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Bryoming

Bryoming

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Attendance is going to tank with 2 Friday night home games

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Amazing! After Burman gave away our best September home game, he actually found a way to make the schedule even worse for season ticket holders. Late season friday night home games on October 23 against Air Force and November 20 against New Mexico. Prepare for an empty stadium and tickets that can't be given away.

But hey - by giving away our home game against North Texas to go play in Fort Collins, we are doing a great job in helping the PAC with its new deal with the USA network.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
Amazing! After Burman gave away our best September home game, he actually found a way to make the schedule even worse for season ticket holders. Late season friday night home games on October 23 against Air Force and November 20 against New Mexico. Prepare for an empty stadium and tickets that can't be given away.

But hey - by giving away our home game against North Texas to go play in Fort Collins, we are doing a great job in helping the PAC with its new deal with the USA network.
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He is such a fuckup...I can't stand it.
 
The reality of our new conference suddenly became real to me after looking at this schedule. I do not want to be a constant negative on this board and I will post less and less if I become a poster like the guy with the Howdy doody avatar. But a home final against Connecticut? And maybe I will become more engaged when the season starts. But games against Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, and Utep almost sound like 3d rate pre conference opponents. I guess I'm getting old and can't accept change like when I was younger. But this schedule seems like a huge step backward. I hope I'm wrong.
And here's a question to any and all of you regarding Air Force. It seems to me, with the NIL and transfer rules now in play, that Air Force is going to be at a huge disadvantage going forward. I know they recruit a different kind of student athlete. But it seems to me that their only recruits are going to have to be hard core military career types. Maybe it's always been that way. But any player recruited by Air Force and other non military schools now has fewer reasons to choose Air Force. I only bring this up because the quality of their football and basketball programs has really fallen off in recent years. Paying them extra to stay in the conference may prove to be a huge mistake.
 
bladerunnr said:
The reality of our new conference suddenly became real to me after looking at this schedule. I do not want to be a constant negative on this board and I will post less and less if I become a poster like the guy with the Howdy doody avatar. But a home final against Connecticut? And maybe I will become more engaged when the season starts. But games against Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, and Utep almost sound like 3d rate pre conference opponents. I guess I'm getting old and can't accept change like when I was younger. But this schedule seems like a huge step backward. I hope I'm wrong.
And here's a question to any and all of you regarding Air Force. It seems to me, with the NIL and transfer rules now in play, that Air Force is going to be at a huge disadvantage going forward. I know they recruit a different kind of student athlete. But it seems to me that their only recruits are going to have to be hard core military career types. Maybe it's always been that way. But any player recruited by Air Force and other non military schools now has fewer reasons to choose Air Force. I only bring this up because the quality of their football and basketball programs has really fallen off in recent years. Paying them extra to stay in the conference may prove to be a huge mistake.
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I think the military schools have an advantage in this new era of college football. The player going to those schools isn’t looking for the next paycheck. Roster stability is going to be a big advantage IMO.

Navy and Army have been solid in recent years.
 
Bryoming said:
Attendance is going to tank with 2 Friday night home games

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I don't know. Wyoming fans have historically done well with Friday night games and Air Force always draws a crowd. Instead of Friday Nigh Lights the Cheyenne Football teams (if at home) should do a Saturday game after AFA and market for their teams to attend UW. I know Wyoming Marketing department is dog water but just a thought

I like the Friday before Thanksgiving to keep the students in town for it but the UCONN game is so dumb. Linear TV in late November is good in my opinion.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
I think the military schools have an advantage in this new era of college football. The player going to those schools isn’t looking for the next paycheck. Roster stability is going to be a big advantage IMO.

Navy and Army have been solid in recent years.
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It is interesting how Navy and Army have actually done pretty well with all of the moving parts in college athletics. Air Force has had two poor seasons in a row, but from 2019 through 2023 they went 40-12 not counting the covid season (which UW is big on not counting).
 
Vapoke said:
I don't know. Wyoming fans have historically done well with Friday night games and Air Force always draws a crowd. Instead of Friday Nigh Lights the Cheyenne Football teams (if at home) should do a Saturday game after AFA and market for their teams to attend UW. I know Wyoming Marketing department is dog water but just a thought

I like the Friday before Thanksgiving to keep the students in town for it but the UCONN game is so dumb. Linear TV in late November is good in my opinion.
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WHSAA had never done a good job with any of their sports scheduling to accommodate UW home games. NEVER. It is almost like they want to compete with UW, purposely. You would think the whole "One Wyoming" thing would bond WHSAA and UW athletics, not separate them. Sad state of affairs.
 
McPeachy said:
WHSAA had never done a good job with any of their sports scheduling to accommodate UW home games. NEVER. It is almost like they want to compete with UW, purposely. You would think the whole "One Wyoming" thing would bond WHSAA and UW athletics, not separate them. Sad state of affairs.
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The WHSAA schedules are not out yet so they could have two, or even all three Cheyenne teams at home as well as Laramie. Or have Laramie "on the road" to Cheyenne and they play Saturday afternoon matinee at 1 or 2.

Actually.

Oct 24
Cheyenne vs Cheyenne
Remaining Cheyenne vs Laramie (agnostic to Laramie or Cheyenne for that game)
 
Anyone who has half a brain knows that the game against U Conn will be in front of an empty stadium. I sure as heck won't go. The only reason anyone will be at the UNM game is if Wyoming actually has a chance to win the conference at that point. Overall the schedule again proves that Burman is more interested in helping out the ADs for our opponents than he is about Wyoming's fans.
 
doreno5 said:
Anyone who has half a brain knows that the game against U Conn will be in front of an empty stadium. I sure as heck won't go. The only reason anyone will be at the UNM game is if Wyoming actually has a chance to win the conference at that point. Overall the schedule again proves that Burman is more interested in helping out the ADs for our opponents than he is about Wyoming's fans.
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The schedule this year sucks for sure. No arguing that.

But in Burman's defense, I don't think he really has a say in the conference schedule. The Friday night games are likely a result of the MWC's new media deal. OOC schedule does fall squarely on Burman though - absolutely atrocious.
 
doreno5 said:
Anyone who has half a brain knows that the game against U Conn will be in front of an empty stadium. I sure as heck won't go. The only reason anyone will be at the UNM game is if Wyoming actually has a chance to win the conference at that point. Overall the schedule again proves that Burman is more interested in helping out the ADs for our opponents than he is about Wyoming's fans.
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Playing UConn in late November is totally helping out the AD of an independent fill out their schedule and not trying to put your own school in the best possible situation.
 
rocket city poke said:
It is interesting how Navy and Army have actually done pretty well with all of the moving parts in college athletics. Air Force has had two poor seasons in a row, but from 2019 through 2023 they went 40-12 not counting the covid season (which UW is big on not counting).
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A lot of Air Force’s problems came with the way their class sizes were messed up with Covid resulting in some really young teams the last couple of years. They should be pretty much back to normal now.
 
TheRealUW said:
The schedule this year sucks for sure. No arguing that.

But in Burman's defense, I don't think he really has a say in the conference schedule. The Friday night games are likely a result of the MWC's new media deal. OOC schedule does fall squarely on Burman though - absolutely atrocious.
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Burman was a big impetus/influence in Wyoming’s current conference make up and ultimately the media deal we now have.
 
Is this the absolute worst and least enticing Wyoming schedule of all time? I can’t recall a worse one and I’ve had season tickets for a long long time.

The Northern Colorado home game might be the best attended. The only upside to any of this is that there’s a good chance someone will ask if I want their wildcatter/loge tickets for free.
 
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