Casual Dress Friday

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Football, football, FOOTBALL!

Friday Night Football

The Montana Grizzlies play the James Madison Dukes tonight for a spot in the Football Bowl Subdivision Championship game. The game will be telecast on ESPN2 at 6:00 p.m. Montana time. Go Griz!

Richmond plays at Northern Iowa in the other semi-final game on Saturday.

More Playoff Football

Northwest Missouri State (13-1) plays for the Division II National Championship on Saturday against Minnesota Duluth (14-0). This game will be on ESPN2 at 11:00 a.m. Montana time.

Wisconsin Whitewater plays Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wheaton College plays Mount Union in the semi-finals of the Division III playoffs on Saturday.

Heisman Trophy

Saturday night, we’ll get to see who wins this year’s Heisman Trophy. Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Colt McCoy (Texas) and Tim Tebow (Florida) are the finalists. All are quarterbacks. Tebow won last year and if he wins again, he will join Ohio State running back, Archie Griffin, as the only two-time winner. Tebow was the first sophomore to win. It should be a close vote, but I think Sam Bradford will win it.

History

ESPN is airing “The Greatest Game Ever Played” on Saturday night. This is the 50th Anniversary of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, and it was the first game to go into sudden death overtime. The game was played at Yankee Stadium. A couple of men were offensive and defensive coordinators for the Giants at that time. The Offensive Coordinator was Vince Lombardi and the Defensive Coordinator was Tom Landry. Many historians believe this was when the NFL started gaining popularity. The game was televised nationwide on NBC.

Looking ahead to Sunday

There are a couple of good games (on paper) in the NFL this Sunday. Pittsburgh plays at Baltimore. This should be a black and blue game. We probably won’t see this game in Montana as Denver plays Carolina at the same time. The New York Giants play at Dallas Sunday night. Tennessee, Arizona, and the NY Giants are the only teams that have clinched playoff spots.

2 thoughts on “Casual Dress Friday”

  1. Craig: Maybe it’s the cold weather that’s making you more reserved? I’ll have the Chiefs game on via the Internet and then after that’s over sit back and watch whatever the networks give me. The Broncos/Panthers game will be interesting. -Jack

  2. <>We probably won’t see this game in Montana as Denver plays Carolina at the same time.<>I’m a little more reserved about it this week, but you’re correct. No Steelers in Montana.

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