MW general discussion

[Olyduck]

Any guesses for All conference teams?
Im at work right now so I will post my list after work tonight unless I get a longer break later

 

[Olyduck]

Ok here I go

QB Chukie Keeton Utah State
RB Donnel Pumphrey San Diego State
RB Marteze Waller Fresno State
WR Rashard Higgins Colorado State
WR Devonte Boyd UNLV
WR Thomas Spereck Boise State
TE Steven Walker Colorado State
C Marcus Henry Boise State
OG Darrell Greene San Diego State
OG Fred Zerblis Colorado State
OT Rees Odhiambo Boise State
OT Ben Clarke Hawaii

DL Kamalei Correa Boise State
DL Eddie Yarbrough Wyoming
DL Ian Seau Nevada
DL Alex Hansen Air Force
LB Nick Vigil Utah State
LB Tanner Vallejo Boise State
LB Christian Tago San Jose State
LB Dakota Cox New Mexico
CB Cleveland Wallace San Jose State
CB Damontae Kazee San Diego State
S Darian Thompson Boise State
S Weston Steelhammer Air Force

K Donny Hageman San Diego Staet
P Alex Boy Nevada
KR Carlos Wiggins New Mexico
PR JoJo Natson Utah State

 

[Peter Gozintite]

High school coaches havent had the most success when moving up to college. I dont know if I can see more than 2 wins for them again.

So where do college coaches come from?

 

[Peter Gozintite]

I think what many people don't know about sanchez is that he isnt just some high school coach. He came from one of the top high school programs in the country. Gorman has been a powerhouse in high school football, nationally. More importantly he brings the financial backing of one of the richest families in vegas in the Fertitas. They already donated over 30 million when he was hired and are reaching out to develop a booster program that we have never had here before. For football anyway, there has been some boosters for basketball for a long time.
I am trying to be optimistic more than anything else, but it would be nice to at least be relevant in the conference.

 

[Boise4Life]

So where do college coaches come from?

Art Briles, Gus Malzahn, and Hugh Freeze were high school coaches not all that long ago. Those dudes have done well. Briles is an amazing coach, easily one of the best in the business, and Malzahn is an offensive genius.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Art Briles, Gus Malzahn, and Hugh Freeze were high school coaches not all that long ago. Those dudes have done well. Briles is an amazing coach, easily one of the best in the business, and Malzahn is an offensive genius.

Thats my point. They dont just start in college, or jump from pop warner, they come from high school. If UNLV didnt have such a fuck OOC schedule, I would be more excited, but I see some serious ass whoopins early.

 

[Boise4Life]

I like your all-conference picks by the way, Oly. I'll try to get mine out at some point when I have a moment. One thing to note is that JoJo Natson, the stud return man and all-purpose guy has been kicked off of Utah State's team for a series of infractions over the years. They finally had enough and gave him the heave ho. They didn't specify as to the exact reason which is typical, but evidently they had experienced problems with him for a long time and the icing on the cake was his decision to steal/divert scholarship funds that were intended to go to one of his teammates. Sounds like a real quality guy, well more like an idiot. He was supposed to be a senior this coming season. You'd think he would have grown up by now, but he may just be a bad human being in general.

 

[Olyduck]

So where do college coaches come from?

College coaches more often come from college. Graduate assistants to assistant position coaches to position coaches to coordinators to coaches. its a much more common path.

 

[Olyduck]

I like your all-conference picks by the way, Oly. I'll try to get mine out at some point when I have a moment. One thing to note is that JoJo Natson, the stud return man and all-purpose guy has been kicked off of Utah State's team for a series of infractions over the years. They finally had enough and gave him the heave ho. They didn't specify as to the exact reason which is typical, but evidently they had experienced problems with him for a long time and the icing on the cake was his decision to steal/divert scholarship funds that were intended to go to one of his teammates. Sounds like a real quality guy, well more like an idiot. He was supposed to be a senior this coming season. You'd think he would have grown up by now, but he may just be a bad human being in general.

Oh i missed that about Natson.
well then lets replace him with Tyler Ervin from San Jose State he didnt have as many attempts as some others but in the ones he had he done good.

 

[Olyduck]

So where do college coaches come from?

or they come up as a position coach first before just taking the head job

 

[Peter Gozintite]

College coaches more often come from college. Graduate assistants to assistant position coaches to position coaches to coordinators to coaches. its a much more common path.

I get that, but like I said, Gorman isnt just an average high school program, and he brought boosters with him. Its a little different in many ways

 

[Olyduck]

Art Briles, Gus Malzahn, and Hugh Freeze were high school coaches not all that long ago. Those dudes have done well. Briles is an amazing coach, easily one of the best in the business, and Malzahn is an offensive genius.

Art Briles was RB coach fro 2 years befor taking over as a head coach
Malzahn was assistant/position/coordinator for 6 years at various programs before becoming a head coach
Freeze was a position coach then head at a NAIA then OC then head coach
none just went HS to College head coach

 

[Olyduck]

I get that, but like I said, Gorman isnt just an average high school program, and he brought boosters with him. Its a little different in many ways

Todd Dodge was at South Lake Carroll in Tx won 4 state titles in 7 years and then he never won more than 2 games in a season at North Texas.

 

[Olyduck]

Sanchez is only the 4th ever coach to go from HS to FBS head coach.
i already mentioned Dodge but the others are just as listless.
Bob Commings 74-78 at Iowa never won more than 5 games in a season
Gerry Faust 81-85 at Notre Dame and 86-94 at Akron never won more than 7 games in a season won multiple HS titles in Ohio.

 

[Olyduck]

so pretty much Sanchez story is similar to all these others except I would take a power HS in Texas or Ohio over Las Vegas anyday

 

[Boise4Life]

Here's my 2015 Mountain West all-conference team:

Offense

QB - Chuckie Keeton (Utah State)
WR - Rashard Higgins (Colorado State)
WR - Devonte Boyd (UNLV)
RB - Donnel Pumphrey (San Diego State)
RB - Marteze Waller (Fresno State)
OL - Marcus Henry (Boise State)
OL - Rees Odhiambo (Boise State)
OL - Michael Husar (Air Force)
OL - Ben Clarke (Hawai'i)
OL - Fred Zerblis (Colorado State)
TE - Steven Walker (Colorado State)

Defense

DL - Alex Hansen (Air Force)
DL - Kamalei Correa (Boise State)
DL - Ian Seau (Nevada)
DL - Eddie Yarbrough (Wyoming)
LB - Tanner Vallejo (Boise State)
LB - Kyler Fackrell (Utah State)
LB - Nick Vigil (Utah State)
DB - Weston Steelhammer (Air Force)
DB - Donte Deayon (Boise State)
DB - Darian Thompson (Boise State)
DB - Damontae Kazee (San Diego State)

Special Teams
K - Will Conant (Air Force)
P - Will Conant (Air Force)
PK - Lloyd Mills (San Diego State)
Ret. - Deionte Gaines (Colorado State)

 

[Boise4Life]

MWC media poll was just released:

Mountain:

Boise (28)
Utah State (2)
Colorado State
Air Force
Wyoming
New Mexico

West:

San Diego State (27)
Fresno (3)
Nevada
San Jose
Hawaii
UNLV

 

[Olyduck]

Anyone with any news out of the MWC?

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

I'll hopefully be in the MWC section of my predictions soon

 

[Olyduck]

Wow Utah State just wow