Category Archives: Quarterbacks

Christensen unhappy with defense

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 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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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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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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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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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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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

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Practice update 9/2

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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

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Post depth chart thoughts

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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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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