PORTAL TRACKER: LET’S CHECK IN ON FORMER WYOMING FOOTBALL PLAYERS

[Itsux2beaewe]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

I agree that many players wouldn’t play. However, Considering that he missed the previous few games, I think he did want to prove the shoulder was healthy heading into the draft.

 

[307bball]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

I agree that many players wouldn’t play. However, Considering that he missed the previous few games, I think he did want to prove the shoulder was healthy heading into the draft.

The beautiful thing about sports is that it's so easy to apply a narrative to everything. You can look at every decision of a coach, player, athletic director, or whatever and confirm whatever bias you want to. Don't like a player?...it's easy to find selfish looking actions. Don't like a coach? You'll be able to call them cowardly or reckless depending on whatever decision they make. People involved with sports are the ultimate "Man in the arena" to borrow a term from Teddy Roosevelt.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

I agree that many players wouldn’t play. However, Considering that he missed the previous few games, I think he did want to prove the shoulder was healthy heading into the draft.

The beautiful thing about sports is that it's so easy to apply a narrative to everything. You can look at every decision of a coach, player, athletic director, or whatever and confirm whatever bias you want to. Don't like a player?...it's easy to find selfish looking actions. Don't like a coach? You'll be able to call them cowardly or reckless depending on whatever decision they make. People involved with sports are the ultimate "Man in the arena" to borrow a term from Teddy Roosevelt.

I'm honestly not sure where you are going with this. I've never been a bigger fan of a professional athlete more than Josh Allen. He carries himself better than any player I can remember and is the ultimate competitor. How many QBs in the league are going to lay it on the line and risk their future by hurdling NFL defenders? How many players make it a goal at the end of every game to make the game extra special for a young fan? He is a good dude and the kind of teammate everyone wants.

That said and getting back to the topic - I agree with some of the posters that Josh Allen leaving to the NFL after his junior season isn't really any different than a player transferring to another school in search of a bigger payday in light of the new rules.

 

[LanderPoke]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

Yet another example of how Josh just loved his coaches, teammates and UW.

 

[307bball]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

I agree that many players wouldn’t play. However, Considering that he missed the previous few games, I think he did want to prove the shoulder was healthy heading into the draft.

The beautiful thing about sports is that it's so easy to apply a narrative to everything. You can look at every decision of a coach, player, athletic director, or whatever and confirm whatever bias you want to. Don't like a player?...it's easy to find selfish looking actions. Don't like a coach? You'll be able to call them cowardly or reckless depending on whatever decision they make. People involved with sports are the ultimate "Man in the arena" to borrow a term from Teddy Roosevelt.

I'm honestly not sure where you are going with this. I've never been a bigger fan of a professional athlete more than Josh Allen. He carries himself better than any player I can remember and is the ultimate competitor. How many QBs in the league are going to lay it on the line and risk their future by hurdling NFL defenders? How many players make it a goal at the end of every game to make the game extra special for a young fan? He is a good dude and the kind of teammate everyone wants.

That said and getting back to the topic - I agree with some of the posters that Josh Allen leaving to the NFL after his junior season isn't really any different than a player transferring to another school in search of a bigger payday in light of the new rules.

mostly just noticing that it's easy to apply one's own bias when it comes to sports. One could observe that Josh was trying to raise his draft stock by playing in the Potato Bowl ....or one could say Josh loved his teammates too much to leave them without their starting QB. Both could be true but you can use either narrative to paint him in a certain light. I too am a huge JA fan who never cared a wit about the Bills but now follow them assiduously.

 

[laxwyo]

We will never know. I do k ow Josh played his SR year in the spud bowl and had nothing to prove. He did it because he loved UW and The Pokes.

Junior year in terms of football eligibility.

Okay, well he played in a small time bowl knowing he was destined for the NFL, and had nothing to prove.

I agree that many players wouldn’t play. However, Considering that he missed the previous few games, I think he did want to prove the shoulder was healthy heading into the draft.

The beautiful thing about sports is that it's so easy to apply a narrative to everything. You can look at every decision of a coach, player, athletic director, or whatever and confirm whatever bias you want to. Don't like a player?...it's easy to find selfish looking actions. Don't like a coach? You'll be able to call them cowardly or reckless depending on whatever decision they make. People involved with sports are the ultimate "Man in the arena" to borrow a term from Teddy Roosevelt.

I'm honestly not sure where you are going with this. I've never been a bigger fan of a professional athlete more than Josh Allen. He carries himself better than any player I can remember and is the ultimate competitor. How many QBs in the league are going to lay it on the line and risk their future by hurdling NFL defenders? How many players make it a goal at the end of every game to make the game extra special for a young fan? He is a good dude and the kind of teammate everyone wants.

That said and getting back to the topic - I agree with some of the posters that Josh Allen leaving to the NFL after his junior season isn't really any different than a player transferring to another school in search of a bigger payday in light of the new rules.

mostly just noticing that it's easy to apply one's own bias when it comes to sports. One could observe that Josh was trying to raise his draft stock by playing in the Potato Bowl ....or one could say Josh loved his teammates too much to leave them without their starting QB. Both could be true but you can use either narrative to paint him in a certain light. I too am a huge JA fan who never cared a wit about the Bills but now follow them assiduously.

I think people forget Josh was coming back from an injury. He balled out in the spud bowl and it 100% helped his draft stock. We didn't have a RB that season and by most accounts his draft stock didnt change much. That bowl game lifted him