All you need to know about the Mountain West, and then some
In the third summer installment of San Jose State football’s position groups, we visit the running backs’ room. Listening to the coaches Ken Niumatalolo has assembled around him, you start to notice a thread. The good ones don’t just teach football. They teach how they think so to be self-dependent, which is also a skill […]
The 2026 season has come to its conclusion, and with it, the chaos that is the NCAA transfer portal has officially opened. While teams navigate the Mountain West-Pac-12 split, I will be keeping track of who teams lose and gain through the portal window. This article will be reposted with updates every day until the […]
Hello western sports fans, happy World Cup Day to those who celebrate. The off-season presses on, the Mountain West is set to split this summer in just a few weeks, with the “departing five” leaving to create the reformed Pac-12. The Mountain West has added the likes of North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, and UTEP […]
Is Texas Tech hurting itself more than it is helping itself? Boise State is earning some high preseason honors Top Group of Five Coaches Do you agree with this list? Wyoming and Hawaii football are also receiving some honors from Phil Steele Phil Steele is also expecting big things from the Rebels UNLV lands 15 […]
The 2026 season has come to its conclusion, and with it, the chaos that is the NCAA transfer portal has officially opened. While teams navigate the Mountain West-Pac-12 split, I will be keeping track of who teams lose and gain through the portal window. This article will be reposted with updates every day until the […]
It’s a fun game to play matchmaker and create fantasy games in our heads (or on video games) for what we want to see on the college gridiron. In reality, it is much more complicated than that, and with the current state of college sports, it’s a jigsaw puzzle of conference realignment and finding “quality” […]
OPINION: Football: Inside the Lobos’ historic rise from long shots to favorites We missed this from the other day, but it’s a worthy read nonetheless. Edge Garcia of the Daily Lobo, New Mexico’s student newspaper highlights the absolutely bananas fact that New Mexico is the betting favorite to win the Mountain West in 2026, unthinkable […]
The cheers weren’t deafening. There were no television timeouts, no giant scoreboard graphics and no pressure-packed World Cup match hanging in the balance. Yet for two hours Monday evening at San Jose State’s Spartan Soccer Complex, none of that seemed to matter with Paraguay’s national soccer team’s first open practice to the public. It was […]
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! As promised last week, the official Mountain West PAC-12 Depth Chart Tracker App is now live with every rostered player in the PAC-12 conference! That now means no matter if you root for Boise State or New Mexico or […]
The 2026 season has come to its conclusion, and with it, the chaos that is the NCAA transfer portal has officially opened. While teams navigate the Mountain West-Pac-12 split, I will be keeping track of who teams lose and gain through the portal window. This article will be reposted with updates every day until the […]
Nearly every bowl has tie-ins with various conferences, but when ESPN owns 17 games and broadcasting rights to 13 others, affiliations can become murky as they make trades for matchups and ratings. And for the 2026-2027 bowl season, expect things to become even more convoluted, thanks to the rebirth of the Pac-12 Conference (with enough […]
We have settled into June, which means while Summer is close, so is college football returning. Media Day for the Mountain West is a month away; camp will start up soon and before we know it, Week 1 will be kicking off. As we progress through the summer months, we’ll be looking into the positions […]
It’s Wednesday and we are back at it. Take a look at the links from around the Western conferences as well as around the college sports world. Air Force Preview The Falcons are looking to rebound after two disappointing seasons. The offense will be led by their star dual-threat QB, and depth at running back […]
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We have reached the point in the off-season where spring football has concluded and fans are starting to have a better understanding of what their team’s depth chart may look like. With that, we are going to take a look at specific position groups across the PAC 12 and Mountain West. With our coverage shifting […]
Brendan Sorsby granted 2026 eligibility: Texas Tech QB wins injunction vs. NCAA amid gambling probe You’re right, this isn’t a Mountain West/Pac-12 story, but it potentially effects every athlete in the United States. Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby winning this injunction puts the very integrity of sports into question. Expect this to be a huge […]
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. The June official visit season is here, and that means recruits are committing to teams at a rapid pace. At the time of this writing, a combined 53 visitors have resulted in 30 commitments in the past week. Numerous teams could find themselves on the cover photo with […]
It’s Monday, and we are in the full swing of the summer offseason. That being said, football preview posts are ramping up. As always, our coverage is still going strong. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Washington State Preview The Cougars are next up in […]
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Fans want to improve transfer rules. The Protect College Sports Act seeks to address many aspects of college football that have gone unchecked over the past few years. Fans in this poll, 46% of them, are most interested in addressing rules centered around players […]
SUMMER UPDATES, SCHEDULES AND RECRUITING San Diego State will officially head to the Pac 12 on July 1. Officials giddy heading into new relationship. Schedule review includes current and future opponents. Aztecs add local recruits from the class of 2027. Keeping local talent key to Coach Lewis’ keys to success. The spring semester has wrapped […]
To cap off our Mountain West baseball reviews, we end with the conference champion that I don’t think many expected in Washington State. The Cougars had a quick stay in the MW, only playing in the conference for two seasons after the PAC-12 dissolved. They finished dead last in their first season last year and […]
Last week, we talked about the wide receiver room and why it might finally be time to stop doubting it. This week, we cross the ball to the other side of the field: the side that cost the Spartans the most last season and the side that may matter most in 2026. If the receiver […]
Sports are always evolving. Every year, regardless of the sport, there are minor tweaks and rule changes to enhance each sport — or league. The NCAA’s men’s basketball rule subcommittee officially approved two rules — albeit minor tweaks — ahead of the 2026-27 season earlier this summer: The first one emulates a similar rule in […]
Man oh man, this was a fun year to be a San Diego State fan, especially in baseball. After barely making the conference tournament last year as the fifth seed and being bounced by UNLV in abrupt fashion, the Aztecs put together a great 2026. Facing multiple ranked opponents during non-conference play, SDSU tried to […]
June has arrived, meaning football teams are starting to report for summer workouts in the lead up to fall camp. Another milestone of the off-season The Mountain West is set to split this summer with the “departing five” leaving to create the reformed Pac-12. The Mountain West has added the likes of North Dakota State, […]