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Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Colorado State Rams and their 2017 season. After finishing 7-6 a year ago, Mike Bobo's third year in Fort Collins comes with great expectations: The Rams were among the nation's best teams in the second half of last fall, period, and are in the mix for the Group of Five's spot in a New Year's Day bowl. CSU's offense is littered with stars, including senior quarterback Nick Stevens, senior receiver Michael Gallup and the three-headed running attack of Dalyn Dawkins, Izzy Matthews and (if he's healthy) Marvin Kinsey Jr. They should be able to put up points on just about anyone. The big question that remains is whether the defense, which returns eight starters including linebackers Josh Watson and Evan Colorito, can take a step forward. If the Rams can reach their potential on both sides of the ball, their first season in the new on-campus stadium could be a special one. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture and three months fo

Jeremy and Matt are back for the preview the San Diego State Aztecs who are the two-time defending conference champions. The Aztecs do lose a lot of talen on both sides of the ball including NCAA's all-time leading rusher in Donnel Pumphrey.  With the West division still not great San Diego State has a good shot at winning the division again this season. Their schedule is a bit tougher so a shot at a New Year's Six bowl game could be within reach as they play Boise State, Stanford, Arizona State and a potentially decent team in Northern Illinois. The big question for the Aztecs is how much better can the passing game be?  WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support

In the latest installment of our way-too-early previews we bring on Adam Luckett of UnderdogDynasty.com to talk about Boise State's big game against the Troy Trorjans at Alberston's Stadium. While the Broncos are a big favorite this will not be an easy game as Troy is returning nearly everyone on offense and a decent amount of their defense. This game has the ability to be a sneaky good early season matchup. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Nevada Wolf Pack and their 2017 season. The big ticket item surrounding this team is the new coaching staff where Jay Norvell is taking over from Brian Polian. This offense is expected to be a pass-happy attack which we are coining #AirWolf due to its tendencies.  There is a quarterback battle brewing with Ty Gangi who started the back half of last year as an injury replacement for Tyler Stewart is being challenged by former Alabama quarterback David Cornwell. Despite who is quarterback the offense will be throwing a lot and handing the ball off to James Butler, and he very well could be the best running back in the conference. The defense needs work as the front seven was one of the worst in the country last year, but the plus side is that they return nearly all of those players. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture and three months for the price of one. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.n

Matt and Jeremy are back with the next installment of their 2017 season preview as we take a look at the San Jose State Spartans. San Jose State has a new head coach with Brent Brennan who is coming over from Oregon State and is making a return back to San Jose where he coached before. The key issues for the Spartans is a new quarterback and the offensive line must get better, but the positives, once again, are the secondary. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture and three months for the price of one. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Jeremy are back for their next season preview which is the Wyoming Cowboys. The main attraction for the Cowboys is quarterback Josh Allen who is expected to be a high NFL Draft pick, but his weapons are lacking due to multiple players off to the NFL. The Cowboys won the Mountain Division last year and to do so they will need to reload the offense that lost multiple skill players but they do have a defense that returns a lot of talent but there is still room to grow on that side of the ball. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture and three months for the price of one. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

We continue our series of getting to know the Mountain West foes, and this week we chat with Robby McCombs who is the site manager for Vanquish the Foe which covers BYU on the SB Nation network. The Cougars sort of have a new quarterback in Tanner Mangum getting the starting job back after backing up Taysom Hill last year. Mangum took over for Hill in the first game of 2015 after another season-ending injury. Running back is also a concern for the Cougars who lost Jamaal Williams to the NFL Draft, and there is no real backup in place. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

We are chatting with Kaelen Jones of Houst of Sparky to get insight to the Arizona State football program. They host San Diego State this upcoming year, and time to find out what they are up to since spring football. The Sun Devils will have a new quarterback and a new defensive coordinator in Phil Bennett to maybe shore up their defense that gave up nearly 40 points per game. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are here to preview the upcoming 2017 Boise State football season, as chosen by our listeners, social media followers and readeres. The Broncos should be projected to contend for both their division and also the conference, but they lose a good number of pieces on both offense and defense. They do return QB Brett Rypien goes a long way to help mitigate the losses of RB Jeremy McNichols and WR Thomas Sperbeck. The defense also lost a few players in both the linebacking and secondary groups and that will be the key area to watch as this unit replaces key players from 2016. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwi

Get caught up with all of the news from the Mountain West you may have missed. In this episode we discuss the golf trip abroad with New Mexico's AD Paul Krebs in which University funds were used and some high profile donors got a free trip to Scotland. What is worse is that Krebs tried to cover it up and discuss this as an international basketball trip and to a different country. Former SJSU lineman and current Houston Texan, David Quessenberry, is now cancer free and working his way back into the NFL. Also, Nevada adds yet another transfer. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices.

