2022 Mountain West Bold Predictions
Going through some fun predictions
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College football is here and our staff put together some bold picks and predictions for the upcoming year within the Mountain West.
We definitely will keep these predictions saved to revisit them at the end of the year so we can gloat or gett tagged by Freezing Cold Takes if things go sideways.
As a bonus and before we get to our staff picks, below are a few bold picks for Week 0 from our great Twitter followers.
https://twitter.com/steveng26519783/status/1562914704732745729
Ok… now onto our staff predictions this year.
Darkhorse title game:
Jeremy: San Jose State vs. Wyoming
Matt K: San Jose State vs. Colorado State
Brandon Blake: Nevada vs Air Force
Andrew: Fresno State vs Air Force
Michael: San Jose State vs. Boise State
Tomari: Fresno State vs Utah State
TJ: San Jose State Vs Air Force
Phil: Utah State vs San Diego State
Sean: Hawai’i vs Colorado State
Darkhorse champion
Jeremy: San Jose State
Matt K: Colorado State
Brandon Blake: Nevada
Andrew: Air Force
Michael: San Jose State
Tomari: Utah State
TJ: San Jose State
Phil: San Jose State
Sean: Colorado State
Unexpected breakout player
Jeremy: Clay Millen, QB, CSU
Matt K: Jeff Weimer, WR, UNLV
Brandon Blake: Christopher Love: DT, Nevada
Andrew: Justin McGriff, WR, Utah State
Michael: Aidan Robbins, RB, UNLV
Tomari: Clay Millen, QB, CSU
TJ: Tre Watson, TE, Fresno St
Phil: Chevan Cordeiro, QB, San Jose State
Sean: Shane Illingworth, QB, Nevada
Non-QB player of the year
Jeremy: Calvin Tyler, RB, USU
Matt K: Brad Roberts, FB, AFA
Brandon Blake: Jalen Cropper, WR, Fresno State
Andrew: Titus Swen, RB, Wyoming
Michael: JL Skinner, S, Boise State
Tomari: Brad Roberts, FB, AFA
TJ: Jordan Mimis, RB, Fresno St
Phil: Titus Swen, RB, Wyoming
Sean: Brad Roberts, FB, AFA
Game you are most looking forward to OOC and league play
Jeremy: San Diego State at Utah, San Diego State at Fresno State
Matt K: Fresno State at USC; San Diego State at Boise State
Brandon Blake: Fresno State at USC, Colorado State at Nevada
Andrew: Wyoming vs. BYU, Colorado State vs. Nevada
Michael: Boise State at Oregon State, San Diego State at Fresno State
Tomari: Fresno State at USC, San Diego State at Fresno State
TJ: Fresno State at USC, Utah State vs Boise State
Phil: Colorado at Air Force, San Diego State at Fresno State
Sean: Air Force vs Army, Nevada vs Colorado State
FCS upset
Jeremy: Sacramento State over Colorado State
Matt K: Incarnate Word over Nevada
Brandon Blake: Sacramento State over Colorado State
Andrew: Sacramento State over Colorado State
Michael: Idaho State over UNLV
Tomari: Sacramento State over Colorado State
TJ: Idaho State over UNLV
Phil: Incarnate Word over Nevada
Sean: Incarnate Word over Nevada
Week 0 Mountain West Football Scoreboard, Results, Highlights
P5 upset
Jeremy: San Jose State over Auburn
Matt K: Wyoming over Illinois
Brandon Blake: San Jose State over Auburn
Andrew: Wyoming over Illinois
Michael: Fresno State over USC
Tomari: Fresno State over USC
TJ: San Diego State over Utah
Phil: Fresno State over USC
Sean: Hawa’i over Vanderbilt
Random bold prediction:
Jeremy: George Holani rushes for 1,200 yards.
Matt K: Clay Millen throws 30 touchdowns
Brandon Blake: New Mexico wins four games (I don’t think they’ll win more than two)
Andrew: Titus Swen rushes for 32 touchdowns (MW Single-Season record)
Michael: Andy Avalos will be Coach of the Year
Tomari: Utah State will repeat
TJ: Jake Haener is a Heisman Finalist
Phil: UNLV wins six games, bowl eligible
Sean: Air Force goes 11-1 and doesn’t win division.
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