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After Play-Calling Switch, What Needs To Change For Washington State’s Offense?
Washington State head coach Kirby Moore and his staff met together in the late hours of Saturday night. The Cougars failed to score an offensive touchdown for the second time this season just hours earlier, falling 26-6 to Fresno State. Everyone knew the message: something needed to change. I can’t wait to go to practice […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Week 5
Week 5 of the college football season has concluded, and with it came the first week of PAC-12 play. The first weekend featured some marquee matchups, with three of the games expected to come down to the final possession. In Boise, they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Did this year’s team […]
Big wins for New Mexico, UNLV, & North Dakota State! The TRUTH behind CSU’s halftime DC firing! Checking in w/ 2025’s top 10 outgoing transfers! BIGGEST MW/PAC-12 Games of the Week yet! HP Ep. #173 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’re creeping up on the halfway point of the regular season, and this might’ve been the most insane week yet! Mountain West heavyweights North Dakota State and New Mexico both kicked off conference play with dominant wins, while UNLV […]
Mountaintop View 10-6-26
Air Force QB Liam Szarka out for the rest of the year with injury Terrible news out of Colorado Springs, one of the brightest talents in the Mountain West is done for the season. Brent Briggeman of The Gazette has more. What’s wrong with Wyoming football’s offense? Alex Taylor of WyoSports tackles the question that […]
Grounded again: Air Force’s Szarka out for season
Liam Szarka finishing the game this past weekend tells you everything. The Air Force junior ran for 81 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 14-9 win over Navy, a victory that snapped a five-game service academy losing streak. But on Monday, the academy announced a lower-leg injury will cost Szarka the rest of the season. […]
MWCConnection: What do you think about the Jim Mora & Tyson Summers incident?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys:
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 10-5-26: October Mountain West Team Rankings
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. Most teams are putting more focus on recruiting as the season goes on. Game-day visits are common and include official visits, committed players taking an unofficial visit to see a game, and future classes seeing games and getting some of their first looks at a program. Otherwise, offers […]
Mountain West Football Rankings: Week 5. Competitive at the top, really bad at the bottom.
The college football season is firing on all cylinders, and games are happening every weekend. The rankings are back for another week. Read on to see how this week’s slate of games affected each team’s status in the MWCConnection Mountain West rankings. 1) North Dakota State (0) The Bison keep on winning, having no issue […]
PAC-12 Power Rankings: Week 5
The first week of conference play has concluded. With that, we are starting to get a clearer picture of where each PAC-12 team stands. We saw a variety of interesting matchups this weekend, with three of the four games expected to come down to the final possession. Did the games live up to the hype? […]
Mountain West Connection Football: Week 5 Players of the Week
Mountain West play is officially heating up. Week 5 featured five games, including the first conference matchups of the season for New Mexico and San José State, a statement victory for UNLV over ACC opponent California and another dominant performance from North Dakota State. The biggest result may have come in Albuquerque, where New Mexico […]
PAC-12 Players of the Week: Week 5
PAC-12 play officially kicked off this weekend, with all eight teams competing against one another. Each game saw some elite performances, specifically on the offensive side of the ball. With that being said, let’s take a look at the top performances from this past weekend. Offensive Player of the Week Braden Atkinson (Oregon State) It […]
Mountaintop View 10-5-26. Broncos & Beavers win, Aztecs upset, Rebels victorious. Summers fired, AP Poll
It’s Monday, and we are back at it! Football season is firing on all cylinders, and we have you covered. As always, check out our original coverage and what we can find on the World Wide Web below. Broncos offense too much for Aggies to handle. Boise State scored on its first three possessions, and […]
Boise State Comes In At #23 in Latest AP Poll
It wasn’t a perfect showing by an stretch of the imagination. But the Broncos were dominant enough to stay ranked. Boise State dropped one spot and now comes in at #23. Missouri’s dominating win over Florida was enough for the Tigers to leapfrog the Broncos. Boise State has an excellent chance to move up this […]
