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Our second to last preview featues the Air Force Falcons. Jeremy and Matt discuss everything from what to expect from the Academy this year. The big issue is the 10 starters the team loses on defense and how that could impact Air Force's season.

The offense, per usual, is the bright spot for this team and it is led by Arion Worthman who took over mideason and looked the part of a great Falcons quarterback.

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We bring on Rich Kurtzman of MIle High Sports and 5280 Sports Network to discuss the Colorado State Rams fall camp so far. The Rams have had one scrimmage, their media day and also had an open house for their new on-campus stadium.

The interview dives into the offense with the quarterback situation that was murky for part of last year with injuries and unexpected play by Nick Stevens -- poor -- and freshman Collin Hill -- good.

We get into the riches of the running back position, who will step up on defense and also who Rich picks in the Mountain Division.

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We are back for our first basketball podcast in awhile with Jeremy Mauss being joined by Eli Boettger to talk San Jose State's hiring of Jean Prioleau to be their next head coach. Prioleau most recently was the associate head coach at Colorado and has 18 years of experience as assistant coach.

We discuss other names that came up in the search for this job, and two that likely would have been a bad fit for the Spartans.

The first coaching power rankings are out with San Jose State locking down its hire and we dissect the list and also answer your questions.

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The latest preview podcast focuses on the Hawaii football team which is coming off a 7-7 year where they beat Middle Tennessee State in the bowl game in Nick Rolovich's first year on the sidelines.

The Warriors finally have their quarterback position settled with Dru Brown as the returning starter. It has been a few years with no battle or injury at that position.

Brown came in midway last year and shined for the Warriors and expectations are high for Hawaii to repeat what they did last year.

Their schedule is not as tough and have a lot less travel as they are not going to Sydney this season. The defense should take a step forward with returning talent and the offense needs to find a wide receiver to replace the production of Marcus Kemp.

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The Colorado State Rams held its media day this week and all the key important coaches and players spoke to the media.

You will hear from head coach Mike Bobo, OC Will Friend, DC Marty English, ST coach Jamie Bryan, RB Dalyn Dawkins, QB Nick Stevens, WR Michael Gallup and many more.

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Jeremy and Matt are back to recap everything at Mountain West media days. This includes discussing how closely the preseason awards by the media mirrored our staff predictions with Boise State projected to win the Mountain and San Diego State the West Division. 

We talk about the storylines of the event ranging from Craig Thompson's lackluster speech, College Football Playoff director Bill Hancock's statement about access, coaches gifts and Nick Rolovich hiring Elvis to follow him around.

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In our latest podcast we expand the conversation about the #AmericanPowr6 with Collin Sherwin of The Daily Stampede who covers South Florida for SB Nation.

We first get into what Mike Aresco is thinking about promoting the American Athletic Conference as a Power 6 league. Sherwin was there on hand at media days for the comments about the commissioner's vision.

Next we go back and forth about how good the American vs. Mountain West is and if there is any point from doing a challenge between the two leagues in football.

Then we divert to talk MLS, Tijuana, hypothetical bowl games and Petco Park.

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In this latest show we talk Fresno State's expectations as Jeff Tedford is the new head coach for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are coming off a one-win season and the hope is that they win more than that last year, but there is a lot of work to do to get this Fresno State team back to the level of winning they are used to.

There is talent at wide receiver position and there is hope that this offense will take a step forward with quarterback Chason Virgil back under center and an offensive line that can't be worse than they were last season.

Let us know if you agree or disagree with Matt and Jeremy's win totals.

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In the latest short version of our podcast Jeremy discusses more on the American trying to push their agenda as the sixth power league. After reading comments from commissioner Mike Aresco it makes more sense in that he is trying to get his league to the next level by being creative. 

Also, Wyoming is hoping to get ESPN College Gaeday to come to Laramie.

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The return of the daily-ish good morning Mountain West podcast is back! 

Everyone must be thinking what the heck is up the this title. Well, it is a what the American Athletic Conference is branding themselves. They are trying to shoehorn their league into a non-existent seat at the big boy table.

We give them credit since the Mountain West is not doing much, but still come on AAC.

I also threw some shade at CBS Sports who for some reason believe the AAC has earned the benefit of the doubt in terms of respect among the Group of Five. They don't have that and have only been to one NY6 bowl game.

The other news hit in this podcast is a bit more detail on Air Force's Troy Calhoun discussing an eight-team playoff with a preceding playoff between four Group of Five teams.

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