Mountain West Wire

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 out. Air Force hosts a bad Navy team and the game of the week might just be San Jose State at...

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 megaphone.fm/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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 hours to complete. Boise State looks to get on track with another winnable game at UTEP in an...

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 and Utah has a very interesting line. There are nine total games this week and we hit them all....

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 megaphone.fm/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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/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 megaphone.fm/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 expected Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 played. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/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 up. There is some returning pass catching talent and maybe enough to be dangerous Learn more...

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 receiver and quarterback, and the big question of who will run the ball. Learn more about your ad...

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 they have the potential to have a pretty good receiving group surrounding Kyle Williams. 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 staff had a lot of turnover and that is something to watch as well. Learn more about your ad...