Former Montana State player and coach Michael Rider joins Colter Nuanez to break down what has MSU ahead in the Bobcat-Griz rivalry and what helped propel MSU to a 48-23 win over Montana in Bozeman on Saturday afternoon.
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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