Future Sched: Montana to play Washington and Oregon

[EverettGriz]

Agreed. A really nice job of scheduling. It's a great day to be a GRIZ!

 

[Ursus1]

UW and Oregon will end up buying us out....they won't be able to take the hit playing FCS teams instead of teams from power conferences. These are merely safety net games until they get other ones once everything is figured out concerning power conferences. Below is a link to see.....it's just the beginning

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/31/new-big-ten-scheduling-mandates-power-5-opponents-no-fcs-foes/

 

[krammer]

obviously, Oregon and Washington games will really help in our recruiting,,,,,very wise imo...

 

[George Ferguson]

I can't speak to 2019 and 2021, but I know for a FACT an eruption of Mount Rainer is the ONLY way the Griz don't play at Washington in 2017. I know for a fact Udub will not buy out that game.

 

[GrizMusician]

I doubt the UO game will happen. National contenders can't afford the SoS hit.

 

[Fahque]

I doubt the UO game will happen. National contenders can't afford the SoS hit.

They are playing Ewoo this year...

 

[Hammer]

I doubt the UO game will happen. National contenders can't afford the SoS hit.

They are playing Ewoo this year...

Yes, in a few weeks. So much for the Grizmusician theory! :roll:

 

[GrizMusician]

I doubt the UO game will happen. National contenders can't afford the SoS hit.

They are playing Ewoo this year...

Yes, in a few weeks. So much for the Grizmusician theory! :roll:

There's no need for sarcasm. I'm stating my opinion... I guess we'll see in a few years. I would like to see it happen, but a lot can happen in four years.

 

[yellowstone60]

Although some future games have already been set with the Washington Huskies, lets add the Oregon Ducks to the list of future FCS football games for the Montana Grizzlies.
GoGriz.com reported on Friday that the Griz will finally get a crack at some of the top FCS teams in the nation, scheduling future games through 2021. Here’s a quote from the article:
”I think it’s exciting for our kids,” said first year Griz head coach Bob Stitt. “As much as we recruit the West Coast, especially Washington and Oregon, I think our players are going to be fired up to go out there and play, number one, against a Pac-12 opponent, but the big dogs in their home state. So it should be very exciting for us.”
GoGriz.com reported that UM Athletic Director Kent Haslam scheduled these games “with a clear eye to the strategic future of Grizzly Athletics.”
“Certainly it’s exciting whenever we can start to build our football schedule,” Haslam said. “I mean, I like the idea of if we’re going to play FCS schools, to stay up here in the Northwest. It’s a place where we recruit. It’s also exciting for our student-athletes and for our fans and then starting to build a home schedule for years to come as well is important as we strategically try and make sure we’re bringing in teams we can get into Missoula, we’ve got six homes games…It’s certainly an exciting time.”
Although UM hasn’t tossed the pigskin around with Oregon or Washington in recent years, the Griz share a history with both teams as members of the old Pacific Coast Conference from 1924-1950.
The last time the Griz played the Ducks was in 2005, where the Griz took a loss in Eugene 14-47. It was the same story with the Washington Huskies in 1951, where the Griz lost 58-7. But despite past records, Coach Stitt is staying positive.
“You play somebody really good early, it’s helps you. You may not win those games early, but it’s going to help you later down the line. You’ve seen it work for Eastern Washington in our league play some very tough opponents early and then they get into the league and they’ll never see anything better then that so I think it’s very positive for our program,” Stitt said. “It’ll be fun. You don’t get much better than our place. I know we don’t have 80,000, but it’s pretty loud down there, pretty exciting, so I don’t think our kids will be phased at all.”
GoGriz.com said “Haslam expects to announce further home and home agreements with FCS teams in the near future.”
To view the complete Griz Big Sky Conference schedule through 2019, visit GoGriz.com.


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[EverettGriz]

I hope that "strategic future" includes a move to the WA/OR level.

 

[dupuyer griz]

I doubt the UO game will happen. National contenders can't afford the SoS hit.

They made the college football kind of playoff last year wit South Dakota on their schedule.

 

[AZGrizFan]

I hope that "strategic future" includes a move to the WA/OR level.

Yeah...I thought that was a very interesting choice of words... :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Spanky]

Sure would like to see Kent begin to schedule BYU, Utah and Utah State.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Sure would like to see Kent begin to schedule BYU, Utah and Utah State.

I would too, but he ain't gonna get $650,000 from those guys...add CSU & Boise to the list, and maybe WSU & Idaho (because of proximity) and that would make for some nice regional rivalries.

