Monthly Archives: June 2010

More academic honors for UW athletes

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Posted on June 30, 2010 by rgagliardi

Fifty-one Wyoming student-athletes from 11 different sports were named Wednesday as scholar-athletes by the Mountain West Conference for the 2009-10 season. There were 548 student-athletes named from the nine MWC schools. UW had nine of the 42 student-athletes that achieved … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Sports, Women's Basketball Tagged

Utes seeing benefits of Pac-10 already

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Posted on June 29, 2010 by rgagliardi

The Utah football program looks to be gaining momentum in terms of recruiting after its move to the Pac-10 recently. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/49843758-77/utah-brown-commitments-less.html.csp Also, an interesting story on early scholarship offers http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5325723

Posted in College Football, Utah

UW racks up spring academic honors

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Posted on June 29, 2010 by rgagliardi

Eighty-three Wyoming student-athletes were named as 2010 Academic All-Mountain West Conference Tuesday. They were among 760 student-athletes from the nine MWC schools honored. UW had student-athletes recognized in women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, … Continue reading →

Posted in Mountain West Conference Tagged

New poll question

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Posted on June 28, 2010 by rgagliardi

Check out the new poll question on this blog, and of course, it’s football related. Working on some cool stuff this week. Going to try and give you an update on how summer workouts are going for the Wyoming football … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, Moutain West Conference

Whittingham, Holmoe, Utah AG talk BCS

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Posted on June 25, 2010 by rgagliardi

Some notable items from Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, BYU atheltics director Tom Holmoe and Utah attorney general Mark Schurtleff on the BCS during a panel discussion at the Associated Press Sports Editors summer covention in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon. –Schurtleff … Continue reading →

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More BCS talk

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Posted on June 25, 2010 by rgagliardi

In about four minutes, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, BYU AD Tom Holmoe and I believe the Utah Attorney General will talk about the BCS and if it is fair or not here at the APSE convention in Salt Lake. I … Continue reading →

Posted in APSE Summer Convention 2010, Football, Utah

APSE converges on Salt Lake City

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Posted on June 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

The Associated Press Sports Editors annual summer convention started today here in Salt Lake City, and I am fortunate to be part of the seminars and functions during the next four days. Sports editors from all over the country are … Continue reading →

Posted in APSE Summer Convention 2010

Preseason college football award lists

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Posted on June 21, 2010 by rgagliardi

That time of year where college football publications come out, along with watch lists for some of the game’s major awards. Here are the initial lists for the Nagurski and Outland trophy by the Football Writers Association of American, which … Continue reading →

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More thoughts from Utah leaving

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Posted on June 17, 2010 by rgagliardi

Going through my notes and recorder about Thursday’s announcement of Utah leaving for the Pac-10: –MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson said there are no  hard feelings toward Utah leaving. –If the MWC were to expand again, would the school have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, Moutain West Conference, MWC Expansion, MWC men's basketball, Utah

MWC teleconference on Utah leaving

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Posted on June 17, 2010 by rgagliardi

As I type this the teleconfernece is still going on and about 20 minutes long. MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson said expansion talk in the league is done for a while, and he doesn’t expect anyone else to leave the MWC. … Continue reading →

Posted in Boise State, MWC Expansion, Utah