Comments like that make me wish that Burman would retire the boot. Now that it is no longer a conference game, and it doesn’t mean anything to them, let’s keep it. It’s a symbol of the last time we played as conference foes, and it’s always been an in conference trophy. Maybe we can create something different with it being a non conference game now. How about bronze the boot that’s up their ass today and away we go!
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117th Edition of Border War
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Just missing on those. It's more an execution flaw than the play call.
Itsux2beaewe
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I think some nice investments have been made to our facilities. Should we build a whole new stadium, like Canvas. Hell no!
But, that isn’t my concern, my issue is how they look at lowly Wyoming in Laramie after we just whipped their a$$! And have in recent years.
Itsux2beaewe
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Yep!! But, what does Burman do, give up a home game to go crawl down to Foco like we owe them some relevance. We don’t.
McBride and his Arizona Cardinals are no better.
flyfishwyo
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The thing that stood out to me in this game was that we clearly had the better roster. Even down a few DTs we had better players. In the past, CSU had a great receiver, TE, or really good DE. Not this time. Give Sawvell and crew credit for bringing in some good players. (Please don't read this as me loving him as a coach and looking past all of the other problems.)
Midwest Cowboy
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It was good seeing Jovon Bouknight on the side-line vs. the press box. Was JJ on the sideline? I like the player/coach interaction. I really wish that guy well. And I like UW reaching out to a former player who knows what Laramie is like (living-wise).
Just makes that loss to AF feel so much worse!
Just makes that loss to AF feel so much worse!
bladerunnr
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Spot on. Worst csewe roster I've seen in decades. Bad qb, bad OL, and invisible receivers. There's a reason they nearly lost ( a bad call gave them the game) to UNC. And their win over Fresno st. is starting to look very suspect. Fresno st. got their asses handed to them Saturday. I'm guessing they keep most of their roster simply because the portal will be a black hole leading directly to D3.
flyfishwyo
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Like Nick Saban said, "If you don't pay the right guys, you'll be ---- out of luck." Same for talent recognition. Teams that don't do a good job of identifying talent will be bad. I think that's where CSU is right now.
LanderPoke
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As a little league coach, I will say it is WAY harder to see what is going on on a macro level from the sideline vs the press box. So, kudos to anyone that can make good adjustments from sideline observations alone. I suppose that’s what lesser assistants are for (being up in the box) .
PorkerPoke
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As a little league armchair coach perhaps the eyes in the sky were JJ because if he can read what the defense is setting up like JB can make the better choice of which plays to call. JB can take a look at the field from the sideline and see if a safety is 10 yards or 20 yards deep or if a LB is at closer angle to the tackle or more outside shadowing the TE.
At SDSU will be a big time indicator since they are a proven defense. The SDSU offense is the weak link and if our defense makes stops outside of easy FG range we will hang with them. I hope the game plan and execution finds ways to put points on the board. We have capable players and we have to find ways to use them effectively. Maybe the defense will score a couple of TD’s to help the cause.
ragtimejoe1
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The benefit on the sideline is you have a better feel of in-game nuances with players.
You're right. You need good eyes in the sky and a good read on field-level situations.
UW used to run that play to Bouknight all the time when he was a player here. And every time they did, you felt like there was a legitimate chance he could take it to the house.
We just need a little bit better one on one blocking in the open field, and I think Durr can be a significant threat on the WR screen.
Wyolie Coyote
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Anyone remember the game in Fart Colons with JB and David Anderson going against each other? JB was dominant and the bubble screen was an extended handoff to get him the ball, then he made people miss. It was a shootout with both receivers having monster games. Sadly, we came up short in that one.
Yes, that was in 2005 a few weeks after the TCU 8 turnover debacle. There was still some hope among fans that we could save the season. That loss to CSU crushed any remaining hope - that was a really tough season to stomach.
Corey threw a couple interceptions in the CSU game too and we lost 2 or 3 fumbles. We just couldn't get out of our own way. But Bouknight was electric that game, as he was all season long.
JB was awesome on any pass he caught where he had a chance to square up to his tacklers. He was so tough to get on the ground.
