CFN is luvin a little PBJ

[ragtimejoe1]

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/wyoming-football-preview-2024-season-breakdown-predictions-key-players-schedule

Pretty good read. I'm sure Burman is beaming after reading this, lol. Not too much to disagree with. If enough 50/50 games go our way, 7 wins should be very possible.

Head scratcher for me was the asu comment, maybe their transfers look good?

 

[phxpoke]

If ASU was traveling to Laramie, it would be much different. The desert heat (100 degrees at night) will be tough on our boys.

 

[GoPokes86]

Huh?

"There’s no Colorado State or UNLV from the Mountain West slate, and not having to play Oregon State doesn’t hurt, but the Cowboys do close the season at Washington State and have to go to Colorado State."

A little bit of editing goes a long way.

However, I agree each game this year is a 50/50, I'd even go so far as to say ASU is a tossup because they're not in good shape. Desert heat and first game of the year etc. but Fresno also went in last year and shut them out. Who knows? I'm cautiously optimistic and like the home slate a lot, but there's so many question marks.

 

[Itsux2beaewe]

It’s not like the Pokes haven’t had to play in heat. Texas last year with the humidity wasn’t a cake walk. I’m sure we’ll see some cramps, but the training staff should have them prepared.

 

[LanderPoke]

Who is PBJ, again? Sawvel?

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Who is PBJ, again? Sawvel?

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Who is PBJ, again? Sawvel?

BLT, Tuna Melt, Roast Beef, Patty Melt are all available options

 

[Cornpoke]

Desert heat is much more tolerable than humid hot.

 

[Wyokie]

Desert heat is much more tolerable than humid hot.

!00% agree!!!!!!!!!!! Humid heat is far worse. Try living in Oklahoma during the summers!!!!! I dare ya!!!!!!!!!

 

[phxpoke]

Agree to disagree. Spent time in South Carolina. Phoenix heat is much worse.

 

[ZapPoke]

I can’t say I’ve ever been to Phoenix, but I know when someone asked what it was like the response was have you ever been cremated? I do know that summer in Houston was pretty much unbearable. I mowed my lawn once a year to remind myself why I was willing to pay someone else to do it.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

I think questions surrounding their transfer talent level and how fast they can gel are much more important variables than the heat. Maybe CFN has good info on them but I was thinking they have too many unknowns to be certain of how well they play, especially in game 1. They could be really good, really bad, or anywhere in between.

Interesting game. Theoretically, on paper they'll look a little better but should be a great case study on consistency in a program vs the new transfer era. Obviously not a perfect comparison because they're p5, but this should be the type of game where the POKES' consistency approach is a benefit. No idea if that translates to a win.

 

[307bball]

I think questions surrounding their transfer talent level and how fast they can gel are much more important variables than the heat. Maybe CFN has good info on them but I was thinking they have too many unknowns to be certain of how well they play, especially in game 1. They could be really good, really bad, or anywhere in between.

Interesting game. Theoretically, on paper they'll look a little better but should be a great case study on consistency in a program vs the new transfer era. Obviously not a perfect comparison because they're p5, but this should be the type of game where the POKES' consistency approach is a benefit. No idea if that translates to a win.

Road game at P5?... If we are able to win it...color me impressed. Not something that Wyoming is known for..... Last time was '08 right?

Would love to see Coach Reuben's teams show more life on the road than Bohl's...but I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Road game at P5?... If we are able to win it...color me impressed. Not something that Wyoming is known for..... Last time was '08 right?

Would love to see Coach Reuben's teams show more life on the road than Bohl's...but I'll believe it when I see it.

Check out asu from last year. I think they had tryouts mid-season for linemen or something. They lost key talent in the portal. Tons of questions surrounding that program.

This should be a 50/50 game unless asu worked miracles in the portal and off-season.

 

[Poke in New England]

Road game at P5?... If we are able to win it...color me impressed. Not something that Wyoming is known for..... Last time was '08 right?

Would love to see Coach Reuben's teams show more life on the road than Bohl's...but I'll believe it when I see it.

The closest Bohl ever got was a 17 point loss at Wazzu in 2015. Went back and looked, Pokes actually outgained them that day.

Of course Texas last season was a more impressive performance even though we lost by more.

