What would you have done different?

[grizcountry420]

Hey dont you EVER make a post without bashing Royce Engstrom again.....................you hack. This board needs consistency Jokyo not half-assedness.

Jokyo......... :dead:

 

[ranco]

Hey dont you EVER make a post without bashing Royce Engstrom again.....................you hack. This board needs consistency Jokyo not half-assedness.

Here you go..... Engstrom is the biggest weeney a$$ed person Missoula has ever seen and probably ever will see. He's not afraid to sacrifice a couple of lambs if it will save his own chicken a$$, even if it doesn't help a damn bit, costs the tax payers big bucks and sets the program back 10 years.

 

[MooUBaby]

Hey dont you EVER make a post without bashing Royce Engstrom again.....................you hack. This board needs consistency Jokyo not half-assedness.

Here you go..... Engstrom is the biggest weeney a$$ed person Missoula has ever seen and probably ever will see. He's not afraid to sacrifice a couple of lambs if it will save his own chicken a$$, even if it doesn't help a damn bit, costs the tax payers big bucks and sets the program back 10 years.

why don't you shut your hole ranco. Oh ya one more thing lynch mobs for all you other cry babies mad at engstrom for putting his foot down. You probably should thank him because the raping would of continued then you girls would really be screwed.

Your friend,

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

The tools are trolling...........................

 

[Umista]

Put your esteemed Rolls Royce up for a good ald fashioned vote. My gues is 80% put the man down.

Why? Like a coward he listened to Pat Williams and your lumbering govenor, did not go over his decision with any staff.

In the end this will cost the University tons of money! Donations will slow, on and on it goes.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

It would be more than 80%..........we have a pure idiot fan base.

Most of the people on here would probably participate in a rape or home invasion just so they could put the picture of them hanging out with a football player on Facebook.

Dont laugh, I am being serious, thats how people look at UM fans now.

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/04/12/a-play-by-play-look?blog=2

:

That list excludes all the good deeds done by Griz athletes and focuses only on the bad.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKg6jxvt5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqSb8OD4Xg[/youtube]

The Montana Grizzlies football team will continue its support of the sixth annual Griz for Kids Toy Drive at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Bookstore at the University of Montana.

Members of the Montana Grizzly football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and help collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public. Griz linebackers Jordan Tripp and Alex Shaw, co-chairs of this year's toy drive, will attend the event. "The holiday season is the best time of the year," Shaw said. "However, so many families never get to experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts. I love being part of a toy drive that allows families that are hurting in this economy to take part in that tradition." Tripp and Shaw hope to top last year's record-setting drive, when Griz fans provided more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. "Griz for Kids is a way to give back to the kids and families that are less fortunate than others," Tripp said. "Everybody deserves to have a great holiday season, and what better way to bring together families than by helping give gifts to those less fortunate." Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelters, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ad948030-f135-11df-b6b8-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1tBVA5EzW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UM men don heels for march against rape, violence
Posted on April 23
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

It was a serious message, delivered with a lighthearted touch n so it was hard not to laugh and join the cheering lunch crowd when the Grizzly football team and other brazen men from the University of Montana stepped into women’s high-heel shoes and strutted around the University Center on Wednesday to protest violence against women. The men marched to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence, but first got a few pointers on walking in heels from Tori Wanty, a UM student who happens to be Miss Montana USA.
“Use your hips as leverage,” she said giving a pre-march tutorial, and “use your best grrrrr stare.” Grizzly quarterback Cole Bergquist was there, wearing a pair of pink and black strappy heels. Bergquist said he wasn’t concerned about twisting an ankle, and proved light on his feet in size 15 heels. His skill, he explained, came from practice n by agreeing to be a poster boy for the event, which was sponsored by UM’s Student Assault Resource Center. “Three of my girl friends are helping to put this event on and I wanted to help out and show my support,” he said. “So we decided to make a little sign that says 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.' I got Colt (Anderson) and Colin (Dow), and the three of us posed on the football field with high heels on, with our feet up in the air looking as sexy as possible."

Some of the seventh-grade students at Meadow Hill Middle School won't be washing their shirts any time soon. They had University of Montana Grizzly football players autograph the back of their shirts when the players stopped in Tuesday afternoon for a talk. The Griz were fresh from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss in a NCAA I-AA national championship football game Saturday.

The school visit came about because senior running back Ben Drinkwalter had been helping seventh-grade teacher Chris Stevens with a session on Japan. Both are from Great Falls. Drinkwalter had been taking an international business class and, as part of it, needed some community work. When he heard Stevens was offering the Japanese session, he offered to help with Japanese customs, traditions and language, a subject he has been studying. He hopes to go to Japan to study at a university in Kumamoto next year after graduating from UM. ...the session, Stevens asked Drinkwalter to bring some of his football friends to her class. They came Tuesday. The six other players included running back Yohance Humphery, defensive end Andy Petek, wide receiver Jimmy Farris, cornerback Calvin Coleman, quarterback John Edwards and wide receiver T.J. Oelkers. The players divided up and then rotated through three seventh-grade classes, spending 15-20 minutes in each, answering questions and signing autographs. The first session allowed more time for questions, running past the allotted 15-minute time span: What was said in the locker room at halftime? What was it like coming out with everybody cheering? If you could go back, what would you change about the game? What is your favorite memory of playing the game? What's on your mind when you run onto the field?
For seventh-grade teacher Bob Andrews, the visit was a chance for kids who were sometimes left out to thank the players. When the players walked in, he added, many of the students didn't know who they were. "They were just regular people. "They talked about setting goals. If you want to reach your dreams be the best you can be every day," Andrews said. Student Star Wothe got the message. "They were showing us that it's not how big you are or how smart you are. It's more your spirit and how hard you work … and how much ambition you have," she said.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/uncategorized/discussions-with-griz/article_4e62bdd7-1246-57f5-ad3b-8f806a5d69ad.html#ixzz1tBfgfGjx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 40 kids from the Missoula Youth Homes came to Washington-Grizzly Stadium to partake in Griz Fun Day, an afternoon with Grizzly athletes.

