Big Sky Breakdown

Ryan Tootell joins Colter Nuanez from the road to break down Montana's 29-24 win over Missouri State last Saturday night in Missoula.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports lead analysts Ty Gregorak (3:38) and Brooks Nuanez (47:58) on all things Montana, Montana State and Big Sky Conference.

Former Montana State player, coach and commentator Mikey Rider chimes in with Colter Nuanez to analyze the start to 2024 for Montana State.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Idaho head coach Jason Eck to talk about UI's 24-14 loss at No. 3 Oregon and preview the Vandals' game Saturday at Wyoming. Plus, hear Andrew Houghton's interview with Idaho defensive end Dallas Afalava (14:16).

Skyline Sports analyst Samuel Akem joins Colter Nuanez to break down what went right and what went wrong for the Montana Grizzlies in their opener against Missouri State, what factors have helped boost Montana State to 2-0, how Idaho was able to hang with Oregon, what Sammy has seen out of Eastern Washington quarterback Kekoa Visperas and some more exploration of the "Unsolved Mysteries of the Big Sky Conference."

Samuel Akem discusses Montana's 29-24 win over Missouri State, Eastern Washington's 42-27 win over Monmouth, Idaho hanging tough in 24-14 loss at No. 3 Oregon plus a recap of the top performers around Big Sky football in Week 1 and a preview of Week 2.

Idaho third-year head coach Jason Eck addressed the media following his team's 24-14 loss at No. 3 Oregon and ahead of UI's game at Wyoming this weekend.

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck plus senior captains running back Nick Ostmo and safety Ryder Meyer addressed the media recapping a 29-24 win over Missouri State and previewing Saturday's trip to Grand Forks to take on the University of North Dakota.

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen recaps his team's 31-7 win over Utah Tech and previews the Bobcats' home opener against Maine for the annual Gold Rush game on Saturday night in Bozeman, MT.

Former Montana State captain, coach and commentator Michael Rider joins Colter Nuanez to give his thoughts on Montana State's Week 0 win and look ahead to a Week 1 game at Utah Tech.

Colter Nuanez shares his interviews leading up to Week 1 of the college football season as Montana State prepare to play at Utah Tech and Montana prepares to host Missouri State. Interviews:- Montana State offensive line coach Al Johnson (2:17)- Missouri State director of broadcast Corey Riggs (14:27)- Utah Tech head coach Lance Anderson (34:43)- Griz junior All-American linebacker Riley Wilson (49:33)- Montana State All-American senior offensive lineman Marcus Wehr (56:35)-Utah Tech all-conference junior linebacker Jared Fotu (1:04:23)- Montana State all-conference cornerback Simeon Woodard (1:13:01)

Ty Gregorak joins Colter Nuanez on all things Week 0 (1:53), including Montana State's rally at New Mexico. Plus Ty talks NDSU at Colorado, Monmouth at Eastern Washington, Sac State at San Jose State and Missouri State at Montana. Brooks Nuanez (29:59) swings by to talk about the various changes in Big Sky Conference football over the last decade plus gives some thoughts on Tommy Mellott's senior season debut, Montana State's rally and thoughts on what to expect for Montana during its home opener against Missouri State in Missoula.

Vandals Weekly returns for its second season talking University of Idaho football. This week, third-year head coach Jason Eck (2:56), starting quarterback Jack Layne (19:30), and I-5 Corridor founder Tyson Alger, a veteran Oregon football beat writer (26:23), join the podcast to talk about Idaho's season-opener at Autzen Stadium against the Ducks.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports analyst Ryan Tootell to talk all about Week 0, including Montana State's comeback 35-31 win over New Mexico plus the duo gives thoughts heading into Week 1, including Eastern Washington's home opener, Sac State's game at San Jose State and Montana's home opener against Missouri State.

Montana State head football coach Brent Vigen addressed the media on August 26, 2024 to recap his team's come from behind 35-31 win at New Mexico and to preview his team's Week 1 matchup at Utah Tech in St. George on Saturday.

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck, senior offensive tackle Brandon Casey and senior cornerback Trevin Gradney addressed the media ahead of their season opener against Missouri State on Saturday night at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Colter Nuanez catches up with Tom Stuber, who is in St. George, Utah anticipating Montana State's Week 1 game at Utah Tech after covering MSU's Week 0 35-31 comeback victory at New Mexico on Saturday. Plus, Colter shares an interview with Montana State senior cornerback Simeon Woodard that will air on ESPN Montana later this week.

Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports is joined by Marcus Welnel, the general manager of the Good Ol' Grizzlies NIL collective to talk about all the efforts of the collective and preview the Griz football. This episode also includes Welnel's appearance on "Nuanez Now" on ESPN MT from July with an in-depth look at all the collective is doing for University of Montana sports.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports lead analyst and Scripps Sports color commentator Ty Gregorak (2:00) to talk Week 0, Montana State at New Mexico and what the Montana Grizzlies have to do to get over the top.Colter is then joined by Skyline analyst Samuel Akem for more Week 0 discussion (37:45) and another edition of "Unsolved Big Sky mysteries with Sammy & Colter", including a conversation about who you would make the centerpiece of your fledgling Big Sky team (52:00) - Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott, Montana wide receiver/returner Junior Bergen or UC Davis running back/returner Lan Larison? Finally, listen to Colter's weekly hit on "Blue & Gold Thursdays" on KSKY Country in Bozeman with Dave Wooten breaking down Montana State's season opener and the prospects this season for the No. 4 Bobcats.

Skyline Sports analyst Samuel Akem gives his preseason Big Sky Conference rankings, reacts to the Big Sky teams that made the STATS Perform FCS Top 25 and gives some thoughts on his top games for Week 0 and Week 1 of the college football season. 0:00 - Intro 2:32 - Big Sky Teams On Stats Perform Preseason Top 25 12:39 - Sam Herder’s Favorites To Win Buck Buchanan In ‘24 19:20 - MY Preseason Big Sky Conference Rankings 28:02 - Idaho Player Lays His Own Teammate Out 34:28 - Fan Questions 34:58 - Analysts Coaching In College Football 39:38 - Top 10 FCS Games In Week 0 and Week 1 49:55 - Top 10 FCS Teams And Their Depth Charts 58:11 - Final Acknowledgements 1:05:56 - End

Colter Nuanez is joined by Skyline Sports analyst Ryan Tootell to talk about the rise of the Idaho football program and the big question of if the Vandals can sustain momentum after losing a collection of key players to the NFL and the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Montana State head football coach Brent Vigen addressed the media on Monday August 19, 2024 ahead of his team's Week 0 season opener at the University of New Mexico.

Ryan Tootell joins Colter Nuanez to talk about Montana State being Week 0 9.5-point favorites at New Mexico as well as a discussion about the regression of Eastern Washington football.

Former Montana All-American wide receiver Samuel Akem is now an analyst and videographer for Skyline Sports. He sits down with Colter Nuanez to talk about several big picture questions about the history of the Big Sky Conference, including Colter's Big Sky Mount Rushmore for football players and football coaches plus a discussion about why Northern Colorado has struggled to gain relevance in the league and within Division I.

This year of 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Skyline Sports. To celebrate, we will have a collection of Top 10 countdowns about the top athletes, teams & moments of last decade. Colter Nuanez and Brooks Nuanez choose our Top 10 Big Sky men's basketball players of the last 10 years in this spirited countdown. Andrew Houghton moderates the conversation. This is the second installment. This video filmed & produced from the ESPN MT studio by Colter Nuanez on August 6, 2024.

This year of 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Skyline Sports. To celebrate, we will have a collection of Top 10 countdowns about the top athletes, teams & moments of last decade. Colter Nuanez and Brooks Nuanez choose our Top 10 Big Sky men's basketball players of the last 10 years in this spirited countdown. Andrew Houghton moderates the conversation. This is the first of two installments.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Ryan Tootell for broad thoughts about the Montana Grizzlies, Montana State Bobcats, plus some preseason thoughts on Weber State entering Year 2 under head coach Mickey Mental.

This year of 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Skyline Sports. To celebrate, we will have a collection of Top 10 countdowns about the top athletes, teams & moments of last decade. This installment is our "Top 10 Big Sky Conference men's basketball teams of the last 10 years" with Brooks & Colter Nuanez. Recorded on July 10, produced on July 18 and presented by UpTop Clothing, Cash 1 Pawn & Town Pump.

Colter & Brooks Nuanez and Andrew Houghton have a fun, free-flowing "draft" to highlight some of the best Big Sky Conference women's basketball players of the last decade who did not make our Top 10 list for our SKYLINE AT 10 anniversary celebration.

This year of 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Skyline Sports. To celebrate, we will have a collection of Top 10 countdowns about the top athletes, teams & moments of last decade. This installment counts down the Top 10 women's basketball players of the last 10 years in the Big Sky Conference. Colter Nuanez, Brooks Nuanez and Andrew Houghton break down the best of the best in the Big Sky, presented by UpTop Clothing, Cash 1 Pawn & Town Pump.

Colter & Brooks Nuanez debut their 10th anniversary podcast series with a discussion of the 10 best Big Sky Conference women's basketball teams of the past decade. You can also read Andrew Houghton's piece here: https://skylinesportsmt.com/the-10-greatest-womens-basketball-teams-of-the-skyline-sports-era/

Colter Nuanez & Brooks Nuanez talk about all of Colter's impressions after watching the spring games for the Montana and Montana State football games.

