We will also be driven to drink at times.

Wyoming fans are going to love Cole Henry. He’s 6’9” and around 240. I thought he showed terrific hands and touch around the rim. Idaho was small so I’m not going to get too carried away here, but I was impressed with Henry. He looked much better than advertised. In terms of hands and touch he reminded me a lot of Ike. He’s not as strong as Graham, but he’s probably a little more agile and a similar skill set. He’s not going to produce like Ike, but he will be an anchor on offense.

Diontae Allen can play. We haven’t had someone as smooth as him in a long time. It’s immediately obvious he’s played high level basketball. At 6-6 he will be big enough to guard in the MW, and he’s got a great stroke. Allen would start on any team in the conference.

Newton has done a lot of work over the summer. He was hot last night, and probably can’t shoot that well all season, but he’s a catch and shoot guy who can stretch defenses. Newton will be one of the best shooters in the conference.

To my eyes, Allen, Henry and Newton could play a lot of minutes anywhere in the league. Nesbitt has the body and athleticism to play but his shot selection was a little iffy.

Tainamo looks slow to me. He’s skilled and probably has a high IQ but I’m not sure he’s athletically competitive with our league’s big men. He’s got good hands, a good shooter, and looked trustworthy on defense.

Ebube is an athletic freak. That’s immediately apparent. He will have flashes this year that will be on highlight tapes for a long time. It looked to me like he also has a tendency to lose focus, and he made a couple sloppy turnovers that got him to the bench. For the first time in a long time, we’re going to have a guy who wouldn’t look out of place in SDSU’s front court, if the kid can stay on the floor.

Finally, the difference in body language on the bench between Sundance and Linder is night and day. It’s great to see some energy and enthusiasm for a change.

I didn’t see anything last night to change my opinion that Wyoming will be competitive this season, we will be fun to watch, and we will play interesting games in February and March. This team also has to grow a lot, and will be frustrating at times. In terms of size and athleticism we are much improved over last season. We don’t have anyone with the full suite of tools like Ike or the seasoning and experience of Maldo, but we have a group that can play and we have some length and size.

Who is in charge of recruiting for ladies basketball team?

I know of a prospect in Iowa who has great interest in Lady Pokes….

Thanks in advance.

Go Pokes

After reading the posts following the shite show that was Saturday night, its more apparent than ever that the fan base is pretty ignorant to the details of the Wyoming athletic program. I found it hilarious how many Craig Bohl defenders ran to his defense, "bet you miss Craig Bohl, you haters". Uhhh...dude. Craig Bohls hand picked replacement is the coach. Junior is the defensive coordinator. The old Bald coach was on the sidelines for crying out loud.

The program is where it is because Burman has been lazy and frankly, incompetent. Nepotism equals lazy in my opinion. Saturday is what nepotism gets you. Friends and family run things and not necessarily the most qualified. It happens everywhere and is frankly a really bad idea for a myriad of reasons not all of them exclusively bad to the program, but even for the coach and ad doing the lazy hiring. What happens when Aaron Bohl's shitty defense continues to blow assignments and not tackle? Will Sawvel have to fire him and endanger his friendship with Craig Bohl? That, of course, is the least of our worries but still just another negative consequence. Nepotism is common and mostly just LAZY.

To finish, Burman let this crap happen. I am not as big of a Burman hater as some. I can mention the good hires like Shyatt, Mark Branch and even Craig Bohl. But I can also cite Edwards, Schroyer obviously. And Burman's slow response to NIL is glaring. Its time for a change. Burman needs to move on and Wyoming needs a fresh start. Maybe Sawvel and company can save the season. Maybe it wont be all for nothing and not another Vic Koening disaster but now more than ever, its time for Burman to go.

LARAMIE, Wyoming (10/29/24) – The Buffalo Bills continue to have a very strong season despite all the personnel losses from last year. One that didn’t leave is Josh Allen, and he’s the main reason the ship hasn’t wobbled one bit in 2024-25.

