Latest University of montana Podcast Episodes
Defensive end Corey Falls
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - March 03, 2021 22:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsCorey Falls was a junior defensive end from Medford, Oregon who led the Grizzlies with nine sacks during the 1995 run to the national title. Falls, who hails from the same town as future Griz Buck Buchanan Award winners Dante Olson and Tyrone Holmes, now works in law enforcement in the ...
Running back Kelly Stensrud
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - March 03, 2021 18:12 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsKelly Stensrud is a Missoula native and a Hellgate alum who was a senior starting running back for Montana's 1995 national title team. He scored 10 touchdowns during that 1995 season.
Defensive end Randy Riley
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - March 02, 2021 18:27 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsRandy Riley and fellow Butte, Montana native Brian Toone converged to make one of the biggest plays of Montana's 22-20 national title game victory over Marshall in December of 1995. The Butte safety proved to be the final margin of victory as the Grizzlies won their first Division I-AA ...
Sean Goicoechea, All-Big Sky safety
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - March 02, 2021 03:13 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsSean Goicoechea hailed from just down the road from Missoula, growing up in Stevensville, Montana. He rapidly rose to become a starter and key contributor at safety during his junior year to help the Montana Griz to the 1995 Division I-AA national championship.
Offensive coach Brent Pease
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - March 02, 2021 02:40 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBrent Pease was a record-setting quarterback during his time playing for the Montana Grizzlies. During the middle and end of his professional playing career in the early 1990s, the Moscow, Idaho native returned in the off-seasons to help coach various offensive positions on Don Read's s...
Defensive end Yohanse Manzanarez
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - February 09, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsYohanse Manzanarez was part of the heart and soul of the Griz defense in 1995. The physical, tough defensive end from Great Falls set the tone in many ways, helping anchor the Montana defensive front as a senior on UM's national championship team 25 years ago.
David Sirmon, linebacker
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - January 21, 2021 22:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsDavid Sirmon was a senior linebacker for the 1995 Montana Grizzlies and finished his final season at UM as the team's third-leading tackler. He piled up 65 tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss to go with a pair of pass break ups and one near interception that led to a pivotal safety...
Jon Kasper, former Missoulian beat writer and current Big Sky senior associate commissioner
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - January 07, 2021 22:13 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJon Kasper is a native of Great Falls, Montana who went to C.M. Russell High with former Montana All-American quarterback Dave Dickenson. Kasper attended the University of Montana, working for the student newspaper and radio station before becoming a staffer at the Missoula. Jon worked ...
Dave Dickenson, College Hall of Fame quarterback
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - December 16, 2020 22:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsDave Dickenson is widely considered the greatest player in the history of the Big Sky Conference and the most legendary Griz of all time. The dynamo quarterback from Great Falls led UM to three straight playoff appearances, culminating with a Walter Payton Award winning senior season in...
Jim O'Day, former administrator and UM AD
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - December 15, 2020 22:35 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBefore Jim O'Day started working for the Grizzly Scholarship Association or as an athletic administrator at the University of Montana and before he became UM's athletic director (2005-2012), the native of Cut Bank was a newspaper man who helped spread the good word for Grizzly athletics...
Brian Toone
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - December 10, 2020 04:28 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBrian Toone was a junior on the 1995 National Championship team. He graduated from Butte High where the Bulldogs made a state championship run in his senior season. From there he became a standout on the Grizzly defense, perhaps most memorably combining with fellow Butte alum Randy Ril...
Hall of Fame wide receiver Joe Douglass
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - November 25, 2020 23:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJoe Douglass came to the University of Montana as a transfer after starting his career at Oregon State. In his two seasons with the Griz, he was prolific enough to earn All-American honors both years and earned a spot in the UM Athletics Hall of Fame. Douglass hauled in 145 catches for ...
Eric Simonson
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - November 20, 2020 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEric Simonson came to Montana as a skinny, athletic offensive lineman from Plentywood, Montana. He transformed himself into an elite offensive lineman, one that would earn first-team All-American honors at tackle during his senior season in 1995. That year proved to be an unforgettable o...
