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Who's the greatest QB in Wyo history?

evilpoke

evilpoke

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I was thinking about this, and honestly didn't really have an answer.

My first three thoughts were Casey Bramlet, Josh Wallwork, Randy Welniak and Tom Corontzos, but none of them really stood out as THE guy. (I'm also showing my lack of knowledge of pre-1980 Cowboys info)
 
Wallwork broke a lot of records, as I remember.. and wasn't he the QB during the Marcus Harris years? Joe Hughes did well with Ryan Yarborough.
 
Evil, that is four thoughts. But anyway, I would say Walwork just for his passing abilities or Welniak for his leadership. But I would give honorable mention to Casey Bramlet because he was able to accomplish an awful lot with VERY little help. He was frequently running for his life right from the snap.
 
I actually think Bramlet was better than Wallwork...but Wallwork put up much better numbers due to the offensive system in place. Also, Wallwork's teams had much better overall talent (thus more wins).

Wallwork never really got an NFL shot. He later played with Harris in an arena league I believe. Bramlet has been able to make a career out of football.
 
My ranking.

1. Welniak (he was Wyoming's Joe Montana)
2. Wallwork (partly because he's orginially from Honolulu)
3. Bramlett (did well with hardly zilch support)
 
Sounds like we are all pretty much on the same page. I think Wallwork has the best stats, hands down, but he also had decent teams. Bramlet did do quite a bit with less, and Welniak is a very memorable player. I think the longer time goes on, the more stats, are used to gauge history, so while we could debate it now, I think 20 years from now, Wallwork will be assumed to be the best of that bunch.............

But, by then Dave and some stud will have a new all-time yardage, wins, completion%, td to int ratio, and multiple MWC Champ QB to consider as the best of all time. Man, I hope this comes true.
 
Fullback41 said:
Sounds like we are all pretty much on the same page. I think Wallwork has the best stats, hands down, but he also had decent teams. Bramlet did do quite a bit with less, and Welniak is a very memorable player. I think the longer time goes on, the more stats, are used to gauge history, so while we could debate it now, I think 20 years from now, Wallwork will be assumed to be the best of that bunch.............

But, by then Dave and some stud will have a new all-time yardage, wins, completion%, td to int ratio, and multiple MWC Champ QB to consider as the best of all time. Man, I hope this comes true.
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As long as that stud QB in UW's future gets us to beat the living shit out of the bastard BYU Cougars who cares about the other stuff!
 
I guess everybody on this list is too young to remember Joe Mastrogiovanni from the mid 50's. He was one cool stud from Brooklyn. There were several other players from Brooklyn at Wyo at that time.

Joe just looked cool and confident on the field. But more than that he played both on offense and
defense. He was the Pokes first throwing QB but lead the nation in rushing for the first 8 weeks of the
1955 season, ending up second nationally. He also punted , won at least three games with his field goal kicking, and ended up with All-American honors.

"Joe the Toe" is my vote for best QB.
 
He was a defensive back pressed into service for the 1967 season. Paul led the Pokes to a 10-0 regular season finish and a poll ranking of 5th in the Coaches and 6th in the AP polls respectively. He led Wyoming to the Sugar Bowl where he almost engineered a last minute comeback versus the LSU Tigers.

Here's the text to his Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame citation:

Paul Toscano
Football, 1965-67

The first Cowboy quarterback in history to lead the nation in total offense, Paul Toscano was considered the University of Wyoming's "storybook" player. Toscano earned his first two Cowboy letters as a defensive safety. When the quarterback situation was questionable in 1967, the coaching staff asked Toscano to step in. All "Pitchin' Paul" did was lead the Cowboys to a 10-1 record, a WAC title, and a berth in Wyoming's biggest bowl ever, the 1968 Sugar Bowl. Toscano ended the 1967 season as the greatest single season and single game passer in Cowboys' history. He set or tied eleven passing records as he led the Pokes to their second straight WAC title and third undefeated season. He led the WAC in total offense and was second in passing. Nationally, Paul was sixth in passing. He was named Player of the Year in the WAC by United Press International, was a unanimous first team All-WAC selection, and finished in the balloting for the Heisman trophy.

Inducted October 1, 1999

He's got to be in consideration, IMHO.
 
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