WYOMING SPORTS - FOOTBALL & HOOPS - VISIBILITY

[DocHolliday]

An issue that I brought up with Gags on the radio during one of our segments last year...how do you feel about Wyoming football and basketball being promoted and marketed outside of Laramie?

I remember talking with a friend of mine in the Denver media, Terry Frei from the Denver Post -- we had a conversation about Wyoming athletics, and we both felt that the because the school is essentially the only game in the state, that the state itself should be more enthusiastic in regard to supporting the team, particularly game days/nights at The War.

The is no question that nuts & bolts Wyoming fans are the greatest, and that they support the football and basketball program with enthusiastic passion, but how do you feel about the way that the state itself feels about the Pokes programs?

Questions:

>Does the university do enough in your opinion to foster a state wide spirit for the football & basketball programs -- do they canvass the state at certain points throughout the year building a fan base that can continue to grow from year to year?

>Are you happy with the stadium and the arena? Personally speaking I love both venues, I much more enjoy War Memorial than either Folsom Field or Hughes Stadium, and our arena-aud for basketball blows away the arena's at both CU and CSU.

>If your answer to my first inquiry is; 'no', what more could be done, what more would you do if you had an opportunity to increase the overall awareness and visibility of Cowboys football & basketball...given that I believe we all know a certain ceiling does exist.

Thanks in advance for your considered thoughts...

 

[fromolwyoming]

Does the university do enough in your opinion to foster a state wide spirit for the football & basketball programs -- do they canvass the state at certain points throughout the year building a fan base that can continue to grow from year to year?

From 1997 up until just a couple years ago, we had some really crappy guys at the AD and President positions that did not do much to really help athletics. It basically began after Paul Roach retired from being the AD. The new one basically drove Tiller out of town for good. And it just went down from there. About the only thing I wish the University would, if nothing else, is that they would do some internet streaming for non-televised games.

Are you happy with the stadium and the arena? Personally speaking I love both venues, I much more enjoy War Memorial than either Folsom Field or Hughes Stadium, and our arena-aud for basketball blows away the arena's at both CU and CSU.

Both are fine. The War could use some chair seats instead of the bleachers, bu I otherwise don't mind it. The AA is about to get a renovation, so we'll see how that goes.

If your answer to my first inquiry is; 'no', what more could be done, what more would you do if you had an opportunity to increase the overall awareness and visibility of Cowboys football & basketball...given that I believe we all know a certain ceiling does exist.

Winning makes everything better. But it would also be nice to hear some recognition for UW's achievments from the Denver media, since Laramie is a part of the Denver DMC, (like being the best football school on the Front Range last year) instead of hearing how the Fluffs in Boulder are in the great PAC and still can't win for shit.

 

[Asmodeanreborn]

instead of hearing how the Fluffs in Boulder are in the great PAC and still can't win for shit.

If you are to believe CU fans, them upsetting Utah means that they would've dominated every team in the Mountain West.

 

[DocHolliday]

Living in Cheyenne, and from previous experience, I know that Wyoming sports has a definite presence in the area to the east of Laramie -- what I'm going to be interested in finding out, is if the university does all it can do in order to reach out across the state, with what could be considered a 'Cowboy Caravan' of sorts, preaching the gospel of Pokes football & hoops, sprinkling the seeds to all regions within the state in an effort to build the strongest fiber possible, making the teams a true statewide passion for all.