" Wyoming is a joke and won't be televising or streaming.."

[McPeachy]

Although I love my cowboys...we have a small-time thinking (and clearly uninspiring) administration. But yes, some things are out of their hands - LOL. So with that, you get comments like these.

THAT SAID...

I don't mind no TV / Streaming for this game. Get your ass to the stadium. And yes, that hurts the people that live more than 5 or so hours away...but until UW figures out how to black out the 300 mile radius when only 20,000 seats will be filled on a September gameday, it will - and should continue to happen.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

For much of the past 15 years or so, we've been closer to FCS levels than upper end of the MWC. If the shoe fits....


It would be interesting to see if streaming impacts attendance. I would guess that TV might, but I also guess that streaming is different and would not impact attendance that much???

Selfishly, I wish it were streamed. Hell, make it streamed and pay-per-view. I'm sure they could charge at minimum $5 and maybe as much as $15.

 

[J-Rod]

There is no doubt that Wyoming has struggled to hammer FCS opponents like our peers do. It's a growing frustration that has sadly become a trend. That's probably the biggest factor in why I want to beat UND soundly.

Baby steps in the Bohl era. Step 1: Please end this trend of Wyoming struggling to win in tune up games.

 

[Wyokie]

Vic Koenning, Norm Chow, whoever coached at Southern Miss...sometimes all it takes is one awful hire to undo years of success. Glenn and DC had their positives and negatives. I'm glad Wyoming isn't taking any short cuts and hired Bohl. We'll get the answers to our questions in the next 2-5 years. If anyone can get it done, it's Bohl.

I'll say it for the 42nd time: I'll be pissed if Wyoming doesn't beat UND by at least 14 points. Enough already....quit struggling with programs like this....and Eastern Michigan? They haven't won a OOC road game since 1988 (hat tip to Wyokie). Those guys too....it shouldn't be close at all.

Thank you.

BTW, that game he's talking about happened on September 10, 1988. Eastern Michigan @ Youngstown State. EMU Hurons won, 17-12. They didn't become the Eagles until 1991. Was the Hurons from 1929-1990.

 

[JimmyDimes]

For much of the past 15 years or so, we've been closer to FCS levels than upper end of the MWC. If the shoe fits....

It would be interesting to see if streaming impacts attendance. I would guess that TV might, but I also guess that streaming is different and would not impact attendance that much???

Selfishly, I wish it were streamed. Hell, make it streamed and pay-per-view. I'm sure they could charge at minimum $5 and maybe as much as $15.

While we did lose to Cal Poly with our 3rd string QB (and of course last years starting QB), it was our only loss to a FCS team. In that same time period, we've beat some of the best FCS teams.....Furman, App State, NDSU, Montana, etc. Plus, name one Big Sky team who would have beaten Ole Miss x2, Virginia, Tennessee, etc. We've had some down times in MWC play, but have played some of the big boys toe to toe.

What we are is a team that needs to get back to winning football.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

For much of the past 15 years or so, we've been closer to FCS levels than upper end of the MWC. If the shoe fits....

It would be interesting to see if streaming impacts attendance. I would guess that TV might, but I also guess that streaming is different and would not impact attendance that much???

Selfishly, I wish it were streamed. Hell, make it streamed and pay-per-view. I'm sure they could charge at minimum $5 and maybe as much as $15.

While we did lose to Cal Poly with our 3rd string QB (and of course last years starting QB), it was our only loss to a FCS team. In that same time period, we've beat some of the best FCS teams.....Furman, App State, NDSU, Montana, etc. Plus, name one Big Sky team who would have beaten Ole Miss x2, Virginia, Tennessee, etc. We've had some down times in MWC play, but have played some of the big boys toe to toe.

What we are is a team that needs to get back to winning football.

What was the point differential between us and FCS teams? How about us and the likes of USU, BSU, Utah, etc.? Without looking, I would venture that we were much closer to the top of FCS than we were the top of the MWC. That is probably true for about any metric you want to use.

 

[J-Rod]

What was the point differential between us and FCS teams? How about us and the likes of USU, BSU, Utah, etc.? Without looking, I would venture that we were much closer to the top of FCS than we were the top of the MWC. That is probably true for about any metric you want to use.

That's true for most MW teams. New Mexico, UNLV, San Jose State, etc. aren't too far off from the elites of the FCS. Hell, Hawaii is a good example with having narrowly beaten Northern Iowa last season. You're correct, but that's not just a Wyoming issue. A lot of the non-top MW teams are comparable to the top of the FCS.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

What was the point differential between us and FCS teams? How about us and the likes of USU, BSU, Utah, etc.? Without looking, I would venture that we were much closer to the top of FCS than we were the top of the MWC. That is probably true for about any metric you want to use.

That's true for most MW teams. New Mexico, UNLV, San Jose State, etc. aren't too far off from the elites of the FCS. Hell, Hawaii is a good example with having narrowly beaten Northern Iowa last season. You're correct, but that's not just a Wyoming issue. A lot of the non-top MW teams are comparable to the top of the FCS.

Definitely don't disagree. The MWC is pretty craptastic sans a few teams. I wouldn't even categorize us as FCS on steroids...maybe FCS on protein supplements.

Hopefully that changes, but, I guess I was just saying that I don't disagree with categorizing us near FCS.

 

[NebraskaCowboy]

THAT SAID...

I don't mind no TV / Streaming for this game. Get your ass to the stadium. And yes, that hurts the people that live more than 5 or so hours away...but until UW figures out how to black out the 300 mile radius when only 20,000 seats will be filled on a September gameday, it will - and should continue to happen.

Agree 100%. There's probably a few good reasons that this game isn't on TV. Sure neither us nor North Dakota are world beaters, but its about more than that. It's the first week of the season. It's a three day weekend. They want people at the game. How many times late in the year are you going to be able to make the drive to Laramie? Not many. That's why you go to games like this early in the year when TV isn't necessary.

 

[laxwyo]

I agree with Mcpeach. Get your ass to the game. The only people I've never heard complain about a blackout are people at the game. Blackouts happen. I'd like to watch it but oh well, maybe a couple thousand extra people will show up

 

[WyoBrandX]

Something happened in 2007 that started wiping out the middle of the mountain west conference.

The country went into a recession. People started watching more TV. Advertisers started paying more. Bigger conferences started collecting more revenue from TV. The big guys raided the top of the MWC. We lost our TV station. The middle started falling apart. All the realignment crap.

Now the economy is growing again. There is a trend towards cutting the cable. Sooner than later the ESPN bubble will burst. The best thing we can do is win, win hard, keep our good coaches around, and upgrade facilities. When that bubble bursts, we want that momentum going - and it could slingshot us to the top pretty quickly.

 

[Douglaspoke]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

Anyone who reads my comments knows that I can't stand byu, but I fail to see how that was their fault. They (byu) were who they were. We can't control that.

What we could control was our response and we dropped the ball, IMO.

 

[LanderPoke]

Something happened in 2007 that started wiping out the middle of the mountain west conference.

The country went into a recession. People started watching more TV. Advertisers started paying more. Bigger conferences started collecting more revenue from TV. The big guys raided the top of the MWC. We lost our TV station. The middle started falling apart. All the realignment crap.

Now the economy is growing again. There is a trend towards cutting the cable. Sooner than later the ESPN bubble will burst. The best thing we can do is win, win hard, keep our good coaches around, and upgrade facilities. When that bubble bursts, we want that momentum going - and it could slingshot us to the top pretty quickly.

So you're saying a good way to support the Pokes is to get rid of ESPN?

 

[BeaverPoke]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

Anyone who reads my comments knows that I can't stand byu, but I fail to see how that was their fault. They (byu) were who they were. We can't control that.

What we could control was our response and we dropped the ball, IMO.

Why would we want to look in the mirror and see why we suck when we can just blame BYU and pretend it's their fault?

I mean seriously.
We had some players trying to make a social justice/civil rights movement and a coach who (right or wrong, I don't care at this point) wasn't okay with the way the players wanted to act and carry out their plan and in the long run, it cost them their spots on the team. It just so happened to be that these players were some of our best players.

The fall of the Wyoming Cowboys was because of the Wyoming Cowboys.

 

[Wyokie]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

Anyone who reads my comments knows that I can't stand byu, but I fail to see how that was their fault. They (byu) were who they were. We can't control that.

What we could control was our response and we dropped the ball, IMO.

Why would we want to look in the mirror and see why we suck when we can just blame BYU and pretend it's their fault?

I mean seriously.
We had some players trying to make a social justice/civil rights movement and a coach who (right or wrong, I don't care at this point) wasn't okay with the way the players wanted to act and carry out their plan and in the long run, it cost them their spots on the team. It just so happened to be that these players were some of our best players.

The fall of the Wyoming Cowboys was because of the Wyoming Cowboys.

No, BP. You don't get it! Had BYU allowed blacks into the Mormon church, that "incident" never happens. Cause and effect! So...our fucking mess since early 70s is rightfully blamed on the basterds!!!!

 

[laxwyo]

If the drug dealer didn't have drugs, I wouldn't have gotten high, mom

 

[BeaverPoke]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

Anyone who reads my comments knows that I can't stand byu, but I fail to see how that was their fault. They (byu) were who they were. We can't control that.

What we could control was our response and we dropped the ball, IMO.

Why would we want to look in the mirror and see why we suck when we can just blame BYU and pretend it's their fault?

I mean seriously.
We had some players trying to make a social justice/civil rights movement and a coach who (right or wrong, I don't care at this point) wasn't okay with the way the players wanted to act and carry out their plan and in the long run, it cost them their spots on the team. It just so happened to be that these players were some of our best players.

The fall of the Wyoming Cowboys was because of the Wyoming Cowboys.

No, BP. You don't get it! Had BYU allowed blacks into the Mormon church, that "incident" never happens. Cause and effect! So...our fucking mess since early 70s is rightfully blamed on the basterds!!!!

I think and hope you are being sarcastic. If not, then whoa....

Side note. It wasn't about blacks being allowed in the church it was about blacks not being Bishops in the church.

Another side note, did you know several other schools in the western US also protested BYU because of that?

CSU, SJSU, I think even the Beavers did too.
Some of them almost had full on riots during basketball and football games.
Wyoming though? We just let it decimate our football program.


Could you imagine a modern day Black14 happening?
A team like LSU or Michigan State just falling from the top to the depths of the FBS.

Amazing how big of a deal that is to Wyoming football.

 

[Hayduke]

I agree with Mcpeach. Get your ass to the game. The only people I've never heard complain about a blackout are people at the game. Blackouts happen. I'd like to watch it but oh well, maybe a couple thousand extra people will show up

The non streaming of this game on a holiday weekend is probably a strategy figuring there is more $$ in a few extra ticket sales from diehards around the state than there is in the cost of a broadcast operation pandering to many of the same diehards that don't have a Helluvalot to do Labor Day weekend.

 

[Hayduke]

HAYDUKE:

Appreciate your comments on the ND board. You certainly have it right that in many ways that but for BYU that the Cowboys might still be riding the high of the Sugar Bowl year and the mo they had that year before the"incident" that derailed Cowboy Football. In my opinion it has never got back, Paul Roach almost got us there, but we probably needed a few more years of him and a bowl win that year over Iowa would have gone a long ways.

Thanks.

I thought the UND folks coming should appreciate how I love Laramie and UW. I think those fans will have a great time. I'll wear my UND Sioux jersey that day, but I won't be disappointed in any outcome. I'll probably confuse the Hell out of folks with the Steamboat stickers on my GMC while wearing green and white. Lol