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“You’ve got to disregard all the outside stuff from all the people who don’t really know what they’re talking about."

Winter officially arrived in Missoula on Saturday night, and with it came a return to the winning ways for Montana Grizzly football.

After dropping three straight games to fall to 5-3 overall, and 2-3 in Big Sky Conference play, the No. 16 Griz are in a tough spot with three remaining games, but they welcome Cal Poly on Saturday.

The Griz dropped another heartbreaker on Saturday with their third straight loss of the season, making their three remaining games that more important down the stretch.

The Grizzlies are trying to bounce back from their first loss this season by traveling to Sac State for a top-10 matchup thats being featured on ESPN2.

A different venue, but an eerily similar vibe to last Saturday.

Theres been many of them throughout his career, but no hardship has been able to defeat Griz star Justin Ford.

A different venue, but an eerily similar vibe to last Saturday.

Between missed calls and self-induced harm, the Griz couldnt avoid ending up on the wrong side of an instant classic.

Montana State now has two quarterbacks on the Walter Payton Award watch list.