Missoula Youth Homes cares for abused and at-risk children in six group homes in the Missoula area. The group also has a number of children living with foster parents. The Griz Fun Day attendees ranged in age from 4 to 17 and participated in a series of activities that included an obstacle course and football throw. At the end of the day, the group had a pizza party and everyone got a ribbon. Grizzly athletes also gave awards to the kids. "It's really great to give the kids a chance to meet their heroes," said Kim Anderson, MYH development director. The event has been going on for about five years, and coordinator Erin Williams said the football team has been very supportive of the event over the years. Grizzly defensive tackle Alan Saenz, a sophomore, said the greatest thing about playing with the kids is all of their energy. Saenz helped with the obstacle course, where the kids run through cones and try to score. The event is one that the Grizzlies actually do during practice. "All these volunteers are just happy to have fun with these kids," Saenz said.
Senior linebacker Brent Meyers said the event was designed to give back to the kids. Meyers helped with a mini-scrimmage with the kids. He said the event put nothing but smiles on the kids' faces.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/griz-for-a-day/article_7247a009-3bc9-5fc9-ab51-095664cbf397.html#ixzz1tBhwE5OX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Letter to the editor
Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
On Oct. 3, the University of Montana hosted "Griz Sports Extravaganza" for Special Olympics athletes. This was a free skills clinic with UM student-athletes and coaches from several different sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf, track, basketball and football) providing instruction.

I want to thank the university for hosting this event and the student-athletes for their time making this a memorable day for the Special Olympics athletes. My son Andy and I spent the entire time in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with the football players. Andy is a huge Griz football fan and after practicing being a receiver, kicking extra points, punting, tackling and diving into the end zone for a touchdown, the smile would not leave his face. The coaches were: Marc Mariani, Tyler Palmer, Brody McKnight, Sean Wren, Jordan Tripp and Peter Nguyen, among others.

All of these student-athletes are normally the stars on Saturday afternoon, but they made my son, and the other Special Olympics athletes, feel like the star and hero of the game on this particular Saturday. Thank you all so very much.

Todd Wulf, Missoula


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/griz-coached-special-olympians/article_64fd7e7e-b510-11de-b907-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1tBj203IW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Griz Kidz non-profit program was created to provide financially disadvantaged children in Montana the opportunity to experience the incredible atmosphere of Grizzly home football games.
Recognizing that some families cannot afford to send their kids to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoons, six former University of Montana football players found a way to give back to a community that continually shows phenomenal support for Grizzly athletics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Former Grizzly football players Mike Rankin, Thad Huse, Tim Polich, Bryan Tripp, Mike Bouchee, and Dallas Neil's combined efforts have created a very special opportunity for underprivileged kids from all over Montana.

 

[Tokyogriz]

It would be more than 80%..........we have a pure idiot fan base.

Most of the people on here would probably participate in a rape or home invasion just so they could put the picture of them hanging out with a football player on Facebook.

Dont laugh, I am being serious, thats how people look at UM fans now.

Go to Bobcatnation were you belong Alpo and stay there. At the very least dont pretend to be a University of Montana supporter or fan its insulting to the rest of us. Take Mr. Dill with you.

 

[snap]

I like the quote from Cole Berquist towards the end. 3 girlfriends? Good work if you can get it.

 

[ranco]

Hey dont you EVER make a post without bashing Royce Engstrom again.....................you hack. This board needs consistency Jokyo not half-assedness.

Here you go..... Engstrom is the biggest weeney a$$ed person Missoula has ever seen and probably ever will see. He's not afraid to sacrifice a couple of lambs if it will save his own chicken a$$, even if it doesn't help a damn bit, costs the tax payers big bucks and sets the program back 10 years.

why don't you shut your hole ranco. Oh ya one more thing lynch mobs for all you other cry babies mad at engstrom for putting his foot down. You probably should thank him because the raping would of continued then you girls would really be screwed.

Your friend,

Get a clue. If O'day and Pflu were screwing the pooch so badly, as you and alphadumb think they were, then why didn't your hero Engstrom fire them for cause instead of cowardly saying he was "non-renewing" their contracts??

 

[ordigger]

Put your esteemed Rolls Royce up for a good ald fashioned vote. My gues is 80% put the man down.

Why? Like a coward he listened to Pat Williams and your lumbering govenor, did not go over his decision with any staff.

In the end this will cost the University tons of money! Donations will slow, on and on it goes.

So this was a conspiracy by Gov. Schweitzer to finally get his alma mater Bobcats a step up on the the Grizzlies? Couldnt do it on the field so off? Guess time to admit I've seen both Jim Morrison & Elvis at Griz events recently.

 

[getgrizzy]

Hey dont you EVER make a post without bashing Royce Engstrom again.....................you hack. This board needs consistency Jokyo not half-assedness.

Here you go..... Engstrom is the biggest weeney a$$ed person Missoula has ever seen and probably ever will see. He's not afraid to sacrifice a couple of lambs if it will save his own chicken a$$, even if it doesn't help a damn bit, costs the tax payers big bucks and sets the program back 10 years.

why don't you shut your hole ranco. Oh ya one more thing lynch mobs for all you other cry babies mad at engstrom for putting his foot down. You probably should thank him because the raping would of continued then you girls would really be screwed.

Your friend,

Get a clue. If O'day and Pflu were screwing the pooch so badly, as you and alphadumb think they were, then why didn't your hero Engstrom fire them for cause instead of cowardly saying he was "non-renewing" their contracts??

this would make perfect sense if they'd just fire the futbol coach.

 

[EverettGriz]

http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/04/12/a-play-by-play-look?blog=2

:

That list excludes all the good deeds done by Griz athletes and focuses only on the bad.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKg6jxvt5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqSb8OD4Xg[/youtube]

The Montana Grizzlies football team will continue its support of the sixth annual Griz for Kids Toy Drive at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Bookstore at the University of Montana.

Members of the Montana Grizzly football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and help collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public. Griz linebackers Jordan Tripp and Alex Shaw, co-chairs of this year's toy drive, will attend the event. "The holiday season is the best time of the year," Shaw said. "However, so many families never get to experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts. I love being part of a toy drive that allows families that are hurting in this economy to take part in that tradition." Tripp and Shaw hope to top last year's record-setting drive, when Griz fans provided more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. "Griz for Kids is a way to give back to the kids and families that are less fortunate than others," Tripp said. "Everybody deserves to have a great holiday season, and what better way to bring together families than by helping give gifts to those less fortunate." Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelters, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ad948030-f135-11df-b6b8-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1tBVA5EzW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UM men don heels for march against rape, violence
Posted on April 23
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

It was a serious message, delivered with a lighthearted touch n so it was hard not to laugh and join the cheering lunch crowd when the Grizzly football team and other brazen men from the University of Montana stepped into women’s high-heel shoes and strutted around the University Center on Wednesday to protest violence against women. The men marched to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence, but first got a few pointers on walking in heels from Tori Wanty, a UM student who happens to be Miss Montana USA.
“Use your hips as leverage,” she said giving a pre-march tutorial, and “use your best grrrrr stare.” Grizzly quarterback Cole Bergquist was there, wearing a pair of pink and black strappy heels. Bergquist said he wasn’t concerned about twisting an ankle, and proved light on his feet in size 15 heels. His skill, he explained, came from practice n by agreeing to be a poster boy for the event, which was sponsored by UM’s Student Assault Resource Center. “Three of my girl friends are helping to put this event on and I wanted to help out and show my support,” he said. “So we decided to make a little sign that says 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.' I got Colt (Anderson) and Colin (Dow), and the three of us posed on the football field with high heels on, with our feet up in the air looking as sexy as possible."

