Dave Dickenson, College Hall of Fame quarterback

12/16/20 • 76 min

Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions

Dave Dickenson is widely considered the greatest player in the history of the Big Sky Conference and the most legendary Griz of all time. The dynamo quarterback from Great Falls led UM to three straight playoff appearances, culminating with a Walter Payton Award winning senior season in 1995 that also included guiding his team to their first-ever Division I-AA national title.

The Legend of the Fall went on to have a stellar career in the Canadian Football League and is also a championship-winning coach for the Calgary Stampeders. But the College Football Hall of Famer is best remembered for his unforgettable career with the Grizzlies.

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Jim O'Day, former administrator and UM AD

Before Jim O'Day started working for the Grizzly Scholarship Association or as an athletic administrator at the University of Montana and before he became UM's athletic director (2005-2012), the native of Cut Bank was a newspaper man who helped spread the good word for Grizzly athletics on Montana's Hi-Line. O'Day was integral in setting up a charter flight from Great Falls to Huntington, West Virginia so hundreds of small-town Montanans could cheer on the Grizzlies in the 1995 Division I-AA national title game.

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Jon Kasper, former Missoulian beat writer and current Big Sky senior associate commissioner

Jon Kasper is a native of Great Falls, Montana who went to C.M. Russell High with former Montana All-American quarterback Dave Dickenson. Kasper attended the University of Montana, working for the student newspaper and radio station before becoming a staffer at the Missoula. Jon worked covering the UM football beat from 1997 until 2004 before taking a job at the Big Sky Conference office. He currently serves as a Senior Associate Commissioner for Championships at the Big Sky.