George Ferguson Column: Hauck plus Choate brings new fuel to the Cat-Griz fire

The Cat-Griz rivalry doesn’t need more spicing up. It doesn’t need more flare, more drama or more hate.

But need it or not, the 2018 Brawl of the Wild got some gasoline dumped on the fire that is the Cat-Griz rivalry when one Bobby Hauck was hired back as Montana’s head coach last December.

Similarly, the Bobcats got that same flame added to the rivalry when they hired Jeff Choate three years ago.

From the get-go, Choate understood the rivalry. He played at UM-Western, so he was around the state on the third Saturday in November for his college years, and while he was a Bulldog, he...