Some of the seventh-grade students at Meadow Hill Middle School won't be washing their shirts any time soon. They had University of Montana Grizzly football players autograph the back of their shirts when the players stopped in Tuesday afternoon for a talk. The Griz were fresh from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss in a NCAA I-AA national championship football game Saturday.

The school visit came about because senior running back Ben Drinkwalter had been helping seventh-grade teacher Chris Stevens with a session on Japan. Both are from Great Falls. Drinkwalter had been taking an international business class and, as part of it, needed some community work. When he heard Stevens was offering the Japanese session, he offered to help with Japanese customs, traditions and language, a subject he has been studying. He hopes to go to Japan to study at a university in Kumamoto next year after graduating from UM. ...the session, Stevens asked Drinkwalter to bring some of his football friends to her class. They came Tuesday. The six other players included running back Yohance Humphery, defensive end Andy Petek, wide receiver Jimmy Farris, cornerback Calvin Coleman, quarterback John Edwards and wide receiver T.J. Oelkers. The players divided up and then rotated through three seventh-grade classes, spending 15-20 minutes in each, answering questions and signing autographs. The first session allowed more time for questions, running past the allotted 15-minute time span: What was said in the locker room at halftime? What was it like coming out with everybody cheering? If you could go back, what would you change about the game? What is your favorite memory of playing the game? What's on your mind when you run onto the field?
For seventh-grade teacher Bob Andrews, the visit was a chance for kids who were sometimes left out to thank the players. When the players walked in, he added, many of the students didn't know who they were. "They were just regular people. "They talked about setting goals. If you want to reach your dreams be the best you can be every day," Andrews said. Student Star Wothe got the message. "They were showing us that it's not how big you are or how smart you are. It's more your spirit and how hard you work … and how much ambition you have," she said.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/uncategorized/discussions-with-griz/article_4e62bdd7-1246-57f5-ad3b-8f806a5d69ad.html#ixzz1tBfgfGjx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 40 kids from the Missoula Youth Homes came to Washington-Grizzly Stadium to partake in Griz Fun Day, an afternoon with Grizzly athletes.

Missoula Youth Homes cares for abused and at-risk children in six group homes in the Missoula area. The group also has a number of children living with foster parents. The Griz Fun Day attendees ranged in age from 4 to 17 and participated in a series of activities that included an obstacle course and football throw. At the end of the day, the group had a pizza party and everyone got a ribbon. Grizzly athletes also gave awards to the kids. "It's really great to give the kids a chance to meet their heroes," said Kim Anderson, MYH development director. The event has been going on for about five years, and coordinator Erin Williams said the football team has been very supportive of the event over the years. Grizzly defensive tackle Alan Saenz, a sophomore, said the greatest thing about playing with the kids is all of their energy. Saenz helped with the obstacle course, where the kids run through cones and try to score. The event is one that the Grizzlies actually do during practice. "All these volunteers are just happy to have fun with these kids," Saenz said.
Senior linebacker Brent Meyers said the event was designed to give back to the kids. Meyers helped with a mini-scrimmage with the kids. He said the event put nothing but smiles on the kids' faces.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/griz-for-a-day/article_7247a009-3bc9-5fc9-ab51-095664cbf397.html#ixzz1tBhwE5OX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Letter to the editor
Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
On Oct. 3, the University of Montana hosted "Griz Sports Extravaganza" for Special Olympics athletes. This was a free skills clinic with UM student-athletes and coaches from several different sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf, track, basketball and football) providing instruction.

I want to thank the university for hosting this event and the student-athletes for their time making this a memorable day for the Special Olympics athletes. My son Andy and I spent the entire time in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with the football players. Andy is a huge Griz football fan and after practicing being a receiver, kicking extra points, punting, tackling and diving into the end zone for a touchdown, the smile would not leave his face. The coaches were: Marc Mariani, Tyler Palmer, Brody McKnight, Sean Wren, Jordan Tripp and Peter Nguyen, among others.

All of these student-athletes are normally the stars on Saturday afternoon, but they made my son, and the other Special Olympics athletes, feel like the star and hero of the game on this particular Saturday. Thank you all so very much.

Todd Wulf, Missoula


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/griz-coached-special-olympians/article_64fd7e7e-b510-11de-b907-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1tBj203IW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Griz Kidz non-profit program was created to provide financially disadvantaged children in Montana the opportunity to experience the incredible atmosphere of Grizzly home football games.
Recognizing that some families cannot afford to send their kids to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoons, six former University of Montana football players found a way to give back to a community that continually shows phenomenal support for Grizzly athletics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Former Grizzly football players Mike Rankin, Thad Huse, Tim Polich, Bryan Tripp, Mike Bouchee, and Dallas Neil's combined efforts have created a very special opportunity for underprivileged kids from all over Montana.

This deserves to be a thread of its own. Hell, maybe even a sticky.

Great post, PGM.

 

[wbtfg]

This deserves to be a thread of its own. Hell, maybe even a sticky.

Great post, PGM.

No football players taking part, but this also looked like a good event.

http://missoulian.com/college/griz/griz-got-talent-a-crowd-pleaser-money-raiser/article_bdec195c-902b-11e1-acaa-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/04/12/a-play-by-play-look?blog=2

:

That list excludes all the good deeds done by Griz athletes and focuses only on the bad.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKg6jxvt5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqSb8OD4Xg[/youtube]

The Montana Grizzlies football team will continue its support of the sixth annual Griz for Kids Toy Drive at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Bookstore at the University of Montana.

