BILLINGS — Home-field advantage is alive and well again in the Montana/Montana State football rivalry.

Will that trend hold when the No. 2-ranked Grizzlies and No. 3 Bobcats clash Saturday in Missoula?

Since 2019 the home team has handled business in the state's marquee sporting event, and it hasn't been close. Last year the Bobcats dispatched the Grizzlies 34-11 in Bozeman. The year before that Montana rolled 37-7 in Missoula.

In the past five meetings, the average margin of victory was a whopping four touchdowns with the home team outscoring the visitor 203-63. That came on the heels of the road team winning a combined nine times in a 17-year stretch.

The 124th version of the Brawl of the Wild returns to Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday. And if recent history is any guide the G

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