The former University of Wyoming quarterback continues to play at an MVP-type level for 6-2 Buffalo. On Sunday at Seattle, Allen was 24-for-34 for 289 yards with two touchdowns and his first interception of the season. He added seven carries for 25 yards.

For the season, Allen is 143-for-223 for 1,772 yards with 14 touchdowns and one pick. One the ground, he’s carried it 45 times for 204 yards and three scores.

Buffalo hosts Miami in Week 9.

Below is a list of the other former Wyoming Cowboys and how they performed in Week 8.

Logan Wilson, Cincinnati Bengals
Wilson had a good game, as the Bengals’ modest two-game winning streak came to an end with a 37-17 loss at Philadelphia. He piled up seven tackles and one pass defended.

For the season, Wilson lays claim to 78 tackles – which ranks sixth in the league – one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, four quarterback hits and one pass defended.

Cincinnati, which is now 3-5 on the season, hosts Las Vegas in Week 9.

Carl Granderson, New Orleans Saints
Granderson had an OK game in the Saints’ 26-8 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers. He logged three tackles and one quarterback hit.
For the season, Granderson owns 30 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, one forced fumble and five quarterback hits for 2-6 New Orleans.
The Saints, who’ve lost six in a row, travel to Carolina in Week 9.

Frank Crum, Denver Broncos
Crum participated in the Broncos’ 28-7 win over Carolina. He received two snaps on special teams and one snap on the offensive line.
For the season, Crum has played 33 snaps with 24 of those occurring on special teams for 5-3 Denver.
The Broncos travel to Baltimore in Week 9.

Chad Muma, Jacksonville Jaguars
Muma didn’t record a stat in the Jaguars’ 30-27 loss to Green Bay.
For the season, Muma has logged 28 tackles for 2-6 Jacksonville.
The Jaguars travel to Philadelphia in Week 9.

Tashaun Gipson, Jacksonville Jaguars
Gipson did not play in Jacksonville’s 30-27 loss to Green Bay. He has yet to play this season after missing the first the first six games due to suspension.
The 2-6 Jaguars travel to Philadelphia in Week 9.

Andrew Wingard, Jacksonville Jaguars
Wingard did not play due to an injury in Jacksonville’s 30-27 loss to Green Bay. 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.

That USU will be on Wyoming’s schedule next fall, and we might have lost Bridger’s rifle for good.

Damn it anyway…..

The Utah State Aggies visit Laramie to battle for the Bridger Rifle.

Kickoff: 5 p.m. MST

Weather: 66°;

Aggies scored

USU 7, WYO 0

Horseshit Coach, Horseshit Officiating


Go Pokes

Fires HC after 5 losses in six games...


Go Pokes

I know, I'm a glutton for punishment asking that the post-game press conference be posted but I want to hear what Sawvel had to say. I'm particularly interested in his comments on Anderson and how he justified leaving that young man on the bench for so long. Thank you.

They win out and will play BSU in the championship.

When you have a HC that is so hell bent on going with one QB no matter how bad his passing stats are, that explains a lot of why we are in the situation we are in.

I was blown away by Sawvel's reasoning of why he put Svoboda back in at the end of the first half......(I paraphrase), 'well Svoboda had a good series in the last game where he took the team down the field in a few plays, and we scored....' please coach forget about all of the crappy plays that have happened, please! Please forget that you got a QB that is actually completing passes at a respectable clip, and you take him out because Svoboda "had A good series in the last game"! Unbelievable!

Sawvel talked about how the third quarter was our real problem and since we didn't score more than a couple of FG's then that was a big reason why we lost because we had such a good defensive effort in the 3rd quarter! Take Sawvel back to coaching 101 courses, please! If you have turnover's where the other team scores a TD you then have to score twice as much as you would have normally had to, to win the game....... hey coach Sawvel instead of getting a FG coach at the end of the first half you ended up giving the other team a chance to score, and score they did with a TD, that is a 10-point swing coach! How many points did you lose by? Far less than 10 points coach!!! .....and you put a guy in that is the worst statistical passer in America to run your offense in the last minute of the first half and he makes a horrible pass, yes maybe the route wasn't run well, but Svoboda made it easy for Utah State to get the ball back with time left on the clock. Margins are tight in games coach, you can NOT be giving up TO's in games if you expect to win!