Members of the Montana Grizzly football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and help collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public. Griz linebackers Jordan Tripp and Alex Shaw, co-chairs of this year's toy drive, will attend the event. "The holiday season is the best time of the year," Shaw said. "However, so many families never get to experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts. I love being part of a toy drive that allows families that are hurting in this economy to take part in that tradition." Tripp and Shaw hope to top last year's record-setting drive, when Griz fans provided more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. "Griz for Kids is a way to give back to the kids and families that are less fortunate than others," Tripp said. "Everybody deserves to have a great holiday season, and what better way to bring together families than by helping give gifts to those less fortunate." Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelters, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ad948030-f135-11df-b6b8-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1tBVA5EzW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UM men don heels for march against rape, violence
Posted on April 23
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

It was a serious message, delivered with a lighthearted touch n so it was hard not to laugh and join the cheering lunch crowd when the Grizzly football team and other brazen men from the University of Montana stepped into women’s high-heel shoes and strutted around the University Center on Wednesday to protest violence against women. The men marched to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence, but first got a few pointers on walking in heels from Tori Wanty, a UM student who happens to be Miss Montana USA.
“Use your hips as leverage,” she said giving a pre-march tutorial, and “use your best grrrrr stare.” Grizzly quarterback Cole Bergquist was there, wearing a pair of pink and black strappy heels. Bergquist said he wasn’t concerned about twisting an ankle, and proved light on his feet in size 15 heels. His skill, he explained, came from practice n by agreeing to be a poster boy for the event, which was sponsored by UM’s Student Assault Resource Center. “Three of my girl friends are helping to put this event on and I wanted to help out and show my support,” he said. “So we decided to make a little sign that says 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.' I got Colt (Anderson) and Colin (Dow), and the three of us posed on the football field with high heels on, with our feet up in the air looking as sexy as possible."

Some of the seventh-grade students at Meadow Hill Middle School won't be washing their shirts any time soon. They had University of Montana Grizzly football players autograph the back of their shirts when the players stopped in Tuesday afternoon for a talk. The Griz were fresh from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss in a NCAA I-AA national championship football game Saturday.

The school visit came about because senior running back Ben Drinkwalter had been helping seventh-grade teacher Chris Stevens with a session on Japan. Both are from Great Falls. Drinkwalter had been taking an international business class and, as part of it, needed some community work. When he heard Stevens was offering the Japanese session, he offered to help with Japanese customs, traditions and language, a subject he has been studying. He hopes to go to Japan to study at a university in Kumamoto next year after graduating from UM. ...the session, Stevens asked Drinkwalter to bring some of his football friends to her class. They came Tuesday. The six other players included running back Yohance Humphery, defensive end Andy Petek, wide receiver Jimmy Farris, cornerback Calvin Coleman, quarterback John Edwards and wide receiver T.J. Oelkers. The players divided up and then rotated through three seventh-grade classes, spending 15-20 minutes in each, answering questions and signing autographs. The first session allowed more time for questions, running past the allotted 15-minute time span: What was said in the locker room at halftime? What was it like coming out with everybody cheering? If you could go back, what would you change about the game? What is your favorite memory of playing the game? What's on your mind when you run onto the field?
For seventh-grade teacher Bob Andrews, the visit was a chance for kids who were sometimes left out to thank the players. When the players walked in, he added, many of the students didn't know who they were. "They were just regular people. "They talked about setting goals. If you want to reach your dreams be the best you can be every day," Andrews said. Student Star Wothe got the message. "They were showing us that it's not how big you are or how smart you are. It's more your spirit and how hard you work … and how much ambition you have," she said.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/uncategorized/discussions-with-griz/article_4e62bdd7-1246-57f5-ad3b-8f806a5d69ad.html#ixzz1tBfgfGjx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 40 kids from the Missoula Youth Homes came to Washington-Grizzly Stadium to partake in Griz Fun Day, an afternoon with Grizzly athletes.

Missoula Youth Homes cares for abused and at-risk children in six group homes in the Missoula area. The group also has a number of children living with foster parents. The Griz Fun Day attendees ranged in age from 4 to 17 and participated in a series of activities that included an obstacle course and football throw. At the end of the day, the group had a pizza party and everyone got a ribbon. Grizzly athletes also gave awards to the kids. "It's really great to give the kids a chance to meet their heroes," said Kim Anderson, MYH development director. The event has been going on for about five years, and coordinator Erin Williams said the football team has been very supportive of the event over the years. Grizzly defensive tackle Alan Saenz, a sophomore, said the greatest thing about playing with the kids is all of their energy. Saenz helped with the obstacle course, where the kids run through cones and try to score. The event is one that the Grizzlies actually do during practice. "All these volunteers are just happy to have fun with these kids," Saenz said.
Senior linebacker Brent Meyers said the event was designed to give back to the kids. Meyers helped with a mini-scrimmage with the kids. He said the event put nothing but smiles on the kids' faces.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/griz-for-a-day/article_7247a009-3bc9-5fc9-ab51-095664cbf397.html#ixzz1tBhwE5OX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Letter to the editor
Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
On Oct. 3, the University of Montana hosted "Griz Sports Extravaganza" for Special Olympics athletes. This was a free skills clinic with UM student-athletes and coaches from several different sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf, track, basketball and football) providing instruction.

I want to thank the university for hosting this event and the student-athletes for their time making this a memorable day for the Special Olympics athletes. My son Andy and I spent the entire time in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with the football players. Andy is a huge Griz football fan and after practicing being a receiver, kicking extra points, punting, tackling and diving into the end zone for a touchdown, the smile would not leave his face. The coaches were: Marc Mariani, Tyler Palmer, Brody McKnight, Sean Wren, Jordan Tripp and Peter Nguyen, among others.

All of these student-athletes are normally the stars on Saturday afternoon, but they made my son, and the other Special Olympics athletes, feel like the star and hero of the game on this particular Saturday. Thank you all so very much.

Todd Wulf, Missoula


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/griz-coached-special-olympians/article_64fd7e7e-b510-11de-b907-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1tBj203IW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Griz Kidz non-profit program was created to provide financially disadvantaged children in Montana the opportunity to experience the incredible atmosphere of Grizzly home football games.
Recognizing that some families cannot afford to send their kids to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoons, six former University of Montana football players found a way to give back to a community that continually shows phenomenal support for Grizzly athletics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Former Grizzly football players Mike Rankin, Thad Huse, Tim Polich, Bryan Tripp, Mike Bouchee, and Dallas Neil's combined efforts have created a very special opportunity for underprivileged kids from all over Montana.

This deserves to be a thread of its own. Hell, maybe even a sticky.

Great post, PGM.

Mentoring has a lot to do with how things have turned out for Marcus Bowen, a Los Angeles area product who - after two years at Santa Monica Junior College - transferred to the University of Montana to play football. He never knew his dad very well and hasn’t spoken to him in more than 20 years. He and his brother are five years apart and didn’t have much in common until more recently. His mother raised him and connected him with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program where a man named Charles Kennedy provided solid guidance from the time Bowen was 10 until he was 18.

... Following graduation he was fighting fires on the Lolo National Forest outside Missoula. When associates learned of his sociology degree and criminal justice emphasis Bowen learned that the Forest Service had a law enforcement branch.

