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Peak Perspective: Was the 2020 season a success for the MWC? Share this story Welcome to another postseason review post. Way back in October, this post looked at what were some of the main factors that could qualify the 2020 football season a success for the Mountain West Conference. Now that the season has concluded, it’s time to revisit those factors to see whether or not the MWC had a successful season. Let’s dive in. Playing any games in any form at all. Even if every team got to play...

LOGAN — Former Utah State interim coach Frank Maile is staying in the Mountain West Conference. Maile has been hired to be the new assistant head coach and defensive line coach at Boise State, the school announced Wednesday Maile had been a mainstay at USU for the better part of two decades, first as a player and then as a coach. The Aggie alum joined the USU coaching staff in 2009 and stayed on until 2014, when he left to become the defensive line coach at Vanderbilt. Maile returned to Logan...

Peak Perspective: Grading the Mountain West Head Coaching Hires so Far There are going to be two new head men in the Mountain West this year Share this story Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports At the beginning of the 2019 season, there were quite a few Mountain West teams hiring new head coaches in Colorado State, Hawaii, Fresno State, UNLV, New Mexico, and San Diego State. This year there looks like two teams that will be playing next season with a new head coach, and both are unexpected. Utah ...

When Utah State’s football team hosts Boise State this upcoming fall, a very familiar face will be on the opposing sideline at Maverik Stadium. Former USU interim head coach Frank Maile has been hired as BSU’s associate head coach/defensive line coach. Maile was thrust into the center of a controversy late last year after filling in for fired head coach Gary Andersen but losing a bid to become the Aggies’ new permanent head coach. An independent investigation into the hiring deci...

While Utah State’s new head football coach works on putting together his staff for the 2021 season, all members of the former staff were officially out of work on Dec.

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The Recruiting Road So Far: Utah State Taking a look at the Aggie’s December class. Share this story Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images Welcome to the eleventh post in our twelve-part series that hopefully makes the dead period go by a bit quicker. These articles aim to provide a detailed look at what each team has done thus far on the recruiting trail and what work still needs to be put in before NLI day in February. One team a day will be featured this year in alphabetical order. Today w...

Oregon State South? San Jose State emerging as a Mountain West power led by a staff loaded with former Beavers Updated Dec 16, 2020; Posted Dec 16, 2020 San Jose State coach Brent Brennan spent time on the Oregon State coaching staffs under Mike Riley and Gary Andersen. (John Locher/Associated Press) Facebook Share There’s a California school with myriad Oregon State connections to its coaching staff that has become one of college football’s 2020 darlings. San Jose State is 6-0 and playin...

Could Nevadas Strong Follow In Loves Footsteps? By AlaskaFan39 on Dec 15, 2020, 10:17am PST + Jordan Love was a riser in the 2020 NFL Draft and was selected in the first round by the Green Bay Packers in a surprising pick by the franchise due to the presence of Aaron Rodgers. He was touted as a first-round pick due to the quality of his performances over his three-year career at Utah State, although his junior season brought out the skeptics doubting his quality at an NFL level. The...

PROVO — Not even a global pandemic could slow college footballs coaching carousel. One of the latest coaching searches already has replacement candidates that span the Wasatch Front. When Arizona parted ways with Kevin Sumlin after the former Texas A&M coachs 0-5 season (and a 9-15 record in three years), it didnt take long for reports to peer toward the Beehive State to find his replacement. BYUs Kalani Sitake and Jeff Grimes, as well as Weber States Jay Hill, have all been fingered as poten...