Cats, Griz hoping for a turnaround

It’s a big weekend for the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats. Why? Because both teams got off to a 0-1 start in Big Sky Conference play, and neither can afford to fall further behind in the conference standings.

The No. 11 Grizzlies (2-1, 0-1) suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday — a gut-wrenching one-point defeat at Cal Poly. In that game, Montana’s fortunes flipped, as the Griz’ offense posted a record-setting day, but the defense, which was among the FCS leaders coming in, couldn’t figure out a way to stop all of the quirks in Cal Poly’s triple option attack.

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