Mountain West Wire

Jeremy and Matt take you through a quick week of just four Mountain West games this Saturday for Week 9. There are rivalry games with Hawaii vs. Wyoming and Fresno State vs. San Diego State. San Jose State is back and hosting Nevada after an emotional week that forced the New Mexico State game to be postponed. Plus, there is the Colorado State and Boise State game that could all but clinch the Mou...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap Week 8 of Mountain West play that saw a lot of intrigue and teams make the case to clinch a division title and one good team basically fall out of the title game mix. UNLV really needs Doug Brumfield back at quarterback as they got whooped by Notre Dame. Boise State's defense led them past Air Force, 19-14. Colorado State had a game-winning drive to defeat Hawaii,...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview Week 8 of Mountain West football. There are still a few non-conference games with UNLV traveling to Notre Dame and San Jose State taking on New Mexico State, who is on the schedule once again. The top games look to be Boise State vs. Air Force as the undefeated in league play Broncos take on a really good Falcons team. Air Force must win if they want to stay in...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap Week 7 of Mountain West football. Another week of interesting results with Air Force blowing out a UNLV team that is suffering quite a few injuries. San Jose State's offense stalls in its loss to Fresno State. New Mexico gets nothing going with a new offensive coordinator, and Hawaii is getting healthier as it claimed its first FBS win of the year. Also, Utah Stat...

Jeremy and Matt go through the five-game slate of Mountain West games. There is a non-conference rivalry matchup between New Mexico and New Mexico State. The big game of the week is UNLV vs. Air Force which could determine a lot in each division race. San Jose State is looking to roll in the West Division by taking on rival Fresno State. Hawaii hosts Nevada in a game that is just meh... if we are...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go through all of the Week 6 games which feature for the first time all year, all conference contests. UNLV showed it is human but also lost Doug Brumfield to a leg injury early on. Then we have Utah State being the team we thought in the preseason, Boise State just needed a fresh set of eyes at the OC position, and Hawaii nearly pulls one off vs. San Diego State. Learn...

Jeremy and Matt break down Week 6 of Mountain West play which is a full set of conference games with all 12 teams in action. Who would have thought that San Jose State vs. UNLV could be an early decider for the West Divison this year. Fresno State vs. Boise State was to be some elite game but now both teams enter with questions with new quarterbacks and part of a coaching staff for the Broncos. Th...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap another week of Mountain West football. This latest Week 5 saw UNLV come from behind to beat New Mexico. Boise State showed off its new offensive coordinator and quarterback in a dominant second half performance against San Diego State. Air Force snuck past rival Navy, UConn upset Fresno State, and San Jose State looks like a front runner after topping Wyoming. Le...

Jeremy and Matt go through the three day weekend of Mountain West football games. They start on Thursday night with Utah State traveling to BYU for the Wagon Wheel and it might just be the last time they play for a long time with the Cougars going to the NFL. A formerly great looking game on the schedule between San Diego State seems more like a pair of floundering teams trying to figure things ou...

Jeremy and Matt go through a Week 4 of Mountain West football that had some of the good teams perform at very low points. There are some bright spots with Air Force, San Jose State and UNLV all improving their play or bouncing back from a not-so-great Week 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt break up the Week 4 games into two podcasts since there are a pair of games on Friday. The five games we look at are: UNLV at Utah State New Mexico at LSU Hawaii at New Mexico State Wyoming at BYU Western Michigan at San Jose State There are going to be some interesting games this week and the two best games are Utah State hosting UNLV, and Wyoming traveling to BYU. Learn more abou...

Jeremy and Matt break up the Week 4 games in two parts to give everyone a more enjoyable podcast experience. We go through the two Friday games that include Air Force vs. Nevada in a very interesting conference tilt. The Falcons are coming off of a surprising loss to Wyoming, and the Wolf Pack are finally back home after an extended game at Iowa which saw them shut out and a game take about seven...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the third week of the Mountain West season where everything seems to be weird. There is no clear cut top team and some of the former bottom teams in the league are taking a step up in getting wins and could be in the running for a bowl game in New Mexico and UNLV. Lots of games and some intrigue starting to hit this league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview Week 3 of Mountain West football. They give some quick thoughts on Craig Thompson stepping down at the end of the year. The games begin on Friday with Air Force going to Laramie and looking to win there for the first time in a decade. Hawaii is looking for its first win, there is going to be a low scoring game in the Iowa vs. Nevada game, and the San Diego State...

Jeremy and Matt give their thoughts on Mountian West commissioner Craig Thompson announcing that he will be stepping down at the end of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Jeremy are back to preview and not-so-good Week 2 of Mountain West football play. There were multiple FCS losses on the schedule with Nevada and Utah State losing. Colorado State getting beaten easily as did Hawaii which is giving up well over 50 points per game. Fresno State had the same old story of coming up short against good teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview a giant slate of Week 2 games in Mountain West play. There are FCS games, games against Power 5 teams, and also one conference game on Friday night when Boise State heads to New Mexico to take on the Lobos. They dive deep into all 12 games and of course, make a few bold and dumb predictions along the way to have some fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Matt and Jeremy take a look back at the first full week of Mountain West play that saw some good and not-so-good performances this week. Nevada is 2-0 after topping Texas State, Boise State and San Diego State had disappointing losses, New Mexico had a rare shutout over Maine, San Jose State and Fresno State each won their openers against FCS teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the second half of the Week 1 Mountain West football games. All of these are the Saturday afternoon to late night games. Texas State at Nevada Utah State at Alabama Maine at New Mexico Boise State at Oregon State Western Kentucky at Hawaii Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to take a look at five of the 11 Mountain West previews for the first full week of Mountian West play. These are the games we discuss in part one. Portland State @ San Jose State Cal Poly @ Fresno State Northern Iowa @ Air Force Tulsa @ Wyoming Arizona @ San Diego State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the five games that started the Mountain West season for Week 0. There was some good intel in this first set of games. Wyoming looked lost on offense and defense. UNLV had a great offensive performance, who cares it was against Idaho State Utah State had some really good moments vs. UConn Hawaii is in for a really long rebuild Nevada's defense looks better than ex...

Jeremy and Matt are here to preview Week 0 of college football. Football is back! We preview the five Mountain West games this week and give picks for each and everyone one of them. There are a few Power 5 games mixed in along with Group of Five, and a single FCS game. We also make a bold upset pick, answer listener questions, and attempt to name a player of the week before the games are even play...

Jeremy and Matt are back to catch up on some news over fall camp news, hot takes, predictions and a whole lot more in our mega preview heading into the 2022 Mountain West football season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the upcoming New Mexico football season. Believe it or not, there was some good things for the Lobos this past year and especially so on its defense. There are a number of returning starters on that side of the ball and they should be even better this year. The offense needs a new running back and quarterback and fingers are crossed that the offensive line holds...

Jeremy and Matt are back to take a look at the 2022 San Jose State football team. The Spartans took a step back in 2021 after winning the conference in 2020. The big question is if the Spartans as good as 2020 or as bad as 2021? The real answer likely falls in between the two, The defense is loaded with the majority of the starters back but the offense has some retooling with transfers at wide rec...