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2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

Five Big Sky Conference teams made the FCS Playoffs last season, including four that received playoff seeds and first-round byes. Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports will highlight head coaches from around Big Sky football this spring/summer for updates on each respective program. In Tim Plough’s first season at the helm guiding his alma mater, UC Davis went 11-3 in 2024. He sat down with us earlier this week.

3 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

Former Montana State All-Big Sky linebacker Callahan O’Reilly is in his second season playing for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the UFL. O’Reilly overcame an injury last season to become a starter at inside linebacker this year. He has 22 tackles so far during St. Louis’s 5-2 start. O’Reilly sat down with Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports to talk about being part of the fledgling professional league.

3 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference.

3 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

In this week’s Akem’s Analysis, we will examine Montana and Montana State’s last 10 seasons to determine who seems to be on a better trajectory and why. Both teams have seen success, but neither has reached the pinnacle. The New Haven Chargers are joining the NEC. The FCS Oversight Committee has approved 12-game regular season schedules for all FCS teams, and now it just needs to pass. What does this mean for other teams in the FCS?

1 month ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

A pair of the Treasure State’s favorite sons were among the three players drafted out of the Big Sky Conference on Saturday. Tommy Mellott, last season’s Walter Payton Award winner as the FCS national Offensive Player of the Year at Montana State, went in the sixth round, 213th overall, to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Butte native was a four-year starter at Montana State, leading the Bobcats to two Big Sky championships and two appearances in the FCS national title game.