Mountain West Wire

Jeremy and Matt are back to talk about one of the most interesting teams in the Mountain West: the New Mexico Lobos. Their run-option attack will put a scare into any team they face this year and it does not really matter that they lost Teriyon Gipson because the next running back up should replicate his success, or be very close.

New Mexico does have a senior quarterback in Lamar Jordan which could help this offense if he can increase his passing percentage a few points and get above 55 percent.

The big concern is the defense. Last year, the Lobos defense was right around average but they lose majority of those players from last year. This very well could cause this unit to take a step back.

With the defense not being as good that will mean the offense will need to outscore opponents this year.

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Jeremy and Matt are back with a few announcements on the show. First off, all of our content is currently being hosted at patreon.com/MWCwire until our official home is finalized at CollegeFootballNews.com.

This latest show previews Utah State who is coming off a year where they went 3-9 but did lose four games by a touchdown or less. There is promise with this Aggies team with those close loses. The big question about this team is if Matt Wells will be back as head coach after the 2017 season. We does have a contract through 2019 and had support from the AD, however a third-straight losing season might do him in.

The Aggies had a big blow when wide receiver Rayshad Lewis decided to transfer after spring football. Lewis was expected to play a key role on offense and be part of one of the best wide receiver units in the country. The running back position is one to watch now that Devante Mays has moved on to the NFL. The running game last year was poor when Mays was out and neither Tonny Lindsey or LaJuan Hunt could do much last year, but if the offenseis going to be any good they need a solid running game.

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Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Colorado State Rams and their 2017 season. After finishing 7-6 a year ago, Mike Bobo's third year in Fort Collins comes with great expectations: The Rams were among the nation's best teams in the second half of last fall, period, and are in the mix for the Group of Five's spot in a New Year's Day bowl.

CSU's offense is littered with stars, including senior quarterback Nick Stevens, senior receiver Michael Gallup and the three-headed running attack of Dalyn Dawkins, Izzy Matthews and (if he's healthy) Marvin Kinsey Jr. They should be able to put up points on just about anyone.

The big question that remains is whether the defense, which returns eight starters including linebackers Josh Watson and Evan Colorito, can take a step forward. If the Rams can reach their potential on both sides of the ball, their first season in the new on-campus stadium could be a special one.

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Jeremy and Matt are back for the preview the San Diego State Aztecs who are the two-time defending conference champions. The Aztecs do lose a lot of talen on both sides of the ball including NCAA's all-time leading rusher in Donnel Pumphrey. 

With the West division still not great San Diego State has a good shot at winning the division again this season. Their schedule is a bit tougher so a shot at a New Year's Six bowl game could be within reach as they play Boise State, Stanford, Arizona State and a potentially decent team in Northern Illinois.

The big question for the Aztecs is how much better can the passing game be? 

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In the latest installment of our way-too-early previews we bring on Adam Luckett of UnderdogDynasty.com to talk about Boise State's big game against the Troy Trorjans at Alberston's Stadium. While the Broncos are a big favorite this will not be an easy game as Troy is returning nearly everyone on offense and a decent amount of their defense.

This game has the ability to be a sneaky good early season matchup.

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Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Nevada Wolf Pack and their 2017 season. The big ticket item surrounding this team is the new coaching staff where Jay Norvell is taking over from Brian Polian. This offense is expected to be a pass-happy attack which we are coining #AirWolf due to its tendencies. 

There is a quarterback battle brewing with Ty Gangi who started the back half of last year as an injury replacement for Tyler Stewart is being challenged by former Alabama quarterback David Cornwell. Despite who is quarterback the offense will be throwing a lot and handing the ball off to James Butler, and he very well could be the best running back in the conference.

The defense needs work as the front seven was one of the worst in the country last year, but the plus side is that they return nearly all of those players.

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Matt and Jeremy are back with the next installment of their 2017 season preview as we take a look at the San Jose State Spartans. San Jose State has a new head coach with Brent Brennan who is coming over from Oregon State and is making a return back to San Jose where he coached before.

The key issues for the Spartans is a new quarterback and the offensive line must get better, but the positives, once again, are the secondary.

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Matt and Jeremy are back for their next season preview which is the Wyoming Cowboys. The main attraction for the Cowboys is quarterback Josh Allen who is expected to be a high NFL Draft pick, but his weapons are lacking due to multiple players off to the NFL.

The Cowboys won the Mountain Division last year and to do so they will need to reload the offense that lost multiple skill players but they do have a defense that returns a lot of talent but there is still room to grow on that side of the ball.

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We continue our series of getting to know the Mountain West foes, and this week we chat with Robby McCombs who is the site manager for Vanquish the Foe which covers BYU on the SB Nation network.

The Cougars sort of have a new quarterback in Tanner Mangum getting the starting job back after backing up Taysom Hill last year. Mangum took over for Hill in the first game of 2015 after another season-ending injury.

Running back is also a concern for the Cougars who lost Jamaal Williams to the NFL Draft, and there is no real backup in place.

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We are chatting with Kaelen Jones of Houst of Sparky to get insight to the Arizona State football program. They host San Diego State this upcoming year, and time to find out what they are up to since spring football.

The Sun Devils will have a new quarterback and a new defensive coordinator in Phil Bennett to maybe shore up their defense that gave up nearly 40 points per game.

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