5 things you might've missed in UND's 27-24 win over Montana

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September 8, 2024

5 things you might've missed in UND's 27-24 win over Montana

GRAND FORKS — UND came back from a 24-7 halftime deficit to stun No. 4 Montana 27-24 on Saturday night at the Alerus Center.

Here are five things you might’ve missed during the game.

1. Montana star doesn’t play

Montana wide receiver/returner Junior Bergen didn’t play against the Fighting Hawks.

The All-American, who didn’t play in Week 1 in a Montana win over Missouri State, dressed and made the trip.

Bergen warmed up on the field before the game but didn’t see any action.

2. UND tries to use Belquist

UND’s passing game struggled to get off the ground against Montana, specifically an effort to involve All-American wide receiver Bo Belquist.

Belquist was targeted 10 times with four catches for 33 yards and a long of 17 yards.

All 33 of Belquist’s yards came in the first half.

Nate DeMontagnac came up with the clutch plays late for UND in the passing game.

UND picked up a third-and-11 on the drive that ended with Elrichs’ game-winning kick when Simon Romfo connected with the Canadian wide receiver on a 14-yard slant pass.

3. UND finishes with six sacks

Early against Montana, Griz quarterback Keali’i Ah Yat was able to escape UND’s defensive pressure.

His ability to elude a cornerback blitz from Antonio Bluiett led to Ah Yat’s 37-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Harris to open the scoring in the first quarter.

But UND’s defensive pressure eventually got to Ah Yat and backup quarterback Logan Fife.

Ah Yat was sacked five times.

Craig Orlando, Josh Navratil and Wyatt Pedigo were each credited with two sacks.

4. UND uses the Quincy push

For the first time in his two-game tenure as offensive coordinator, Isaac Fruechte turned to tight end Quincy Vaughn to handle a short-yardage situation.

After not using Vaughn on third-and-1 to start the fourth quarter, a play in which Gaven Ziebarth picked up 3 yards, Fruechte went to Vaughn, a former quarterback, in the next situation.

With the game tied at 24, UND faced a fourth-and-1 from the Griz 44.

Vaughn entered the game and easily picked up the needed yard on a plunge up the middle.

UND’s home crowd made a difference in the second half.

The announced attendance was 11,595 — the most for a home opener since 2017 against Missouri State.

The game was a 6 p.m. kickoff — the first Saturday night kick at UND in 10 years.

Miller has covered sports at the Grand Forks Herald since 2004 and was the state sportswriter of the year in 2019 and 2022.

His primary beat is UND football but also reports on a variety of UND sports and local preps.

He can be reached at (701) 780-1121, tmiller@gfherald.com or on Twitter at @tommillergf.

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Apparent AI Glitch in Filing by Montana Public Defender, Recent Congressional Candidate

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March 2, 2026

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Apparent AI Glitch in Filing by Montana Public Defender, Recent Congressional Candidate

Everyone makes mistakes, even experienced professionals; a good reminder for the rest of us to learn from those mistakes. The motion in State v. Stroup starts off well in its initial pages (no case law hallucinations), but is then followed by several pages of two other motions, which I don’t think the lawyer was planning to file, and which appear to have been AI-generated: It begins with the “Below is concise motion language you can drop into …” language quoted above.

Griffen Smith (Missoulian) reported on the story, and included the prosecutor’s motion to strike that filing, on the grounds that it violates a local rule (3(G)) requiring disclosure of the use of generative AI:

The document does not include a generative artificial intelligence disclosure as required. However, page 7 begins as follows: “Below is concise motion language you can drop into a ‘Motion to Admit Mental-Disease Evidence and for Related Instructions’ keyed to 45-6-204, 45-6-201, and 4614-102. Adjust headings/captions to your local practice.” Page 10 states “Below is a full motion you can paste into your pleading, then adjust names, dates, and styles to fit local practice.” These pages also include several apparent hyperlinks to “ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws,” “ppl-ai-fileupload.s3.amazonaws+1,” and others. The document includes what appears to be an attempt at a second case caption on page 12. It is not plausible on its face that any source other than generative AI would have created such language for a filed version of a brief….

There’s more in that filing, but here’s one passage:

While generative AI can be a useful tool for some purposes and may have greater application in the future, when used improperly, and without meaningful review, it can ultimately damage both the perception and the reality of the profession. One assumes that Mr. Stroup has had, or will at some point have, an opportunity to review the filing made on his behalf. What impression could a review of pgs. 12-19 leave upon a defendant who struggles with paranoia and delusional thinking? While AI could theoretically one day become a replacement for portions of staff of experienced attorneys, it is readily apparent that this day has not yet arrived.

The Missoulan article includes this response:

In a Wednesday interview, Office of Public Defender Division Administrator Brian Smith told the Missoulian the AI-generated language was inadvertently included in an unrelated filing. And he criticized the county attorney’s office for filing a “four-page diatribe about the dangers of AI” instead of working with the defense to correct her mistake.
“That’s not helping the client or the case,” Smith said, “and all you are doing is trying to throw a professional colleague under the bus.”

As I mentioned, the lawyer involved seems quite experienced, and ran for the Montana Public Service Commission in 2020 (getting nearly 48% of the vote) and for the House of Representatives in Montana’s first district in 2022 (getting over 46% of the vote) and in 2024 (getting over 44%). “Его пример другим наука,” Pushkin wrote in Eugene Onegin—”May his example profit others,” in the Falen translation.

Thanks to Matthew Monforton for the pointer.

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March 2, 2026

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Montana Department of Agriculture focusing on innovation in 2026

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March 1, 2026

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Montana Department of Agriculture focusing on innovation in 2026

HELENA — You probably have goals and plans for 2026—the Montana Department of Agriculture does too.

“We’re really focusing on innovative agricultural practices,” Montana Department of Agriculture director Jillien Streit said.

It’s no secret that agriculture—farming and ranching—is not easy. There are long days, planning, monitoring crops and livestock, and other challenges beyond farmers’ and ranchers’ control.

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Montana Department of Agriculture focusing on innovation in 2026

“We have very low commodity prices across the board,” Streit said. “We still have very high input prices across the board, and we have really high prices when it comes to our equipment, and so, it’s a really tough year.”

But innovation, including new practices, partnerships and technology use, can help navigate some of those challenges.

“We can’t make more time and we can’t make more land, so we need to start putting together innovative practices that help us maximize what our time and land can do,” Streit said.

Practices range from using technology like autonomous tractors and virtual fencing—allowing rangers to contain and move cattle right from their phones—to regenerative farming and ranching.

“It is bringing cattle back into farming operations to be able to work with cover cropping practices to invigorate the soil for new soil health benefits,” Streit said.

The Montana Department of Agriculture is working to help producers learn, share, and collaborate on new ideas to work in their operations.

The department will share stories of practices that work from farms and ranches across the state. Also, within the next year or so, Streit said the department is hoping to roll out technology to help producers collaborate.

“(It’s) providing a communication platform where people can get together and really help each other out by utilizing each other’s assets,” she said.

While not easy, agriculture is still one of Montana’s largest industries, and Streit said innovating and sharing ideas across the state can keep it going long into the future.

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