Category Archives: Quarterbacks

Christensen unhappy with defense

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Posted on August 11, 2010 by rgagliardi

 Wyoming coach Dave Christensen let his defense know his displeasure during Wednesday’s eighth practice of fall camp on the way it played in team goal-line session with the No. 1 offense at the end of practice. He didn’t hold anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Stover, Alvester Alexander, Austyn Carta-Samuels, Brian Hendricks, Dave Christensen, Fall Camp 2010, James Davs, Jonathan Aiken, Mike Purcell, Nehemie Kankolongo, Quarterbacks, Receivers, Robert Herron

Kind words for Carta-Samuels

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Posted on September 29, 2009 by rgagliardi

UNLV coach Mike Sanford still sounded disappointed on his team’s 30-27 loss last Saturday at the University of Wyoming during Tuesday’s Mountain West Conference coaches teleconference. To pile on, Sanford was asked about what he though of UW true freshman … Continue reading →

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It's been a while

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Posted on September 21, 2009 by rgagliardi

A lot of history has been made with UW quarterbacks this season. When Robert Benjamin was named the starter prior to the start of the season, he became only the second African-American player to start at quarterback for the Cowboys. … Continue reading →

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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

Interesting UW-CU tidbits

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Posted on September 16, 2009 by rgagliardi

There are 27 players from Colorado on the Wyoming football roster. Fifteen have played and eight are starters. One of those players not included is UW senior receiver Greg Bolling, who is from Aurora. He will play in his first … Continue reading →

Posted in Quarterbacks, UW-Colorado Game

Sept. 3 post

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Posted on September 3, 2009 by rgagliardi

Wanted to get this post out there and try not to miss too much college football action on this night. Got a lot of feedback from Thursday’s column in the paper about senior quarterback Karsten Sween. Another person who knows … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Quarterbacks

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