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.

Gavin Gores. Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. – Wyoming forward Gavin Gores was named the Old Trapper Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Week on Monday. It marks back-to-back week’s that a Wyoming freshman has won the award after Nasir (Naz) Meyer did so in the opening week of the season.   Gores, a native of Cumberland, Wisc. averaged 9.5 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per night. He recorded a career-high 10 points against Austin Peay an

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics FRESNO, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2025) – Wyoming's offense could not find a rhythm throughout a 24-3 loss to Fresno State late Saturday night at rainy Valley Children's Stadium. Samuel "Tote" Harris finished with 12 carries for 96 yards, but the passing game struggled. Starting quarterback Kaden Anderson finished 6-for-23 for 64 yards. True freshman Mason Drube of Gillette was 2-for-5 passing for 13 yards in his UW debut. The Cowboys fell to 4-6 overa

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE – Wyoming continued its impressive start to the season with a 93-56 victory over Portland on Saturday night in front of a crowd of 3,428 at the Arena-Auditorium. Leland Walker finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the unbeaten Cowboys (4-0). Jared Harris, who had only scored two points in his brief UW career, added a career-high 16 points as part of a balanced attack with 12 different Pokes scoring.   "I

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

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 13, 2025) - The Wyoming Cowboys host the Portland Pilots on Saturday evening in a matchup of undefeated teams inside the Arena-Auditorium. The contest is slated for a 7 p.m. start in the first meeting between the schools in Laramie since 1981. Fans can watch, listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network,

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics ARLINGTON, Texas (Nov. 11, 2025) – UT Arlington shot the ball well from 3-point range both to begin the game and to begin the second half and kept the Wyoming offense in check as the Cowgirls lost in their road opener, 64-44, Tuesday night. The Lady Mavs, who entered the game shooting just 23.5 percent from beyond the arc as a team, hit 10-of-15 from deep in the contest.   Wyoming got off to a slow start to begin the game as UT Arlington came ou

Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 11, 2025) – The duo of Damarion Dennis and Uriyah Rojas combined for 42 points to power the Wyoming Cowboys past Austin Peay 79-65 on Tuesday evening in the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. The Cowboys move to 3-0 on the young season and 3-0 for the first time since 201-22.   “We got tougher in the second half and give Austin Peay credit our guys weren’t ready to handle the pressure in the first half,” Wyoming h

Andrew Wingard. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics Release. LARAMIE, Wyoming (11/11/25) –  The Jacksonville Jaguars are in the playoff hunt, and it’s in no small part due to the play of Andrew Wingard . The former University of Wyoming safety has bounced back from an injury-plagued 2024-25 and has started every game this year for 5-4 Jacksonville. In Sunday’s 36-29 loss at Houston, Wingard matched a season-high with nine tackles with one pass defended. For the season, he’s made 5

Contest set for 6:30 p.m. Start Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (NOV. 11, 2025) - The Wyoming Cowboys host the Austin Peay Governors on Tuesday evening inside the Arena-Auditorium for a 6:30 p.m. start. It is the first meeting between the schools in Laramie and the first meeting since 1996. Both teams head into the contest with a 2-0 record.   Fans can watch, listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com . The game will be broadcast live on the

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 hit eight threes in the second half Damarion Dennis (1). Photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 8, 2025) – The Wyoming Cowboys recorded eight threes in the second half on their way to a 92-82 win over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday evening in the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. Wyoming ended the game with 12 threes and recorded a season-high 19 assists moving to 2-0 on the young season. “Winning is hard,” UW head coach Sundance Wicks said.

UW scored first 12 points in wire-to-wire win Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 7, 2025) – The Wyoming Cowgirls jumped on Long Beach State early and led wire-to-wire Friday night to pick up their first win of the season in front of the home crowd. The Cowgirls shot 54.7-percent from the floor and held LBSU to just 27.3-percent shooting in the 72-39 win. “A game like this is important to see what we talk about on the scouting report, especially on the def

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics. Troy Babbitt LARAMIE, Wyo. (NOV. 6, 2025) - The Wyoming Cowboys welcome the Cal State Fullerton Titans to the Arena-Auditorium for a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Both teams head into the contest with a 1-0 record, as it will be the ninth meeting all-time between the two schools. Fans can watch, listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports

Photo by Troy Babbitt UW Athletics Meyer leads Pokes with 19 points   LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 3, 2025) – The Wyoming Cowboys shot 55 percent from the field and scored 62 points in the paint downing Northern State 99-75 in the season opener on Monday evening in the Arena-Auditorium. Head coach Sundance Wicks faced his alma mater in Northern State, as UW has won 20 of the last 22 season openers.   “1-0 and back to 0-0 and that has been our motto,” Wicks said. “I wrote one word on t

Josh Allen (17), photo courtesy of UW Athletics Release LARAMIE, Wyoming (11/4/25) –  Josh Allen is rewriting a good portion of the Buffalo Bills’ record books. The former University of Wyoming quarterback owns a number of different franchise high marks, and he set another one Sunday in a 28-21 victory over Kansas City. Allen tore up the Chiefs – who entered Sunday with the league’s second-best defense – through the air, going 23-for-26 for 273 yards and one score. The 88.5 p

The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in American who began his career as a Walk-On Ben Florentine (94), photo by Ian Cadena, PokesNews.com Photographer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (NOV. 4, 2025) - Today, the Burlsworth Trophy announces 79 players nominated from Division 1 (FBS) schools from across the country for the 2025 Burlsworth Trophy. University of Wyoming nose tackle Ben Florentine was named a nominee. In the award’s 16th year, the Trophy is

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Nov. 1, 2025) – The Wyoming Cowboy offense struggled against one of the nation’s top defenses in a 24-7 loss to San Diego State on Saturday evening inside Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, Calif. Wyoming falls to 4-5 on the season and 2-2 in MW with the Aztecs improving to 7-1 and 4-0 in conference play. "First of all, credit to Coach (Sean) Lewis and their team,” UW head coach Jay Sawvel. “That’s a really good football team t