It's almost July. Fall camp starts in a month. Time to talk football.
Wyoming opens at home with Northern Illinois. Last I checked NIU was a 10-point favorite. The Huskies ended their 2015 season with one of the biggest beat downs in the history of football, losing 7-55 and being out gained 33-654 in San Diego. Wyoming closed 2015 by beating UNLV 35-28 at home.
I won't go as far as to say this is a must-win game for Bohl, but beating NIU would be a good step in the right direction. A win that would suggest this program is on the right road. Progress.
According to Phil Steele's magazine, NIU gets back 8 starters on offense and 6 on defense, including a 1st-team All-American CB. I'm expecting a close game. I don't know about you guys, but I like opening with a respectable opponent like NIU. One of only a few active G5 teams to play in a major bowl. First time in forever opening day isn't clouded by a "Dammit, please don't lose to this FCS school" feeling. If we lose, oh well. The neutral observer would say we should lose...but if the Cowboys win, that's a helluva great start to a season the "experts" aren't expecting much from UW.
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I wouldn't say it's must win, NIU is a very good team, but I'd say it'd be a very good win if the Cowboys won.. best of Bohl's tenure here, and maybe one of the top wins of his career.
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It would be coach Bohl's best win at Wyoming.....but that blowout over Fresno was pretty sweet too. I expect nothing other than a hard fought game that could go either way. My hope is the Pokes come out fired up in front of a good crowd and the Pokes show us why coach Bohl was the right choice to get this thing turned around.
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I'm waiting to hear how the kicker does when he gets here if he isn't already. Getting 0 points on decent drives is a killer. 14-6 is better than 14-0 that's for sure! A decent kicking game can make up a touchdown or more each game and if the D could allow one less, boom we're in a few more games if not winning them.
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I don't expect us to win this game. I think the UC-Davis game will be the measuring stick. We need to win that game, and win big. Otherwise we are probably once again staring at a long season.