Mountain West Wire

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 being just good enough to get their eight wins this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 a head coach. North Texas will be playing without its head coach Seth Littrell who was let go after losing the C-USA title game and a career .500 record in Denton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, there are always a few guys status who are up in the air due to injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/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 players as they might not be fully healthy and the coaches want to have them fresh for the title game next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 bowl game after it was unsure they would do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 is an underrated rivalry game between UNLV and Hawaii, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tricky trip to face Hawaii, plus there is Nevada hosting rival Boise State. We kick the Saturday off, though, with Air Force taking on New Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 New Mexico's solid defensive effort was wasted, again in a loss to Utah State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 State are looking to become one step closer to becoming bowl eligible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 down to the end in most cases with the other three being one score finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Mountain Division if the Broncos win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Fresno State had its best game of the year, San Diego State took care of Nevada, and Wyoming outlasted Utah State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the running for a conference title. The other big game where the loser is likely out of it for the Mountain Divison is Utah State taking on Wyoming for the battle for Jim Bridgers rifle. We also spend some time going through award season as well at the halfway point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 State wins with its fourth-string quarterback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 being honest. Plus, Utah State looks to keep up its momentum against Colorado State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices