Matthew Fabian Mfabian1@uwyo.edu In an earlier article, Nate Forest claimed that football is nothing more than people standing around with people slightly below them also standing around. That statement was so erroneous, that Roger Goodell actually spat out his steak and martini while thinking about his $44 million salary. To start, I’m going to make…
Matthew Fabian mfabian1@uwyo.edu When seniors Eddie Yarbrough and D.J. May chased down Nevada quarterback Tyler Stewart late in the final quarter on fourth down, War Memorial Stadium – and much of the state – let out a scream of elation. Finally, the Wyoming Cowboys won a game in the 2015 campaign, much less on Homecoming….
Matthew Fabian mfabian1@uwyo.edu After another Mountain West loss at the Air Force Academy, the Wyoming Cowboy football team returned to Laramie in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and stands half way to an imperfect season. “I thought they had a good defensive front and collapsed the pocket,” Wyoming head football coach Craig Bohl said…
It’s 3 p.m on a Saturday and you are standing around with friends in the blistering heat, or the bitter cold, watching other people stand around slightly below you. If this behavior sounds strange, it shouldn’t. Everyone has done it at least once; it’s called attending a football game. It is also one of the…
Super Bowl XLIX Champions, the New England Patriots fell under heavy fire Wednesday following the conclusion of the NFL commissioned Wells Report investigating the notorious case of under inflated footballs that has come to be known as Deflate Gate. The 139-page report after three months of gathering information, has came to the same conclusion that…
Wyoming senior linebacker Mark Nzeocha was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft. The German-born player was taken with the 236th pick in the draft, and is expected to add some good depth to the Dallas defense. Nzeocha notched 32 tackles as a sophomore, but burst onto the…
The Wyoming Cowboys football team will have six games that will air on national TV this upcoming season. The Pokes will have five games that will air on the ESPN Networks, with one of those games airing on ESPN 2. On Friday Oct. 30, Wyoming will play at Utah State at 8:30 p.m., with the…
The Wyoming Cowboys football team held their spring football game this past Saturday, where the Brown team beat the Gold team by a score of 24-21. The football squad was split up into two teams. The Brown team had the Pokes No. 1 defense and the Gold had the No. 1 offense. Defensive coordinator Steve…
Two recent announcements about university projects say a lot about our messed up priorities as a society. The School of Energy Resources got $15 million from Hess Corporation to buy equipment for research into rock physics and fluid flows. Then a few days ago, the university announced the $44 million renovation and expansion of the…
Eric Nzeocha is entering this upcoming football season as a junior and is in the process of learning a new position. He is switching from tight end to linebacker, so this spring ball is especially important for him. He sat down to discuss what spring ball is all about and how it is going. Describe…
Oh my goodness what am I witnessing? It looks like there are construction fences all around the Wyoming Football offices. The sign reads “Rebuilding Underway, Project to be completed in 2016.” Well isn’t that just lovely. After the announcement of three starting offensive lineman leaving the program and having three more players move to linebacker…
This past Wednesday was national signing day, where the Wyoming football team was able to sign 23 recruits. Head coach Craig Bohl, and the other members of his staff were able to put together a very diverse class with ESPN.com giving five Cowboy recruits three stars. There was one feature that stuck out most from…
