Montana's Dillon Botner named FCS scholar

MISSOULA — The tail end of the college football calendar is when the postseason accolades start pouring in. All-conference, all-district, All-American — they’re all meaningful, all important, and all impactful in their own way. They are, for the most part, a small token or a tip of the hat, to the on-field accomplishments that years of work behind the scenes bring about.

But there are some awards that are just a bit more important.

Some that, not only acknowledge the blood, sweat, and tears behind closed doors that allow every player to even see one snap of college football, but acknowledge everything else that goes into being a student-athlete. Awards that acknowledge the pursuit of great things off the field.

Awards that, for all its recent changes and foibles, still sit at the hear