MISSOULA — The biggest Brawl of them all arrives Saturday with massive playoff implications on the line as Montana State and Montana clash for the Big Sky Conference title.

"The winner is certainly going to get the No. 2 seed (for the FCS playoffs), which obviously comes with home-field advantage throughout the playoffs until (the national championship)," said HERO Sports senior FCS analyst Sam Herder.

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Saturday's Cat-Griz winner will claim the outright Big Sky title and is almost guaranteed the No. 2 seed behind undefeated reigning national champion North Dakota State, which owns the best resume in the FCS this season.

But the loser's playoff positioning remains somewhat uncertain.

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