Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyoming (12/30/25) – Not many teams in the NFL are playing as well right now as Jacksonville. The Jaguars have won seven in a row and eight of nine and are in position to win the NFC South with just one week left of the regular season. A big reason as to why Jacksonville has enjoyed a late-season surge is the play of safety Andrew Wingard. The Former University of Wyoming student-athlete is a consistent force in the back half of the Jag

Christian Taylor. Photo courtesy of the Buffalo Bills LARAMIE, Wyo. - On Friday, December 19, the University of Wyoming officially announced that head coach Jay Sawvel hired Christian Taylor as the program’s new offensive coordinator. Taylor arrives in Laramie after spending the past two seasons as a defensive analyst, defensive assistant, and offensive advisor with the Buffalo Bills. Christian will be adding a college and NFL perspective to a Wyoming offense that is searchin

Tom Burman. Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo.- University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman was very honest during his December press conference, offering a blunt assessment of the Cowboys’ 4-8 season and what must change as the program heads into a new era in the Mountain West. “The 2025 football season was not what any of us expected. Disappointment, discouragement, frustration, all the emotions that fans feel. I’ve felt, staff has felt. Four and eigh

Jay Sawvel. Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer Laramie, Wyo. (Dec. 6, 2025) -- The Wyoming Cowboy Football program announced 20 commitments on the first day of the 2026 early signing period on Wednesday. The group of 20 student-athletes come from 10 different states. Quote from Head Coach Jay Sawvel on Wyoming's 2026 December Signing Class "We are excited about the group we have brought in. We felt that we addressed a wide array of needs we will have on a year

Mason Drube (7). Photo courtesy of UW Athletics HONOLULU, Hawai'i (Nov. 29, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys got off to a fast start but could not slow down the Rainbow Warriors of Hawai'i offense in a 27-7 road loss in the season finale inside the T.C. Ching Athletic Complex in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The Hawai'i offense recorded 417 yards of total offense with 289 through the air and 128 on the ground. The Cowboy offense was held to just 246 yards with 202 passing and 54 yards rushin

Andrew Johnson (3). Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. - Andrew Johnson has always carried Wyoming with him. From his days as a standout at Cheyenne Central to becoming the Cowboys’ veteran strong safety.   On Saturday, Johnson will take the field for the final time as a Wyoming Cowboy when the Pokes play in Honolulu. The senior is still processing the magnitude of this final game.   “It was probably the most packed I’ve ever seen it”   Johnson’s s

Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Football Field, c. 2021 LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 29, 2025) –  The Wyoming Cowboys head to Hawai’i to face the Rainbow Warriors for the Paniolo Trophy on Saturday evening at the T.C. Ching Athletic Complex on the campus of the University of Hawai’i. The contest is slated for a 9 p.m. MT start. Where to Watch Saturday's contest will be televised on Spectrum Sports in Hawai’i and streamed on the Mountain West Mobile App on cell phones only. How

Erik Sandvik at CU Boulder. Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics Wyoming sophomore place-kicker Erik Sandvik didn’t come to Laramie as a polished specialist. In fact, he wasn’t even a full-time kicker in high school. At six field goals out of ten attempts, especially after two missed 50-plus-yard attempts at San Diego State, questions arose from fans about whether Wyoming needs a dedicated kicking coach. Yes, Wyoming does have a kicking coach… except for head football coach Ja

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University of Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel. Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com photographer. LARAMIE, Wyo. - During Monday’s press conference, The Talk Shop’s Eric Henderson asked Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel what the Cowboys need in the NIL landscape to consistently contend for championships. Sawvel answered it with honesty, context, and even a little humor.   “What do the Wyoming Cowboys need to have an NIL range coach to prevail for a championship in your eyes?” Henders

