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Montana's stagnant offense, UC Davis' impressive show on defense led to 30-14 loss for Griz

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November 10, 2024

Montana's stagnant offense, UC Davis' impressive show on defense led to 30-14 loss for Griz

MISSOULA — The lights were bright inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday for a primetime matchup between UC Davis and Montana. In the end, it was the Aggies who beat the Grizzlies 30-14 to make a statement in the Big Sky Conference.

In a top-10 matchup with major playoff implications on the line, fourth-ranked Davis ended No. 7 Montana’s winning streak of 11 night games at home.

Despite the final score, the game was tight in the first half with both teams missing on scoring opportunities and struggling to get going offensively while staying strong on defense.

However, the second half was a different story. The Griz took a 14-13 lead on a touchdown run by Keali’i Ah Yat, but from there, neither Ah Yat nor fellow Griz quarterback Logan Fife could get the offense moving or find rhythm the rest of the way.

Griz head coach Bobby Hauck addressed the quarterbacks’ issues.

“I thought our quarterbacks struggled a little bit seeing coverage,” Hauck said. “I think they had a couple of new things for us and certainly a different blend of coverages, and I didn’t think we saw coverage very well would be my initial impression.”

Defensively, UC Davis got two interceptions in key points of the game that prevented scoring opportunities for Montana and halted momentum.

On top of the turnovers, Montana struggled to get its running game going with only 77 total rushing yards.

“They controlled the line of scrimmage with their defense,” Hauck said. “I thought their defense was terrific (Saturday). They really did a good job against us and we couldn’t generate first downs at that point in the game and, you know, we kept having to go back out there and stop them.”

The Montana defense held as firm as it could against the Aggies’ high-powered offense, forcing Davis to a 6-for-16 effort on third down. But Davis did find ways to answer Montana scores and also sustain drives through adversity.

In the end, it was the Aggies’ ability to force turnovers and create sacks to stymie the Griz offense, which ultimately led to the 17 unanswered second-half points that gave UC Davis the win.

UC Davis head coach Tim Plough complimented his defense in the postgame press conference.

“I just think defensively we did a great job mixing in our zone coverages and match coverages. We did a great job of getting pressure on the quarterback (Saturday), which we really hadn’t done all season,” Plough said. “Some four-man rushes that got home, with Jackson Cloyd and a couple of guys getting some sacks. So, I just thought we were gonna get some consistent pressure on the quarterback and then I thought we did a great job mixing up the back end and then when we got a chance to, you know, make the play we did, which was big.”

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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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