Montana to Washington

It is official. Well, verbally anyway.

Nick Montana, a quarterback and son of hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana is coming to the University of Washington.

Montana, 6-foot-2, 190-pounds, will be in the class of 2010 for UW. And he gave his verbal commitment to Head Coach Steve Sarkisian and will sign his letter of intent in February.

Now this signing is awesome for UW and exactly what they need.

The soon-to-be senior qb from Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, Calif., will not only bring a great arm, quarterback thinking, and quick decision making (he's ranked in the top 20 players at QB in the country) but he brings with him the reputation of being a hall of fame quarterbacks son.

Montana also had scholarship offers from LSU, Ohio State, Stanford, Alabama, Notre Dame and Georgia.

But evidently he knew his choice after his recent visit to Seattle.

UW might have lost Sammamish native and stud QB Jake Heaps to BYU. But they brought in another great QB in Montana.

Oh, and an interesting note, on September 18, Montana will lead Oaks Christian High School into Sammamish, Washington to take on Heaps and Washington powerhouse Skyline High School.

And you can bet the Northern Rangers will be out there covering that game.

Postcard delivered 47 years late

A postcard that was mailed from Helena, Montana, in 1962 finally arrived in Hudson, Ohio.

It was 47 years late and now, both the sender and the recipient have passed away.

Now the post office said that the postcard probably got stuck in some machine or fell behind some equipment. But here's my list of possibly what took so long for the postcard to get delivered:

1. Montana still uses the pony express.

2. Montana always has snow, therefore the truck probably got lost in a snowstorm.

3. Montana is so large it took along time to get this postcard across it.

4. The letter deliverer actually went north on accident. They started and ended their career delivering that same postcard.

5. The postcard said, "Wish you were here." Nobody really wishes that about Montana. Maybe, "Wish I wasn't here."

Best and Worst of Big Sky Helmets

I found this site while cruising around the Internet tonight. It showed all of the football helmets used in the Big Sky Confrence. But the coolest part was that it showed the past helmets as well.

For the link CLICK HERE.

But let me tell you about some of my favorites.

First off, I think the BEST helmet would go to the Idaho State Bengals of 1962.

I love the way the helmet logo is the state shape, and then it says STATE. I think that is crisp, clean and very original.

The SECOND BEST helmet would go to the Portland State Vikings of 1999-2001.

The white and green really flow together and the viking is futuristic and badass.

The THIRD BEST helmet has to go to (I can't believe I am going to write this) but the Montana Grizzlies of 1988-1995.Now stay with me for a moment. The graphic doesn't do the colors justice. The real colors of the helmet were gold paint, with a copper logo and a silver facemask. Here's why:

The University of Montana's official colors have for many years been silver, copper, and gold (in recognition of the state's mining industry), but a set of "spirit colors" which are used by the school's athletic teams was adopted in about 1996; these are maroon, silver, and gold.

Any school that uses copper in its scheme can't be that bad right? Right? Ok, I like their helmet, still not their school.

The U of M actually brought back the uniforms this season for their home game against Montana State. The uniforms are terribly ugly, but the helmets are cool.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love stuff from random schools. I own many random college t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats simply because they look original. That is why the Griz make the list. Based on appearance alone.

HONORABLE MENTION: The Eastern Washington Eagles of 2000-present.

The red is great, the logo is great, but just misses the top 3.


Which leads me to the top 3 WORST helmets in the history of the Big Sky teams.

The WORST helmet goes to the Idaho State Bengals of 1992-1996.

Yes, Idaho State had the coolest and the ugliest helmets over the years. They also have had 22 helmets since 1960. PICK ONE ALREADY!!!

But I don't like this helmet because they stole the University of Miami "U" and tried to jam it in there with the "IS". WAY too much going on.

The SECOND worst helmet goes to the Sacramento State Hornets of 2001.

Yeah. The helmet says SAC on it. Nice.

And finally, the THIRD worst helmet goes to the Montana State Bobcats of 1961.

Look closely at this helmet. It looks like a knock off of the University of Michigan. I see that the front lines make an "M", for Montana. But seriously? Who thought that was a good design?

Honorable mention: The Weber State Wildcats of 1980-1996.

Purple and white. Bad. Giant "W" with an arrow pointing forward. Bad. Used it for 16 years. Bad.

And that is my top 3 best and worst of football helmets of the teams in the Big Sky history.

Epic Video: You'd better have fun

You said it, girls just wanna have fun.



We go from gems like this one to Ashlee Simpson and Hanna Montana. Terrible, what's society coming to?