University of Montana Grizzly Athletics
The athletic teams are nicknamed the Grizzlies and compete in the NCAA's Big Sky Conference. Since the 1990's, the Grizzlies have established themselves as one of the most dominant football teams in both the Big Sky Conference and in NCAA Division 1AA. They have won or shared 11 of the last 16 Big Sky football championships since 1990, as well as winning 1AA National Championships in 1995 and 2001. The men's basketball team has established itself in recent years as a power in the Big Sky, and was the conference representative to the NCAA Division I Men's basketball tournament in 2005 and 2006. At the 2006 tournament the 12th seeded Grizzlies upset 5th seeded University of Nevada, Reno 87-79, the school's first win in the tournament in 31 years.
University of
Montana's Grizzly News
Up with Montana, boys,
down with the foe,
Good ol' Grizzlies
out for a victory;
We'll shoot our backs
'round the foemen's line;
Hot time is coming now,
oh, brother mine.
Up with Montana, boys,
down with the foe,
Good old Grizzlies
triumph today;
And the squeal of the pig
will float on the air;
From the tummy of
the Grizzly Bear.
~The Grizzly Fight Song (available in mp3 format here)
