Bill Connelly's mega offseason previews: MWC Mountain
Bill Connelly breaks down the MWC Mountain division and whether there is any real threat to Boise State's dominance.
Bill Connelly breaks down the MWC Mountain division and whether there is any real threat to Boise State's dominance.
Next year's installment of the annual football game between Air Force and Navy has been moved from Oct. 2 to Sept. 11 in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
— Jakobi Buchanan scored on a 1-yard run with 73 seconds left, and Army rallied past Air Force 10-7 on Saturday to win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for the ninth time.
Army and Air Force will play at a neutral site for the first time in more than a half-century when the rivalry game moves next year to the Texas Rangers baseball stadium that hosted the last World Series.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the latest head-scratching College Football Playoff rankings, no one mentioning Texas A&M, David’s Dude and their conference championship picks. Then, Paul Finebaum hops on to discuss Alabama-Florida, if this is Nick Saban’s best team, the favorite to land the Auburn job and if Hugh Freeze will return to the SEC (29:04). Next, Andrea Adelson stops by to talk about Clemson-Notre Dame, why this game will be very different from the first and the improvement the Irish have shown throughout the season (44:16). Finally Tom Luginbill talks National Signing Day, hitting on the toughest recruiting cycle ever in college football, Maryland and Ole Miss trending upward, Michigan and Texas trending downward, and the role the transfer portal will play this offseason (54:28).
— Haaziq Daniels had the longest touchdown pass of his career and one of four Air Force rushing touchdowns and the Falcons dominated Utah State 35-7 on Thursday night.
Thursday's Colorado State at Air Force football game has been called off because of an uptick in COVID-19 cases within the Rams program.
Wyoming's game at Air Force has been canceled due to an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases within the Falcons' football team and at the Colorado-based Academy.
Saturday's Air Force-Army game is off because of COVID-19 issues at Air Force. It is unclear whether the game can be rescheduled.
Week 9 action got off to a fun start with the breakout performance of Taulia Tagovailoa and continued on Saturday.
Rex Ryan joined us for his weekly spot to discuss Week 5 in the NFL.
Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl tied a school record with four field goals, Air Force's hastily reconstructed defense stymied Navy's offense and the Falcons opened their season with a 40-7 win over the Midshipmen on Saturday night.
The college football season rolls on into Week 5. Alabama debuts its latest addition to Bryant-Denny, Bailey Zappe's numbers continue to turn heads and even more as the SEC gives us some must-see matchups this week.
War Eagle. Mike the Tiger. Ralphie the buffalo. Bevo. Reveille. Smoky. Uga. When it comes to college football mascots, there's nothing like the real thing.
The Mountain West will not feature separate divisions this year, and the two teams with the best conference winning percentage will play in the football title game on Dec. 19.
The Mountain West became the second league Thursday to approve a fall football season, announcing it will play an eight-game slate starting the weekend of Oct. 24.
In its latest Air Power Legacy Series uniforms, the Air Force Academy honors the Tuskegee Airmen, a Black World War II pilot squadron.
Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo said it's unfair Air Force can vie for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy this fall. After initially blaming the Pentagon for the decision, Niumatalolo later apologized, saying, "The Pentagon has nothing to do with this."
Air Force will host Navy on Oct. 3 as the Falcons will play only the two other major service academies this fall and vie for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.
The Mountain West will postpone its fall sports season indefinitely. The conference is looking to the spring as an option for football and other fall sports.
Air Force starting quarterback Donald Hammond could miss the upcoming season after falling out of good standing with the academy, the Falcons confirmed in a statement on Saturday night.
A lot of talent is returning next college football season, but who stands out from the group? Here are the best returning players, according to PFF.
With nearly every team in the MWC's Mountain Division retooling, Boise State still leads the way ahead of the 2020 season. But will Air Force, Wyoming or even Colorado State give the Broncos a test for the division crown?
Pro Football Focus rates the 10 best returning college football offensive linemen (plus one sleeper), and the list starts with Penei Sewell.
Colorado could target a number of current and former NFL coaches to fill its head-coaching job after Mel Tucker left for Michigan State.
TEAM | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
San José State | 6-0 | 7-1 |
Boise State | 5-0 | 5-2 |
Nevada | 6-2 | 7-2 |
San Diego State | 4-2 | 4-4 |
Hawai'i | 4-4 | 5-4 |
Fresno State | 3-3 | 3-3 |
Air Force | 2-2 | 3-3 |
Wyoming | 2-4 | 2-4 |
New Mexico | 2-5 | 2-5 |
Colorado State | 1-3 | 1-3 |
Utah State | 1-5 | 1-5 |
UNLV | 0-6 | 0-6 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Marceese Yetts | RB | Committed | 73 |
Dru Polidore | CB | Committed | 72 |
Christien Hawks | OT | Committed | 72 |
Brody Crane | OC | Committed | 72 |
Tre Roberson | WR | Committed | 71 |
YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
---|---|---|
1990 | C. Howard | Campbell Trophy |
1987 | C. Hennings | Outland Trophy |