The Pac-Mountain Pulse

In this episode, Derek flies solo to discuss how the teams of the Mountain West and Pac-12 stack up defensively, the recent news of San Jose State quarterback Luke Weaver being named the starter and the recent controversy of patch brand deals trickling their way into college football.

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In this episode, Derek and Dom discuss their thoughts and feelings about the new 5-for-5 eligibility rule, whether the Mountain West and Pac-12 will have better quarterbacks or running backs, and which program from both conferences will end the season with the most amount of AP votes.

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In this episode, Derek and Dom discuss how the new Pac-12 and Mountain West stack up to the American and other Group of Six conferences, which teams will make their case early in the 2026 football season and react to the new basketball conference tournament brackets for 2027.

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Welcome back to the Pac-Mountain Pulse, a Mountain West Connection podcast! In this episode, Jack Thompson (@JackTalksCFB) joins the show to discuss the hype and expectations of Texas State quarterback Brad Johnson, which teams will exceed or fall below their FanDuel win total expectations and the ongoing discussions of conference realignment a couple years down the line.

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In this episode, Derek Raridon and Dom Gutierrez discuss some of the bigger headlines from the first day of the Mountain West Media Days event in Las Vegas, including some items from Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez's State of the Mountain West opener and the release of the all-MW preseason teams and award favorites, then briefly get into which football newcomer will live up to their expectations this year.

On this special episode, Dom and Derek talk with Stephanie Rempe, Nevada's athletic director, about a potential GSR project involving a new men's basketball arena. Rempe provides answers regarding the phrase "public money" being thrown around, how the university will help students get to off-campus games, and why this project as a whole will benefit Northern Nevada. You won't want to miss this one!

Dom & Derek bring on another guest to the show! In this episode, Nevada women's soccer head coach Vanessa Valentine joins Talking Pack to discuss the 2024 soccer season, a look ahead to 2025, and what the game of soccer and coaching has meant to Valentine.

Nevada cheerleader Jean-Alexadner Fonvil, a.k.a. the Nevada hypeman, joins Derek and Dom to discuss how he became a cheerleader and the hypeman we know today, overcoming setbacks such as his car accident in 2022 as well as an eating disorder and what comes next for him after he graduates in May.

Derek and Dom go over the last week in sports, then discuss the arrest of Nevada defensive back Keyshawn Cobb, where they think the season for the women's volleyball team went wrong and the men's basketball team's upcoming appearance in the Charleston Tournament.

In this episode, Derek and Dom recap the last week in sports, then get into Nevada football's surprisingly good loss against Boise State, men's basketball's great 3-0 start to the season, and the women's basketball's mixed start, including their first game in the Tahoe Blue Event Center in South Lake Tahoe.