 

[grizindabox]

My guess is that the Pac12 follows the lead of the Big Ten and those future games against UW and Oregon don't happen outside of maybe 2017.

 

[Bertram]

Along with Pac-12 and new FCS Foe games being released .... The Griz's Confrenece matchups through 2019 were released.


9/3/2016 Saint Francis University
9/10/2016 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
9/24/2016 California Polytechnic State University* San Luis Obispo, CA
10/1/2016 Southern Utah University*
10/15/2016 Sacramento State*
10/22/2016 Northern Arizona University* Flagstaff, AZ
10/29/2016 Eastern Washington University* Cheney, WA
11/5/2016 Idaho State University*
11/12/2016 University of Northern Colorado* Greeley, CO
11/19/2016 Montana State University*

9/2/2017 Valparaiso University
9/9/2017 University of Washington Seattle, WA
9/23/2017 Eastern Washington University*
9/30/2017 Portland State University* Portland, OR
10/7/2017 Idaho State University* Pocatello, ID
10/14/2017 University of North Dakota*
10/28/2017 Weber State University* Ogden, UT
11/4/2017 Northern Arizona University*
11/11/2017 University of Northern Colorado*
11/18/2017 Montana State University* Bozeman, MT

9/1/2018 University of Northern Iowa
9/8/2018 Drake University
9/22/2018 Sacramento State*
9/29/2018 California Polytechnic State University* San Luis Obispo, CA
10/6/2018 Portland State University*
10/13/2018 University of North Dakota* Grand Forks, ND
10/20/2018 Eastern Washington University* Cheney, WA
10/27/2018 University of California Davis*
11/10/2018 Southern Utah University* Cedar City, UT
11/17/2018 Montana State University*

9/7/2019 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
9/28/2019 University of California Davis* Davis, CA
10/5/2019 Idaho State University*
10/19/2019 Sacramento State* Sacramento, CA
10/26/2019 Eastern Washington University*
11/2/2019 Portland State University* Portland, OR
11/9/2019 California Polytechnic State University*
11/16/2019 Weber State University*
11/23/2019 Montana State University*

9/4/2021 University of Washington Seattle, WA

 

[George Ferguson]

As Brint noted earlier, there is a very SOLID FCS opponent also coming to Missoula in 2016 to fill out the non-conference schedule.

 

[get'em_griz]

Along with Pac-12 and new FCS Foe games being released .... The Griz's Confrenece matchups through 2019 were released.


9/3/2016 Saint Francis University
9/10/2016 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
9/24/2016 California Polytechnic State University* San Luis Obispo, CA
10/1/2016 Southern Utah University*
10/15/2016 Sacramento State*
10/22/2016 Northern Arizona University* Flagstaff, AZ
10/29/2016 Eastern Washington University* Cheney, WA
11/5/2016 Idaho State University*
11/12/2016 University of Northern Colorado* Greeley, CO
11/19/2016 Montana State University*

9/2/2017 Valparaiso University
9/9/2017 University of Washington Seattle, WA
9/23/2017 Eastern Washington University*
9/30/2017 Portland State University* Portland, OR
10/7/2017 Idaho State University* Pocatello, ID
10/14/2017 University of North Dakota*
10/28/2017 Weber State University* Ogden, UT
11/4/2017 Northern Arizona University*
11/11/2017 University of Northern Colorado*
11/18/2017 Montana State University* Bozeman, MT

9/1/2018 University of Northern Iowa
9/8/2018 Drake University
9/22/2018 Sacramento State*
9/29/2018 California Polytechnic State University* San Luis Obispo, CA
10/6/2018 Portland State University*
10/13/2018 University of North Dakota* Grand Forks, ND
10/20/2018 Eastern Washington University* Cheney, WA
10/27/2018 University of California Davis*
11/10/2018 Southern Utah University* Cedar City, UT
11/17/2018 Montana State University*

9/7/2019 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
9/28/2019 University of California Davis* Davis, CA
10/5/2019 Idaho State University*
10/19/2019 Sacramento State* Sacramento, CA
10/26/2019 Eastern Washington University*
11/2/2019 Portland State University* Portland, OR
11/9/2019 California Polytechnic State University*
11/16/2019 Weber State University*
11/23/2019 Montana State University*

9/4/2021 University of Washington Seattle, WA

The Early conference game in 2017 against EWU kinda sucks being so early. I've enjoyed it being a later season game in recent years. Oh well, maybe that'll allow for a second night game in 2017! :thumb: