From the Fringe: Griz and Cats are good, but before the games kick-off, it's getting to be too much of the same ol' same ol' for the fans

For those of us who are lucky enough to reside somewhere in the Treasure State, and are fans of college football, it's no secret that Montana Grizzly and Montana State Bobcat football is our big time.

To us, game days at Washington-Grizzly Stadium or Bobcat Stadium are no different than in Tuscaloosa or Austin or Los Angeles. To us, college football in Missoula and Bozeman is the big time.

And it's been growing exponentially.

My observations come in the form of my 30-plus years of going to games at Montana, starting with my college days there from 1993-1997. Of course, Wash-Griz was a lot smal...