It was while he was in Los Angeles testing for the LAPD that he got the call from Missoula offering him the Forest Service position. In November 1991 he became a special agent trainee in criminal investigation on the Lolo Forest under the tutelage of a senior special agent. Bowen continued with the Forest Service until 1998, working in locations that included Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., and finally Milwaukee, Wis. Part of his work involved tracking down fugitives in cases involving federal jurisdiction. While there he transferred into the U.S. marshal’s service and worked there until the 9/11 tragedy altered his thinking and plans. “I wanted to do something different, so I resigned from the marshal’s service in 2002 and started with TSA as a federal air marshal,” Bowen explained, adding that the agency was in dire need of experienced law enforcement people to fill positions. “It was a great experience,” Bowen recalled. “I got to see not only various parts of the U.S. but overseas as well. I made a lot of friends there. That was a special part of my career that I certainly treasure.” He stayed with TSA until 2006 when he returned to the U.S. marshal’s service and was assigned to the Arizona District office in Phoenix. Following a promotion he was assigned to investigating threats against U.S. district court judges, the most noteworthy in 2010 associated with Senate Bill 370, the immigration law. “One of the judges there was receiving a lot of threats because she was presiding over that case,” Bowen noted. “(For) my last assignment in the district . . . I was called a protective intelligence investigator.” He was promoted to his current position in August 2010, not as a district employee but as what he called a headquarters employee. Bowen said one of his last assignments as a district employee was in the fugitive sex offender division where “we would assist the locals in identifying, locating and arresting fugitives that had committed sex offenses primarily, and unfortunately, against kids.”
http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/news/?n=2011/521/10017&m=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[EastCoastGriz]

It would be more than 80%..........we have a pure idiot fan base.

Most of the people on here would probably participate in a rape or home invasion just so they could put the picture of them hanging out with a football player on Facebook.

Dont laugh, I am being serious, thats how people look at UM fans now.

Speaking of idiots. Most??? Really??? Particapate in a rape or home invasion??

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

It would be more than 80%..........we have a pure idiot fan base.

Most of the people on here would probably participate in a rape or home invasion just so they could put the picture of them hanging out with a football player on Facebook.

Dont laugh, I am being serious, thats how people look at UM fans now.

Speaking of idiots. Most??? Really??? Particapate in a rape or home invasion??

Yes most.

You vastly underestimate this idiot fan base.

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[AllWeatherFan]

I reserve the right to say any damn fool thing I want, only to back-track later, say I was just joking, or assure you I was only “yanking your chain” to “get a rise out of you.” It’s all part of my intricate plan, you see. Well, you would see, if you were smart, I mean.

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/04/12/a-play-by-play-look?blog=2

:

That list excludes all the good deeds done by Griz athletes and focuses only on the bad.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKg6jxvt5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqSb8OD4Xg[/youtube]

The Montana Grizzlies football team will continue its support of the sixth annual Griz for Kids Toy Drive at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Bookstore at the University of Montana.

Members of the Montana Grizzly football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and help collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public. Griz linebackers Jordan Tripp and Alex Shaw, co-chairs of this year's toy drive, will attend the event. "The holiday season is the best time of the year," Shaw said. "However, so many families never get to experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts. I love being part of a toy drive that allows families that are hurting in this economy to take part in that tradition." Tripp and Shaw hope to top last year's record-setting drive, when Griz fans provided more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. "Griz for Kids is a way to give back to the kids and families that are less fortunate than others," Tripp said. "Everybody deserves to have a great holiday season, and what better way to bring together families than by helping give gifts to those less fortunate." Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelters, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ad948030-f135-11df-b6b8-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1tBVA5EzW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UM men don heels for march against rape, violence
Posted on April 23
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

It was a serious message, delivered with a lighthearted touch n so it was hard not to laugh and join the cheering lunch crowd when the Grizzly football team and other brazen men from the University of Montana stepped into women’s high-heel shoes and strutted around the University Center on Wednesday to protest violence against women. The men marched to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence, but first got a few pointers on walking in heels from Tori Wanty, a UM student who happens to be Miss Montana USA.
“Use your hips as leverage,” she said giving a pre-march tutorial, and “use your best grrrrr stare.” Grizzly quarterback Cole Bergquist was there, wearing a pair of pink and black strappy heels. Bergquist said he wasn’t concerned about twisting an ankle, and proved light on his feet in size 15 heels. His skill, he explained, came from practice n by agreeing to be a poster boy for the event, which was sponsored by UM’s Student Assault Resource Center. “Three of my girl friends are helping to put this event on and I wanted to help out and show my support,” he said. “So we decided to make a little sign that says 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.' I got Colt (Anderson) and Colin (Dow), and the three of us posed on the football field with high heels on, with our feet up in the air looking as sexy as possible."

Some of the seventh-grade students at Meadow Hill Middle School won't be washing their shirts any time soon. They had University of Montana Grizzly football players autograph the back of their shirts when the players stopped in Tuesday afternoon for a talk. The Griz were fresh from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss in a NCAA I-AA national championship football game Saturday.

The school visit came about because senior running back Ben Drinkwalter had been helping seventh-grade teacher Chris Stevens with a session on Japan. Both are from Great Falls. Drinkwalter had been taking an international business class and, as part of it, needed some community work. When he heard Stevens was offering the Japanese session, he offered to help with Japanese customs, traditions and language, a subject he has been studying. He hopes to go to Japan to study at a university in Kumamoto next year after graduating from UM. ...the session, Stevens asked Drinkwalter to bring some of his football friends to her class. They came Tuesday. The six other players included running back Yohance Humphery, defensive end Andy Petek, wide receiver Jimmy Farris, cornerback Calvin Coleman, quarterback John Edwards and wide receiver T.J. Oelkers. The players divided up and then rotated through three seventh-grade classes, spending 15-20 minutes in each, answering questions and signing autographs. The first session allowed more time for questions, running past the allotted 15-minute time span: What was said in the locker room at halftime? What was it like coming out with everybody cheering? If you could go back, what would you change about the game? What is your favorite memory of playing the game? What's on your mind when you run onto the field?
For seventh-grade teacher Bob Andrews, the visit was a chance for kids who were sometimes left out to thank the players. When the players walked in, he added, many of the students didn't know who they were. "They were just regular people. "They talked about setting goals. If you want to reach your dreams be the best you can be every day," Andrews said. Student Star Wothe got the message. "They were showing us that it's not how big you are or how smart you are. It's more your spirit and how hard you work … and how much ambition you have," she said.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/uncategorized/discussions-with-griz/article_4e62bdd7-1246-57f5-ad3b-8f806a5d69ad.html#ixzz1tBfgfGjx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 40 kids from the Missoula Youth Homes came to Washington-Grizzly Stadium to partake in Griz Fun Day, an afternoon with Grizzly athletes.

