Colter Nuanez and Samuel Akem share rivalry game memories (1:25) and ask a collection of questions to each other, both contemporary & historic, leading up to the 124th edition of the Montana-Montana State contest, including:
(5:35) – What is the biggest matchup in the 2025 game?
(8:12) – Who has the advantage in the trenches?
(9:55) – What do people deny the eye test? Why is Montana State ranked ahead of Montana in Sammy’s poll?
(13:19) Measuring talent beyond the starters and evaluating the way each team rotates, especially on defense
(15:20) Who has the best win – Montana or Montana State?
(18:15) What player on each side is going to have a really big game this weekend?
(21:20) How have the Griz receivers been so much more productive this year than last year despite losing four seniors from last season? And how does that group match up with Montana State’s confident, youthful defensive backs?
(26:51) Does it matter that 22 Montana seniors are expected to play on Saturday while MSU only has nine seniors on its roster?
(29:19) Why has the visiting team been avalanched in every rivalry game since 2019?
(34:34) Position by position comparisons – who is better at each position group?
(45:30) The best individual performances we’ve ever seen in the Brawl of the Wild
(50:13) What’s the loudest crowd pop you’ve ever heard in the rivalry?
(51:48) What’s the craziest play you’ve ever seen in the Brawl?
(53:40) The Cats will win if? The Griz will win if?
(54:43) Which head coach has more pressure on them when it comes to legacy within the rivalry?
(56:34) Tommy Mellott or Keali’i Ah Yat?
(1:00:24) How important is it for the Griz to win this game if they want to make a run to the national championship?
(1:02:50) What would be crazier – a rivalry rematch in the playoffs in MIssoula or Bozeman? Or a rivalry game national championship in Nashville?
