By Rich Gazinya
MWC Beat
The impressive run to the NCAA Final Four is proving to be lucrative for the San Diego State Aztecs.
And their fellow conference members.
Now, at least one fellow conference member is putting that money to good use. Late last night,
University of Wyoming Athletic Director Tom Burman told two sources that the bulk of Wyoming’s share
of monies (considered as much as $250,000) earned by NCAA Tournament participants San Diego State,
Utah State, Boise State, and Nevada would go in part toward a four-year extension for UW football coach Craig
Bohl. “We feel like now is the time to lock him up while the program is ascending.”
Also helping in funding the extension will be the elimination of two coaching positions in the receiving ranks,
Burman telling sources that for years Bohl has considered the positions largely excessive, given the Cowboys’ success in running the ball. The extension would add a small raise to the present $1.2 million Bohl earns now, but more importantly, lock up Bohl through 2028. “It would reflect the steady, incremental improvement in the program,” Burman is to have said.
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Meanwhile, Wyoming Men’s Basketball also plans to use some of that money to continue former
center Graham Ike’s rehabilitation from an as yet undisclosed injury that was serious enough to prevent
the 6’9” star center from performing this season but yet compel the Aurora, Colorado product to seek
employment elsewhere via the transfer portal. The same sources say Wyoming will make a last-ditch
plea to Ike and ask him to withdraw from the portal.
“We feel like its unfinished business” Burman is said to have told sources. “We knew if the rehab
went well it was not going to look good for us bringing him back, but if we could somehow keep him in
rehab, perhaps he would feel more comfortable and reconsider playing for the Cowboys since our philosophy is only to recruit one guy his size anyway." The move makes sense from a roster standpoint as the Cowboys have moved
away from recruiting anyone over 205 pounds and head coach Jeff Linder has made the weight room
off-limits to players.
Sources say the extension to Bohl and offer to Ike are hoped to be completed by April 1st .
MWC Beat
The impressive run to the NCAA Final Four is proving to be lucrative for the San Diego State Aztecs.
And their fellow conference members.
Now, at least one fellow conference member is putting that money to good use. Late last night,
University of Wyoming Athletic Director Tom Burman told two sources that the bulk of Wyoming’s share
of monies (considered as much as $250,000) earned by NCAA Tournament participants San Diego State,
Utah State, Boise State, and Nevada would go in part toward a four-year extension for UW football coach Craig
Bohl. “We feel like now is the time to lock him up while the program is ascending.”
Also helping in funding the extension will be the elimination of two coaching positions in the receiving ranks,
Burman telling sources that for years Bohl has considered the positions largely excessive, given the Cowboys’ success in running the ball. The extension would add a small raise to the present $1.2 million Bohl earns now, but more importantly, lock up Bohl through 2028. “It would reflect the steady, incremental improvement in the program,” Burman is to have said.
__________________
Meanwhile, Wyoming Men’s Basketball also plans to use some of that money to continue former
center Graham Ike’s rehabilitation from an as yet undisclosed injury that was serious enough to prevent
the 6’9” star center from performing this season but yet compel the Aurora, Colorado product to seek
employment elsewhere via the transfer portal. The same sources say Wyoming will make a last-ditch
plea to Ike and ask him to withdraw from the portal.
“We feel like its unfinished business” Burman is said to have told sources. “We knew if the rehab
went well it was not going to look good for us bringing him back, but if we could somehow keep him in
rehab, perhaps he would feel more comfortable and reconsider playing for the Cowboys since our philosophy is only to recruit one guy his size anyway." The move makes sense from a roster standpoint as the Cowboys have moved
away from recruiting anyone over 205 pounds and head coach Jeff Linder has made the weight room
off-limits to players.
Sources say the extension to Bohl and offer to Ike are hoped to be completed by April 1st .
