Mountain West Wire

Week 12 is in the books with Jeremy and Matt recapping all of the action. This week a few titles were handed out with Fresno State beating Wyoming to clinch the West Division, and because of that win Boise State won the Mountain title. Things get going Friday night in a rush fest where UNLV is one step closer to bowl eligibility after topping New Mexico, Utah State blanked Hawaii to get to six win...

Brandon is back once again to join Jeremy as we discuss Week 12 of Mountain West football. There are some key games on the line for schools who want to become bowl eligible like Utah State, Air Force and UNLV. Odds are not all of those schools will reach six wins to end the season. The show starts with the two once again -- sorry, not sorry -- discussing Josh Allen's draft hype, and then at the en...

This week Jeremy is joined by Brandon Blake, our Nevada writer, to recap the Week 11 slate of games. Ana Kieu who covers San Jose State for us stopped by as well for a little Spartan talk during the show. We go through the slate of games which includes an injury to Wyoming QB Josh Allen, UNLV coming up short againast BYU and then wild, wild game between Colorado State and Boise State. SUPPORT THE...

Jeremy and Eli are back to discuss UNLV basketball which has been a volatile topic this off season since last year was one of the worst ever for Rebel hoops. This season should be much better but they are still at least a year away from competing for the conference title. UNLV could play spoiler at some point this year to make things interesting. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Na...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the Wyoming Cowboys and its upcoming basketball season. The Cowboys seem to be stuck in the middle of the pack despite having some solid talent and a pretty good guy roaming the sidelines in Allen Edwards who is entering his second year. The Cowboys are tough at home and have a few road chances to impress when they take on Oregon State and South Carolina to bolst...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the Utah State basketball season and one question we discuss is if the third year of Tim Duryea could result in the coach being let go if he has another losing record. On the positive side, the two discuss Koby McEwen who is considered one of the best lead guards in the country and if he can help lift the Aggies to perhaps the middle of the pack in the conference...

Matt and Jeremy are back to look ahead to Week 11 of Mountain West football. We break down everything and it starts with UNLV hosting BYU and are a four-point favorite, the pillow fight game between San Jose State and Nevada, Colorado State vs. Boise State which now looks like a little bit of a downer and predicting the division champions. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Nature Bo...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview San Jose State's upcoming basketball season. The big about the Spartans is how they will replace Brandon Clarke who transferred and also how well their new head coach Jean Prioleau. We do our best to be optimistic about San Jose State and there is good news because the program is still much better than it was a few years ago. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is p...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview San Diego State's upcoming basketball season. The big question revolves around the Aztecs not having Steve Fisher roaming the sidelines, but instead Brian Dutcher moves one seat over as the head guy. One key addition that is discussed is former San Francisco guard Devin Watson who just might be the scoring burst that the Aztecs have sorely lacked the past few yea...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the New Mexico Lobos who might struggle this year with a slew of new players coming, a few who left and a new head coach in Paul Wier who came over from New Mexico State. Projections have the Lobos finishing near the bottom of the conference, do Eli and Jeremy agree? SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Nature Box. It is a simple way to get amazing an...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the Nevada Wol Pack who are the overwhelming team to win the Mountain West, but could be some concerns with the amount of transfers which Nevada is relying on and also the loss of Cameron Oliver. Even with the potential issues at hand, Eric Musselman should be able to lead them to the regular season title and back to the NCAA Tournament. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap a Week 10 which featured the first snow football game of the year between Colorado State and Wyoming. There are now two more teams that are now bowl eligible: The Wyoming Cowboys and the Fresno State Bulldogs. Boise State continued to prove it is the best team in the conference as they dismantled Nevada, 41-14, and held that offense in check. We also had Utah Stat...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview Week 10 games which features a pair of non-conference games with Army and BYU appearing on the schedule this week. We discuss a new trophy for the Hawaii and UNLV game, can Boise State keep its winning streak going when they face rival Nevada and Colorado State and Wyoming fight over a bronze boot. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Nature Box. It...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap a wacky Week 9 of Mountain West football play. Colorado State's defense finally catches up to them in their loss to Air Force, Fresno State falls to UNLV and is no longer undefeated and speaking of undefeated teams Boise State is the only one left in league play. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Nature Box. It is a simple way to get amazing and hea...

