MISSOULA — At long last, the Montana football season is finally here.

After not playing in Week 1, the Grizzlies will be the last NCAA Division I team, excluding the Ivy League, to kick off their season when they host D-II Central Washington at 6 p.m. Saturday in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

It'll be the first chance to see how the revamped roster performs in a game. The Griz returned 56 players from last year, only 12 of whom have started a game in a Montana uniform. They brought in 52 newcomers and have 70 players on their 108-man roster who have never played a snap for the Griz.

"I'm just one of the crew, right, but I think everybody here was chomping at the bit to get out there and play and not having a game and watching everybody else in America playing," Montana head coach Bobby Ha

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