Grizzlies land nine on preseason All-Conference football team
More than 30 percent of this year's preseason All-Big Sky Conference football team will come from the University of Montana. Here's the complete team, with the Montana kids in bold:
Offense
- QB-Cole Bergquist, Montana
- RB-Lex Hillard, Montana
- FB-Bobby McClintock, Portland State
- TE-Shaun Fitzpatrick, Northern Arizona
- OL-Cody Balogh, Montana
- OL-David Hale, Weber State
- OL-George Yarno, Idaho State
- OL-Matt Alfred, Eastern Washington
- OL-Brennan Carvalho, Portland State
- WR-Alex Watson, Northern Arizona
- WR-Eric Allen, Montana
- WR-Eddie Thompson, Idaho State
- K-Dan Carpenter, Montana
- KR-Bryant Eteuati, Weber State
- DE-Kroy Biermann, Montana
- DE-Cole Smith, Portland State
- DT-Aaron Papich, Montana State
- DT-Dallas Mauga, Sacramento State
- LB-Cyrus Mulitalo, Sacramento State
- LB-Epikopo King, Montana State
- LB-Tyler Joyce, Montana
- LB-Bobby Daly, Montana State
- LB-Jordan Senn, Portland State
- CB-KJ Gerard, Northern Arizona
- CB-Ricky Wilson, Northern Arizona
- S-Torrey Thomas, Montana
- S-Colt Anderson, Montana
- P-Dan Zeidman, Idaho State
- ST-Kenneth Mackins, Portland State
With almost half their starters on the all-conference team, it's not much surprise they were unanimously voted as the favorite to win the conference.
