2025 Montana Recruits

[Montanabob]

One Class B/C kid that should be on MSU/UM's radar is Blaine Downing. Plays RB, H-Back, DE, and LB for Malta. 6'3", 205 lbs. with great length and plenty of room to develop. Runs really well and plays violent but under control. His junior year for Saco, he won the State C 400m (50 seconds) and Pole Vault (15'3") while running about a 11.6 100m. Anyway, a lot to like and he's worthy of a partial on the defensive side of the ball in my opinion. Off to a great start to his senior season.

I see he got a gris offer and Vigen is now following him on Twitter/X

Well if that's the case, what an awful prospect!

Glad he got a partial because he can play at the FCS level.

Looks like the coaching staff is all on alert now.

way to poke the coaches VIM

[tetoncat]

One Class B/C kid that should be on MSU/UM's radar is Blaine Downing. Plays RB, H-Back, DE, and LB for Malta. 6'3", 205 lbs. with great length and plenty of room to develop. Runs really well and plays violent but under control. His junior year for Saco, he won the State C 400m (50 seconds) and Pole Vault (15'3") while running about a 11.6 100m. Anyway, a lot to like and he's worthy of a partial on the defensive side of the ball in my opinion. Off to a great start to his senior season.

I see he got a gris offer and Vigen is now following him on Twitter/X

Well if that's the case, what an awful prospect!

Glad he got a partial because he can play at the FCS level.

Looks like the coaching staff is all on alert now.

way to poke the coaches VIM

Maybe they went to Boulder to see Oxarart last week when Malta was playing

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[tetoncat]

Red Lodge has had a lot of visits and offers the last few years. They have been solid for Class B, but not elite. Do they have a staff that promotes camps or something else that is getting their kids more looks.

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[kennethnoisewater]

Red Lodge has had a lot of visits and offers the last few years. They have been solid for Class B, but not elite. Do they have a staff that promotes camps or something else that is getting their kids more looks.

I think Class B has gotten good enough that you can't be great with even a couple of D-I players on the roster. You have to have 20 or so really good football players and a decent amount of size to compete every week with Eureka, Florence, Huntley Project, Fairfield, Jefferson, Loyola, etc. Eureka has had one D-I player if memory serves (Garrett Graves) in the last 10 or so years during their dominant run. They're just loaded with really solid players and some good coaches. I'm a Class B guy so I'm biased, but it's been a fun level to watch in recent years. I've only seen RL play a couple times in the last 20 years or so, but it just seems to me that they haven't had much more than 3-4 great players on a team at a time.

[VimSince03]

Coach Johnson watching Vaughn and Ben go head to head tonight in Helena.

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Coach Johnson watching Vaughn and Ben go head to head tonight in Helena.

Uh, he wrote that like his wife will be playing against them tonight.

[thefrank1]

No, that is the way you read it.

[TomCat88]

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[coloradocat]

Is this a surprise or was he really not offered?

[VimSince03]

Is this a surprise or was he really not offered?

Has not been offered anything by UM or MSU. I'm perplexed to put it lightly. Has done nothing to drop himself down on my ranking. He's the best pure LB in the state. If I've missed something in the evaluation, would love to know what. Cats and Grizzlies have started LBers who are exactly his build at an All Conference level for decades. He's a great athlete. All-State as a freshman on defense for a college ready AA school. Better prospect coming out of high school than both O'Reilly brothers. Just as good as Nolan Askelson who was offered scholarships by both programs. It's ridiculous.

[coloradocat]

Is this a surprise or was he really not offered?

Has not been offered anything by UM or MSU. I'm perplexed to put it lightly. Has done nothing to drop himself down on my ranking. He's the best pure LB in the state. If I've missed something in the evaluation, would love to know what. Cats and Grizzlies have started LBers who are exactly his build at an All Conference level for decades. He's a great athlete. All-State as a freshman on defense for a college ready AA school. Better prospect coming out of high school than both O'Reilly brothers. Just as good as Nolan Askelson who was offered scholarships by both programs. It's ridiculous.

I don't know Vim, I'm starting to doubt you now.

The only thing I can think of is we already have Curnow and Souza who might play LB, as well as Ahrens from WA. Maybe they were just more locked in and we filled the quota. Still feels like we could have given Brady a PWO.

[tetoncat]

Is this a surprise or was he really not offered?

Has not been offered anything by UM or MSU. I'm perplexed to put it lightly. Has done nothing to drop himself down on my ranking. He's the best pure LB in the state. If I've missed something in the evaluation, would love to know what. Cats and Grizzlies have started LBers who are exactly his build at an All Conference level for decades. He's a great athlete. All-State as a freshman on defense for a college ready AA school. Better prospect coming out of high school than both O'Reilly brothers. Just as good as Nolan Askelson who was offered scholarships by both programs. It's ridiculous.

I don't know Vim, I'm starting to doubt you now.

The only thing I can think of is we already have Curnow and Souza who might play LB, as well as Ahrens from WA. Maybe they were just more locked in and we filled the quota. Still feels like we could have given Brady a PWO.

Maybe they did and we just don't know about it. Is there a chance it is an academic issue? Easier to get into naia than d1

[coloradocat]

Is this a surprise or was he really not offered?

Has not been offered anything by UM or MSU. I'm perplexed to put it lightly. Has done nothing to drop himself down on my ranking. He's the best pure LB in the state. If I've missed something in the evaluation, would love to know what. Cats and Grizzlies have started LBers who are exactly his build at an All Conference level for decades. He's a great athlete. All-State as a freshman on defense for a college ready AA school. Better prospect coming out of high school than both O'Reilly brothers. Just as good as Nolan Askelson who was offered scholarships by both programs. It's ridiculous.

I don't know Vim, I'm starting to doubt you now.

The only thing I can think of is we already have Curnow and Souza who might play LB, as well as Ahrens from WA. Maybe they were just more locked in and we filled the quota. Still feels like we could have given Brady a PWO.

Maybe they did and we just don't know about it. Is there a chance it is an academic issue? Easier to get into naia than d1

I have a feeling it's harder to get into Tech than MSU.