Missoula Youth Homes cares for abused and at-risk children in six group homes in the Missoula area. The group also has a number of children living with foster parents. The Griz Fun Day attendees ranged in age from 4 to 17 and participated in a series of activities that included an obstacle course and football throw. At the end of the day, the group had a pizza party and everyone got a ribbon. Grizzly athletes also gave awards to the kids. "It's really great to give the kids a chance to meet their heroes," said Kim Anderson, MYH development director. The event has been going on for about five years, and coordinator Erin Williams said the football team has been very supportive of the event over the years. Grizzly defensive tackle Alan Saenz, a sophomore, said the greatest thing about playing with the kids is all of their energy. Saenz helped with the obstacle course, where the kids run through cones and try to score. The event is one that the Grizzlies actually do during practice. "All these volunteers are just happy to have fun with these kids," Saenz said.
Senior linebacker Brent Meyers said the event was designed to give back to the kids. Meyers helped with a mini-scrimmage with the kids. He said the event put nothing but smiles on the kids' faces.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/griz-for-a-day/article_7247a009-3bc9-5fc9-ab51-095664cbf397.html#ixzz1tBhwE5OX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Letter to the editor
Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
On Oct. 3, the University of Montana hosted "Griz Sports Extravaganza" for Special Olympics athletes. This was a free skills clinic with UM student-athletes and coaches from several different sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf, track, basketball and football) providing instruction.

I want to thank the university for hosting this event and the student-athletes for their time making this a memorable day for the Special Olympics athletes. My son Andy and I spent the entire time in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with the football players. Andy is a huge Griz football fan and after practicing being a receiver, kicking extra points, punting, tackling and diving into the end zone for a touchdown, the smile would not leave his face. The coaches were: Marc Mariani, Tyler Palmer, Brody McKnight, Sean Wren, Jordan Tripp and Peter Nguyen, among others.

All of these student-athletes are normally the stars on Saturday afternoon, but they made my son, and the other Special Olympics athletes, feel like the star and hero of the game on this particular Saturday. Thank you all so very much.

Todd Wulf, Missoula


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/griz-coached-special-olympians/article_64fd7e7e-b510-11de-b907-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1tBj203IW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Griz Kidz non-profit program was created to provide financially disadvantaged children in Montana the opportunity to experience the incredible atmosphere of Grizzly home football games.
Recognizing that some families cannot afford to send their kids to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoons, six former University of Montana football players found a way to give back to a community that continually shows phenomenal support for Grizzly athletics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Former Grizzly football players Mike Rankin, Thad Huse, Tim Polich, Bryan Tripp, Mike Bouchee, and Dallas Neil's combined efforts have created a very special opportunity for underprivileged kids from all over Montana.

This deserves to be a thread of its own. Hell, maybe even a sticky.

Great post, PGM.

Mentoring has a lot to do with how things have turned out for Marcus Bowen, a Los Angeles area product who - after two years at Santa Monica Junior College - transferred to the University of Montana to play football. He never knew his dad very well and hasn’t spoken to him in more than 20 years. He and his brother are five years apart and didn’t have much in common until more recently. His mother raised him and connected him with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program where a man named Charles Kennedy provided solid guidance from the time Bowen was 10 until he was 18.

... Following graduation he was fighting fires on the Lolo National Forest outside Missoula. When associates learned of his sociology degree and criminal justice emphasis Bowen learned that the Forest Service had a law enforcement branch.

It was while he was in Los Angeles testing for the LAPD that he got the call from Missoula offering him the Forest Service position. In November 1991 he became a special agent trainee in criminal investigation on the Lolo Forest under the tutelage of a senior special agent. Bowen continued with the Forest Service until 1998, working in locations that included Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., and finally Milwaukee, Wis. Part of his work involved tracking down fugitives in cases involving federal jurisdiction. While there he transferred into the U.S. marshal’s service and worked there until the 9/11 tragedy altered his thinking and plans. “I wanted to do something different, so I resigned from the marshal’s service in 2002 and started with TSA as a federal air marshal,” Bowen explained, adding that the agency was in dire need of experienced law enforcement people to fill positions. “It was a great experience,” Bowen recalled. “I got to see not only various parts of the U.S. but overseas as well. I made a lot of friends there. That was a special part of my career that I certainly treasure.” He stayed with TSA until 2006 when he returned to the U.S. marshal’s service and was assigned to the Arizona District office in Phoenix. Following a promotion he was assigned to investigating threats against U.S. district court judges, the most noteworthy in 2010 associated with Senate Bill 370, the immigration law. “One of the judges there was receiving a lot of threats because she was presiding over that case,” Bowen noted. “(For) my last assignment in the district . . . I was called a protective intelligence investigator.” He was promoted to his current position in August 2010, not as a district employee but as what he called a headquarters employee. Bowen said one of his last assignments as a district employee was in the fugitive sex offender division where “we would assist the locals in identifying, locating and arresting fugitives that had committed sex offenses primarily, and unfortunately, against kids.”
http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/news/?n=2011/521/10017&m=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The inaugural Huddles & Heels Women's Football Clinic, sponsored by the UM Athletic Department, was like preseason training for women. It was a chance to break out the eye black, watch film, throw the ball, and sharpen their pigskin skills before kickoff next fall. ...
Teafoe, 48, loves football, but it's not what attracted her to the clinic. The event was a fundraiser, as well as a tutorial, with proceeds going to the Guardian Angel Foundation, a local organization that provides money for cancer patients' out-of-pocket expenses while undergoing treatment. It wasn't long ago that Teafoe received financial help from the foundation to cover gas expenses for the many trips the Seeley Lake mother was making to Missoula to take her 22-year-old son to his chemotherapy treatments. Her son was diagnosed with cancer in November, two months after his best friend died of leukemia. "Funds were tight," said the Seeley Lake Elementary School secretary, who attended the football clinic with three of her colleagues. "That (gift) meant so much to me." Today, Teafoe's son has been cancer-free for two months, and this was her way of giving back.


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As far as Colin Dow's career as a Montana Grizzly football player is concerned, he's just about run out of tomorrows. Friday the senior will play left guard for the fifth-ranked Griz in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals, against top-ranked and top-seeded James Madison. After that, well, his hopes are high. ... Now, as his college career winds down, he feels things have subtly changed.
"It's been a surprising turn of events," he says. "Seventy-nine, for the first year or so, represented him. In the past two years, it's come to represent me." And Dow represents Montana, and the Grizzlies, a team that he maintains - straight-faced - is arguably the Treasure State's greatest attribute. Off the field, Dow's contributions to charities and kids' organizations landed him on the American Football Coaches Association "Good Works Team."


