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Great game yesterday. Your team should definitely be proud of the effort. I hope all of the fans who showed up had an awesome time. Good luck the rest of the year.

From Egriz.com: Smoke is bad in Missoula today and getting worse. The count was 165 at noon, and has been trending up since 9am (and before). At 150, high school games are cancelled or relocated, according to the school website. The university doesn't adhere to those rules. The peak has been around 2/3 the past 3 days.

Smoke is down right miserable. I live between two mountain ranges West of town and neither side is all that visible. On the way into town the mountains that are NE, E and SW are visible at all.

Where are you in Polson?  My family has owned property in Polson since the late 1940's, when my great-grandfather used $5 from the GI bill, to get several acres of land on Finley Point.  I have visited just about every summer since my birth in 1981 .  My grandfather owned what was known as the First Resort clothing store until around 1990, but is now called Two Nineteen Main.

The above is related to the place we have in Frenchtown. I moved to Polson in "93." I know the place well and I have met whom I assume is grandfather or great grandfather and i think a lady called Tawney or something?

From Egriz.com: Smoke is bad in Missoula today and getting worse. The count was 165 at noon, and has been trending up since 9am (and before). At 150, high school games are cancelled or relocated, according to the school website. The university doesn't adhere to those rules. The peak has been around 2/3 the past 3 days.

Smoke is down right miserable. I live between two mountain ranges West of town and neither side is all that visible. On the way into town the mountains that are NE, E and SW are visible at all.

Is there anywhere good to smoke a pre-game cigar?

As far as a smoke shop there are a couple right down town but you cannot smoke indoors in Mt or anywhere on campus. I hear these two places are decent. Bell Pipe & Tobacco and Piece of Mind.

The school for years have reported the attendance on tickets sold not used. Every yer when they annouced the number for said games everyone around me just laughed while looking at all the empty seats, and no not at the end of the game. Now maybe in the last couple of years that will change with the scanning of said tickets. That being said I guarantee there will be numerous tickets being sold for way under face value and just as many being given away. BTW, I haven't missed a home game since I moved back home in "94" after being in the Marines. I have seen more than a few first games. Either way have fun. I shall be over at your teams hotel trying to buy your QB as many drinks as he would like as Chris and I did for another visiting team...

So I'm wondering about how big this "pay" game will be?  Is it a flat fee or based on attendance?  Last year's pay game was against Illinois State and the attendance was just over 10,000.  Our Montana friends are saying a sellout at just over 26,000.  Just wondering...

Being this is the first game of the year and no smack but I highly doubt that this game will attract much more than 15, 000 fans. As for noise, that will be interesting since it is the first game and I don't think too many fans will be worried about the outcome, again no smack. For those of you that are coming to the game I hope you have a great time and are able to visit Glacier or at least Flathead Lake which is only an hours drive North.

Hey Poison -- Just wondering....... Last year's season opener (won by UMT 41-31) against St. Francis (PA) of the NEC  drew 26,002 fans according to the box score.    Are you suggesting that a lot of season ticket holders skip the opener and that there really wasn't 26K at that game and more like 15-18K?  Or is your reference to just the Valpo game?

A fair amount of Season ticket holders will skip this game.

Some info. Fires are burning, but smoke subsided about 4 days ago. Keeping fingers crossed. The closest fire is Lolo Peak fire. Google it. Weather should be nice and warm, 80's or higher. Press Box bar/restaurant is the closest hot spot, just north of stadium over the river. Big gathering spot before and after game. Food. Other bars. Mo Club (great burgers, including on game morning), Stocks (Stockmans), and Red's. All downtown. Most people will be very friendly in the bars. Very good breakfast places downtown, especially if you're traveling with women, are Catalyst and the Shack. Speaking of women, there is a great farmer's market downtown on Sat. morning, just north of the river under Higgins avenue/bridge. Missoula has a lot of good restaurants. If you have your Valpo gear on, every Griz tailgate will welcome you, be friendly and give you drink (and food if they have it). Just walk up and say hi. The tailgating is very good for a school/program of this size. The stadium gets fairly empty at halftime, when people go back out to the tailgates. Some don't return until well into the third quarter. You will love the stadium atmosphere. The seating starts about 8 yards from the sideline, and first row is high enough to look over heads of players. You will enjoy Missoula. Griz fans and townspeople go out of their way to make visitors feel very welcome. UM fans will be excited to see the Griz play. UM collapsed at the end of last season, going 1-4 and losing 2 games to not so great teams--after starting season 5-1 with a great win at Northern Iowa. New qb. Transfer from Kentucky who grew up in Chattanooga. Lots of younger talent and fairly good athleticism and size. Good luck to your team. They will never forget the experience. Your guys may draw a few boos coming onto the field (may also get some cheers), but if your guys avoid taunting the crowd, the crowd will generally respect your team, and some will likely give them a few cheers as they exit after the game.

I would add the Rhino and Dram Shop for beers. Both have somewhere around fifty or so taps of really great beer. As for the Mo Club the burgers are great but that is all they serve, no fries. I would hit up the Ox dive bar, open 24/7, for a 1/2 lb burger, price $4.50. Also a great place for breakfast after drinking all night. If you are looking for something a little nicer then go the Iron Horse downtown.

As far as tickets go for this game one will be able to show up on game day and be able to buy a ticket from the numerous individuals at the tailgates or get a free one as this game will not be sold out.

Nice videos but...YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY US IN...BASKETBALL!!!! 

I would disagree, if you don't play the best you will never improve.

So I'm wondering about how big this "pay" game will be?  Is it a flat fee or based on attendance?  Last year's pay game was against Illinois State and the attendance was just over 10,000.  Our Montana friends are saying a sellout at just over 26,000.  Just wondering...

Being this is the first game of the year and no smack but I highly doubt that this game will attract much more than 15, 000 fans. As for noise, that will be interesting since it is the first game and I don't think too many fans will be worried about the outcome, again no smack.
For those of you that are coming to the game I hope you have a great time and are able to visit Glacier or at least Flathead Lake which is only an hours drive North.