Tag: Mountain West

• College Football Coach Hire Grades: San Diego State

  San Diego State Aztecs: Sean Lewis Why the job was open: San Diego State for a long time was a program high on potential but never quite reaching it. That changed a little over a decade ago and now it’s one of the best jobs in the Mountain West. Brady Hoke, the man that unlocked…

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  May 16, 2024

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• March Madness Tournament Preview: South Region

  1: Houston Cougars Best Tournament Moment: The Phi Slama Jama teams for Houston were of course the best period of Houston basketball. They made 3 straight final 4s and 2 straight national titles, but of course you can’t forget 1983 when they lost at the last moment to Jimmy V and NC State in one…

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  March 20, 2024

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• March Madness Tournament Preview: West Region

  1: North Carolina Tar Heels Best Tournament Moment: North Carolina has 6 national titles so there’s several moments to pick from, but their 1982 National title was a moment that created legacies. As all of us know, then freshman Michael Jordan hit the game winning shot to beat Georgetown. North Carolina has been a truly…

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  March 19, 2024

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• March Madness Tournament Preview: Midwest Region

  1: Purdue Boilermakers Best Tournament Moment: Purdue’s first ever tournament appearance in 1969 was a rousing success. The Boilermakers were the top seed in the Midwest region and beat Marquette in a tight battle to make the final 4. They destroyed North Carolina but were leaking oil by the time they got to the championship…

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  March 18, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Nevada

  Nevada Wolfpack: Jeff Choate Why the job was open: Nevada is known for the pistol offense, Colin Kaepernick and the man who orchestrated it, former HC Chris Ault. Ault’s success in recent history made a lot of folks forget that this is a tough job, but it’s starting to become more apparent in recent years…

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  February 29, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Wyoming

  Wyoming Cowboys: Jay Sawvel Why the job was open: A decade ago Craig Bohl was hired to take over Wyoming after building a FCS Powerhouse at North Dakota State. He won 3 titles in a row for the Bison and took on the new challenge of getting Wyoming football back to being competitive. A decade…

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  February 23, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Boise State

  Boise State Broncos: Spencer Danielson Why the job was open: Boise State considers itself to be the premier job in the Mountain West and as a result they expect to content for conference championships regularly. The Andy Avalos era wasn’t a smooth one to say the least. They played for a Mountain West championship in…

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  February 16, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Mountain West Conference

  Headline: The Mountain West is awesome this year, but can the conference get 6 bids?? This seems possible with how many great teams are in the conference. San Diego State is as good as usual, Colorado State, Utah State and Nevada all looked great out of conference and picked up nice wins. New Mexico and…

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  January 24, 2024

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• 2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 30th)

  Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl: Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) vs Mississippi Rebels (10-2) What you need to know: Both programs find themselves in the same spot. Wanting to break through and beat the teams in the upper echelon but can’t even get close to doing so. Yet it’s opposite sides of the ball holding each one…

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  December 16, 2023

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• 2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 26th)

  Quicklane Bowl: Bowling Green Falcons (7-5) vs Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-7) What you need to know: Bowling Green is a team that loves chaos during their games. The Falcons lead the country in turnovers gained (27) and they’re 4th in turnovers lost (19)! BG will be without their star corner Jalen Husky who hit the…

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  December 13, 2023

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