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LARAMIE – Same message, different week. Fourth-year University of Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl said Monday junior quarterback Josh Allen is day-to-day and is hopeful he will play in UW's regular-season finale Saturday at San Jose State. Allen missed UW's 13-7 home loss last Saturday against Fresno State with an injured right shoulder he suffered late in the second quarter of the Cowboys' 28-14 win Nov. 11 at Air Force. Bohl was hopeful last week that Allen would play against Fresno S...
LARAMIE – Javaree Jackson was told by a teammate well after it happened. Youhanna Ghaifan didn't seem to care one way or the other. However, those two University of Wyoming interior defensive linemen played a significant role in the Cowboys' 28-14 victory at Air Force last Saturday. The duo combined for 21 tackles, and both recorded career single-game highs. Ghaifan finished with 11, including two tackles for loss. Jackson had 10. He entered the game with 13. "I was pretty happy, but more s...
LARAMIE – Marcus Epps has a lot to be proud of. He came to the University of Wyoming football program in 2014 as a walk-on safety from Los Angeles. Not only did Epps earn a scholarship, he was elected a team captain his sophomore and junior seasons. Epps enters tonight's game at Air Force as the Cowboys' fifth-leading tackler (54) this season, and a vital part of a defense that has allowed 18.6 points per game and is among the national leaders in turnovers forced (24) and turnover margin (...
Prior to fall camp, fourth-year University of Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl said he expected a handful of true freshmen to play this season. Through UW's first three games, that number is 11. Six redshirt freshmen also have played, along with 17 sophomores. Three true freshmen and 11 sophomores have started games, and that will go up to 12 as sophomore Gavin Rush will start at left guard in place of injured senior Ryan Cummings (concussion) against Hawaii on Saturday night. Rush started all...
Big-time players have big-time games to defeat big-time teams. Josh Allen is looking to do just that Saturday. It isn't that the University of Wyoming junior quarterback hasn't played well in previous big games. Allen's efforts last season were vital in the Cowboys winning the Mountain Division of the Mountain West and playing in their first bowl game since 2011. However, Saturday's home game against Oregon is a different beast. It will be the third team from a Power 5 conference Allen has gone...
LARAMIE – There hasn't been a lot of talk about two of the University of Wyoming's better defensive players during fall camp. However, fourth-year coach Craig Bohl begs to differ about what he's seen from junior safeties Andrew Wingard and Marcus Epps. "There's news, you just haven't seen it," Bohl said after the Cowboys' 21st practice of fall camp Wednesday. "We're really pleased with some of the things that they're doing. We have to play better defense this year. We have a lot of players b...
No shot in the dark Correlations between throwing the shot put and playing football have helped UW freshmen Logan Harris and Javaree Jackson By Robert Gagliardi WyoSports LARAMIE – Although they play different positions, Logan Harris and Javaree Jackson have a lot in common. Both are true freshmen on the University of Wyoming football team. Harris is a center, Jackson a defensive tackle. Both will play this season. Harris, who is from Torrington, was named the Cowboys' starter Monday. Both a...
LARAMIE – John Okwoli played in every game during his true freshman season for the University of Wyoming. Yet, 2016 was still like a redshirt year. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound wide receiver didn't catch a pass, and said with a smile the only time he got into games as a receiver was when the Cowboys were "winning by a lot." However, Okwoli played on all four of UW's special-teams units and recorded three tackles. "When I got here, I told myself I didn't want to redshirt," Okwoli said. "I wanted to h...
LAS VEGAS – They're welcomed, yet the University of Wyoming football team hopes they're handled better than by past squads. We're talking about expectations for the Cowboys in 2017 after winning the Mountain West's Mountain Division last season and playing in their first bowl game since 2011. UW wasn't picked to win the Mountain Division this year, but it was picked third by the media, behind Boise State and Colorado State, respectively. That's the highest UW has been picked in the MW p...
LARAMIE – Two months ahead of the home-opening football game and all is well in terms of the University of Wyoming's two major athletics facility upgrades. Exterior work for the $44 million High Altitude Performance Center is going up fast and furious. And, the second phase of the Arena-Auditorium project, at a cost of $13.28 million, is on schedule to be completed Oct. 16 prior to the start of the basketball season. The second phase of the A-A includes an addition to the east side of the b...
LARAMIE – Isaac Leppke said it crossed his mind a time or two. The last time it did, it became a reality. The University of Wyoming moved the redshirt freshman walk-on from quarterback to wide receiver earlier this spring. In the mind of fourth-year coach Craig Bohl, the reason was simple. "We felt he could help our football team earlier at the wide receiver position as opposed to quarterback," Bohl said. Leppke was behind redshirt junior starter Josh Allen and junior backup Nick Smith at q...
LARAMIE – Andrew Wingard is on the move. No, the University of Wyoming junior safety isn't leaving school. Nor is he switching to a completely new position. But to better utilize his skills and abilities, defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton and safeties coach Jake Dickert – both in their first season with UW – have Wingard playing both free and strong safety this spring. Wingard has played mostly free safety during his first two seasons, and he has played it well. He was a first team All-Moun...
LARAMIE - Justin James became the University of Wyoming's leading scorer this season by coming off the bench. The sophomore guard made his first start of the season in the Cowboys' first-round game of the College Basketball Invitational against Eastern Washington. And, it was business as usual for James as he led five Cowboys in double figures with 19 points as UW won 91-81 in front of 1,803 fans at the Arena-Auditorium on Wednesday night. After the game, UW announced it will host...
