Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner close out SZD’s Offseason Vibe Check series with the Mountain West. How has everything gone for this conference and its teams between the end of the regular season and now? Let’s discuss:
The state of the Mountain West’s squabbling with the Pac-12
New Mexico’s new head coach, Jason Eck, has been an FCS lifer
Utah State’s Bronco Mendenhall hire could be one of the best moves any team made all offseason
Fresno State gets Matt Entz, formerly of NDSU, and tries to find talent in deeply unconventional places
Boise State loses Ashton Jeanty but has much coming back
Colorado State has an intriguing group of freshmen and an ex-Ohio State WR
San Jose State tries to build on an encouraging first year under Ken Niumatalolo but has to move forward without an all-time receiver, Nick Nash
UNLV got Dan Mullen … and then some shaky headlines about its finances
Nevada looks to a familiar face, Chubba Purdy, to turn around a 3-10 team
Air Force is a candidate to be one of the most improved teams in FBS, but it’s not clear who will play QB
Wyoming has holes to fill at positions where it’s produced elite players recently
San Diego State tries to get back to basics after an ugly first year for Sean Lewis
Hawaii has athletic director turmoil on an epic scale
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How Big a Deal is Bill Belichick's Mess?
Bill Belichick’s relationship with Jordon Hudson is the stuff of sports gossip legend, but we are most interested in what it says about Belichick’s ability to run an ACC football team. Alex and Richard discuss in this subscriber episode:
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Producer: Anthony Vito
Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Ricard Johnson
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