Read more: http://missoulian.com/college/griz/griz-gameday/kill-or-be-killed---dow-and-co-set/article_a4092b2c-eb96-5052-9b33-2db775a9d855.html#ixzz1tGuVowZF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Three out of four University of Montana men's basketball coaches lost most of their hair Wednesday afternoon. The idea: to create awareness of one of the many emotional and physical side effects people who have cancer often face. The one who didn't climb under barber Russ Hansen's clippers - assistant coach Brad Huse - has gone through it for real. Huse, diagnosed with lymphoma five years ago, is a cancer survivor.

College basketball coaches have a long association with the American Cancer Society, and there's a game each year where most every coaching staff steps out of its dress shoes and into sneakers to raise awareness about cancer, and donations are accepted. But Grizzly coach Larry Krystkowiak has plenty of reasons to go the extra mile in the fight against cancer. It's not just his assistant coach, who survived. Krystkowiak lost his mother to cancer when he was 8, and she was 36. The brother who raised him, Bernie, has been diagnosed with cancer. A friend who played football at Montana when Krystkowiak was in the process of becoming the school's all-time leading scorer, Ned Becker, is fighting the disease.

Then the parade began. Assistant basketball coaches Wayne Tinkle and Andy Hill had volunteered to lose their hair, too. But suddenly there were plenty of others in line as television cameras rolled. Grizzly football coach Bobby Hauck climbed on a stool and had his ears lowered - with help from Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who took over the clippers for part of Hauck's haircut. Basketball manager Jordan Cramer offered to have his head shaved. Then trainer Dennis Murphy stepped up. Assistant football coaches Mike Hudson and Kraig Paulson plopped into the barber's chair. So did Greg Sundberg of the Grizzly Athletic Association.

basketball fans can chip in to help the fight against cancer at Montana's final three regular-season games. Donations will be taken for the American Cancer Society of Montana at all three, and at the regular-season finale against Northern Arizona, the split-the-pot proceeds that usually go to the University of Montana athletic department will instead be turned over to Coaches Versus Cancer and the American Cancer Society. In return, UM will give out:
"Grizzly rally towels" to the first 7,000 fans through the door at the game against Montana State on Saturday.
Coaches Versus Cancer tattoos, which feature a Griz paw logo, to the first 5,000 fans at the game against Sacramento State on Feb. 15.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/close-crop-larry-krystkowiak-bobby-hauck-among-those-who-lose/article_a504ebfe-1c13-5cd0-90af-b8d29c92e49f.html#ixzz1tGvYoQUT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/04/12/a-play-by-play-look?blog=2

:

That list excludes all the good deeds done by Griz athletes and focuses only on the bad.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqKg6jxvt5A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqSb8OD4Xg[/youtube]

The Montana Grizzlies football team will continue its support of the sixth annual Griz for Kids Toy Drive at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Bookstore at the University of Montana.

Members of the Montana Grizzly football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and help collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public. Griz linebackers Jordan Tripp and Alex Shaw, co-chairs of this year's toy drive, will attend the event. "The holiday season is the best time of the year," Shaw said. "However, so many families never get to experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts. I love being part of a toy drive that allows families that are hurting in this economy to take part in that tradition." Tripp and Shaw hope to top last year's record-setting drive, when Griz fans provided more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. "Griz for Kids is a way to give back to the kids and families that are less fortunate than others," Tripp said. "Everybody deserves to have a great holiday season, and what better way to bring together families than by helping give gifts to those less fortunate." Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelters, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ad948030-f135-11df-b6b8-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1tBVA5EzW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UM men don heels for march against rape, violence
Posted on April 23
By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

It was a serious message, delivered with a lighthearted touch n so it was hard not to laugh and join the cheering lunch crowd when the Grizzly football team and other brazen men from the University of Montana stepped into women’s high-heel shoes and strutted around the University Center on Wednesday to protest violence against women. The men marched to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence, but first got a few pointers on walking in heels from Tori Wanty, a UM student who happens to be Miss Montana USA.
“Use your hips as leverage,” she said giving a pre-march tutorial, and “use your best grrrrr stare.” Grizzly quarterback Cole Bergquist was there, wearing a pair of pink and black strappy heels. Bergquist said he wasn’t concerned about twisting an ankle, and proved light on his feet in size 15 heels. His skill, he explained, came from practice n by agreeing to be a poster boy for the event, which was sponsored by UM’s Student Assault Resource Center. “Three of my girl friends are helping to put this event on and I wanted to help out and show my support,” he said. “So we decided to make a little sign that says 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.' I got Colt (Anderson) and Colin (Dow), and the three of us posed on the football field with high heels on, with our feet up in the air looking as sexy as possible."

Some of the seventh-grade students at Meadow Hill Middle School won't be washing their shirts any time soon. They had University of Montana Grizzly football players autograph the back of their shirts when the players stopped in Tuesday afternoon for a talk. The Griz were fresh from a heartbreaking 27-25 loss in a NCAA I-AA national championship football game Saturday.

The school visit came about because senior running back Ben Drinkwalter had been helping seventh-grade teacher Chris Stevens with a session on Japan. Both are from Great Falls. Drinkwalter had been taking an international business class and, as part of it, needed some community work. When he heard Stevens was offering the Japanese session, he offered to help with Japanese customs, traditions and language, a subject he has been studying. He hopes to go to Japan to study at a university in Kumamoto next year after graduating from UM. ...the session, Stevens asked Drinkwalter to bring some of his football friends to her class. They came Tuesday. The six other players included running back Yohance Humphery, defensive end Andy Petek, wide receiver Jimmy Farris, cornerback Calvin Coleman, quarterback John Edwards and wide receiver T.J. Oelkers. The players divided up and then rotated through three seventh-grade classes, spending 15-20 minutes in each, answering questions and signing autographs. The first session allowed more time for questions, running past the allotted 15-minute time span: What was said in the locker room at halftime? What was it like coming out with everybody cheering? If you could go back, what would you change about the game? What is your favorite memory of playing the game? What's on your mind when you run onto the field?
For seventh-grade teacher Bob Andrews, the visit was a chance for kids who were sometimes left out to thank the players. When the players walked in, he added, many of the students didn't know who they were. "They were just regular people. "They talked about setting goals. If you want to reach your dreams be the best you can be every day," Andrews said. Student Star Wothe got the message. "They were showing us that it's not how big you are or how smart you are. It's more your spirit and how hard you work … and how much ambition you have," she said.