PAC-12 GAME UPDATES: OREGON STATE WINS BIG AT COLORADO STATE 56-26 BEHIND JESSE LEGREE AND BRADEN ATKINSON
BOISE STATE DOMINATES UTAH STATE 31-10. SAN DIEGO STATE GETS A WIN, FRESNO STATE TAKES CARE OF WSU Oregon State(3-2, 1-0 Pac-12) came to make a statement. A pre-season mid-conference pick, the Beavers are making a statement that they are one of the premier teams in the new iteration of the Pac-12 Conference after blasting […]
2026 Mountain West Football Week 5 Recap
Week 5 of the 2026 season is in the books, and the slate jam-packed with rivalry games sadly did not deliver many thrillers. Most games looked closer than they actually were, and the lone game that was truly tight throughout was a low-scoring affair. Despite this, we still have some important results to go over […]
Fresno State, Boise State, and an October title game
What would seem like a weird thought might actually come to fruition next Saturday night in Fresno. Halfway through the college football season and in the middle of October we find ourselves with what will likely be the Pac-12’s championship game. Or at the very least, pave the road to a subsequent championship for the […]
How Spartans identity takes shape in a gritty rivalry road win over Hawaii
Hawaii’s run-and-shoot did what it does. Micah Alejado threw for 338 yards and found Dez Alves for a 58-yard touchdown that had Clarence T.C. Ching rocking. But in the end, San Jose State’s 20-16 win was accomplished the old-fashioned way. A scheme battle SJSU won in the trenches The Spartans ran 34 times for just […]
Solving The Eck-Quation: Is The Lobo Coach’s G6 Play-In Idea Worth Looking Into?
Everyone has their takes on college football nowadays, especially when it comes to social media. Fan pages, media personalities and…head coaches? While not every CFB coach dives into the “Twitter-sphere”, some make the most of the platform, such as New Mexico HC Jason Eck. When the news of a potential 24-team playoff hit the internet, […]
A way-too-early look at each Pac-12’s team’s NCAA Tournament chances in 2026-27
Don’t look now, but we are nearly one month away from the 2026-27 college basketball. And, as many of you know, we will be introducing a new conference to our site coverage this season! Earlier this offseason, I examined which Mountain West teams had the best shot at making an NCAA Tournament. For the Pac-12, […]
Hawaii Warriors Weekly Countdown: San Jose State
Hello, darkness, my old friend. A season that started with sky-high expectations and promises of an entertaining offense has vanished like a fart in the wind. Hawaii football lost to Wyoming over the weekend and now sits at 1-3 with the meat of the schedule still to come. Here are a few things to watch […]
2026 Mountain West Football Week 5 Game Preview & Predictions
Week 5 of the 2026 season is upon us, and despite a schedule featuring just five games, it should still be a fantastic week in the conference. Four of said games are heated rivalry matchups, with the fifth being a bowl rematch from just two years ago. Three games currently have a spread of fewer […]
Mountaintop View 10-2-26: PAC-12 Media Days, NDSU Football, PAC-12 Preview, Power Rankings
PAC-12 Misses out on a golden opportunity Another round of media days appraoches and once again, the PAC-12 will not hold conference-wide meetings. Also, some Mountain West notes in this article. Can North Dakota State football keep the momentum going? North Dakota State was an FCS powerhouse. Can they keep the same momentum going at […]
Crowned QB1: How Toa Fa’avae Gives New Mexico’s Offense Best Chance to Win
“It just feels like I earned it.” On top of earning a rivalry win in Las Cruces over the weekend, New Mexico QB Toa Fa’avae ended September with a crowning achievement-more than just a victory. After UNM took down New Mexico State, Lobos head coach Jason Eck announced Fa’avae as their starting quarterback from here […]
Could Congress Reshape the Next Round of Conference Realignment?
The Protect College Sports Act could limit the growth of the wealthiest conferences while making successful Mountain West programs more attractive for future expansion. By Roger A. Holien | Mountain West Connection College football realignment has largely been driven by television contracts, conference revenue, and schools seeking greater national exposure. Now, Congress could influence what […]
Hawaii’s missing yard: Alejado’s offense and the red-zone riddle
The most telling yard of Hawaii’s season so far is the one it never gained. In the third quarter at Wyoming last week, the Rainbow Warriors finished a 16-play, 74-yard march that took 9:14 off the clock that ended at the Cowboys’ one. With the Cowboy defense forcing a fourth-down incompletion, the Cowboys marched 99 […]
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