One thing about it, granted I know we appear to be pretty well set at quarterback, but I tell ya what there are going to be a whole bunch of quarterbacks in the portal with starting experience. Do we go for experience or continue to develop Svaboda, May and Anderson? Just topic for conversation.

P4 commissioners lobby Congress for NIL legislation:

Boise State Spencer Danielson
Duke Manny Diaz
Fresno State - Apparently Tedford will return as HC
Houston Willie Fritz
James Madison Bob Chesney
Indiana Curt Cignetti
Louisiana-Monroe Bryant Vincent
Michigan State - Jonathan Smith
Middle Tennessee State Derek Mason
Mississippi State - Jeff Lebby
New Mexico Bronco Mendenhall
Nevada - Jeff Choate
Northwestern - David Braun
Oregon State - Trent Bray
San Diego State - Sean Lewis
Syracuse - Fran Brown
Texas A&M - Mike Elko
Troy
Tulane Jon Sumrall
UTEP Scotty Walden
Wyoming Jay Sawvel

I could see Gary Patterson going to Houston; fyi Craig Bohl would really be a good fit to build UTEP

This is what the inevitable result would be with a Bohl-coached football team playing at it's maximum peak. Avoid playing conference powerhouses in the regular season(OSU/Michigan), then when faced against one of those teams in a championship game, hope a solid defense can manage the damage into only a 26-0 result. Majority of UW fans would accept this.

The Craig Bohl philosophy requires a solid defense, a clock control, running-based offense, plus fortuitous breaks that allow you to outlast opponents--if you can avoid more prolific offenses. Get yourself in position to win something, and hope those breaks + a solid defense can make luck happen (Appalachian St.). But reality eventually happens. UW under Bohl will never have an offense that scares opponents. Iowa has survived doing this for a number of years, which is why Ferentz is still around. UW and it's fans look admirably on this, and it would be interesting to gauge the Hawkeye fan base to see how satisfied they are...

Just went to the ESPN site and both of their writers as of today had us playing in the Famous Potato Bowl against Toledo. The only thing is that it is more money than the Frisco Bowl.

Anyone with inside knowledge from Laramie?

Cowgirls take the first set 25-23.

5 service errors so far. UNC has a great spin on some of their serves.

Still has three wrestlers grappling in the Cliff Keen tournament in Las Vegas.

One in the Championships bracket and two in the consolation bracket.

The Cowboys have a pretty young team this year, but are doing well.

Unable to attach the link but Bret McMurphy asks “ Who ultimately ends up in the Arizona Bowl after multiple teams have indicated this week a preference to play elsewhere because of the sponser?”

Go Pokes!

Word on the street from local Cats fans is that they feel Chambers is a better passer than Mellot but Vigen sticks with Mellot as he is a dynamic runner. I find that odd since there were times Sean couldnt hit the broad side of a barn at UW so Mellot must struggle. Chambers is a senior but not sure with the COVID years if he is done or not.

Meanwhile Bizzzzzzon win again even in a "down" year. FCS is pretty annoyed that they keep winning so virtually everyone at that level roots against them. Bizon play South Dakota next.

It doesn't seem like even when they have a down year that they lose their championship desire.

Just watching some of the Kansas vs UConn game replay and the refs in a very close game called a total of 32 fouls. The play is better of course than what we saw last night in the Wyoming game, but I argue so are the refs. While watching I have seen the UConn center set so many illegal screens if you used the criteria of that female ref last night used. But in this game they were letting the players play. There were 46 fouls called in that game last night! Probably about half were bad calls from refs that wanted to control the game. I know big name schools in more important TV games draw better refs, while we are left with the leftovers. I know refs are in pools, but I am hoping once we get into MWC play that we won't see those refs again.

Just for example, in watching this last offensive series by UConn, I noticed probably about 5 things that would have been called by those refs last night as fouls, but these refs let them play. In the UVa vs Syracuse game there is something like 22 calls so far and the game is almost over.

Levi Williams is forgoing his last year of eligibility to join Navy SEAL training. Let’s see if he makes it.

I don’t care but it is interesting.

had to come back and win it

Cowboys Close Out Road Swing at WCC Foe Portland on Friday​

WYOMING at PORTLAND GAME NOTES: https://gowyo.com/documents/2023/11/29/202324wyombbgamenotesatportland.pdf


LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 29, 2023) – The Wyoming Cowboys close out their road swing on Friday evening with a visit to West Coast Conference foe Portland in a 7 p.m. start at the Chiles Center in Portland, Ore. It is the first meeting between the schools since 1983.

Fans can listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be televised on ESPN+ and WatchESPN App and will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network, as Keith Kelley on the call and Kevin McKinney on color.

About The Teams
Wyoming heads into the contest with a 4-2 overall record after falling to No. 15 Texas 86-63 on the road on Sunday. The Pokes rank No. 26 in the nation and lead the Mountain West shooting 39.1 percent from behind the arc this season. Wyoming is shooting 47 percent from the field, which ranks fifth in the conference. Wyoming leads the league in turnovers forced with 14.8 per game. Wyoming holds opponents to 41.4 percent from the field and 29.3 percent from behind the arc.

The Pilots head into the contest with a 4-3 overall record after falling at the buzzer to cross town rival Portland State by a score of 75-74 on Tuesday. Portland is averaging 81.7 points per game and are allowing 78.9 per contest. The Pilots are shooting 47.9 percent from the field for the season and opponents are held to 42.6 percent shooting. Portland is solid on the glass this season with 39.7 rebounds per game.

About The Players
Wyoming is led in scoring by Sam Griffin at 1.0 points per game. He ranks third in the conference in scoring this season. He is shooting 53 percent from the field and 48 percent from behind the arc. Akuel Kot adds 14.5 points per game and is 21-of-24 from the free throw line this season. Cam Manyawu adds 10.3 points per game and 8.3 rebounds. He has four double-doubles for the season and leads the conference and ranks first nationally amongst freshmen. He ranks fifth in the conference in rebounding this season.

Portland State is led by one of the top players in the West Coast Conference in Tyler Robertson. He averages 18.1 points per game and leads the team with over five assists per night. Tyler Harris adds 15.4 points per game as a freshman. He also leads the team grabbing 8.9 rebounds per game. He is shooting 59 percent from behind the arc on the season going 13-of-22. He is shooting 60.3 percent from the field.

About The Series
The Cowboys and Pilots will meet for the third time on Friday. Wyoming is 2-0 all-time winning one contest at home and one on the road. The last meeting came in Portland in 1983 with UW earning a 61-59 overtime victory.

Up Next
The Cowboys return home for the first time in almost a month to host South Dakota Mines on Tuesday in a 6:30 p.m. start on the Mountain West Network.

tonight’s Dallas Seattle game. Apparently Sheduer doesn’t have class or finals…)

I figured that I would go to ESPN because ESPN controls so many of the bowls. This is what they had today. There are two writers that make bowl projections for them, Bonagura and Schlabach, I guess we will see who was more accurate as these guys do not agree.

Bonagura:

Easy Post Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Rice vs Wyoming

Pay-out: $1,200,000

Schlabach:

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Kansas vs Wyoming

Pay-out: $1,350,000


I also looked at the CBS site and they had:

Famous Potato Bowl, Boise, Idaho
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Bowling Green vs Wyoming

Pay-out: $800,000

Other projections for the MWC:

Bonagura:
Fresno State vs Texas State in the New Mexico Bowl
Air Force vs Louisiana in the 68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile, AL.
Utah State vs Arkansas State in the Frisco Bowl, Frisco, TX.

Schlabach:

San Jose State vs Marshall in the Boca Raton Bowl
Utah State vs Bowling Green in the Famous Potato Bowl
Air Force vs Louisiana in the New Mexico Bowl


I guess each of us would have their favorite bowl game, personally I would hope that UW gets invited to the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX. Besides having the highest pay-out, I feel that it has the best opponent, and it would have the best chance of having the best turnout of Wyoming fans. It goes without saying the Famous Potato Bowl has me saying, ugh! I think that Wyoming has payed its dues and deserves a good bowl game this year.

Per CBS they have Boise State playing New Mexico St. in Albuquerque. San Jose State would be playing Georgia State in the Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham, AL.. UNLV per CBS would be playing UCLA in the LA Bowl.

I just discovered that the women's Volleyball game at 3pm Thursday will be on ESPN+ as well as the Cowboy BB game on Friday night and the Cowgirl BB game on Sunday.

Pokes conference schedule for 2024:

Home:

Air Force
Boise State
Nevada
UNLV

Away:

Sheep
SDSU
SJSU
Utah State

If the Cowboys have to “give up” one of these games to play Oregon State or Washington State, which would you prefer?

Maybe I missed something while I was laid up this summer. But whatever happened to Terry, the former QB, that lived in Billings? I can't remember his handle on here. Just thought about him for some reason and got to wondering where he has been.