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Duval building War Daddies [Vorel]

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LOVE IT!!!! The culture is changing in Laramie! I'll deal with lower than average recruiting classes for a new culture of tough, hard nose badasses. This is something I don't remember Wyoming having in my 28 years of fandom. I could not be more excited.
 
"The first day I came in, I threw up. I’m not going to lie," Rufran said with a laugh. "It was after ropes, and I couldn’t move. I went to try to get to the trash can, and I couldn’t because if I moved I was going to throw up. I took off my shirt, I made a little ball, and I threw up right in my shirt.

"It was all good. I just had to throw the shirt away after.”
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Alright, I seriously hope this works. I'd love to see us just wear other teams down because we're in better shape. Now lets hope we can get the players to develop skill as well. ;)
 
That's one thing that's always amazed me.. Laramie has a very distinct advantage over more than half of the Mountain West, they should be able to wear a team down with no problem, but we don't see that too often. I nice long 7 minute drive of grinding down a defense should wear a defense out to absurd levels at 7200 feet.. more of those types of drives would be nice.
 
MrTitleist said:
That's one thing that's always amazed me.. Laramie has a very distinct advantage over more than half of the Mountain West, they should be able to wear a team down with no problem, but we don't see that too often. I nice long 7 minute drive of grinding down a defense should wear a defense out to absurd levels at 7200 feet.. more of those types of drives would be nice.
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That's why I love us recruiting a bunch of TEs and a fairly big (and fast) running back. Nothing like just hammering away until the opposing defense can't breathe without oxygen masks. Would be nice to have a couple of big fullbacks as well, but I imagine that might be one thing they're keeping their eyes open for. There are a few interesting ones that have yet to sign... like this guy:

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I'm guessing he probably hopes to walk on somewhere in Texas, but who knows?
 
Every article I read gets me more pumped. But at the same time we have had sunshine pumped up our asses time and time again. I want to feel what we have truly felt since the mid 90s. Even the last two bowls we won didn't feel as good as the seasons as a whole when I was a kid
 
Aaron said:
Every article I read gets me more pumped. But at the same time we have had sunshine pumped up our asses time and time again. I want to feel what we have truly felt since the mid 90s. Even the last two bowls we won didn't feel as good as the seasons as a whole when I was a kid
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Exactly. Every new coach I can remember has changed the culture.

My enthusiasm is tempered until we don't lose (and for the first time ever in Laramie) to Fresno by 40+ points. Or maybe pull an upset or two. That will be great.
 
hithere said:
Aaron said:
Every article I read gets me more pumped. But at the same time we have had sunshine pumped up our asses time and time again. I want to feel what we have truly felt since the mid 90s. Even the last two bowls we won didn't feel as good as the seasons as a whole when I was a kid
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Exactly. Every new coach I can remember has changed the culture.

My enthusiasm is tempered until we don't lose (and for the first time ever in Laramie) to Fresno by 40+ points. Or maybe pull an upset or two. That will be great.
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Here is every loss in Bohl's tenure at NDSU, and how much they lost by.

03: 9, 7, 3
04: 2, 3, 3
05: 3, 31, 6, 9
06: 1
07: 5
08: 3, 8, 5, 10, 1
09: 17, 3, 10, 3, 15, 15, 4, 4
10: 7, 12, 10, 3, 7
11: 3
12: 3
13: undefeated

Only one loss by 20+ points. As a reference point, the year before Bohl was hired, they lost 3 games by 20+ points.
 
Just talked to my son and he said that today's conditioning was hands down the hardest he has ever been involved in. Duvall is going to have them in shape that is for sure!
 
jarhead said:
Just talked to my son and he said that today's conditioning was hands down the hardest he has ever been involved in. Duvall is going to have them in shape that is for sure!
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That is such great news...I am thrilled about having him at Wyoming.

I was skewered when I said Greener wasn't the right guy for the job - and am SO grateful that Duval is paying the dividends I always thought Wyoming needed.

Hope he brings back the all time WR records while at it...and beats some of them!
 
McPeachy said:
Hope he brings back the all time WR records while at it...and beats some of them!
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Yeah, I'd like to know this too. jarhead, can you confim? Are the records that Greener/DC supposedly threw out gone for good or are they coming back?
 
jarhead said:
I am not sure I like the reference Wyo is using......."War Daddies". Sounds too much like "Sugar Daddies". If we want to portray toughness and grit then perhaps we should have looked to the USMC. During WWI in France at an obscure patch of timber in a place called Bellue Woods, the Marines were pinned down and for all practical purposes beaten. However they would not give up, they fought with the tenacity of possesed spirits. The Germans grew to respect and eventually to fear the fighting spirt of the United States Marine. They witnesses a fighting will that couldn't be explained. Through six attacks, numerous mustard gas attacks, and eventually hand to hand combat, the Marines continued to fight. Captain Lloyd Williams said when asked if they should retreat..."Retreat he'll we just got here!" General Pershing said that "the deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine with a rifle". The Germans came to call the Marines "Teufel Hunden" translated to DEVIL DOG ! So....rather than War Daddies, perhaps we should consider "War Dogs". "Release the hounds and unleash the Dogs of War". Oooooooo Rahhhhh!
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I know the "Powder River, Let 'er Buck!" cry came from WWI, but did it come from the battle of Bellue Woods?
 
fromolwyoming said:
I know the "Powder River, Let 'er Buck!" cry came from WWI, but did it come from the battle of Bellue Woods?
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I wish that was NEVER heard again
 
Aaron said:
fromolwyoming said:
I know the "Powder River, Let 'er Buck!" cry came from WWI, but did it come from the battle of Bellue Woods?
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I wish that was NEVER heard again
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Agree! Nothing against the history behind it but the recent history of use by a certain coach always felt forced.....fake. :twocents:
 
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