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Pokes in the NFL (Week #4)

Pokes in the Pros: Week 4

LARAMIE, Wyoming (10/1/24) – The Cincinnati Bengals earned a much-needed 34-24 victory at Carolina in Week 4 of the National Football League season, which moved them to 1-3. Logan Wilson, who hasn’t been the issue during the Bengals’ slow start, performed very strong, yet again.
The former University of Wyoming football player, and Casper native, boasted a team-high 10 tackles and one quarterback hit. He now has 43 tackles, one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one quarterback hit this season. Wilson’s number of tackles ranks him in a tie for fifth in the league.
Cincinnati hosts the Ravens in Week 5.

Below is a list of the other former Wyoming student-athletes and how they did in Week 4.

Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills
Allen had his weakest game of the young season on Sunday night, as the Bills fell at Baltimore, 35-10. He was 16-for-29 for 180 yards, while adding 21 yards on five carries.
For the season, Allen is 70-for-101 for 814 yards and seven touchdowns. He’s chipped in 106 yards on 22 carries with a pair of scores for the 3-1 Bills.
Buffalo travels to Houston in Week 5.

Carl Granderson, New Orleans Saints
Granderson logged an average day in the Saints’ 26-24 loss at Atlanta. He made two tackles.
For the season, Granderson owns 15 tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble and four quarterback hits for 2-2 New Orleans.
The Saints travel to Kansas City for Week 5’s Monday Night Football.

Chad Muma, Jacksonville Jaguars
Muma didn’t record a stat in the Jaguars’ 24-20 loss at Houston on Sunday.
For the season, Muma owns 10 tackles for 0-4 Jacksonville.
The Jaguars host Indianapolis in Week 5.

Frank Crum, Denver Broncos
Crum was active for the second week in a row in Denver’s 10-9 victory at the New York Jets. The 2-2 Broncos host Las Vegas in Week 5.

Andrew Wingard, Jacksonville Jaguars
Wingard did not play due to an injury in Jacksonville’s 24-20 loss at Houston on Sunday. He has yet to play this season.

Tashaun Gipson, Jacksonville Jaguars
Gipson did not play due to a suspension in Jacksonville’s 24-20 loss at Houston on Sunday. He has yet to play this season.

Treyton Welch, New Orleans Saints
Welch is currently participating on the Saints’ practice squad. He has yet to be elevated this season.

Marcus Epps, Las Vegas Raiders
Epps’ season came to an end in Week 3. He tore his ACL after a 10-tackle effort. Epps finished the season with 19 tackles and one tackle for loss.
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Where's Our Commitment(s)?

Reading the AD's interview, looks like we're seeking "stability" instead of making the MWC as competitive as possible. We just now added another freeloader program to a conference of freeloaders. Another mouth to feed. Looking forward to UTEP winning the MWC in football in............or basketball in.......

We came within a whisker of being blown up entirely, we weathered the punches....and now we want to go back to being.....stable. So we're apparently looking at Harlequin...er, Tarleton State!

I have no answers, but wouldn't it be something if Gloria Nevarez had a sit down with the MWC AD's and did something radical, like propose each school meet an annual minimum of at least $65-70 million in spending on athletics, emphasizing football, as one component of a new, rebooting strategy to make us less poachable? Or propose they commit at least $20M to NIL?

That would be met with stone silence and likely a motion to have her fired, because the remaining schools in the room have combined for one MWC football ring in the past 10 years, and barely that in basketball, so shut up.

It seems nobody is intent on building the MWC and putting muscle on it--instead let's just hang on to it. Keeping things stable. A sure recipe for the vultures to return if there's anything left on the bone.

Burman said, "We are a unique entity, but we bring great value to the Mountain West Conference or any other conference out there. But you have to look a little deeper to find the value..." Anybody have a guess as to what he's talking about?

That's the flowery, platitude, avoiding specifics b.s.'ing . of the fans that ensures a .49 percent football and .48 percent hoops program over the last 10 years. The word value has been redefined...

UTEP vice president and director of athletics Jim Senter obviously talked with him...."I know the Miners will feel right at home with the other quality athletic programs in this great conference."

More value talk.....“I’m still excited about Wyoming football... We have a very good core, and we’re recruiting very well. Jay Sawvel is doing some extremely good things with this program. I think we’re going to be fine in football,” he said, adding that basketball and other Olympic sports are also seeing promising futures.

“There’s a lot of opportunity at the University of Wyoming,” Burman said.



One day--probably two years from now--Eli Wallach and 200 other banditos in college football will ride back for another raid, but there's no more Magnificent 7 to save us. Perhaps enough people will by then finally understand how "extremely good things" is actually defined in Laramie. In the meantime, we'll resume our seat at the hind teat, make room for UTEP, and hope UNLV, AFA and Nevada can keep us fed. Or maybe Tarleton St.
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