BOZEMAN -- As the two rivals meet for the 123rd Brawl of the Wild, more than bragging rights are on the line.
A victory at Bobcat Stadium would give No. 2-ranked MSU (11-0, 7-0 Big Sky) a top-two seed in the FCS playoffs and complete MSU's first perfect regular season in program history. The Bobcats would also earn their first outright conference championship since 1984 with a Cat-Griz win (they're credited with a 2011 solo title, but they shared it with Montana before five UM wins were vacated due to NCAA sanctions).
The No. 9 Grizzlies (8-3, 5-2) are 16 1/2-point underdogs entering Saturday's game, which will kick off at noon. They haven't left Bozeman with the Great Divide Trophy since 2015 and lost 55-21 at Bobcat Stadium in 2022, but they've won two of the last three Brawls, including last year at Washington-Grizzly Stadium to capture the Big Sky title and improve to 74-42-5 in the all-time Cat-Griz series.
Pregame
Tyson Pottenger and Taki Uluilakepa will miss the game, Montana State sports info just announced.
Montana's leading receiver, Keelan White, is going through pregame stretches and warmups. He did that last week but ended up not playing in the game after an injury the previous week. White has 45 catches for 494 yards and 3 TDs this year.
Montana quarterback Keali'i Ah Yat goes through warmups after an ankle injury in the first half last week knocked him out for the rest of the game.
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