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BIG SKY NOW: Idaho’s win over EWU, surprises from Week 5

HERALD SPORTS STAFF | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 2 months AGO
by HERALD SPORTS STAFF
Herald Sports Staff | October 6, 2023 1:30 AM

MOSES LAKE — On this week’s episode of the Big Sky Now podcast, Daily Inter Lake Sports Reporter Fritz Neighbor and host Josh Dugan go over Montana’s 4-1 start to the season, along with what has gone right and wrong for the Grizzlies.

Later on, Mark Nelke of the Coeur d’Alene Press and Ian Bivona of the Columbia Basin Herald join the show for the weekly Northwest Media Panel, discussing Idaho’s 44-36 win over Eastern Washington, surprises from Week 5 in the Big Sky and preview a big matchup between Montana and UC Davis.

The Big Sky Now podcast can be found on YouTube (https://bit.ly/3Q415Hd) and Spotify (https://bit.ly/45kRYXg).

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