Colter & Brooks Nuanez discuss all things Bobcats and Griz spring ball, including addressing the following questions: Why not Ah Yat? 1:47 Offensive coordinator change for Tommy Mellott? (14:58) How do the Griz react to a new offensive line coach? (26:37) Can Montana State replace a couple more Power 5 transfers away from it’s offensive line? (31:33) How will all the new coordinators at both Montana schools affect the ‘Cats & Griz? (35:56) Who’s harder to replace….Clifton McDowell for the Griz or Sean Chambers for the ‘Cats? (42:25)

Colter Nuanez shares a Griz spring football interview from “Nuanez Now” with Montana senior linebacker Ryan Tirrell on his first season as a starter and his thoughts on the Griz this spring as Montana tries to forge another national championship run.

University of Idaho third-year head coach Jason Eck joins Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to talk about the big story lines for Vandal football.

Colter Nuanez shares a Griz spring football interview from “Nuanez Now” with Montana senior linebacker Ryan Tirrell about last season's breakout campaign and his thoughts on the Griz as Montana tries to forge another national championship run.

Colter Nuanez shares a Griz spring football interview from "Nuanez Now" with Montana senior cornerback Trevin Gradney.

Colter Nuanez is joined by Brooks Nuanez of Skyline Sports preview the Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament championship game between top-seeded Eastern Washington and No. 2 Northern Arizona plus an in-depth preview of No. 3 Montana vs No. 5 Montana State in the first rivalry championship basketball game since 1986 with a bid to the Big Dance on the line.

Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports is joined by Kyle Hansen of Scripps Sports to handicap the Big Sky Conference men's & women's basketball teams and play a game of "this team will win if" leading up to the postseason for Big Sky hoops.

Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports breaks down Monday's results from Big Sky Conference women's and men's basketball regular season finales from across the league. Plus, get an update on the final league standings and a preview of the brackets for next week's Big Sky Tournament.

Colter Nuanez and Andrew Houghton break down our Skyline Sports mid-season All-Big Sky Conference honors in women's & men's women's basketball. Plus, we preview the Cat-Griz rivalry double header set for Saturday February 17 in Missoula. Montana senior Carmen Gfeller (26:35) and Montana State senior Madison (Jackson) Hall (36:20) help us preview the women's game. Montana State senior Brian Goracke (52:00) and Lu Oke (1:02:58) helps us preview the men's game with plenty of commentary in between.

Colter Nuanez and Brooks Nuanez break down the betting line (Montana +10.5 to 12.5 in FCS national title game) as the national championship between UM and No. 1 South Dakota State approaches in a few days.

Voice of the Griz Riley Corcoran has been on the road for nearly a month between the longest Montana men's hoops road trip in 17 years and Griz football's trip to the FCS national title game. On January 4, he caught up with Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports a day after the passing of legendary Montana football coach Don Read, who passed away at 90 on Jan. 3. Corcoran also was in Fargo, North Dakota to call Montana's 96-86 win over North Dakota State in men's hoops on Jan. 3. Corcoran talks with Skyline Sports about Papa Bear, Griz Hoops and of course, Griz football's FCS national title game against South Dakota State on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024.

Sam Herder of HERO Sports and Bet MGM hosts Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to talk all things FCS national title game as No. 1 South Dakota State gets set to square off against No. 2 Montana on January 7, 2024 in Frisco, Texas.

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck will coach the Griz in the FCS national title game for the fourth time in his career in the 8th appearance overall for UM. On Tuesday January 2, Hauck addressed the media before the first January practice in Griz football history (the last seven title games UM played in were played in December) as his team prepared to leave for Frisco, Texas to take on No. 1 South Dakota State, the defending national champions. Video filmed & produced by Colter Nuanez, Skyline Sports. All Rights Reserved.

Braxton Hill, a University of Montana captain linebacker and Anaconda, MT's favorite son, sits down with fellow Anacondan Blake Hempstead along with Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports for a rollicking conversation about where Hill came from, all of his sporting influences, why he chose to bet on himself and what his career has been like for the Grizzlies as Montana prepares to head to Frisco, Texas to take on No. 1 South Dakota State, the defending FCS national champions, for the 2023 FCS title.

Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports hash out all the various narratives on the South Dakota State and Montana sides heading into the upcoming Football Championship Subdivision national title game in Frisco, Texas on January 7, 2024.

Colter Nuanez welcomes in Mike Nugent and Brint Wahlberg of the Griz Fan Podcast along with GFP pinch-hitter and occasional Skyline Sports contributor Kyle Sample to talk all things Griz, from Montana's double overtime win over North Dakota State to the ins and outs of visiting Frisco, Texas to what the matchup looks like between UM and South Dakota State in the FCS National Title game on January 7, 2024.

Former Skyline Sports contributing writer Kyle Sample chimes in for a game of "Smart or Dumb" about the transfer portal and the coaching carousel + a conversation about the epic Griz win over North Dakota State in double overtime to advance to the FCS national title game.