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DAVIS, Calif. — “Can you sign my forehead?” came a voice from a crowd of kids on Saturday after Montana’s win over UC Davis.

“No,” Griz linebacker Dante Olson said with a smile while shaking his head and holding a sharpie.

What’s important is what Olson has helped put into the head of that kid and the many other students in attendance over the past two years. They’re the grade school kids who Olson has been pen pals with for the past two school years.

The students from Gerber, California, finally got to see their mentor play for the first time and met up with him afterward. Olson took pictures and selfies with them, autographed items for them and caught up with them about how they’re doing.

“It was awesome,” Olson said after taking a group photo with the kids, who were wearing No. 37 shirts and had temporary Griz tattoos. “It’s good to see them. Glad I could. Glad that they could make it up. It’s really awesome to see how well they’re doing. It was awesome to see them.”

With the kids in attendance on Saturday, the 6-foot-3, 240-pounder from Medford, Oregon, even came up with a leaping interception in a 45-20 upset win over No. 4 UC Davis.