LARAMIE – A long-time rival and a destination location. The University of Wyoming football team accepted a bid to play in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Sunday afternoon, and will play Brigham Young at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at Qualcomm Stadium. It's UW's first bowl appearance since 2011, 14th in school history and first bowl appearance in San Diego since playing in the Holiday Bowl in 1987-88. "It's been way too long. We can't wait to roll out the red carpet for the Cowboys football team and a...
LARAMIE – Less than two weeks ago, the University of Wyoming football team won arguably its most important game of the season – a 34-33 victory over then No. 24-ranked San Diego State. This Saturday, the two teams play again at the same place – War Memorial Stadium – in the Mountain West championship game. There's a historical perspective here. UW (8-4) hosts its first football game in December since 1902. It also plays in its first-ever MW championship game. If anything, neither team should...
LARAMIE — Shaun Wick said he feels good, despite a different role. The University of Wyoming senior running back missed the final eight games of last season due to concussions. He was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA to come back this season, and he figured to join junior Brian Hill as a potent 1-2 duo. Hill and Wick are fifth and seventh, respectively, on UW’s career rushing list. But through the Cowboys’ first two games, Hill has 50 carries for 174 yards and three touchdowns. Wick has 10 carries for 22 yards. “I feel good an...
LARAMIE — Craig Bohl doesn’t see Northern Illinois as a football team. The third-year University of Wyoming football coach sees the Cowboys’ season-opening foe Saturday night as much more than that. “When you’re talking about Northern Illinois, you’re talking about a program,” said Bohl during his weekly news conference Monday. “In the last 10 years they’re in the top five (nationally) in winning percentage.” Northern Illinois, a member of the Mid-American Conference, has done most of its winning over the last half of the last decade. Over the...
LARAMIE - Craig Bohl described it as taking lemons and making lemonade out of them. The third-year University of Wyoming football coach referred to the extra practice reps several guys at wide receiver and in the defensive secondary have received in fall camp due to minor injuries to some projected starters. UW's top two wide receivers - seniors Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt - have dealt with hamstring strains for much of camp. Same can be said for sophomore free safety Andrew Wingard and jun...
LARAMIE — The summer was all about work and studying for Austin Conway. Conway joined the University of Wyoming football team as a wide receiver in the spring. He redshirted as freshman as a point guard for the men’s basketball team. The 5-foot-10, 173-pound Conway impressed third-year coach Craig Bohl during spring drills, but Conway knew he had a lot of work to do to get ready for fall camp in August. That work included spending time in the weight room to get bigger, faster and stronger. Conway added nearly 10 pounds of muscle. It also inc...
LARAMIE - Prior to Nico Evans coming to the University of Wyoming to play football, he never had hamstring injuries. The Los Angeles running back redshirted as a freshman in 2014 with the Cowboys, and still had no hamstring issues. But in the spring of 2015 Evans injured his hamstring. He also had the same injury when fall camp started that year. "It slowed me down and lot and I couldn't prove what I could do," Evans said. Evans played in 10 games last season and had 14 carries for 56 yards. He...
LARAMIE — The time is now for Eric Nzeocha. The University of Wyoming middle linebacker is a senior, and for the first time in his UW career, Nzeocha isn’t switching positions. Nzeocha came to UW in 2012 from Neusitz, Germany, as a wide receiver. After he redshirted as a freshman, Nzeocha played on special teams in 2013. The following year, when coach Craig Bohl was hired, Nzeocha moved to tight end. Last season, Nzeocha was moved to middle linebacker and started five of the first seven games. He recorded 35 tackles and one tackle for loss. Now...
LARAMIE – In the spring, there was the possibility. Less than week into fall camp, all signs indicate it's going to become reality for Du'Ryan Ebbesen. Ebbesen, a fifth-year senior walk-on, is slated to be the starting center when the University of Wyoming opens its 2016 season Sept. 3 at home against Northern Illinois. "I wouldn't say he's dominant, but he's holding his own," third-year UW coach Craig Bohl said. "Du'Ryan is showing he's a guy we can count on." Ebbesen is from St. Croix in t...
LARAMIE - Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt enter their fourth season catching passes for the University of Wyoming football team. And, for the fourth consecutive season, they will have a different starting quarterback throwing them the ball. Both senior wide receivers started their careers catching passes from Brett Smith in 2013. Smith left UW after his junior season to pursue a career in professional football. In 2014 redshirt senior Colby Kirkegaard was the quarterback. Last season, three...
LARAMIE - A big part of recruiting in college athletics is building relationships, and that led Louis Adams to sign with the University of Wyoming men's basketball team. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Adams signed with the Cowboys Wednesday, and the school announced his signing Thursday. Adams fills the final scholarship available for UW for the 2016-17 season. Adams spent last season at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. The year before that, the Chicago product played at Indian Hills Community College...
There was a time when watching your favorite college team on television was a special occasion, especially if you are a University of Wyoming fan. The Cowboys may have been on national TV once or twice a year, if they were lucky. Not any more. The Mountain West recently released its national TV schedule for the 2016 football season, and eight of UW's 12 games will be showcased on ESPN's family of networks or CBS Sports Network. Five of those are at home. Impressive for a team that went 2-10...