 

[phxpoke]

ASU did a good job with the portal. It looks like they are ranked 30th in the nation with two 4 star transfers coming in and over 20 3 star transfers coming in. Of course, we will have to see how that translates on the field.. Go Pokes! https://247sports.com/college/arizona-state/season/2024-football/commits/

 

[TheRealUW]

Regardless of how good ASU is, a win in Tempe would be a significant accomplishment. We have been terrible on the road against every level of competition. I truly can't remember the last time we've gone on the road and I've been even remotely confident we were going to win. That's true even when we have had good teams and even when we have been favored to win. We just can't seem to make the little plays that we do when we play at home.

All of that being said, unless ASU turns out to be some surprise juggernaut, we have got to start winning games like this if we want to take the next step as a program. The outcome of the ASU game is not going to make or break our season, but I think it will tell us a whole damn lot about how good this team really is. A good team gets the job done on the road. No excuses (including the weather).

 

[307bball]

Regardless of how good ASU is, a win in Tempe would be a significant accomplishment. We have been terrible on the road against every level of competition. I truly can't remember the last time we've gone on the road and I've been even remotely confident we were going to win. That's true even when we have had good teams and even when we have been favored to win. We just can't seem to make the little plays that we do when we play at home.

All of that being said, unless ASU turns out to be some surprise juggernaut, we have got to start winning games like this if we want to take the next step as a program. The outcome of the ASU game is not going to make or break our season, but I think it will tell us a whole damn lot about how good this team really is. A good team gets the job done on the road. No excuses (including the weather).

Spot on...

Unless something has changed, this game is a loss. Wyoming has been abysmal on the road since Tiller was at the helm. Good teams win these games. It's one thing to go to Texas and lose...but to consistently have bad results at every away stadium (P5 or not) is a huge barrier to making that next jump.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Spot on...

Unless something has changed, this game is a loss. Wyoming has been abysmal on the road since Tiller was at the helm. Good teams win these games. It's one thing to go to Texas and lose...but to consistently have bad results at every away stadium (P5 or not) is a huge barrier to making that next jump.

All purely speculation at this point but I don't know that asu will be a tougher out than at csu or at wsu. If and always a big if in preseason, asu is similar to csu and wsu, do you think those are likely losses as well?

My point was that i thought asu has enough questions that, at this point, they wouldn't be categorized as significantly more difficult than at least wsu.

Obviously, asu's transfers may light it up and be really tough.

As to WYO' road woes, 2021-2022 were .500 then fell off again last year. If PBJ is the real deal, he should be able to take that next step or at least maintain .500 (or a little better). There should be enough lower end teams on the away schedule to manage that most years. North TX, sjsu, unm, and csu (Bohl did well against them) is a great example. If PBJ is legit, 3 wins out of that group should be doable.

 

[307bball]

All purely speculation at this point but I don't know that asu will be a tougher out than at csu or at wsu. If and always a big if in preseason, asu is similar to csu and wsu, do you think those are likely losses as well?

My point was that i thought asu has enough questions that, at this point, they wouldn't be categorized as significantly more difficult than at least wsu.

Obviously, asu's transfers may light it up and be really tough.

As to WYO' road woes, 2021-2022 were .500 then fell off again last year. If PBJ is the real deal, he should be able to take that next step or at least maintain .500 (or a little better). There should be enough lower end teams on the away schedule to manage that most years. North TX, sjsu, unm, and csu (Bohl did well against them) is a great example. If PBJ is legit, 3 wins out of that group should be doable.

I'm in complete agreement that we "should" be able to beat these programs on the road...will we? The track record is not fantastic. Maybe we are just a mediocre to bad program with a good home field advantage?....instead of a good team that falls flat on the road?

The better teams find ways to win road games against equal and inferior competition. Losing 1 to 2 unexplainable road games nearly every year has been the story forever. For whatever reason...Wyoming is in the category of teams that lose inexplicable games on the road. Now...most of college football falls into that category. Anybody remember the '99 season ending debacle at SDSU? A win there would have resulted in a three-way tie for second I believe. It's not like SDSU were any good...they were aggressively average and the pokes went in and laid an egg. Maybe it's negativity bias but that seems to happen a lot on the road.