served in our Army for close to 30 years. Have lived all over the globe. Miss Montana every single day...

Will retire soon and I have been looking at real estate prices in MT. - Friggin outrageous. What happened?

 

[SoCal Surfer]

Graduated in 93. Commissioned as a 2nd LT through the ROTC Program and served in our Army for close to 30 years. Have lived all over the globe. Miss Montana every single day...

Will retire soon and I have been looking at real estate prices in MT. - Friggin outrageous. What happened?

Similar experience. I spent 20 yrs in Army. UM ROTC grad myself. I retired in '90/91. 27 yrs +/-. Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, now retired - 2nd time, I did valuations no one wanted to do - partial interest prison assignments, nudist colonies, Indian land, rent surveys for properties where states leased employees homes to live in during their employment such as forest rangers, fire watchers, fish & wildlife, prison employees, hospitals, etc.

Like you I realized 5 yrs ago prices in Montana were getting too high for a typical home buyer (me) as I had the same thoughts as you.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

Small town north central MT kid - loved my five years at UM. Finance degree and masters in accounting. Met my wife basement floor of library. Been to 3 NC games. Had 4 season tickets ever since north end zone expansion. Both kids now at UM. Just spent the weekend there visiting the kids and daydreaming on drive home about retiring to Missoula some day.

I think I’ve seen this movie.

 

[SoldierGriz]

Small town north central MT kid - loved my five years at UM. Finance degree and masters in accounting. Met my wife basement floor of library. Been to 3 NC games. Had 4 season tickets ever since north end zone expansion. Both kids now at UM. Just spent the weekend there visiting the kids and daydreaming on drive home about retiring to Missoula some day.

I think I’ve seen this movie.

Chicka-chicka-bow-wow....

 

[SoldierGriz]

Graduated in 93. Commissioned as a 2nd LT through the ROTC Program and served in our Army for close to 30 years. Have lived all over the globe. Miss Montana every single day...

Will retire soon and I have been looking at real estate prices in MT. - Friggin outrageous. What happened?

Similar experience. I spent 20 yrs in Army. UM ROTC grad myself. I retired in '90/91. 27 yrs +/-. Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, now retired - 2nd time, I did valuations no one wanted to do - partial interest prison assignments, nudist colonies, Indian land, rent surveys for properties where states leased employees homes to live in during their employment such as forest rangers, fire watchers, fish & wildlife, prison employees, hospitals, etc.

Like you I realized 5 yrs ago prices in Montana were getting too high for a typical home buyer (me) as I had the same thoughts as you.

It's unbelievable. I looked at a condo in Helena...over 600,000 for a 2 bedroom 2 bath. I don't get it.