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Favoroso’s improvement a boost for Griz

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MISSOULA — For the first month of the season, Jason Semore likened Chris Favoroso trying to acclimate to Montana’s defensive line to taking a difficult math test.

Now that Favoroso has nine games as a Griz under his belt, the defensive end is getting closer each Saturday to acing his exam.

The 6-foot-3, 245-pound sophomore came to Missoula from Arizona Western junior college to help boost a defensive line that lost All-Big Sky Conference ends Caleb Kidder and Ryan Johnson. Favoroso won a starting spot opposite honors candidate senior Tucker Schye out of fall camp but struggled mightily to master the defensive scheme and individual technique initially.

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About 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. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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