55 days til kickoff. 55 reasons Wyo has a good season.

Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:23 pm

26. Winnable home schedule. We don't play anyone at home that we can't beat. Utah State is going to be rough, and so is Boise, but they're both absolutely beatable.

Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:11 pm

27. We have a defensive line, I think. Not much depth, but a good starting d-line.

28. We will improve as the year progresses. We will get stronger. We will learn the system. We will settle in and learn how to grind teams and, as a result, we will scare the crap out of or beat the final four on our schedule.

29. If we can find even a hint of a passing game (which may be a stretch), our running game can get moving and we will be able to roll down-hill.

30. It will be difficult for a conference full of spread offenses to prepare for a grind it out-type offensive team. (Also see 9.)

Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:53 pm

31. We poop can "Raise a little Hell", and actually stop someone or 3rd and long.

Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:06 pm

32. Because this year, the defense stops doing dumb poop like this.

Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:20 pm

Good one J-Rod lol.

33. Blair Burns

Freshman All-American corner back as a true freshman. He came to Laramie, and before DC and his horrible defensive knowledge screwed Burns up, he was a freshman all-American. Then after that Burns regressed like hell, and was an absolute weak spot.

Now he has a coach. A real frickin defensive coach.
Burns thrives this season, and becomes the next Wyo player to be drafted, adding to a solid stretch of Wyo DBs going to the NFL.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:13 am

34. Puletasi, Hala'api'api, and Mertens are all going to be stronger and better coached than ever. While they're not the stars on our defensive line, the improvement of players like Yarbrough will allow them to be better than ever.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:08 pm

35. 13.4 - The decrease in points allowed per game (from 2002 - 28.7 to 2003 - 15.3) in Bohl's first season at his previous position.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:36 pm

36. Time of possession.

Wyoming was dead-last in FBS in 2013 (25:02). Bohl's team would've finished 4th in FBS in 2013 (33:40).

Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:50 pm

joshvanklomp wrote:36. Time of possession.

Wyoming was dead-last in FBS in 2013 (25:02). Bohl's team would've finished 4th in FBS in 2013 (33:40).

People think a high powered offense was the key to wearing down our opponents. In reality, the key is ball control. Keep a defense on the field longer and they will get tired.....yep, that is how it works.

37. Depth....Wyoming returns the most starters of any team in the MWC. We don't have to reload any position like most teams in the MWC do (minus QB of course). Experience and a newfound strength and conditional program will pay dividends this year.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:13 pm

37.5 Aaron !@#$%^& Young - Has more zip than miracle whip

Okay, I just had to be an agitator because i know he checks these forums....

Disregard...

Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:26 pm

38. Our Defense will be better so our Offense will be on the field more to score more points so the Defense can rest.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:11 pm

39. Now that I am going to be up at Oregon State, God will guide the Cowboys to an amazing season that I don't get to see any of

Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:33 pm

40. Our QBs.

This may seem like it doesn't make sense but follow me on this one.
Most teams that have QB controversies rarely end up having a good year.
But in our situation, teams don't know our style of play. We may have one QB start at the beginning of the season, then switch to another, then later on even a 3rd QB.

Now, if we had pro-style QBs it wouldn't matter. But we have a mix of all sorts of QBs.
From what I am hearing, Stratton is a scrambler and runs a lot. We all know that Kirkgaard isn't a scrambler.
If we go from Stratton to Kirkgaard to whoever else, our offense might be changing game by game. Obviously we won't be going from a spread to triple option or anything dramatic, but the QBs will differ enough to significantly change our style of play.

Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:23 am

41. The reintroduction of the TE position.

Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:16 pm

Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:17 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:40. Our QBs.

True. We will keep teams guessing on whether or not their defense should practice fumble recovery drills or INT return blocking.

Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:57 pm

ouch....

Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:43 pm

djm19 wrote:
BeaverPoke wrote:40. Our QBs.

True. We will keep teams guessing on whether or not their defense should practice fumble recovery drills or INT return blocking.

Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:12 pm

I kid.... I kid

Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:49 am

38. We develop a special teams that is not special needs. We have been atrocious for a decade. No returns on kicks or punts. A sorely lacking ability of development, finally turns to respectable. A huge part of the program. Christensen was horrible in this area. Field position, we have got to win this marker to have a shot at winning close games.