Mountain West Wire

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 UNLV football season. Head coach Marcus Arroyo is heading into his third year on the job and looking to improve off of his two-win season. The Rebels have two new coordinators, a quarterback battle, they need to replace their best running back ever and lost two key defenders this past year. UNLV has some hope if they can be healthy under center plus the...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the upcoming Boise State football season. The Broncos had a down year in 2021 with a 7-5 record. This 2022 season, the Broncos look to bounce back and compete for a division and conference title. The big questions are if the offensive line can be cohesive, running back health and who will step up at wide receiver to replace those who moved on. Also, this Broncos...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap Mountain West football media days. Not a ton of news happened with very few announcements. Commissioner Craig Thompson had a few interesting nuggets about a fee if teams leave the Mountain West. He feels confident about the conference staying together and also mentioned that there are schools that have reached out to the Mountain West. Also, the two discuss the we...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Nevada Wolf Pack season. This year for the Wolf Pack will be an interesting one with a new head coach in Ken Wilson and their former head coach Jay Norvell leaving for a job within the conference. There were a lot of transfers so there will be a bunch of new faces on this Wolf Pack team. That includes a new quarterback, a brand new wide receiver room, a...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 San Diego State football season. The Aztecs are back from a 12-2 West Division championship team and looking to win the title this year. They do have some replacements to fill with a new quarterback, new running back, a pair of NFL offensive linemen, and a handful of defenders to step in. Based on history and recruiting, the Aztecs should be fine and od...

Jeremy and Matt have an emergency podcast to discuss how the massive news about USC and UCLA packing up their bags and going to the Big Ten for the 2024 season. This clearly makes the Pac-12 lesser of a league with the biggest brand of USC leaving town and a big market team in UCLA. The Mountain West has options and it might be best to just stand pat and not be extremely aggressive. If the confere...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Fresno State football team that has a chance to be a conference contender and possibly more. The offense is elite with arguably the best QB/WR combo in the league and a capable to really good running back group. The defense is a solid group as well and even elite in the back seven. There are going to be some high expectations for the second tour of Jeff...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Colorado State football season. The Rams have the chance to be the most interesting team in the Mountain West with a new head coach in Jay Norvell who comes over from Nevada. The Norvell hire was a shrewd but an amazing move from the higher ups at the Rams. A lot of players followed Norvell from Nevada, especially on the offensive side of the ball. The...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Utah State football season as Blake Anderson enters his second year in Logan. Repeating as champions will be difficul but not out of the question for the Aggies. They return one of the best quarterbacks in Logan Bonner, there is a healthy Calvin Tyler at running back and a deep offensive line, but finding a new star receiver is the biggest offensive que...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Air Force football season. The key players are back on offense with FB Brad Roberts and QB Haaziq Daniels to lead an offense that should be quite good. The Falcons do need to find another running back and a wide receiver and/or tight end to be that deep threat. The defense has some holes to replace but it has been an above-average unit over the past few...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Hawaii football season. They make way-too-early record projections, go over the transfers, the new coaching staff, and what expectations should be. They break down the offense and defense to see who will be up next for Hawaii. This team has a chance to be pesky and score some points with the expected pass-happy attack. Learn more about your ad choices....

Jeremy and Matt discuss the position rankings that Matt put together and we discuss what he discovered going through and ranking not just the top players from each team but going through the depth. The rankings are not a power ranking but an overall look at the depth. Plus, they get into name, image, and likeness and how it is the big story among college sports and the impact it has in the Mountai...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2022 Wyoming football season in our first of 12 weekly previews for the upcoming college football season. The Cowboys will be an interesting team as they lost many players to the transfer portal and a handful to Power 5 programs, but they also received interest and commits through the portal to offset what they lost. The quarterback is a big issue as they lo...

Jeremy and Matt are back with a belated NFL Draft recap show (blame Jeremy for being slow this week) and how the Mountain West players fit into their new NFL homes. Who was drafted and not drafted. We go over the surprise picks and what free agent pick ups could find their way onto a 53-man roster once the season begins this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over what Mountain West players will get drafted and what players we want to see get a shot in the NFL. There are likely to be five to eight players drafted and it will be a shock if a player hears their name called from the first round. We go through some team fits and what amazing college athletes who were really good might not get a shot due to their lack of NFL s...

Jeremy and Matt are back for a fun annual tradition where the two pick a game a week and travel to the best game of the Mountain West season for that week. We try to visit and see at least every team on the schedule and head to some interesting places with fun matchups. What would be your wishlist each week? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back for part two of setting expectations for Mountain West football. The last episode was the Mountain Division this week it is what fans should expect as a good season from the West Division. San Jose State was a particularly tough team to peg down since they have had one good season about once a decade but also in the past few years, they have risen up from being a sure-fire...

Jeremy and Matt are back after a little break to charge up for spring and summer football talk. This week we discuss what are the expectations that each fan base should be OK with. We start with the Mountain Division and run down what each program should be able to accomplish year in and year, plus a small look at a decades worth of what a peak can be for some of these schools. We go through: Air...

Jeremy is joined by Larry Muniz to do a quick recap at the Mountain West tournament which was awesome with basically every game being a close contest. They then do an initial and quick look ahead to the NCAA Tournament that features four Mountain West teams in the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back and they include our Nevada writer Brandon Blake to go over Marchxness.com this year. The songs that were chosen for this year were cover songs and the trio go over their bracket to discuss their own criteria about what they liked and didn't like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to discuss how college football has let us all down with expansion is off the table for the next four years. We try to figure out what is going on and why it happened and what leagues are standing in the way of expansion. How does this impact the Mountain West, the sports as a whole and the Power 5 leagues that voted against this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Jeremy and Andy are back to discuss the week of Mountain West hoops. We go through quality vs. resume rankings in regards to the NCAA Tournament selection process. Wyoming stumbling vs. New Mexico and the likelihood of the Cowboys dropping out of the top 25. Also, how much can we trust Utah State? San Diego State is the favorite to win the Mountain West tournament, at this time. Learn more about y...

Jeremy and Matt are back to take a first look at the 2022 Mountain West football schedule was released, and earlier than last season. There are plenty of intriguing games in and out of conference games as usual. They go over some of the best games and interesting stretches of games that are easy and difficult. Plus, we get into MarchXness which is around the corner. Learn more about your ad choice...

Jeremy and Andy are back to discuss the latest in Mountain West hoops. No, we don't hate your team at all. There are at least five teams that could win the Mountain West tournament and that includes streaking Utah State. Something might be fish with ESPN's BPI numbers which are used to assist in selecting and seeding the NCAA Tournament teams. Also, is there a clear cut favorite in the league? Lea...

(Apologies for the crackling sound, not sure why that happened) Jeremy and Andy are back to take a look at Mountain West hoops with the race for a bye heating up and also what is next for the top two teams in Boise State and Wyoming. The Cowboys snapped the Broncos winning streak and the two are at the top of the league with a single loss in league play apiece. They also discuss how the Mountain W...