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The MWCConnection 2020 Preseason Awards and Predictions

Welcome to Kickoff Week here at MWCConnection! Coinciding with MWC Media Days week, it is the unofficial start to the football season. It’s a great time to get hyped about your team and start getting nuggets of football news. Yesterday was our all conference team, which can be found here.

Today, we are releasing our preseason awards and predictions for division standings and conference champion. Like yesterday’s post, our team members submitted their picks and the players and teams with the most votes won out. Take a look at what we compiled below:

Awards

Offensive Player of the Year:

  • Hank Bachmeier (Boise State)

Defensive Player of the Year:

  • Tariq Thompson (San Diego State)

Special Teams Player of the Year:

  • Savon Scarver (Utah State)

Offensive Breakout Player of the Year:

  • Jake Haener (Fresno State)

Defensive Breakout Player of the Year:

  • Demitri Washington (Boise State)

Offensive Freshman of the Year:

  • Ben Dooley (Boise State)

Defensive Freshman of the Year:

  • Brennan Scott (UNLV)

Coach of the Year:

  • Bryan Harsin (Boise State)

Predictions

Voting went as followed: 6 points for a first place vote, 5 for second, 4 for third place, and so on.