Category Archives: Offense

Pick the 10

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Posted on August 17, 2011 by rgagliardi

I’m following up on something Wyoming co-offensive line coach Pete Kaligis told me after Tuesday’s scrimmage. He said he has 10 offensive linemen who are ready to play for the Cowboys this season. By the way, eight linemen played for … Continue reading →

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Watch and learn

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Posted on September 24, 2009 by rgagliardi

With no offensive touchdowns in nine quarters it’s safe to say the University of Wyoming’s spread offense is still a work in progress. A good one to model it after will be the Cowboy’s opponent Saturday in UNLV. Coach Mike … Continue reading →

Posted in Offense, UW-UNLV Game

Carta-Samuels to start vs. UNLV

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Posted on September 21, 2009 by rgagliardi

University of Wyoming football coach Dave Christensen announced Monday that true freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels will start in Saturday’s Mountain West Conference opener against UNLV at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium. Christensen also said he doesn’t plan on platooning Carta-Samuels … Continue reading →

Posted in Offense, Quarterbacks, UW-UNLV Game

Practice update 9/2

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Posted on September 2, 2009 by rgagliardi

A challenge for you college football junkies: Find me a Division I-A team … sorry, a Football Bowl Subdivision team, where its starting quarterback in 2008 is now running the scout team. One of them is the Wyoming Cowboys. Dax … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Offense, Quarterbacks

Post depth chart thoughts

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Posted on August 31, 2009 by rgagliardi

Not trying to brag, but of the 24 positions (11 offense, 11 defense , punter and kicker) I predicted in a blog post last weekend I got 23 correct. If only I could have scored that well on some of … Continue reading →

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Benjamin the starter

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Posted on August 31, 2009 by rgagliardi

Minutes before coach Dave Christensen’s weekly news conference , UW relaesed a depth chart for Saturday’s Weber State game and junior-college transfer Robert Benjamin is the starting quarterback. The backup is true freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels, followed by senior Karsten Sween … Continue reading →

Posted in Offense, Quarterbacks, UW-Weber St. Game

Offensive offense

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Posted on August 22, 2009 by rgagliardi

For the second straight scrimmage the University of Wyoming’s offense struggled. And for most of Saturday’s scrimmage in Laramie the defense didn’t do a lot to contribute to those struggles. There were 12 dropped passes and six offensive penalties. The … Continue reading →

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News and notes from the scrimmage

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Posted on August 14, 2009 by rgagliardi

Dave Christensen wouldn’t say it, but the quarterback battle looks to be down to senior Karsten Sween and junior-college transfer Robert Benjamin. Both were impressive in Friday’s scrimmage as Benjamin was 12 of 17 for 178 yards with three touchdowns … Continue reading →

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