Griz/Eagles to air on ESPN 2
9/20/2021 9:20:00 AM | Football
The eyes of the college football world will once again fall on the Montana Grizzlies when UM travels to Cheney on Oct. 2 to take on Eastern Washington under the lights at Roos Field.
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ESPN announced Monday that the broadcast of the game will be bumped up from ESPN U to ESPN 2, putting the Grizzlies in front of millions more fans on basic cable and satellite packages nationwide. The game now marks the first time ever a regular season Big Sky Conference contest will be shown on the network.
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With kickoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. (MT), Montana versus Eastern Washington is set to be one of the last college football games in the nation that weekend. As of 2018, approximately 86 million television households in America – over 93-percent of households with pay TV – have ESPN 2 as part of their cable or satellite package.
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Montana (2-0) and Eastern Washington (3-0) have been two of the highest-profile FCS teams in the nation this season, with the Grizzlies upsetting the No. 20 Washington Huskies in Seattle and the Eagles beating UNLV in Las Vegas on week one.
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The Grizzlies lead the all-time series with the Eagles 28-17-1 dating back to the first meeting in 1938, but only lead the series 11-10 in games played at Eastern Washington. Montana, however, is winless in Cheney after EWU installed red turf at Roos Field with an 0-5 road record since 2010. The Griz won the last meeting between the two rivals 34-17 in Missoula in 2019.
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Montana will first host Cal Poly on Sept. 25 in Missoula to open Big Sky play, while Eastern Washington travels to Cedar City to take on Southern Utah. Â
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ESPN announced Monday that the broadcast of the game will be bumped up from ESPN U to ESPN 2, putting the Grizzlies in front of millions more fans on basic cable and satellite packages nationwide. The game now marks the first time ever a regular season Big Sky Conference contest will be shown on the network.
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With kickoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. (MT), Montana versus Eastern Washington is set to be one of the last college football games in the nation that weekend. As of 2018, approximately 86 million television households in America – over 93-percent of households with pay TV – have ESPN 2 as part of their cable or satellite package.
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Montana (2-0) and Eastern Washington (3-0) have been two of the highest-profile FCS teams in the nation this season, with the Grizzlies upsetting the No. 20 Washington Huskies in Seattle and the Eagles beating UNLV in Las Vegas on week one.
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The Grizzlies lead the all-time series with the Eagles 28-17-1 dating back to the first meeting in 1938, but only lead the series 11-10 in games played at Eastern Washington. Montana, however, is winless in Cheney after EWU installed red turf at Roos Field with an 0-5 road record since 2010. The Griz won the last meeting between the two rivals 34-17 in Missoula in 2019.
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Montana will first host Cal Poly on Sept. 25 in Missoula to open Big Sky play, while Eastern Washington travels to Cedar City to take on Southern Utah. Â
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