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2014-2015 Poke Wrestling

AlphaPoke

AlphaPoke

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Anyone have any news on the upcoming wrestling season? There hasn't been anything new on the university website since early June.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be pretty much the same starting dual lineup from last year?
 
Saw this tweet awhile back. Tyler seems to be pretty fired up:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TylerCox23/status/496357427844239360[/tweet]
 
[tweet]https://twitter.com/WyoWrestle/status/509812984554614784[/tweet]

Challenging Home Duals Featured on UW Wrestling Schedule
Big Ten foes visit Laramie, along with traditional rivals

Home slate
The Cowboys host two perennial national contenders from the Big Ten Conference, Nebraska and Minnesota, in the first two weeks of the season. NU and Wyoming tangle Nov. 7, and the Gophers and Pokes square off Nov. 15.

Nebraska finished 11th at last season's NCAA Championships and eighth in the final dual polls, while Minnesota was the national runner-up in the NCAA team standings. The Gophers enter this year as the preseason No. 1 team, according to WIN Magazine, while the Huskers are 10th.

2014-15 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Schedule
Date - Opponent/Event - Location - Time (MT)
Nov. 7 - Nebraska - Laramie, Wyo. - 3 p.m.
Nov. 8 - Cowboy Open - Laramie, Wyo. - All Day
Nov. 15 - Minnesota - Laramie, Wyo. - TBD
Nov. 29 - at Journeyman/ASICS Northeast Duals (vs. Buffalo, Old Dominion, Binghamton) - Troy, N.Y. - All Day
Dec. 11 - Air Force* - Laramie, Wyo. - 7 p.m.
Dec. 21 - at Reno Tournament of Champions - Reno, Nev. - All Day
Jan. 1-2 - at Southern Scuffle - Chattanooga, Tenn. - All Day
Jan. 9 - at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, Calif. - TBD
Jan. 17 - at Utah Valley* - Orem, Utah - TBD
Jan. 30 - South Dakota State* - Laramie, Wyo. - 7 p.m.
Feb. 1 - North Dakota State* - Laramie, Wyo. - Noon
Feb. 6 - at Oklahoma - Norman, Okla. - 2 p.m.
Feb. 6 - at Oklahoma State - Stillwater, Okla. - 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 13 - Oregon State - Laramie, Wyo. - TBD
Feb. 15 - vs. Boise State - Rock Springs, Wyo. - 2 p.m.
Feb. 22 - at Northern Colorado* - Greeley, Colo. - 2 p.m.
March 7 - at WWC Championships/NCAA West Regional - Fargo, N.D. - All Day
March 19-21 - at NCAA Championships - St. Louis, Mo. - All Day
*WWC opponent

http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/091014aaa.html
 
Minnesota comes to Laramie for a dual?! WOW, that is big time. They only finished 2nd at the National Championships last year...no big deal.
 
Poke Fan - Thank You!! That's exactly what I was looking for. Hope Nebraska stays for the Cowboy Open.
 
AlphaPoke said:
Poke Fan - Thank You!! That's exactly what I was looking for. Hope Nebraska stays for the Cowboy Open.
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No problem. That's a great schedule. Was hoping to find a date on the schedule where Cowboy hoops and wrestling were competing in Laramie on the same day. Doesn't look like it.
 
Looks like Nebraska will stay for the Cowboy Open:

Nebraska wrestlers will compete at the NWCA All-Star Classic (Philadelphia), the Cowboy Open (Laramie, WY), and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The highlight of the tournament schedule will be the Southern Scuffle in Charleston hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, annually one of the toughest and most competitive tournaments in the country.

http://huskercorner.com/2014/05/16/schedule-sets-up-nicely-nebraska-wrestling/
 
The Cowboy Open is a tournament that seems to get stronger programs attending every year - Boise, Arizona, Nebraska, Branch has done an awesome job. I'm so stoked the Pokes are going to the Southern Scuffle this year.
 
AlphaPoke said:
The Cowboy Open is a tournament that seems to get stronger programs attending every year - Boise, Arizona, Nebraska, Branch has done an awesome job. I'm so stoked the Pokes are going to the Southern Scuffle this year.
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A strong finish this year could be the potential need for Wyoming making a conference move for wrestling.
 
Nov. 7: Nebraska @ 3 p.m. (wrestling) and Utah State @ 6 p.m. (football)

Good chance for out-of-towners to support the grapplers before the Aggie smackdown.
 
POKE FAN said:
Nov. 7: Nebraska @ 3 p.m. (wrestling) and Utah State @ 6 p.m. (football)

Good chance for out-of-towners to support the grapplers before the Aggie smackdown.
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...with the Cowboy Open the following day on Nov. 8th. A complete Pokes sport overload weekend.
 
Unbelievably great schedule, both home and away. Branch and Co. Have done a remarkable job at WY. Wrestling is the one sport at Wyoming that can consistently compete with the elites in the nation.
 
AlphaPoke said:
The Cowboy Open is a tournament that seems to get stronger programs attending every year - Boise, Arizona, Nebraska, Branch has done an awesome job. I'm so stoked the Pokes are going to the Southern Scuffle this year.
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I, too, am excited for us to go to the Scuffle. We've had basically the same schedule for a number of years now, so it's good to see them shake it up a bit.
 
It will be interesting to see who steps up at 133, 174 & hwt this year. With the tough dual schedule, we will need more wins than we received last year at those weights.
 
AlphaPoke said:
It will be interesting to see who steps up at 133, 174 & hwt this year. With the tough dual schedule, we will need more wins than we received last year at those weights.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what the lineup will look like exactly. I think Templeman will come back a lot stronger/better at 133, I think he was never healthy last year. As for 174 it seems like Friesth or McCulley will step in there. Is McCulley really that big? I think Harms comes back healthy and contributes a lot more at heavy.

What's the lineup going to look like?

125: Cox
133: Templeman
141: Mendenhall
149: Breckenridge?
157: Richardson
165: Friesth
174: McCulley
184: Stroh
197: Woods
HWT: Harms

I think there's going to be a battle for the 149 spot.
 
The University website is showing Beard on the roster. McCully must have put some muscle on in the off-season, it's listing him at 165/174.
 
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