MISSOULA — Montana mascot Monte came out wearing a black robe and swinging a red light saber Saturday at Washington-Grizzly Stadium after being cast as the villain by Idaho earlier in the week leading up to the football game.

The fifth-ranked Grizzlies showed the force was strong with them as they led wire to wire in a 41-30 victory over the eighth-ranked Vandals. They won this episode of the Little Brown Stein Wars as they improved to 4-0 overall for the first time since 2022 while starting Big Sky Conference play with a 1-0 record.

The Griz now head into October with a pair of signature wins against Idaho as well as a 24-23 comeback win over then-No. 16 North Dakota, after which Montana head coach Bobby Hauck had said of his new-look team: "We probably are not ready to win a game of th

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