It was chaos week in the Mountain West as the conference’s top four NCAA Tournament contenders — Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego State and No. 22 Utah State

Eck had revived an Idaho program mired in mediocrity with no winning season since 2016 with three consecutive playoff appearances. But his departure was sudden and he took most of his coaching staff with him to the Lobos. More than two dozen Idaho players also flooded the transfer portal following his announcement.

It was an ugly start for the Boise State men’s basketball team, and it never got any better. The Broncos went into The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday night, looking to pick up a Quad 1 victory and instead got raced out of the building as New Mexico beat the Broncos 84-65.

Jared Elliott is joining Eck's staff as the program's tight ends coach, multiple sources tell FootballScoop. He's a former co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Ball State, where he also previously had the passing game coordinator title.

The Idaho State Bengals have released their 2025 football schedule, which includes five home games and seven road tilts.

A partial skull of an ancient fish was found in the New Mexico desert, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A “demon-toothed” sea creature with “large, well-spaced fangs” has been ...

Other top spots went to resorts in Utah, Colorado, California and New York, including Vail, Telluride, Deer Valley and Alta. Newsweek readers also voted on the best snow-tubing park. Bogus earned the No. 7 slot in that poll, and Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg took No. 10.

The Carson National Forest has re-purposed the historic Tres Piedras home of wildlife conservationist Aldo Leopold.

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

Using our historic revenue surpluses this year to jump-start State investments in rural infrastructure is an obvious policy choice.

The good vibes from Boise State’s 41-point victory over Wyoming quickly abated during a Mountain West Conference men’s basketball game at The Pit.  New Mexico (