Flagstaff paper: Historical rivalry with Griz

[Proud Griz Man]

A rivalry reignited: NAU set for Montana

September 27, 2013 5:00 am • BILL HARRIS Sun Sports Editor
... no secret that Northern Arizona and Montana have a historical football rivalry and have had one for quite some time. Year in and year out, the Jacks and the Griz face off in the most highly anticipated game of the year. One team wins, the other loses, and the rivalry is put on a shelf until the next season. On Saturday, the rivalry will heat up once more as Montana travels to Flagstaff to face NAU at 6 p.m. at the Walkup Skydome. Because the Lumberjacks beat the Grizzlies 41-31 in 2012, a win that snapped a 14-game Montana winning streak, Saturday’s affair should have a lot of extra fuel on the fire.

“It’s a rival school and they have the same feeling in their program as we do in ours: This is a win you want to have,” NAU head coach Jerome Souers said. “It’s only one game, one conference game, with a long season still ahead. The team that gets it done will claim it.”
After losing to Montana the first three years he wore the blue and gold, senior cornerback Anders Battle said the entire team is excited about a chance to get a second straight win over the Griz. “It’s a game we’ve been looking forward to. I always like playing those guys,” he said. “It’s always a close, tough game and it’s a good rivalry. For everyone, we know coming off the win last year, we can make our own win streak now.”

... Other than that, Souers said it should be a straight-up, in-your-face, smashmouth football game. “The two programs have a lot of knowledge of one another, and it’s not going to be a game where there’s a lot of trickery. It’s going to be a fundamental and very physical football game,” he said. Poe added he’s happy to be playing at home. “It’s always good to play at home, especially against Montana. I hope we sell it out for the first time,” Poe said. There are just 200 reserved tickets left for Saturday’s game. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game can be heard on 105.1 The Big Talker or online at http://www.BigTalkerRadio.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The game can be seen on ROOT Sports on DirecTV channels 687 and 683 as well as on Dish Network’s 414 and 426.

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[GrizMusician]

Historic rivalry? They must be drunk already.

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[get'em_griz]

Historic rivalry? They must be drunk already.

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It'll be that much sweeter when we win big today! :thumb:

 

[EastCoastGriz]

September 27, 2013 5:00 am • BILL HARRIS Sun Sports Editor
... no secret that Northern Arizona and Montana have a historical football rivalry and have had one for quite some time. Year in and year out, the Jacks and the Griz face off in the most highly anticipated game of the year. One team wins, the other loses, and the rivalry is put on a shelf until the next season. On Saturday, the rivalry will heat up once more as Montana travels to Flagstaff to face NAU at 6 p.m. at the Walkup Skydome. Because the Lumberjacks beat the Grizzlies 41-31 in 2012, a win that snapped a 14-game Montana winning streak, Saturday’s affair should have a lot of extra fuel on the fire.

Maybe their most anticipated game of the year.

 

[cclarkblues]

Historic rivalry? They must be drunk already.

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To beat us would be the crown jewel in any team's season in the BSC. Most consider playing us a rivalry.

 

[Grizzlies1982]

A rivalry reignited: NAU set for Montana

September 27, 2013 5:00 am • BILL HARRIS Sun Sports Editor
... no secret that Northern Arizona and Montana have a historical football rivalry and have had one for quite some time. Year in and year out, the Jacks and the Griz face off in the most highly anticipated game of the year. One team wins, the other loses, and the rivalry is put on a shelf until the next season. On Saturday, the rivalry will heat up once more as Montana travels to Flagstaff to face NAU at 6 p.m. at the Walkup Skydome. Because the Lumberjacks beat the Grizzlies 41-31 in 2012, a win that snapped a 14-game Montana winning streak, Saturday’s affair should have a lot of extra fuel on the fire.

“It’s a rival school and they have the same feeling in their program as we do in ours: This is a win you want to have,” NAU head coach Jerome Souers said. “It’s only one game, one conference game, with a long season still ahead. The team that gets it done will claim it.”
After losing to Montana the first three years he wore the blue and gold, senior cornerback Anders Battle said the entire team is excited about a chance to get a second straight win over the Griz. “It’s a game we’ve been looking forward to. I always like playing those guys,” he said. “It’s always a close, tough game and it’s a good rivalry. For everyone, we know coming off the win last year, we can make our own win streak now.”

... Other than that, Souers said it should be a straight-up, in-your-face, smashmouth football game. “The two programs have a lot of knowledge of one another, and it’s not going to be a game where there’s a lot of trickery. It’s going to be a fundamental and very physical football game,” he said. Poe added he’s happy to be playing at home. “It’s always good to play at home, especially against Montana. I hope we sell it out for the first time,” Poe said. There are just 200 reserved tickets left for Saturday’s game. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game can be heard on 105.1 The Big Talker or online at http://www.BigTalkerRadio.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The game can be seen on ROOT Sports on DirecTV channels 687 and 683 as well as on Dish Network’s 414 and 426.

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Note how #83 is guilty of both holding, and a block in the back. Cheaters. :ugeek:

 

[Grizzlies1982]

Historic rivalry? They must be drunk already.

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To beat us would be the crown jewel in any team's season in the BSC. Most consider playing us a rivalry.

Cclark, you're right. At the least we are considered "The Rival" to;
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Weber State and
Northern Arizona.

Regardless of if we're formally considered as a rival, the Montana game is always circled on everyone's calendar. While from our perspective only the cats are considered "The Rival", and many years they've not even been much of that.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Cclark, you're right. At the least we are considered "The Rival" to;
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Weber State and
Northern Arizona.

Regardless of if we're formally considered as a rival, the Montana game is always circled on everyone's calendar. While from our perspective only the cats are considered "The Rival", and many years they've not even been much of that.

When the teams you listed combine to win 10 games against us in 10 years then get back to us, until then I will keep banging Screaming Beagles mom, drinking, chopping down trees and kicking every cat I see.

 

[Ursa Major]

Historic rivalry? They must be drunk already.

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To beat us would be the crown jewel in any team's season in the BSC. Most consider playing us a rivalry.

NAU is in the Big Sky? For how long? You guys are just fucking with me, right?

 

[statler & waldorf]

What makes it a rivalry, is relatively recent history. Jerome didn't get the Griz job in 1996, but went on to NAU. The writer of the Flagstaff article is probably not much older that the 'rivalry.' Sensationalism.

 

[AZGrizFan]

they win one game and suddenly the rivalry is "reignited?" :lol: