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Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Eastern Michigan quarterback Eric Barriere is among the favorites to win the Walter Payton Award (the FCS Heisman) after throwing for 3,712 yards and 31 touchdowns last season. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The Eastern Washington Eagles were the FCS runner-up in 2018 but missed the playoffs a season ago despite going 6-2 in the Big Sky Conference behind another strong year from quarterback Eric Barriere. The Eagles will look to begin the 2021 spring college football se...

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Quarterback Preview Share this story Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports Spring football has already started for some Mountain West teams (Air Force) and the rest will start hitting the field in the next month. We are going to spend the next few months previewing each position group and where each team stands. For our first week, we are going to start out with gunslingers. The Good: San Jose State Nick Starkell had a legitimate shot at being the offensive player and has ...

Are WRs Worth First Round Picks Now? By JDMBApastor on Feb 12, 2021, 1:45pm EST + Listening to PFF talk with their draft expert (Mike Reimmer) about WRs. Their host--Steve Palozollo--asked today (essentially), "We have had a number of years in a row where the Wide Receiver class has been historically good. Is this a trend? Is this the new normal? Should smart teams stop valuing WRs as highly--given that you can find quality talent on Day 2 or Day 3?" This was a really interesting qu...

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: West Division 2020 The West was clearly the stronger division Share this story Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images In this edition of “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly,” I am going to focus on recapping the performances of each team in the West Division. While the Mountain Division is usually deeper, that definitely was not the case during the abbreviated 2020 season. Let’s take a look at how each team performed. The Good: San Jose State This season was arguably one...

San Jose State players respond to county official: ‘We got another mountain to climb’ [Mercury News] Dec. 25—Santa Clara County Executive Dr. Jeff Smith has made it crystal clear he believes San Jose State’s magical 7-0 season should be over. The Spartans plan on playing one more game anyway. After returning home following a win over Boise State in the Mountain West title game last weekend, the Spartans announced plans to travel to Tucson on Sunday to meet Ball State (6-1) in the Arizon...

No. 25 San Jose State beats Boise State in MWC title game By W.G. RAMIREZDecember 20, 2020 GMT LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lyrics blared loud and clear from San Jose State’s locker room Saturday night. “You just call on me brother when you need a hand. We all need somebody to lean on.” After beating Boise State 34-20 for their first Mountain West Conference championship, the No. 25 Spartans celebrated by swaying back and forth with arms connected at the elbow and belting out Bill Withers’ 19...