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Spectrum News Hawaii’s biggest sports stories of 2025 Happy New Year, MWC fans! It was eventful year for Hawaii athletics. Spectrum News walks down memory lane as Hawaii football had plenty of memorable moments. From the Tokyo Toe, to Aloha Stadium finally beginning its dismantling, to the 9-4 Warriors. A special campaign. Scott Slant: Is […]

2 months ago | 1 read

AZTECS TAKE DOWN UPSET MINDED SPARTANS 81-68 

Aztecs dominate in paint and hot shooting to negate a 30 point performance by Spartan star Colby Garland.  San Diego State was in the Bay Area Tuesday evening, visiting the Provident Credit Union Event Center at San Jose State and in front of 3,585 fans, showed why the Aztecs are one of the better teams […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Peak Perspective: The MWCConnection 2025 Year in Review

Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks for following along with us the past year as we strive to bring you the best coverage of the Mountain West we possibly can. Once again, we take a day to revisit some of our more memorable posts from the previous year. Some of these are on here because they […]

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Short-handed Spartans scrap and claw against full-force of the Aztecs

San Diego State (8-4, 2-0 MW) once again reminded San Jose State (5-8, 0-2 MW) what life in the Mountain West looks like when depth, physicality, and late-game execution converge. Behind a relentless bench attack and a defense that tightened with the game hanging in the balance, the Aztecs pulled away for an 81–68 victory […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Late Defensive Stops Power Nevada Past Colorado State 75-62

After a huge win over Boise State to start conference play 1-0, Nevada went on the road to play another opponent atop the standings in Colorado State. It would be a Quad 1 win if Nevada were able to pull one out over the Rams, and a commanding defensive performance made that happen as Nevada […]

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Complete Bowl Recaps! Hawaii stuns Cal, Fresno State thumps Miami (OH), while UNLV, New Mexico, & San Diego State come up short! Portal heats up w/ FOUR 1st Team entries! HP Ep. #135 OUT NOW!

Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’ve reached the end of the Mountain West’s 2025 football season, with the final five bowl games going down over the past week. We’ll go over the positives, with Hawaii pulling off a miraculous comeback to beat Cal in […]

2 months ago | 1 read

The 2026 Recruiting Road So Far: Wyoming

Welcome to the twelfth post in our twelve-part series reviewing each team’s signing class to date. These articles aim to provide a snapshot look at each team and lay out possible next steps once the transfer portal opens. Teams will be examined in alphabetical order. Today will look at the Cowboys. The Road So Far: […]

2 months ago | 1 read

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Bowl Season

Bowl season is officially over and it was less than spectacular for the Mountain West. Each team entered the bowl season with high hopes, but results were not ideal with the Mountain West winning only two of the seven bowl games they appeared in. Over the past two weeks, we reviewed the Potato Bowl and […]

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Grades and report cards for every Mountain West football team’s 2025 season Chris Murray of NevadaSportsNet hands out grades for all of the 2025 Mountain West. The conference champion receiving a B-grade attests to how wild this season has been. Rebels win lone hoops game from last night UNLV’s Thomas is not budging NCAA’s statement […]

2 months ago | 1 read

UNLV overwhelms La Sierra in 89-47 blowout

UNLV turned Monday night into a track meet early, and La Sierra never got an opportunity to catch up. The Rebels completely overwhelmed the Golden Eagles 89-47 at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV jumped to a 49-19 lead at halftime thanks to relentless pressure to create turnovers.  UNLV now finds itself 6-6 on the […]

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Utah State Falls to Washington State in Idaho Potato Bowl

Utah State ended a disappointing 6-7 season with a 34-21 loss to Washington State in the Idaho Potato Bowl on December 22nd. The Aggies went down at the half 14-0, and before the Aggies scored their first touchdown of the game, the Cougars were up 20-0 in the 3rd quarter. The first score of the […]

2 months ago | 1 read

2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: Dec. 29

It was a pretty quiet week in the Mountain West men’s basketball realm, with just three programs playing games. Heading into the New Year, where do we have each team slated?! Let’s dive into it! 1. Utah State Utah was one of nine programs who did not play a single game last week. They have […]

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The 2026 Recruiting Road So Far: Utah State

Welcome to the eleventh post in our twelve-part series reviewing each team’s signing class to date. These articles aim to provide a snapshot look at each team and lay out possible next steps once the transfer portal opens. Teams will be examined in alphabetical order. Today will look at the Aggies. The Road So Far: […]

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2025 Mountain West Connection All-Bowl Team

Bowl season is not officially over, but Mountain West Football is done for the season. With that being said, each year we take a look at each Mountain West bowl game and come up with our top performers from each Mountain West bowl game. Now that those games are over, let’s take a look at […]

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AZTECS LOSE BARNBURNER WITH NORTH TEXAS STATE, DROPPING 49-47

San Diego State loses against the Mean Green in a wild offensive showdown.  Bert Emanuel Jr. stepped up as quarterback and showed he has the talent to help the Aztecs, rushing for 170 yards before being injured in the second quarter.   On a beautiful afternoon in New Mexico, the Aztecs and North Texas Mean Green […]

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Fresno State Beats Miami of Ohio to take Arizona Bowl

Fresno State shook off a slow start to take the Arizona Bowl on Saturday evening, winning 18-3 over Miami of Ohio to finish the season with a 9-4 record in Matt Entz’s first season at the helm of the program. After receiving the opening kickoff, the Bulldogs quickly went three-and-out and punted to the RedHawks. […]

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Arizona Bowl: Fresno State vs. Miami (Ohio). Game time, TV schedule, odds.

Bowl games are here! Below is what you need to know: Saturday, December 27th Fresno State vs Miami (OH) (2:30 PM MT) | Coverage: CW Odds: FanDuel Line: Fresno State/Miami (OH): -5.5 Fresno State, O/U: 41.5 (Odds/lines subject to change. Visit FanDuel for more information.) Game Previews: What to Watch For: Fresno State: The Bulldogs have had […]

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Utah State’s latest win revealed a big truth as MW play begins

After a less-than-fruitful showing in non-conference play, each of the 12 Mountain West men’s basketball programs opened up conference play each of the last two weeks. Like any year, this conference has been fairly unpredictable on a game-by-game basis. That was the case in Utah State’s blowout win against Colorado State to begin MW action. […]

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Rate Bowl: New Mexico vs. Minnesota. Game time, TV schedule, odds.

Bowl games are here! Below is what you need to know: Friday, December 26th New Mexico vs Minnesota (2:30 PM MT) | Coverage: ESPN Odds: FanDuel Line: New Mexico/Minnesota: +1.5 New Mexico, O/U: 43.5 (Odds/lines subject to change. Visit FanDuel for more information.) Game Previews: What to Watch For: New Mexico: The Lobos have had a magical […]

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