Welcome back, everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! I am back from Mountain West Media Days, which happened on July 16th and 17th in Las Vegas, and I was able to interview every single attendee from the event! This week, you’ll hear my exclusive interviews with all 24 players that came to town, along with my impressions of their team heading into the 2025 season. And don’t worry, I talked to every head coach as well, you just have to wait for next week’s episode to hear those. We’re going to go from Air Force down to Wyoming, talking with everyone from Kage Casey to Trey White about this upcoming year. Hang on to your hiking gear, because we have a lot of stops to make! Let’s dive in.

Before we begin, a little more housekeeping. What you’ll hear in this episode is not the full interviews with these players, I had to shorten them to three questions each for time’s sake. But, if you want to hear those full interviews, don’t worry, all of my interviews from media days will be out in the next week or so on our website, MWCConnection.com, as well as on my YouTube channel, which is JackTalksCFB, all one word. Stay tuned for those videos, and the same applies to the coaches episode as well. The podcast episode will have 75% of the interview, and the website and YouTube will have the full versions available to you. Sounds good? Alright, let’s actually dive in.

Players interviewed:

1. Air Force: TE Bruin Fleischmann, Punter Luke Freer
2. Boise State: LT Kage Casey, DE Jayden Virgin-Morgan
3. Colorado State: QB Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, DE Mukendi Wa-Kalonji
4. Fresno State: Center Jacob Spomer, CB Al'Zillion "AZ" Hamilton
5. Hawaii: WR Pofele Ashlock, LB Jamih Otis
6. Nevada: QB Chubba Purdy, DT Thomas Witte
7. New Mexico: LG Richard Pearce, DE Gabriel Lopez
8. San Diego State: Center Ross Ulugalu-Maseuli, DE Trey White
9. San Jose State: QB Walker Eget, LB Taniela Latu
10. UNLV: WR/RET DeAngelo Irvin Jr, Safety Jake Pope
11. Utah State: QB Bryson Barnes, DT Gabriel Iniguez Jr
12. Wyoming: Center/Podcast Host Jack Walsh, TE John Michael Gyllenborg

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