MISSOULA — The Montana football team will play North Dakota for the second time in its past 15 games this weekend.

That makes it feel like the Grizzlies and Fighting Hawks are once again Big Sky Conference foes after the latter left in 2018 to join the Missouri Valley. It’s certainly a more frequent affair than the Griz have with some league teams.

The nonconference games are a home-and-home agreement that started last year when then-No. 4 Montana blew a 24-7 halftime lead at then-No. 23 UND in a 27-24 loss . Now, the No. 5 Griz (1-0) will shoot for payback against No. 16 North Dakota (1-1) at 1 p.m. Saturday in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

“It’s nice going in with a little chip on your shoulder for sure,” Griz running back Eli Gillman said Monday, two days after beating Central Washi

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