Mountain West Wire

Jeremy and Matt are back to go through the national signing day that is now completed with a whimper since the December signing day really takes all of the luster away. They dive into those classes as well as an early look at the NFL Draft with performances from the most recent All-Star games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over their first look at spring football within the Mountain West. What teams need to replace talent and some predictions or goals we assign to teams. We do go alphabetically if that helps you out looking for your team. We also read some bold predictions that people sent in and have. Some fun with that at the end of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over the transfer portal now that it is closed. What did each team gain and lose in the first round of the portal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to look over our staff picks from the 2022 Mountain West football season. We got some right and some wrong. Regarding our top 50 list, there were a few omissions but it is hard to figure out how good transfer portal players and replacement players due to injury or benching are going to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over the big coaching news over the past week in the league. The most interesting news is that Bobby Petrino is leaving UNLV for Texas A&M. The Rebels used that move to bring in an up and coming up coach Brennan Marion. Marion comes in from Texas as he was their wide receivers coach, but he has been around and in the Mountain West as the same position at Hawaii a few...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the Arizona Bowl which saw Wyoming lose in overtime to Ohio, 30-27. The Cowboys may have found a new running back to add to depth with Jordon Vaughn who rushed for a modest 67 yards and also had two touchdowns. The Cowboys just came up short as the offense disappeared during parts of the second and third quarters. They also discuss the hiring of Bryant Vincent to...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the final Mountain West bowl game which is the Arizona Bowl between Wyoming and Ohio out of the MAC. The biggest question for the Cowboys is who will be playing running back since they are down to players who have zero reps due to injuries or transferring. The Bobcats also are hurting at quarterback which will impact this bowl game. Learn more about your ad choi...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview a series of four Mountian West bowl games that led to a variety of results from the conference. Potato Bowl: Eastern Michigan 41, San Jose State 27 Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force 30, Baylor 15 Hawaii Bowl: Middle Tennesee 25, San Diego State 23 First Responders Bowl: Memphis 38, Utah State 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview a handful of more bowl games this week. We have the Armed Forces Bowl, Hawaii Bowl and also the First Responders Bowl. The two also go over some coordinator news that includes Bobby Petrino going to UNLV to be an offensive coordinator and New Mexico losing Rocky Long to Syracuse for the same position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the first set of Mountain West bowl games in the Frisco and LA Bowl which saw Boise State top North Texas and Fresno State defeated Washington State. The two also go over two big coaching news items with Rocky Long leaving New Mexico to take over the same defensive coordinator positon at Syracuse. Plus, UNLV hired Bobby Petrino to lead the offense. Learn more abou...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl between San Jose State and Eastern Michigan. The Spartans have a killer defense that will be challenged against Eastern Michigan which is having quite the renaissance under head coach Chris Creighton who has this Eagles team on a run its never seen before. EMU has been in a lot of close games and has been good but also lucky by...

Jeremy and Matt are back to take a look at the Frisco Bowl between North Texas and Boise State. The Broncos have completed just one full bowl game since 2018. There were two years of no game do to COVID-19 issues and in 2018 their bowl game was canceled due to inclement weather after the game started. The Broncos players haven't been to a bowl game in a while and this is Andy Avalos' first one as...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview all of the Mountain West bowl game and the first one up is Fresno State taking on Washington State in the LA Jimmy Kimmel Bowl. Can the Bulldogs offense and Cougars passing attack light up the scoreboard or will there be a defensive showing from key players? Washington State does have quite a few players out due to portal or prepping for the NFL Draft. Plus, the...

Jeremy and Matt get into Boise State's new offensive coordinator hire to replace Dirk Koetter with it being Missouri QB coach Bush Hamdan. Then they get into the three early bowl games to preview the start of the post season. LA Bowl: Fresno State vs. Washington State Frisco Bowl: Boise State vs. North Texas Potato Bowl: San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Jeremy and Matt are back to grade and dissect the Barry Odom hire to UNLV and what it means for the program going forward. Then the two go through the portal transfers to go over who is leaving and what it means for the teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the 2022 Mountain West title game that saw Fresno State defeat Boise State, 28-16. The game featured more defense than expected, some great defense, and a special teams score. Then they get into the bowl matchups of the seven games that will feature Mountain West teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Mountain West football title game between Boise State and Fresno State. They go through the key matchups, players, plus give predictions as usual. They also discuss the UNLV opening and the candidates that are being mentioned. They also go over the the media selection for the all-conference awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap a Week 13 of Mountain West football that saw more action off the field than on the field. The go through each game but also include off the field items like UNLV firing Marcus Arroyo, players getting kicked off the team, and bowl destinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the final Mountian West football week of the 2022 season. Everything is clinched from bowl berths to conference title appearances. There is still a lot to play for with rivalries and pride on the line, and possibly a job or two. One interesting note about this week's games could be who plays at full strength. Boise State and Fresno State might hold back some pla...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over a very exciting Week 12 of Mountain West football. Division champs were crowned with Boise State topping Wyoming in an epic game, and Fresno State cruising over Nevada. The Bulldogs and Broncos will face off in two weeks. UNLV failed to make a bowl game this year in a brutal loss to Hawaii. Air Force had few issues against Colorado State and Utah State made a bo...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview Week 12 of Mountain West football. There are is a lot going on from bowl eligibility to clinching a spot on the conference title game. Things get going Friday night with San Diego State taking on New Mexico. Wyoming vs. Boise State is the most important game of the weekend, while the most interesting looks to be Utah State taking on San Jose State. Plus, there i...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview a big Week 11 of Mountain West football games. There is a Friday night West Divison clash in Las Vegas between Fresno State and UNLV. Then a full slate of Saturday games with most on CBS Sports Network. San Jose State and San Diego State is another game with division title implications. The Border War between Colorado State and Wyoming, Hawaii makes a long and t...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over Week 10 of Mountain West football which saw a bunch of close games, with the exception of Fresno State smoking Hawaii and finally at full strength. Air Force had a huge game by winning the Commander-in-Chief trophy by topping Army. Boise State couldn't stop BYU's passing game in a close loss. San Jose State struggled to pull away late against Colorado State, and...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview Week 10 of Mountain West football and it is an all Saturday affair of games for this week. There are two rivalry games with Army and Air Force with an early morning start and the other is Boise State vs. BYU. UNLV and Utah State are expected to get their starting quarterbacks back in the lineup and that will be a huge boon for them. San Jose State and Fresno Sta...

Jeremy goes solo to recap Week 9 of Mountain West football. He starts off with some news about the Utah State football program and how it has been a bit of a mess the past few years with a variety of issues. The latest is former player Patrick Maddox suing the university over targeted harassment. Outside of the Boise State blowout win over Colorado State, the rest of the games were close and came...