I am sure of what everybody says about Svoboda. He is a great young man and a great teammate, but that doesn't complete passes. In fact, there were a lot of coaching question marks by Sawvel last night, and a bunch of them turned out to be bad. Last night's game was where Sawvel got outcoached by one of the youngest head coaches in America, ouch.

Starting Svoboda over Anderson is almost as criminal as Coffman over Allen.

Almost.

On the Coach Saw era. This guy is a moron.

get a 15 yd penalty to help Utah state make a field goal ..how long are we stuck with this guy!!!

And I still and will always love my Cowboys!!!!!

Putting up with my wife’s family that attended USU will put a damper on the holidays…….

on our home field...........I am not believing anymore BS out of Tom and his crew!

Tom should be fired tonight.....but there is no one that cares one iota about Wyoming athletics at Old Main!

Wow, nothing so far on today’s pillow fight. I will start. Did Coach Saw say Anderson is getting the start?

Keep the Bridger Rifle!
Send the Pokes off right! You know what to do!

Go Pokes!

The Good they won. Allen is smooth and his shooting impressed. Touko can score down low. Henry can score inside but will be different against bigger MWC teams. Nesbitt works hard not sure what to expect from him.

The Bad…Scottie barely played and should dominate an NAIA team. May be athletic but not very skilled offensively! Agbim is no Kot. Guard play will may be an issue and not many players can create off the dribble. Wicks won’t have the luxury of having a “Noah Reynolds” type player this season.

The Ugly…20 turnovers

Only one game and a lot of season to go. Have a better feeling after Wicks first game than I did after Sawvells first game!!

I try to support this program, give them thousands of dollars, and always get ****ed!

Seats 1,2,3,4. Website shows them as together. Except you get to two of them in one portal, and two others through another.

Cowgirls best New Mexico in front of a packed crowd 3-1.

This exhibition game on Friday will be fun. College of Idaho is the top of the food chain at the NAIA level. They won the national title two years ago, and made their Final Four last year. They are 100-10 over the last three years. Yes, it's NAIA but this is an actual basketball program. A competitive game would not shock me, and if we do get a close one I hope we don't get a bunch of retards hollering about how it means doom and gloom for the season.

The interviews from Sundance coming out of media day have me fired up. I took note of Sundance saying this team would be unique given the personnel and the challenges of putting a roster together on such short notice. I got the impression he really likes his kids, but he's not going to force us into playing "his system" until he's got the personnel to fit it.

Sundance talked about playing a lot of smash-mouth bully ball this year - comparing it to the 1990's Detroit Pistons. The team's identity will be on the defensive end. Offensively he talked about running a lot of 3-out sets with two posts banging away down low. I'm excited to see what this looks like in person.

I do not have a high opinion of the casual Wyoming basketball fan, as is well known by many on this website. I hope everyone will give this time to work. There is some well-earned fatigue around these parts around smash mouth, slower basketball. I give Sunny a ton of credit for the humility to run the stuff he feels gives us the best chance to win, even if it's not his preferred system.

This is the era of 5-out and 4-out motion and high pick and roll basketball. It will be fun to see some 2-low actions. It's not very common in today's game and could cause some issues.

Cowboys Get Defensive in 80-63 Exhibition Win over College of Idaho​

Pokes hold Coyotes to 35 percent from field

• Final Stats

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Oct. 25, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys held the College of Idaho to 35 percent from the field in an 80-63 win in an exhibition contest on Friday evening in the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. The Pokes shot 58 percent from the field and hit 12 three pointers in the contest in the debut of the Sundance Wicks era of Wyoming Basketball.

"We are trying to get guys to play less casual and more concerned with the value of the possession of the basketball because at the end of the day it is always a one possession game," UW head coach Sundance Wicks said. "We have a lot of things to work on, but what I love is our guys competed tonight and show some resilience."

The contest celebrated both teams' partnership with the Jae Foundation. The Jae Foundation is a leading non-profit focused on mental health awareness and suicide prevention. The Jae Foundation, founded in memory of Jae Bob Bing, focuses on educating the Wyoming and Idaho communities about mental health and suicide prevention, particularly among young people.

Wyoming was led by Touko Tainamo with 18 points and five rebounds, He was 7-of-11 from the field. Dontaie Allen added 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Kobe Newton added 12 points going 4-of-5 from behind the arc. Abou Magassa added nine rebounds to lead the team. Cole Henry added nine points, six rebounds and four assists.

The Cowboys shot 57 percent from behind the arc in the game going 12-of-21. Wyoming also dominated the glass in the contest 47-26.

The Coyotes controlled the action early, but an 8-0 run by the Pokes saw UW hold College of Idaho scoreless for over four minutes. Allen fueled the run with a pair of threes and Oleg Kojenets added a layup.

The Cowboys held College of Idaho scoreless again for over two minutes and took a 21-16 lead, but the Pokes struggled turning the ball over five times. The Pokes went on a 11-0 run to close the first half and took a 38-24 lead into the break. Wyoming held the 'Yotes scoreless for the final four and a half minutes of the half with Newton fueling the run with a pair of three pointers.

The Coyotes cut the Wyoming lead to as little as six points in the opening minutes of the second half, but Tainamo pushed the lead to 50-40 with 14 minutes left in the game getting to double figures. Jordan Nesbitt gave Wyoming a 15-point advantage at 63-48 with eight minutes left.

The Cowboys held College of Idaho scoreless for four and a half minutes, but the Coyotes made it a 63-52 game with back-to-back buckets with just over five minutes left. Obi Agbim added a three and he found Allen for another for a 69-52 game.

The Pokes would maintain the advantage and take the 80-63 win as 13 different players saw action for the Cowboys.

The Coyotes were led by Alex Germer with 13 points on the night.

Wyoming officially opens the season on Monday, November 4 against Concordia, St. Paul. It is part of the doubleheader with the Cowgirls taking on Colorado with game action slated to start at 7:30 p.m. for the Cowboys.

About The Jae Foundation
The Jae Foundation is a leading non-profit focused on mental health awareness and suicide prevention. The Jae Foundation, founded in memory of Jae Bob Bing, focuses on educating the Wyoming and Idaho communities about mental health and suicide prevention, particularly among young people. A signature part of their approach involves donating cowboy boots, which serve as conversation starters about real-life issues. Wyoming Athletics and student-athletes are proud to be ambassadors to the Jae Foundation.

The Power of Jae Boots
Some call them Cowboy Boots, some call them Magic Boots – here at the Foundation, we call them Jae Boots. The Foundation was created with the idea that if Jae's friend Jason had just slowed down and bought his buddy Jae a pair of Cowboy Boots (something Jae loved dearly), had a real conversation about mental health, depression and suicide, and made two commitments, things could have been different.

In a world full of technology and distractions the idea was simple. What if we took an hour out of our day to slow down and share Jae's story, gift someone a pair of Cowboy Boots, and Check-In and see how they are ACTUALLY doing. Love them up and make some commitments. Once someone gets their Jae Boots, they serve as a reminder to check-in on those around us, be bold enough to have conversations around mental health, and even give us the strength to put our boots on and ask for help if needed.

Creating Boot-Check moments is why the Foundation exists, and the Boot is the ultimate tool to create those moments. We have heard and seen countless stories of how something so simple can do such amazing things. Some call that simple thing a Cowboy Boot, some call it a Magic Boot – here at the Foundation, we call it a Jae Boot.