This weekend will go a long ways in showing us if we're a better football team or if it's more of the same?

[Cowboy Junky]

We can't afford to take a bad loss this weekend. This is a must win for the Pokes, as much as an ooc game against UC Davis can be a must win.

If we win, it doesn't prove we're a good team, but it does keep us in bowl contention.

If we lose, fans will jump ship, this board will turn into a nuclear disaster area, and it's very likely we won't be going to a bowl game this year.

This is a big game this weekend. Hopefully the young Pokes will play the way they have for 7 quarters this year and not like we did in the fourth quarter in Lincoln.

Go Pokes!!

 

[JimmyDimes]

It is pretty obvious to me that we are a much better team. I am expecting a win based on how we have looked the so far (minus the 4th qtr meltdown). I am expecting a win, but won't jump ship with a loss. A loss would suck, but I have seen decent improvement and we're still a team tilted to the underclassmen side.

Go Pokes!!

 

[Cowboy Junky]

It is pretty obvious to me that we are a much better team. I am expecting a win based on how we have looked the so far (minus the 4th qtr meltdown). I am expecting a win, but won't jump ship with a loss. A loss would suck, but I have seen decent improvement and we're still a team tilted to the underclassmen side.

Go Pokes!!

You might not jump ship, but if we lose this game it will create a hell-storm like we haven't seen on this board since last season.

In addition, the common fan will be a lot less likely to attend a game in Laramie this year.

This is a huge game for Wyoming.

 

[McPeachy]

It is pretty obvious to me that we are a much better team. I am expecting a win based on how we have looked the so far (minus the 4th qtr meltdown). I am expecting a win, but won't jump ship with a loss. A loss would suck, but I have seen decent improvement and we're still a team tilted to the underclassmen side.

Go Pokes!!

You might not jump ship, but if we lose this game it will create a hell-storm like we haven't seen on this board since last season.

In addition, the common fan will be a lot less likely to attend a game in Laramie this year.

This is a huge game for Wyoming.

After what were maybe the 2 worst losses in modern-day Wyoming football last year, I agree with Junky, if Wyoming shits the bed on Saturday, a melt-down of epic proportions will commence.

The worst part would be reading all the circle-jerker's posts saying shit like "it takes time to build the program the right way" and "we are very young" and similar crap. Ugh.

 

[Adv8RU12]

Two things need to be fixed right away:
1) The easy one: Where the runners go on a running play.
2) The hard one: Getting a new scheme for the defensive secondary.

 

[LanderPoke]

Yeah, if there's one game all year we should pull all the stops to win it's this one. Break out the Conway halfback pass if need be. We can't, repeat can't lose to another FCS. I think Bohl understands this.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

This years comments by Brian Hill at MWC media day didn't help any. I don't know if he couldn't think of anything else to say, or if they really over-looked two opponents that have no business competing with us, even in our down years. Either way, he put the pressure on the staff/team with that comment. Now if we lose to UC Davis or EMU, EVERYONE is going to point the finger at the staff, as they should.

Most of us see a lot of progress with this young team. Yes, we only have about a dozen upper classmen in the two deep. Still, if we can't beat UC Davis at home in year three of the Bohl project, how much progress have we made?

This is a must win for Craig Bohl and the Pokes, as much as that pains me to say that a game against UC Davis could even be considered a must win.

 

[ELKMT]

It is a must win. D1aa games should always be must wins. Emu is a must win as well. It is pathetic that we lost to North Dakota and emu last year, even if it was a rebuilding year. I think this team is much improved though and we win.

 

[DVDA]

If UW loses Saturday, it means the team has lost their confidence. My biggest worry is Josh Allen losing his swagger and second guessing himself. He needs a strong game to put that Nebraska game behind him.

 

[J-Rod]

UC-Davis gave up 600+ total yards to the Southern Oregon Raiders last week. Repeat that with me. The Southern Oregon...Raiders. If Wyoming doesn't wreck these fuckers, this team isn't anywhere near as good as some made it out to be post-NIU. No pathetic excuses, blast these guys.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Yeah the importance of this game can not be understated.

Nothing would make me happier than beating these guys worse than the ducks did too.

There is no reason that we shouldn't do what Nebraska did to Fresno St. and us in the 4th quarter.
Somewhat of a "close" game going into the 4th, then Wyo should blow them out in the 4th.

I would thrilled with a 17-0, or 21-3 type of score going into the 4th, as long as it ended 38-10ish.

 

[joshvanklomp]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

 

[Cuttslam]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

In this case it doesn't. 61-0 will get folks excited 28 -27 will not. It isn't if we win, it's how we won.

 

[joshvanklomp]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

In this case it doesn't. 61-0 will get folks excited 28 -27 will not. It isn't if we win, it's how we won.

It may improve fan excitement, but it still doesn't change the result. In both cases we'd still be 2-1 going into Week 3.

 

[calpoke25]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

You can't be serious right? If Wyoming eeks out a 1 point win against an FCS school in the coaches 3rd year it may count the same as a 60 point win, but it would probably make us underdogs (which we may already be regardless of this weeks result) against Eastern Freaking Michigan, which is not acceptable. Wyoming needs to show that this program has moved past its current phase of basically being a FCS team in terms of results. I think most people currently think we aren't much better than a FCS team, and for good reason. How to change that perception? Win convincingly against an FCS team.

 

[Cuttslam]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

In this case it doesn't. 61-0 will get folks excited 28 -27 will not. It isn't if we win, it's how we won.

It may improve fan excitement, but it still doesn't change the result. In both cases we'd still be 2-1 going into Week 3.

Statements like that shows your not from around these parts partner.

 

[BeaverPoke]

All that matters at the end of the day is if the game is a W or a L. A 61-0 win counts just the same as a 28-27 win.

In this case it doesn't. 61-0 will get folks excited 28 -27 will not. It isn't if we win, it's how we won.

It may improve fan excitement, but it still doesn't change the result. In both cases we'd still be 2-1 going into Week 3.

I didn't know that's how that worked.

 

[J-Rod]

Wyoming wins 61-0, I guarantee we start seeing 8-4/9-3 and MW championship talk. 28-27...we're back to hoping for 5-7. UCD is the worst team Wyo will play all year. A narrow home win wouldn't bode well for future games.

That said, again...3-1 is the early goal. But those next 3 wins would be tough to come by if Wyo struggles with *those* guys.

Good teams smash average FCS opponents. Time to prove Wyoming is a good team.

 

[stymeman]

it'll only mean that our recruits are of the FCS caliber and this program will continue to stay mediocre, but i'll be in attendance so I foresee a wonderful Wyoming weekend, GO POKES

 

[cowboyz]

The Big10 Network replayed the game, so I watched most of it again. By the way, really nice to just jump play-to-play with no huddles, time outs, etc.

Anyway, the "team" didn't have a 4th quarter meltdown. It was just a series of bad passes from the QB. The backward behind the receiver pass and a couple INT's. On the very few plays that weren't these bad throws, we had a couple nice receptions and a couple nice runs by Hill. It wasn't suddenly that the line wasn't blocking or the RBs couldn't hold onto the ball or whatever, we just served them the ball 4 straight times. Then the better team that was playing at home, had 3 short field situations and a little help from the refs, to blow it wide open. If we graded each member of the team that saw the field in the 4th quarter it would be a series of incompletes, not Ds and Fs.

I'm with J-Rod on this, we should crush these guys. Hill with a 250 or more yards type game. This might just be the biggest game to date in the Bohl era. Can we stomp an FCS team at home as we should? Or are we still back in the DC era of being out-coached every game, regardless of the competition?