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Thoughts on first week of spring practice for UW football

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One week down, four to go.

Wyoming completed its first week of spring football practice Saturday in War Memorial Stadium. Saturday’s practice marked the first one in full pads.

Here’s what fourth-year UW coach Craig Bohl said after practice:

Media members are allowed to watch the first 30 minutes of each practice, so there isn’t a ton of specific information I can provide, but here are some of the things that stood out to me after the first week:

— A lot of people ask me who made the most gains weight-wise from the end of last season until now. UW’s spring roster lists weights from last season. But I can tell you that junior offensive tackle Zach Wallace, who played at 297 last season, is up to around 310 this spring. All of UW’s tight ends did well in the weight room. I hardly recognized junior Josh Harshman when I went to the first practice. He looks a lot thicker, and I’ve been told he is around 235-237 pounds. He was in the 220s last season. Also, junior safety Marcus Epps looks a lot thicker.

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Cowboys begin work for championship week

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This wasn’t just another Monday where Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl talked to the media, and requested players and assistant coaches came in for interviews.

This was is championship week for the Cowboys as they get ready to play San Diego State in the MW Championship Game Saturday at 5:45 p.m. at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium.

Bohl spoke for around 30 minutes. Here’s the link if you want to watch/listen to him. A lot of good stuff here, especially Bohl’s Lou Holtz impersonation.

http://www.wyosports.net/university_of_wyoming/facebook-live-craig-bohl-s-nov-news-conference/article_726a6b3a-b5a8-11e6-8a88-ebde6d8f141a.html

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New Mexico 56, Wyoming 35 – postgame thoughts

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My initial thought from Wyoming’s lopsided loss — I’m glad that game is over.

From the start it was a disaster for the Cowboys. Big play after big play for New Mexico’s run game. Some said there were a lot of missed tackles. No there weren’t because more often than not UW didn’t get close enough to tackle anyone.

Third-year coach Craig Bohl called the defense’s effort “abysmal.” I saw a lot more stronger adjectives online last night. The 585 yard rushing UW allowed was a school record, and 428 of them were in the first half.

Wyoming (8-4 overall 6-2 Mountain West) clinched the Mountain Division before it played the game when Boise State lost at Air Force Friday night. I thought there was the potential for a letdown from the Cowboys based on that. Bohl said he was “concerned” about it, but didn’t think that was a factor. A couple players also said that wasn’t the case.

One player thought it was — sophomore free safety Andrew Wingard. Here’s what he said after the game:

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Wyoming at Nevada football primer

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Some news and notes prior to Wyoming’s game at Nevada, which kicks off at 8:30 p.m. MT Saturday at Mackay Stadium in Reno.

Per normal, here is my No. 1 key to the game for the Cowboys:

James Butler

James Butler

The Butler didn’t do it: Wyoming’s defense must slow down Nevada junior running back James Butler, who is fourth in the Mountain West in rushing (117.4 yards per game) and third in all-purpose yards (149.3 ypg). UW did a good job against Butler last season as he had 10 carries for 51 yards, but that was due in large part to it leading 28-7 late in the third quarter. If Butler gets going, that opens other things up for Nevada’s offense.

Do you agree or disagree? For more keys to the game, and also a story on Butler, see Saturday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, and log on to wyosports.net.

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Cowboys back to game-week mode

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The bye week is over, and it’s back to game preparations for Wyoming as it plays at Nevada Saturday night.

UW got some extra work in last week against Nevada during its bye week. Third-year coach Craig Bohl said last Thursday’s practice wasn’t good, but liked how his team came back on Saturday. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Josh Allen said that practice was one of the best the team’s had all season.

Here is UW’s depth chart heading into the Nevada game:

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Bye week welcomed, but Cowboys still plan to work

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Wyoming is on its lone bye week of the season, and while it won’t be like a normal game week for the Cowboys there’s still plenty of work to be done.

“We’ll be pretty much in game-week mode this entire week,” third-year coach Craig Bohl said.

The Cowboys practice Tuesday through Thursday, and again on Saturday. Coaches will be on the road recruiting near the end of the week. UW’s next game is Saturday, Oct. 22 at Nevada. It was announced Monday that game will start at 8:30 p.m. MT and be televised on ESPN2.

Carl Granderson

Carl Granderson

UW released a depth chart despite no game Monday. There were no changes from last week. Sophomore defensive end Carl Granderson was still listed as the starter, but UW is waiting for MRI results on his injured left knee suffered in the first quarter against Air Force.

One interesting note from today: UW is one of three teams in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision that has scored at least one defensive touchdown in consecutive games this season. The others are top-ranked Alabama and No. 12 Mississippi. Alabama leads the nation with seven defensive touchdowns. It scored at least one in its first three games, and in its last two. UW and Ole Miss has done so in each of their last three games. The Cowboys’ four defensive touchdowns are tied for the second-most in the country.

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Wyoming 35, Air Force 26 – postgame thoughts

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A big game, big crowd and a big win for Wyoming in its 35-26 home victory over Air Force in front of an announced crowd of 26,623 at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Cowboys (4-2 overall, 2-0 Mountain West) had to hang on after it led 28-6 late in the third quarter. But it made some key plays at the end — offensively and defensively. Here are some of those plays and highlights:

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UW defensive ends didn’t all start their careers there

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One of the more surprising aspects of Wyoming’s depth chart for its season-opener Saturday against Northern Illinois was redshirt freshman walk-on Josiah Hall as the starter ahead of sophomore Kevin Prosser.

Josiah Hall

Josiah Hall

However, don’t look too much into that because both will play Saturday, and throughout the season. Hall gives UW a little more size at 237 pounds, compared to 215 for Prosser.

But what’s intriguing about those two and most of UW’s defensive ends is that hardly any of them started their football careers as defensive ends.

Hall and Prosser were linebackers in high school. Same can be said about UW’s other starter, sophomore Carl Granderson. The 6-foot-5, 243-pounder was an outside linebacker who didn’t play with his hand in the dirt like he does at UW. Granderson also played some at wide receiver in high school.

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Granderson progressing nicely at defensive end for Cowboys

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Wyoming is only four days into fall camp, and when third-year coach Craig Bohl talks to the media after each practice and goes over some of the highlights of individual players, Carl Granderson’s name usually comes up.

Here is Bohl after Thursday’s practice.

The 6-foot-5 sophomore defensive end played at around 200 pounds last season as a true freshman. He’s now at 243. Granderson said he still feels fast with the added weight, which is a big part of his game. For more on that, see Friday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, or log on to wyosports.net.

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UW fall camp – Day 3

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Wyoming put on the shoulder pads for the first time this fall camp on Wednesday. The first practice in full pads is set for Friday.

UW did a lot of special teams and one-on-one drills during the early portions of Wednesday’s practice that the media was allowed to watch. Here are some highlights of the action.

Sophomore free safety Andrew Wingard (hamstring strain) had been limited during the first two days of camp as a precaution. He was expected to do more at Wednesday’s practice. Junior cornerback Robert Priester (hamstring strain) also has been limited more out of precaution, but still was limited Wednesday. Redshirt freshman Davion Freeman looks to be getting some of the reps with the No. 1 defense in place of Priester. Sophomore Chavez Pownell Jr. has received more reps in place of Wingard.

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