Happy Friday, everyone! Although we’re still in the depths of midsummer, college football season is approaching, slowly but surely. Perhaps because of that dawning awareness among fans of the sport, The Athletic, a sports media and journalism division of The New York Times, has been publishing stories all week about college football rivalries.

So, you may be asking yourself, where does the Montana-Montana State college football rivalry rank? If you’re not asking yourself, unfortunately I’m still going to answer the question.

In its 100 best rivalries in college football list, The Athletic put the Cat-Griz game at No. 60, which may not sound that impressive, but when you scan the list, The Treasure State’s big game has managed to outrank some fairly notable rivalries. The top rivalry in all of college football, according to The Athletic, is Michigan-Ohio State. All I’ll say is I’m not surprised. But that doesn’t mean I’m happy about it.

In its writeup about the Cat-Griz game, The Athletic says that with 122 meetings, it’s the most-played FCS game outside the Eastern time zone. The game stretches back to 1897, and the two teams have played every year since 1925, with the exception of a 3-year break during World War II. The Athletic identifies the 2018 game, a Bobcat win in a season finale showdown for a chance to go to the FCS playoffs, as the biggest game in the rivalry.

Now, in all The Athletic’s college football rivalry coverage, the Brawl of the Wild did manage to take home top honors in one ranking — the best rivalry name in college football. The Athletic, to the satisfaction of some of Cat-Griz diehards, notes that this name has only been around since 1997. Chris Vannini, who wrote the article, calls Brawl of the Wild “the clear No. 1” rivalry name. And he made note of the 306-pound Great Divide Trophy, which, I would guess has to be up there with the heaviest trophies in sports.

Rounding out the top five on the list are No. 2 Bedlam (Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State), No. 3 The Battle for the Bones (University of Alabama-Birmingham vs. Memphis, and apparently played for a bronze rack of ribs), No. 4 Holy War between BYU and Utah, and the No.5-ranked Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn. I would be remiss if I did not mention that No. 6 is The World’s Largest Cocktail Party, which is apparently the former official nickname for Florida vs. Georgia. You learn something new every day, folks. I’m Mike Kordenbrock, hoping to not make any rivals with this writeup, and bringing you the Daily Roundup…

Tonight is the big night for the folks behind Glacier Bank Park as the venue, which typically hosts the Glacier Range Riders baseball team, will have its first-ever concert. The country lineup features openers Scotty Hasting and Maggie Baugh, and headliner Tyler Rich. When I spoke with the park’s general manager a couple of weeks back, he said conversations about bringing non-baseball events to the stadium had taken place through the stadium’s first few years, and that the right opportunity had finally presented itself.

Over on the Glacier Bank Park and Glacier Range Riders social media pages, they’ve been posting some cool photos showing the transformation of the infield and the construction of a stage that looks to be located right about where the pitcher’s mound would normally rest. Tickets are still on sale for the show, which starts at 7 p.m. The box office opens at 5:30 p.m., and the gates open at 6 p.m.

Speaking of live music, yes, Under the Big Sky is in fact returning next week. And while the headliners — Tyler Childers, Mumford & Sons and The Red Clay Strays — tend to get the most attention, there are some great acts further down on the bill, including some local performers, like Whitefish fiddle player and singer-songwriter Hannah King, who I talked to earlier this week for a story. I also managed to get some time on the phone with a talented neighbor of ours from north of the border, Corb Lund.

An omnivore of a songwriter, and quite possibly the only person to have written both a concept album about the history of horses and warfare, and a country blues song about an old mixed martial arts fighter, Lund has amassed a remarkable and distinct catalog of music over the decades. His eclectic songwriting tastes made me curious about his musical tastes. So when we chatted earlier this week, I had to ask him what he’s been listening to lately.

His answers, in order: the 1993 album “Wolverine Blues” from the Swedish death metal band Entombed; later stuff from the Eagles, “not since they reformed,” but along the lines of “One of These Nights” and “On The Border,” but mostly “The Long Run”; Bob Seger, Todd Snider and Hayes Carll. If you’re heading into the weekend feeling stuck listening to the same old songs, feel free to pick and choose from the above. Some of it’s definitely outside of my typical musical tastes, but if it works for Corb Lund, it’s probably worth a shot.