5 Schools The Montana Grizzlies Should Play, One May Surprise You

Our friends, or at least friendly foes, over at 96.7 KISS FM in Bozeman listed out 5 teams the Montana State Bobcats should play in football this season.

Check it out below.

READ MORE: Why MSU Football Should Schedule These Five Big Schools

Now, it's our turn.

5 Teams the Montana Grizzlies should play

If the Montana Grizzlies are to play some of the big boys in college football, they'll have to travel on the road. It's unrealistic to think Michigan, Alabama, Texas or other large-scale FBS schools would travel to Washington-Grizzly Stadium in September.

But we can still dream of how sick that would be.

For the purpose of this article, I'll try to be realistic. Though Montana hasn't been isn't known for traveling to major FBS schools, so I'm not sure how realistic any of these possibilities are.

In fact, I wrote about why the Griz don't schedule heavy hitting FBS schools on their schedule back in September.

READ MORE: Why the Griz Don't Play FBS Schools

Regardless, here are the 5 college football teams Montana should play.

#5 Nebraska Cornhuskers

Despite some down years, Nebraska Football is iconic. A trip to Lincoln Memorial Stadium (capacity over 85,000) would be a riot for Griz fans. I think Lincoln is very similar to Missoula because both cities revolve around gameday on a home Saturday. Plus, our buddy KC is over at 96.3 the Blaze, says it's at the top of his bucket list for him and his mom.

#4 Ohio State Buckeyes

Whether you hate or hate Ohio State, it would be a football lover's dream to go to the Horseshoe and play the defending champs. Plus, it's the 3rd largest stadium in college football behind Michigan and another team coming later on this list.

#3 North Dakota State Bison OR South Dakota State Jackrabbits

I know the Griz have played both the Bison and Rabbits over the past few seasons, but let's schedule them for a home-and-home in the regular season. We saw how electric a regular season game VS the Bison can be in 2015. Making these regular occurrences would be great for FCS Football.

#2 Penn State Nittany Lions

Penn State has the 2nd largest stadium in college football, but I want Montana to play the Nittany Lions on a whiteout in Happy Valley. Under the lights, in a hostile territory is as wild as it gets.

#1 Alabama Crismon Tide

Bama may have missed the College Football Playoff last year, but Bryant-Denny Stadium has it all. The history, the mystique, the dominance, former Washington Huskies Head Coach Kalen DeBoer and over 100 thousand people singing Dixieland Delight. Frankly, you could pick any SEC school, and I'd be happy for the Griz to visit.