Montana State Bobcats

Our colleague Traci Taylor had the big news for Griz fans over the weekend- Billings, Montana's own Junior Bergen was picked up by the San Francisco 49er's in the NFL draft. And- of course- huge news for Butte, Montana and Bobcat fans-Touchdown Tommy Mellott was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders.

With the NCAA Tournament Championship approaching, local basketball fans eagerly await the Big Sky tournament semifinals featuring Montana State and the University of Montana battling fierce opponents in both Men and Women's brackets.

Check out that t-shirt of the Grebe boys roping and riding a bison as the Melstone Cowboys and the Montana State Bobcats saddle up for the national championship in Frisco, Texas.

At the very end of our statewide radio show on Monday, I shared some incredible stats for Butte, Montana's own Tommy Mellott. The Montana State Bobcat quarterback was highlighted in a great writeup at Outkick.com

Imagine holding THE record in track and field, and then celebrating when someone else breaks YOUR record? Some might find that very hard to do. It wasn't hard for former MSU Bobcat track & field great Erin Graf. Check out her response.

This may be the year that the Bobcats do what we thought they might have done last year- make it all the way to the national championship, and maybe even pull it off.

Montana State University is close to reaching its fundraising goal for a new indoor practice facility, benefitting student-athletes and the local community.

Cat-Griz Baby! We have a big Cat-Griz matchup taking place in Boise, Idaho Wednesday night- and the winner earns a spot in the NCAA tournament...March...you know what.

Check out that bracket- we could have another Cat Griz football game here in Montana next month. And since The University of Montana Grizzlies came out on top on Saturday, Missoula would get to host the potential playoff matchup.

The 122nd Brawl of the Wild is on Saturday. Let's keep it classy!

Will the opposing team's band no longer be able to play at the historic Cat-Griz football games in Bozeman and Missoula? Apparently so.

Visit any store while you're out running errands this week and you'll probably notice a lot more team gear being worn across Montana. At Costco in Billings on Monday, it seemed that a solid 25% of the shoppers I encountered were wearing either Bobcat or Griz shirts, hats, or hoodies. ...