Mike Bouchee
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - November 14, 2020 01:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMike Bouchee grew up in Missoula as the son of former Griz lineman Bill Bouchee and the pride of Montana football was instilled in him at an early age. By high school, Bouchee was an all-state linebacker on a few of head coach Van Troxel’s last great teams at Hellgate High. And 1992, he ...
Wayne Hogan - Former Athletic Director at UM
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - November 06, 2020 04:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWayne Hogan became the AD at UM during the 1995 football season. He was hired by then President George Dennison and officially started on the job in October of 1995. What a time to come on board as two months later the Griz took home their first national championship. Having been in t...
Dave Kempfert
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 30, 2020 23:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsDave Kempert, OL - Missoula native Dave Kempfert grew up in Missoula and was as close to the UM athletic department as any kid in the Garden City. His father, Al Kempfert, was an administrator in the athletic department. His brother, Matt Kempfert, was the top player for Blaine Taylor o...
Jason Crebo
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 23, 2020 22:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThose who know him best describe Jason Crebo as a gentle giant. Those who watched him play for Montana remember the Helena native as one of the fiercest defensive players the school has ever produced. In 1994, Crebo took over Montana’s famed No. 37 jersey, following in the footsteps of...
Dave Guffey - UM Sports Information Director 1978-2015
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 15, 2020 20:57 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsDave Guffey came to the University of Montana to take the head job at “information services” in the fall of 1978. At the time, Gene Carlson was the head Griz football coach and Mike Montgomery had just taken the head basketball job. Guffey served as the head sports information director ...
Bill Johnston - Former head of the UM Alumni Association
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 06, 2020 23:17 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWhen Bill Johnston retired as the CEO of the University of Montana alumni foundation after 36 years at UM, former Montana President Royce Engstrom stated: "It’s said that Montana is one small town with very long streets. Meeting Bill will make you believe it. "If you’ve ever traveled t...
Matt Wells - University of Montana HOF Wide Receiver
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 02, 2020 01:13 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMatt Wells came to the University of Montana from Ashland, Oregon as an undersized, deceptively quick wide receiver who spent his prep days catching passes from fellow future Griz Bert Wilberger. When Wells arrived at Montana, he found himself sharing a dorm room with another Griz quarte...
Matt Wells
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - October 02, 2020 01:13 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn 1995 the University of Montana football team made a magical run to its first national championship, beating the Marshall Thundering Herd 22-20 on December 16th for the title. We commemorate this remarkable season 25 years later, through the eyes of the players, coaches and personnel involved ...
Blaine McElmurry
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - September 25, 2020 00:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMontana's 1995 national championship football team lit up scoreboards across the Big Sky Conference and Division I-AA. But the Griz defense that year played as pivotal a roll in helping Montana claim its first-ever football national title. Blaine McElmurry came to UM as a small-school ...
Mike Agee
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - September 17, 2020 21:18 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMike Agee played football as an Offensive Guard at the University of Montana from 1993-1996. He was a four year starter out of Kalispell Flathead. As a Junior on the 1995 team, Agee was part of one of the most prolific offenses in I-AA/FCS history and charged with keeping Dave Dickenso...
Mick Dennehy
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - September 10, 2020 21:53 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMick Dennehy was the Offensive Coordinator for the Griz football team in 1995. After playing in '71 and '72 as an All-conference Safety for UM, Dennehy became the OC in 1991, a roll he held for 4 seasons, culminating in the 1995 National Championship. A season later, upon Don Reed's re...
Andy Larson
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - September 02, 2020 00:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn his Junior season Helena native Andy Larson made history and an indelible mark on the history of Griz football when he made a national championship winning field goal with 39 seconds remaining to stake Montana to a 22-20 lead that would hold up as the final score. Andy talks about wh...
Mick Holien
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - August 27, 2020 01:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 1 features the former Voice of the Griz, decorated play by play broadcaster for 30 years at the University of Montana Mick Holien. Holien started calling Lady Griz Basketball in 1985 before transitioning into football and men's basketball in 1993. He was on the call for the ent...
Griz Greats Episode 1 - A Tootell and Nuanez Introduction
Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions - August 26, 2020 00:42 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTootell and Nuanez discuss the state of affairs surrounding University of Montana football prior to the 1995 season and what the National Championship meant to the school, city and state. They further set the stage for the entire Griz Greats Silver Anniversary podcast series.
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