Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner close out SZD’s Offseason Vibe Check series with the Mountain West. How has everything gone for this conference and its teams between the end of the regular season and now? Let’s discuss:

* The state of the Mountain West’s squabbling with the Pac-12

* New Mexico’s new head coach, Jason Eck, has been an FCS lifer

* Utah State’s Bronco Mendenhall hire could be one of the best moves any team made all offseason

* Fresno State gets Matt Entz, formerly of NDSU, and tries to find talent in unconventional places

* Boise State loses Ashton Jeanty but has so much coming back

* Colorado State has an intriguing group of freshmen and an ex-Ohio State WR

* San Jose State tries to build on an encouraging first year under Ken Niumatalolo but has to move forward without an all-time receiver, Nick Nash

* UNLV got Dan Mullen … and then some shaky headlines about its finances

* Nevada looks to a familiar face, Chubba Purdy, to turn around a 3-10 team

* Air Force is a candidate to be one of the most improved teams in FBS, but it’s not clear who will play QB

* Wyoming has holes to fill at positions where it’s produced elite players recently

* San Diego State tries to get back to basics after an ugly first year for Sean Lewis

* Hawaii has athletic director turmoil on an epic scale

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Producer: Anthony Vito

Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Ricard Johnson

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