Jeremy and Eli are back to discuss the upcoming Colorado State season. The Rams lost a decent amount of talent from last year and may not be able to replicate last year's success with a short bench. Head coach Larry Eustachy is a great coach and should be able to get this team together but making a run at the Mountain West title might not be in the cards this year. This episode is presented by Aco...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview a huge slate of Saturday games. There is one out of league game with San Jose State traveling to BYU in a matchup of a pair of 1-7 teams on the year. We discuss if Fresno State may be in a let down spot as they take on a potential Armani Rogers-less UNLV team as a three-touchdown favorite. Who would of thought that the Bulldogs would ever be that large of a favo...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the Fresno State basketball team. It always seems that the Bulldogs never get the respect of being one of the better teams in the league and this year might be the chance they crack into the top three and even challenge for a conference title. SUPPORT THE PODCAST This episode is presented by Acorns. It is a simple way to start investing just by using your spare c...

This week Jeremy Mauss is joined by Brandon Blake to discuss the Week 8 action. Since we have Brandon on the show we go a little bit in a different direction by talking about BYU vs. Nevada (and the rest of the Mountain West), are the Wolf Pack getting better and Josh Allen draft hype. We still go through each game and attempt to figure out how Fresno State is now the front runner to win the West...

Jeremy and Matt are back to look ahead at Week 8 Mountain West football which features another week of only conference games with five games. Things get started with a pair of Friday night games with Nevada hosting Air Force and Colorado State traveling to New Mexico. Will there be an upset? The biggest game of the week is Fresno State traveling to San Diego State which is a very surprising game w...

Jeremy and Eli are back to preview the upcoming Boise State Bronocs basketball season. There is a lot to like about this team with the return of Chandler Hutchison who tested the NBA Draft waters last year. The two lament over the loss of Nick Duncan who has moved on from the program The Broncos bring a few key transfers which should keep them near the top of the conference and be one of the teams...

Jeremy and Matt are back to discuss a wild Week 7 that was not only nuts for the Mountain West but the entirety of the FBS with four top 10 teams losing. In this week's show we discuss the San Diego State loss and how the Aztecs, as well as Boise State and Colorado State, can still make a big money bowl game. The other crazy games include Colorado State holding off Nevada and Fresno State sitting...

Jeremy and Matt are back to bring you the first full week of only Mountain West games, and also every game is on Saturday. We start the show with a look back at the first half of the season with some awards like best player, best and worst games and best coaching job. Next, we dive into the games which features some interesting matchups like Utah State hosting Wyoming as both hosts are trying to f...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over Week 6 games and wonder why national polls are disrespecting San Diego State despite having better wins than South Florida, UCF and Navy. The Aztecs had its first blowout of the year as they topped UNLV in Las Vegas. The games started on Friday night with Boise State finally showing up in the running game with Alexander Mattison being the first Broncos running b...

Jeremy and Matt are back to discuss Week 6 of Mountain West football. Before we do the two discuss a report out of New Mexico that is pretty damning against head coach Bob Davie, if true. We discuss that piece and caution about believing everything within the article. After that, we get into the games which feature a Friday night tilt between BYU hosting Boise State and the big question is if the...

Jeremy and Eli start up the 2017-18 Mountain West basketball season preview by starting with the Air Force Falcons. This Falcons team will have a tough time this year moving up from their last place finish last year. Part of that is because of the style of play the Falcons play and also the fact they are not able to get elite athletes to Colorado Springs. The two do come up with a way to give Air...