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 22, 2025) –  The Wyoming Cowboys had a chance to tie or win the game in the final seconds but could not found the endzone in a heartbreaking 13-7 contest against Nevada on Saturday afternoon inside a sold-out War Memorial Stadium. Wyoming honored 24 seniors prior to the game.   Wyoming also honored reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen at halftime of the contest. He became the first Cowboy Football player to have his jersey retire

Josh Allen, Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Cowboys will close the home portion of the 2025 schedule on Saturday afternoon hosting Nevada for a noon kickoff inside War Memorial Stadium. The contest features many events that include the retirement of NFL MVP Josh Allen’s jersey at halftime along with Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day.   Josh Allen Returns to Laramie The reigning NFL MVP and Wyoming Athletics Hall of Famer Josh Allen will

Carson York. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - Long snapper Carson York has lived in the shadows, but plays a critical role. He will walk onto Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium one final time on Saturday. He will experience nerves, but likely not the same kind that he felt during his first game.   “I remember when I first got here, I was terrified,” York said. “So nervous, scared of going in, going onto the field and playing in front of all these people and exp

A group of Jack Walsh Supporters in Laramie earlier this year. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming Center Jack Walsh will step onto War Memorial Stadium for the final time as a football player on Saturday. Walsh caps off a very decorated career as an offensive lineman. Following in the footsteps of his father, John Walsh, who played football at Wyoming during the 80s. Behind every player on the field is a support system of family, friends, and love. For Walsh, his support system is big a

Mountain West Logo WEEK 13 ACTION All 12 Mountain West teams are in action in Week 13, with five of the six games appearing on national television. Hawai‘i and UNLV get things started with a critical matchup in Las Vegas on Friday at 7:30 p.m. PT on FS1. Nevada and Wyoming have a 12 p.m. MT kick on the Mountain West Network and Altitude on Saturday, followed by a pair of 5 p.m. MT kicks, when Air Force hosts New Mexico on CBSSN and Boise State welcomes Colorado State on FS1.

Valley Children's Stadium. Photo courtesy of Fresno State Athletics The Wyoming Cowboys will take the field tonight against Fresno State in their final meeting as conference opponents. Weather Could Rule the Night Forecasts in Fresno call for a 90% chance of rain with temps dipping into the mid-50s. It’s already “raining like cats and dogs”—and Wyoming fans can only hope it’s not raining like Bulldogs by kickoff. Quotables from two weeks ago in San Diego Teegan Seeds on what

Michael Fitzgerald catches a touchdown at AF. Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. - University of Wyoming wide receiver Michael Fitzgerald didn’t arrive in Laramie with the typical trajectory of a Division I wide receiver. The 6-foot-6, 210-pound graduate transfer didn’t even make a catch in the first four contests. Since then, Fitzgerald has produced nine receptions for 146 yards and three touchdowns over Wyoming’s last five games. Prior to Wyoming

Wyoming tight end John Michael Gyllenborg. Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer. LARAMIE, Wyo. - The first time it played on the video board at War Memorial Stadium video board, the crowd loved it. By now, Wyoming fans know it by heart: tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, seated in full uniform, spoon in hand, being interrogated by a Grace Wicks, the quick-witted daughter of men’s head basketball coach Sundance Wicks, in a Chugwater Chili commercial that has quickl

Caden Barnett (72) Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. - Standing at 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, hailing from Justin, Texas, Wyoming senior offensive lineman Caden Barnett tells us football has always been a way of life. Barnett has been in the sport since kindergarten.   “I started playing tackle football when I was five,” Barnett said. “That’s how it is in Texas. So I’ve been playing for 17 years.”   From Running Back to the Offensive Front..and Other S

Pokes shut out Rams for the first time since 2010 Center Jack Walsh (79) lifts QB Landon Sims (14) following a rushing TD by Sims. Photo by Troy Babbit, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (Oct. 25, 2025) – The Wyoming Cowboys put together the best performance of the season thus far in a dominant 28-0 victory over Colorado State in the 117th edition of the Border War inside War Memorial Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd on Saturday. It marks the second shutout of the season for the