December 02, 2025

Computers pick Boise State & UNLV! New Mexico beats SDSU in all-time classic! Colorado State hires Jim Mora from UConn! Mountain West Championship Preview/Prediction!

17 minutes

Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! The final week of the regular season was utter chaos, as New Mexico stunned San Diego State in double overtime to send us to a four way tie for first. After the computers crunched numbers for two days, it was announced that the conference championship would be between Boise State and UNLV, leaving the Lobos and Aztecs on the outs. I have a lot of thoughts on how this tiebreaker stuff went down, so we’ll start the show there, and then we’ll talk about the absolute classic that was San Diego State versus New Mexico, because that truly was the game of the year in the Mountain West. After that, we have our first head coaching hire of the offseason, with Colorado State officially tabbing UConn head coach Jim Mora as their next showrunner. We’ll talk about what that means for the direction of the Rams program going forward, and then we’ll end the show with a preview and prediction for the Mountain West championship game with UNLV travelling to the Blue Turf to take on two-time defending champion Boise State. Massive episode this week, let’s dive right in!

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Show Notes:

How the (Mountain) West was won: Lobos upset leads to four way tie, Boise & UNLV get the nod
Opinion: The current tiebreaker rules need to go NOW!
New Mexico beats San Diego State in 2OT for biggest win in school history: Full recap of the insanity
Colorado State swipes Jim Mora from UConn: Résumé, UConn renaissance, Grade
Mountain West Championship Game Preview/Prediction: Rebels trying to break the curse, Broncos attempting to go out on a three-peat!

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