Wyoming Cowboys Blog Posts

For most teams, the conference schedule is halfway over. Selection Sunday is not that far away and the bubble is still relatively large. There are 31 automatic bids and 37 at-large bids to be had. Teams currently leading their conferences will be pre...

The calendar has struck February and March Madness is now just a little over a month away. The NCAA Tournament field will soon be taking shape, but as now, there are many teams sitting very squarely on the bubble. There are 31 automatic bids and 37 a...

University of Wyoming senior center Nick Carlson was named to the 2012 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List on Thursday. Carlson is one of 21 student-athletes that returns this season after being selected to the 2011 Rimington Watch List, and is one o...

University of Wyoming men’s basketball senior Luke Martinez has been invited by the Northern Arapaho Tribal Education Department to speak at two schools on the Wind River Reservation this weekend. Martinez will address the 23 graduating seniors at...

Wyoming head wrestling coach Mark Branch has announced three more signings to his nationally-ranked program. Signing letters of intent Monday include Jake Elliott of Roseville, Calif., Cole Mendenhall of Great Falls, Mont., and Cole Ford of Elberta,...

Depth chart Team depth was the big winner for the Wyoming football team this spring as the final depth chart heading into fall camp was released on Monday. “I think our secondary has developed well throughout spring,” Wyoming head coach Dave Chri...

University of Wyoming head coach Larry Shyatt and his coaching staff continued a busy recruiting week with the addition of  6-9, 195-pound forward Derek Cooke, who has signed a national letter of intent and will transfer to UW from Cloud County Com...

University of Wyoming men’s head basketball coach Larry Shyatt announced Monday that Charles Hankerson Jr. has signed a scholarship offer and will transfer to UW from the University of Alabama. He will sit out the 2012-13 season to fulfill NCA...

Dominic Rufran led the Wyoming Cowboys last season as a freshman in receptions, but not yards or touchdowns. On Saturday, he did it all, catching six passes for 112 yards and one touchdown to lead to Gold to a 20-7 win over the White in the annual sp...

This spring’s first scrimmage in a way mirrored Trey Norman’s first season with the Cowboys. A good learning experience and improvement along the way. In all likelihood, Norman should be going into the fall as a redshirt freshman. But b...

There is no waiting around to name captains this season for the Wyoming Cowboys. Head coach Christensen announced Monday that four Cowboys — two on offense and two on defense — were selected as 2012 team captains by the Wyoming football c...

They wear the blue uniforms for a reason; DON’T HIT THE QUARTERBACK! That’s rule No. 1 that  you will see in any college or professional football camp. The last thing you want is your quarterback to get hurt in practice. For Wyoming jun...

Junior college guard Nathan Sobey will  join the University of Wyoming  men’s basketball team, officially signing a letter of intent on Wednesday.  A native of Warrnambool, Australia, Sobey will begin his UW career during the 2012-13 academic...

Scrimmage #2 statistics Last week the Wyoming defense dominated the first spring scrimmage for the Wyoming Cowboys. A week later, the defense won by a single point. Granted, the special scoring in these scrimmages are not like a real game as well as...

Three years ago when the Wyoming Cowboys won 19 games behind the likes of Brandon Ewing, Sean Orgirri and Tyson Johnson, things were looking up for the program, coached by Heath Schroyer. Then the Cowboys got a postseason invitation … not by t...

The Wyoming coaching staff spent the last two days warning the Cowboys to not let their emotions get the best of them on Senior Night, on the last regular-season home game. Yet, head coach Larry Shyatt couldn’t help but let his emotions get th...

Laramie, WY - The Wyoming Cowboys fell to 14-3 on the season and 0-1 in conference play as they lost Saturday to the New Mexico Lobos 72-62. The win extended New Mexico's win streak to 13 games and gives them a record of 15-2 and 1-0 in the Mountain...

The Wyoming Cowboys wrestling team cracked the InterMat's top 10 for the first tome ever. The Cowboys are ranked ninth nationally, a ranking they earned less then 24 hours after their 18-17 upset of the Oklahoma Sooners. The Cowboys win over the Soo...

Laramie, WY - The Oklahoma Sooners came to Laramie Tuesday night riding a 16 meeting win streak against the Wyoming Cowboys and looking to make it 17. In a series the began in 1955 the Cowboys finally broke through with a win Tuesday as they beat the...

Laramie, WY - Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen announced today that Chris Tormey defensive coordinator and secondary coach. Tormey comes to The Pokes from Washington State where he was the linebackers coach in 2011. Tormey has...