Hi everyone, welcome back to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! I’m dealing with some technical difficulties this week, so unfortunately, the episode I recorded on the Mountain West and PAC-12’s settled litigation won’t be ready this week. Apologies for that, I’m away from home right now and I’m working with what I got. I’m not leaving you empty handed though, for this week, please enjoy my first ever radio interview with North Dakota State’s flagship station, Bison 1660, from Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas! Hosted by Sam Neidermann and Andy Rieckhoff, who are announcers for the team, we talked about some of the top storylines across the conference, X-Factors to watch for North Dakota State and the Mountain West, and my first ever championship game prediction! I had a great time chatting with them, so please enjoy my first on-air interview!
Show Notes:
- Evolution of the Mountain West to reach 2026
- Mountain West’s identity/successful play styles
- North Dakota State QB Nathan Hayes: Biggest wild card in the MW?
- Under-the-radar players to watch out for across the conference
- What is the winning formula in the Mountain West?
- Championship game predicted matchup and winner
That is it for this week’s episode of the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you so much for listening! Apologies again for the technical difficulties pushing back our litigation deep dive, I’ll be back in my normal setup next week! Huge shoutout to Sam and Andy for having me on Bison 1660, I had a blast talking with them at Media Days, and hopefully I can chat with them again soon. Find all 21 of our full length interviews from Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegashere, as well as our Media Days episodes spotlighting the attending players, every head coach, and MW Commissioner Gloria Nevarez and college sports business expert KC Smurthwaite! Make sure to explore the FREEdepth chart tracker app, which provides starting lineup projections for every team in the Mountain West and PAC-12! If you like the show & enjoy our coverage, leave a rating on whatever platform you’re listening on, every single one of those helps us out immensely. Follow us on twitter atMWCConnection & find all of your Mountain West news atMWCConnection.com. Also make sure to check out our site’s brand new podcast, “The Pac-Mountain Pulse”, with Derek & Dom’s conversations airing on Thursdays! Thank you so much for listening, one more week of projecting and then we finally get to watch these teams we’ve talked so much about take the field for the first time together! Until next time, I’m Jack Thompson, and thank you for coming back to the mountain!