MISSOULA — Athletic director Kent Haslam stood yards from Montana's indoor practice facility as the deflated bubble covered nearly the entire football field.

He was expecting late Wednesday that the last remaining portion of the bubble would be back in time for reinflation to be complete by the Grizzlies' game Saturday. When it's back up, it'll be over two months since a tear in the fabric forced the covering to be taken down and shipped out for repairs.

That the facility had to be partially deconstructed less than a year after it opened in October raised the question of why UM chose a temporary instead of a permanent setup. It was accentuated because of the timing as rival Montana State unveiled its permanent structure about two weeks later .

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