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Durbin to play senior season at Iowa State

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Posted on May 16, 2012 by rgagliardi

Wyoming’s defensive got thinner, at least figuratively, as defensive end Ben Durbin will play his senior season at Iowa State. Durbin graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and NCAA rules allow student-athletes to transfer to other schools … Continue reading →

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MW athletics budgets

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Posted on May 11, 2012 by rgagliardi

Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune wrote a good and interesting article today about the athletics budgets for Mountain West schools, including San Jose State and Utah State that join in 2013-14. Here’s the link: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/54089679-77/state-budget-conference-million.html.csp As you can see, … Continue reading →

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More college football coach rankings

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Posted on May 10, 2012 by rgagliardi

Yesterday I posted how The Sporting News ranked the Mountain West’s football coaches. Here’s the link to how it ranked all 124 FBS coaches entering this season. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-05-09/college-football-coach-rankings-nick-saban-chris-petersen-urban-meyer-les-miles Wyoming’s Dave Christensen was about in the middle at No. 58. Let … Continue reading →

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Ranking the MW football coaches

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Posted on May 9, 2012 by rgagliardi

The Sporting News recently ranked the 10 Mountain West football coaches. Here’s the link to the rankings: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-05-03/college-football-coach-rankings-mountain-west-chris-petersen-chris-ault-troy-cal What do you think? If it were me I would have the same top four, although I would have swapped Air Force’s … Continue reading →

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College Football News ranks UW No. 93

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Posted on May 8, 2012 by rgagliardi

CollegeFootballNews.com came out with its rankings of the nation’s 124 Football Bowl Subdivsion teams in 2012. Surprisingly, it had Wyoming No. 93. Here’s what it said about the Cowboys: 93. Wyoming  (2011 Record: 8-5, 2012 Roughly Projected Record: 5-7)  Wyoming always … Continue reading →

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MW adds San Jose State, Utah State

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Posted on May 4, 2012 by rgagliardi

Just got off a conference call where the Mountain West announced the additions of San Jose State and Utah State to the Mountain West. Speculation of this has gone on for months so it was no surprise. But other than … Continue reading →

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UW post-spring depth chart

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Posted on April 30, 2012 by rgagliardi

Here is the post-spring depth chart Wyoming released Monday morning heading into fall camp: Defense Cornerbacks 20            Blair Burns (5-10, 180, So., Plano, Texas) 4            DeAndre Jones (6-0, 180, So., Killeen, Texas)  Free Safeties 29            Luke Ruff (5-11, 200, Sr., … Continue reading →

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MW football news and notes

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Posted on April 24, 2012 by rgagliardi

The Mountain West held a teleconference with its 10 football coaches Tuesday to talk about spring football and the upcoming season. For my story on that, see Wednesday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang. Here are a few things that … Continue reading →

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Christensen concerned, confident in QB

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Posted on April 24, 2012 by rgagliardi

Wyoming football coach Dave Christensen is concerned. He’s concerned that his quarterback — sophomore Brett Smith — has a lot of expectations on him coming off a true freshman season where he was the Mountain West Freshman of the Year … Continue reading →

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UW men’s hoops adds Alabama transfer

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Posted on April 23, 2012 by rgagliardi

The Wyoming men’s basketball program added Alabama transfer Charles Hankerson Jr. Monday. Here is the official release from UW. For more on the story, see Tuesday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang. LARAMIE – University of Wyoming head basketball coach Larry … Continue reading →

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