Cocaine Bust in Billings...Former Players for both teams

[Bleedinbluengold]

Retarded that the article even mentions that some of these guys are former UM and MSU players. They have been gone for 10 years or nearly 10 years. They just coudn't help themselves from throwing that jab in there.

I disagree. It's newsworthy and it also helps with partial name recognition. If you're not a huge fan of either team, you may be thinking to yourself as you read the article, "Why is the name Chase Raynock familiar to me?"

i agree. it's important because in montana sports, all we have are montana and montana state. we cheer these guys on, and they are idols and role models to our kids. so when something eventful happens...good or bad...they relate it to the universities of which the guys played. lulay hasn't been here for years, yet whenever he makes the paper it's "former bobcat". same with hilliard, bierman, and carpenter for the griz. hell, corey widmer hasn't played here for nearly 2 decades, yet when he got in that tragic accident a couple years ago he was mentioned as a former all-american bobcat. in a sense these guys are celebrities in our state, and like any celebrity, you need to be prepared to take the good with the bad. over on egriz some poster got all butt hurt right away and said that this story had no business on the griz athletics board. and while that may be true, that is precisely where all of the topics go regarding good stories about former griz, and no one has a problem. it's hypocracy at it's finest. fact is, in our communities these guys will always be "former cats" or "former griz", so all we can do is hope they make the best of their lives. but to only mention where they came from when they are going something great, and eliminate that fact when they are screwing up would seem to me to be horrible journalism.

Good points. You sold me!

Hysell and Dennehy should be fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For recruiting such awful citizens.