Read more: http://missoulian.com/uncategorized/discussions-with-griz/article_4e62bdd7-1246-57f5-ad3b-8f806a5d69ad.html#ixzz1tBfgfGjx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 40 kids from the Missoula Youth Homes came to Washington-Grizzly Stadium to partake in Griz Fun Day, an afternoon with Grizzly athletes.

Missoula Youth Homes cares for abused and at-risk children in six group homes in the Missoula area. The group also has a number of children living with foster parents. The Griz Fun Day attendees ranged in age from 4 to 17 and participated in a series of activities that included an obstacle course and football throw. At the end of the day, the group had a pizza party and everyone got a ribbon. Grizzly athletes also gave awards to the kids. "It's really great to give the kids a chance to meet their heroes," said Kim Anderson, MYH development director. The event has been going on for about five years, and coordinator Erin Williams said the football team has been very supportive of the event over the years. Grizzly defensive tackle Alan Saenz, a sophomore, said the greatest thing about playing with the kids is all of their energy. Saenz helped with the obstacle course, where the kids run through cones and try to score. The event is one that the Grizzlies actually do during practice. "All these volunteers are just happy to have fun with these kids," Saenz said.
Senior linebacker Brent Meyers said the event was designed to give back to the kids. Meyers helped with a mini-scrimmage with the kids. He said the event put nothing but smiles on the kids' faces.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/griz-for-a-day/article_7247a009-3bc9-5fc9-ab51-095664cbf397.html#ixzz1tBhwE5OX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Letter to the editor
Posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
On Oct. 3, the University of Montana hosted "Griz Sports Extravaganza" for Special Olympics athletes. This was a free skills clinic with UM student-athletes and coaches from several different sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf, track, basketball and football) providing instruction.

I want to thank the university for hosting this event and the student-athletes for their time making this a memorable day for the Special Olympics athletes. My son Andy and I spent the entire time in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with the football players. Andy is a huge Griz football fan and after practicing being a receiver, kicking extra points, punting, tackling and diving into the end zone for a touchdown, the smile would not leave his face. The coaches were: Marc Mariani, Tyler Palmer, Brody McKnight, Sean Wren, Jordan Tripp and Peter Nguyen, among others.

All of these student-athletes are normally the stars on Saturday afternoon, but they made my son, and the other Special Olympics athletes, feel like the star and hero of the game on this particular Saturday. Thank you all so very much.

Todd Wulf, Missoula


Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/griz-coached-special-olympians/article_64fd7e7e-b510-11de-b907-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1tBj203IW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Griz Kidz non-profit program was created to provide financially disadvantaged children in Montana the opportunity to experience the incredible atmosphere of Grizzly home football games.
Recognizing that some families cannot afford to send their kids to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoons, six former University of Montana football players found a way to give back to a community that continually shows phenomenal support for Grizzly athletics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Former Grizzly football players Mike Rankin, Thad Huse, Tim Polich, Bryan Tripp, Mike Bouchee, and Dallas Neil's combined efforts have created a very special opportunity for underprivileged kids from all over Montana.

This deserves to be a thread of its own. Hell, maybe even a sticky.

Great post, PGM.

On the field, the University of Montana Grizzlies maintain a winning record against the Montana State Bobcats. Off the field, well, that's another story. "We've always lost, except the first year we started this food competition," said Katie Koga, organizer of Can the Cats Food Drive. "We've pretty consistently lost by a long stretch to Bozeman." Nonprofits and community service organizations channel the competitive spirit in the week leading up to the annual cross-state rivalry into philanthropic events such as statewide blood drives, book drives and canned food drives.

It's Cat-Griz all over again. Fortunately, no one loses when hungry Montana families have access to food and abused children have access to books. Still, in the spirit of the game, these fundraising challenges come with bragging rights. Griz fans who bleed maroon and silver showed up in droves earlier this week to donate blood as part of the Brawl of the Wild Blood Drive Challenge, sponsored by the American Red Cross.

Each school had two wins under their belt heading into the fifth annual blood drive. Between the two schools, more than 500 donors turned up to give blood or sign a pledge to donate later. That is a record for this event, said Julie Brehm, donor requirement representative for the Lewis and Clark blood service region of the American Red Cross.

In the end, UM pulled out the victory with 261 donors to MSU's 250 donors.

"The traveling trophy will come back to Griz Nation," she said. "This is one of the most successful blood drive challenges."

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What's not been so successful from the competitive angle is the Can the Cats Food Drive. Last year, the Griz got pummeled, with UM collecting under 5,000 pounds of food to MSU's 14,000 pounds. The annual competition is in its 11th year, and UM and MSU remain neck-and-neck with two full days to go. As of Monday, UM had collected around 4,000 pounds of food and MSU had collected about 6,000 pounds. There's still time a lot of time left, Koga said. UM fans have until the third quarter of the game on Saturday to donate cans of food, all of which benefit the Missoula Food Bank. The winning school is announced at the game. "It's a fun opportunity to get people who are really into football involved in giving back, and get people who are not interested in football to get involved in this competition," she said. "It provides an opportunity to donate food before the long harsh winter." Drop boxes for Can the Cats Food Drive are located at the Good Food Store, Orange Street Food Farm, YMCA, Worden's Market and Karl Tyler Chevrolet, which is the sponsor of the fundraising event. Already packaged bags of canned goods are available for purchase at local Albertsons stores. There are drop boxes on the UM campus, and the Office of Civic Engagement will have drop boxes at the entrance to Saturday's game.

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The giving doesn't end with food and blood. There's also a book drive, sponsored by the Mortar Board chapters at UM and MSU, to see which school can help further education in their communities. People have until Dec. 1 to donate new or gently used novels or books appropriate for children from infants to age 14. Collection boxes are located on campus in the University Center and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library and in Missoula at the Book Exchange and the Missoula Public Library. The books are donated to Watson Children's Shelter. Meanwhile, UM is continuing its Griz for Kids Toy Drive with an event on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the bookstore on campus. Members of the Montana Grizzlies football team and coaching staff will be on hand until 8 p.m. to greet fans and collect new, unwrapped children's toys. The bookstore will offer a 20 percent discount on all Griz logo merchandise, and the players will autograph purchases for the public.

Last year, Griz fans donated more than 3,000 toys and $3,500 in cash donations. Toys will go to Mountain Home Montana, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child and Family Services, Youth Homes Inc., Watson Children's Shelter, Big Brothers Big Sisters, WORD Futures Program, A.W.A.R.E and Teen Challenge Montana.


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