Mountaintop View 5-1-19

Fresno State season preview

Bill Connelly previews the reigning champion Bulldogs in his final MWC preview. Connelly expects Fresno State to slip back a bit after drastically exceeding expectations in Jeff Tedford’s first two years back at the helm in Fresno. One of the main reasons to expect Fresno State to regress is their returning production rank of 129th in the country.

Nevada’s NFL draft drought

Nevada has only had one NFL draft selection in the past 5 years—Austin Corbett, the 33rd selection in last year’s draft. Nevada Sportsnet takes a closer look at the Wolfpack’s performance in the draft over the years.

Deion James announces transfer destination

After announcing his intention to transfer from Colorado State immediately following the basketball season, James intends to play as a graduate transfer at Washington State. James started 21 games in the 2017-2018 season, but did not play in 2018-2019 after starting the season injured.

CSU Softball stays in top 25

On the horizon:

• Later Today: Peak Perspective looks at the lack of fanfare around college baseball
• Coming Thursday: a look at Boise State’s Projected Depth Chart
• Coming Thursday: The Stats Corner 2018 football season review continues.
• Coming Friday: A new roundtable discussion.