Here is the Daily Hike verrsion of our podcast where we spend about 10 minutes going over the news and notes (I apologize in advance for the lack energy in this episode.) We wonder what Boise State's new uniforms will look like, Josh Allen gets compared to a Super Bowl winning quarterback and we go over the Rimington Watch list all while poking a little fun at it. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest instalment of previewing non-conference foes we bring on Shane Roberts from BlockU.com to talk about University of Utah as they host San Jose State this year. This is the second year of the series and last year it was the Utes defense that was sack crazy against the Spartans offensive line. There are a few questions with Utah as in who will be their main running back, will an Alabama transfer be the starting quarterback and what will the offense look like with new OC Troy Taylor. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back for another football show and this week is the final show before we start doing our weekly team previews. This go around we want the listeners of the show to let us know who we should preview each week. Tag us on twitter @mwcconnection with #mwpod and let us know where to start. This show we go through the week-by-week schedule to plan out our ultimate road trip for the upcoming season. There are few rules or restrictions of what we can and can not do. Find out where we go. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest preview of non-conference foes we speak with Erik Evans of Roll Bama Roll to get caught up with Alabama football who host Fresno State and Colorado State this upcoming season. We discuss the Alabama offense that has had a lot of changes since late last year with their offensive coordinator that now features former New Mexico head coach Mike Locksley and Brian Doball as co-offensive coordinators. Hard to believe but this offense could be even better with Jalen Hurts going into his second year as the Crimson Tide starting quarterback. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choic

The Wyoming Cowboys hype train is in full force regarding quarterback Josh Allen. Every publication known to man, including us, are writing about how Allen is the next big thing in the NFL. Maybe he is, or maybe he is not. We go through the news and notes from what others are saying about Allen which includes Johnny Manziel training with Allen, scouts saying he is worthy of the first-round pick and a bit of a back story on Allen coming out of high school and even the JCUO ranks. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our next edition of off-season podcasts we get to know Oregon State who opens up the season against Colorado State in the Rams brand new stadium. We chat with Travis Johannes of Building the Dam to get to know how spring football went for the Beavers. We would appreciate it if you helped support the show by getting awesome discounts to these companies that believe in our product. FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to our Daily Hike edition of our Mountain West podcast. This particular show we go over TV deals in Conference USA and could their issues make their way to the Mountain West? Hypothetical confernece expansion hits us in the face once again and should we be buying or selling UNLV stock long term. For all of thse articles visit the Daily Hike section of our website to read what notes didn't make the cut this week. We would appreciate it if you helped support the show by getting awesome discounts to these companies that believe in our product. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

Jeremy and Eli are back for another Mountain West basketball show to get caught up with all of the transfers, new coaches and very early expectations for the 2017-18 season. We take a look at what teams have done better, worse or remained the same during transfer and graduation season. Eli releases his way-too-early offseason rankings and we go through that list as well about who might be too high, too low and how he picked his teams. Also, if you love the show. Help us out by getting a FREE 14-day trial to Texture. They are basically the Netflix for magzines. http://nextissue.evyy.net/c/377286/360800/3790 Or if you like to cook find out how you can get your first three meals on us from Blue Apron. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/265045/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest edition of the Daily Hike podcast discusses extremely early odds to win the Mountain West in football this year, and we will give you one guess of who that is. CBS Sports has projections about two recent Mountain West who were drafted last week and who will make an impact. Also, Bill C. has a breakdown of a few of the more exciting games and there are plenty of Mountain West teams on the list. Support the show by choosing the amazing food from Blue Apron and get your first three meals on us. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/151480/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the start of a series getting an early look at the opponents from the Mountain West and the first edition has us talking Wisconsin vs. Utah State. We bring on Jake Kocorowski from Bucksy5thQuarter.com to get to know the Badgers are they wrap up spring football. These two teams face off on Friday Sept. 1 in Madison Wisconsin.  Support the show by choosing the amazing food from Blue Apron and get your first three meals on us. http://blue-apron.evyy.net/c/366265/151480/2880 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mwwire/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices