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Pulls the trigger on OC after 10 years...

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Cowboys Host College of Idaho on Friday in Exhibition Contest​

Contest starts at 6:30 p.m.​

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LARAMIE, Wyo. (Oct. 23, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys will be in action for the first time this season on Friday hosting the College of Idaho in an exhibition contest at 6:30 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. It will be fans first time seeing the Pokes under first-year head coach Sundance Wicks.

Wyoming will celebrate the partnership between UW Athletics and the Jae Foundation prior to and during the contest. 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.
The game will be available on the 26 stations of The Cowboy Sports Network with Keith Kelley on the call, Kevin McKinney on color.

Season tickets are currently available for Cowboy Basketball. Fans may order tickets online, via email or by phone at:
•Go to GoWyo.com/tickets
•Email tickets@uwyo.edu
•Call (307) 766-7220
•Stop by the UW Athletics Ticket Office on the West Side of the Arena-Auditorium on the corner of Willett Drive and 19th Street.

About The Teams
Head Coach Sundance Wicks is in his first season as head coach of the Cowboys. A native of Wyoming, Wicks is the 23rd coach in school history. He spent three seasons as an assistant at UW leading Wyoming to the NCAA tournament in 2022.

In his only season at Green Bay, Wicks was named the 2023-24 Horizon League Coach of the Year. He was also named the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year, which is presented annually to the top rookie, first-year head coach in NCAA Division I college basketball. Green Bay improved in the win column by 15 games for the ninth most in NCAA History. Wyoming welcomes back four-letterwinners and a redshirt from last season's team and welcome nine transfers along with two incoming freshmen.

The Coyotes boasted a 32-4 record last season and made a run to the NAIA Fab Four. College of Idaho won the Cascade Collegiate Conference Regular season title a season ago. The Coyotes head into the season ranked second in the NAIA Preseason Poll.

College of Idaho averaged 86.3 points per game last season and held opponents to 64.2 points per game. The Coyotes shot 48 percent from the field and held the opposition to 39.9 percent from the field. The Yotes also dominated the glass averaging 43.3 rebounds per game.

About The Players
Kobe Newton is the leading returning scorer for the Pokes at 4.5 points per game. He shot 49 percent from behind the arc for the season in 20 games. He missed time with an injury. Oleg Kojenets grabbed 2.5 rebounds per game last season, as he is Wyoming's top returning rebounder.

Touko Tainamo was an All-Summit League selection at Denver last season with 15.2 points per game and 7.7 rebounds. Obi Agbim added 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He was an All-RMAC player and All-Region selection at Fort Lewis College. Jordan Nesbitt comes to UW from Hampton University. He has over 1,000 career points with 500 career rebounds and 250 assists. Dontaie Allen recorded 56 three-pointers last season at Western Kentucky. A.J. Wills also made an impact last season as a freshman at Holy Cross.

The Coyotes return their top three scorers from last season. Guard Samaje Morgan averaged 14.3 points per game and 3.9 assists. He also shot 41 percent from behind the arc. Johnny Radford added 12.1 points per game shooting 45 percent from the field. Drew Wyman added 11.4 per contest ad added 4.2 rebounds per game on the season.

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.

LARAMIE, Wyoming (10/22/24) – The Cincinnati Bengals are in the process of digging themselves out of an early-season hole. They defeated Cleveland on Sunday, 21-14, for their second win in a row behind another strong performance by Logan Wilson.
The Casper native racked up 10 tackles. Wilson now boasts at least nine tackles in every game this year.
For the season, he owns 71 tackles – which ranks in a tie for third in the league – one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and four quarterback hits. The 3-4 Bengals host Philadelphia in Week 8.
Below is a list of the other former University of Wyoming student-athletes and how they did in Week 7.

Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills
Allen had one of his best passing games of the season in the Bills’ 34-10 win over Tennessee. He was 21-for-33 for 323 yards and two touchdowns.
For the season, Allen is 119-for-189 for 1,483 yards and 12 touchdowns with zero interceptions. He’s chipped in 179 yards on 38 carries with three scores for the 5-2 Bills.
Buffalo travels to Seattle in Week 8.

Carl Granderson, New Orleans Saints
Granderson had a decent game in the Saints’ 33-10 loss to Denver. He made three tackles and had one tackle for loss.
For the season, Granderson owns 27 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, one forced fumble and four quarterback hits for 2-5 New Orleans.
The Saints travel to play the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 8.

Chad Muma, Jacksonville Jaguars
Muma didn’t litter the stat page in the Jaguars’ 32-16 win over New England. He recorded one tackle.
For the season, Muma has logged 28 tackles for 2-5 Jacksonville.
The Jaguars host Green Bay in Week 8.

Frank Crum, Denver Broncos
Crum participated in the Broncos’ 33-10 win at New Orleans. He received snaps as a member of the offensive line and on special teams.
For the season, Crum has played 30 snaps with 22 of those occurring on special teams for 4-3 Denver.
The Broncos host Carolina in Week 8.

Tashaun Gipson, Jacksonville Jaguars
Gipson did not play in Jacksonville’s 32-16 win over New England in London. He has yet to play this season after missing the first the first six games due to suspension.
The 2-5 Jaguars host Green Bay in Week 8.

Andrew Wingard, Jacksonville Jaguars
Wingard did not play due to an injury in Jacksonville’s 32-16 win over New England in London. 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.

There were a number of comments but one in particular stuck out to me, and that was how we need to stick with Svoboda because he gives us the best chance of winning. If Svoboda gives us the best chance of winning then Anderson must really stink because Svoboda is by far one of the absolute worst QBs in America. I am utterly blown away as to how bad this Wyoming offense is. It was obvious during the early parts of the game Wyoming was trying to stay away from the passing game. If you have confidence in your QB you don't stay away from the passing game, but that was what happened. Wyoming was forced into attempting more passes as the game went along because our run game was pathetic.

The first Wyoming TD was earned by the offense, but the second was our first team offense scoring against their 2nd and 3rd team defense! One of their DB's had his hands on two different passes by Svoboda during that drive and couldn't hold onto them! Also BYU with their reserves in made some critical penalties. If BYU really wanted to keep Wyoming from scoring on them later in the game all they would of had to do was leave their 1st team defense in. The BYU head coach must have taken pity on Wyoming, but it was obvious early on that BYU didn't fear Wyoming's offense because they went for a 4th down a few times.

I hated this game this night as there were BYU fans right behind me yelling and really enjoying the game, and the only thing I could do was take it. They weren't rude or nasty, but they certainly enjoyed BYU's dominance over us!

First, some assumptions:

1. Burman’s job is not at risk because neither Seidel nor the trustees want to pull the card of a longtime “Wyoming guy” who likely enjoys some donor support. I’m not saying I like this, I’m just saying this is the reality as I understand it.

2. Wyoming is not in a budget position to fire Sawvel at the end of the year, especially with all the uncertainty around realignment. The buyout is likely prohibitive. I haven’t done the math on the exact number, but I think firing Sawvel after one year probably puts us on the hook for around $4 million through 2027-2028.

Given those assumptions, which I believe represent an accurate view of things in Laramie, Burman must:

- Force an in-season change at OC. Compel Sawvel to fire Johnson NOW, and replace him with Bouknight. Slotting in a Wyoming legend would be a PR win and likely buys the fans off for the rest of the year as it indicates Burman and Sawvel recognize there is a problem;

- Compel a change at QB behind the scenes NOW. If they stick with Svoboda this season is on the rails to finish 3-9 at best, and likely worse.

Are there any other real-world actions Burman could take to try to fix this? I don't think there are.

If it was me I would resign in disgrace after firing everyone and elevating Bouknight to take over the rest of the season.

Pokes have opened as a 2.5 point favorite for this coming Saturday.

Wyoming -130 on the ML.

Tuck says it's time for a QB change: LINK

1-6 Wyoming, who's offense is way worse plods along.

due to all of the injuries. But let us go with a look at the depth chart as it was at the start of the season, where does this team look good and where does it look like our talent level just isn't there?

And call it good.

But am a realist.

I think we match up better with Boise State than San Jose State. Their passing game is their strength and our pass defense is our weakness.

Hope I am way wrong……:

That's extension time in Laramie.

A little late to the game. Pokes down 7-0 with 1:33 in the 1st.

ouch!

4 turnovers and only scores 7 points! (i know it ended as 14).

he would’ve taken 3 points in first quarter and ensured they ran a play to stay in FG range on the shitty screen play! Sawvel has a lot to learn!

Every passing TD involves a Wyo Nickleback trailing in coverage.

Hey it’s gameday, you know what to do!

Go Pokes!

I know that Tony Bennett bemoaned the course of collegiate athletics and how the NIL has changed everything and that he isn't the right person to lead the UVA Cavaliers.

The real thing is that Tony Bennett is an outstanding coach and if a person like this feels that collegiate athletics is going in the wrong direction that should tell you something. Just a few years ago he won an NCAA Championship! My gosh does anyone realize how hard and rare it is to achieve this? Collegiate sports is going in the wrong direction, and all the stuff about the NIL and paying people has polluted athletics!! Some person has got to bring sanity back to collegiate athletics.

USA Today story: LINK

The recent court ruling giving athletes money from pass profits driving negotiations.