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Waquoit said:
It must have been another CO-WY drive I read about. I thought I-10 through Texas was as boring as it gets. We stopped to see the Alamo and parked in the loading zone. "The sign says 20 minutes" my buddy said. "Plenty of time!" I replied. We had 5 minutes to spare.
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I driven through Wyoming and Texas. West Texas is as bad as it gets especially the mile after mile of windmills. At a gas station a local joked, "If it's over six feet tall it's man made."
 
No amount of money is gonna soften the blow of being beatin to death by both schools
 
I'd love a game in Laramie. We had a blast driving through Wyoming on our way to play Boise St. We started in Rapid City SD (Mt. Rushmore) and the Badlands, then into Wyoming to see Devils Tower, Jackson Hole, etc. It was a great road trip. We considered the flat stretches of road as unique rather than boring after living mostly in the East. I've been to Cheyenne on business which, like Laramie, is in the south of Wyoming. As an independent, our scheduling allows us to experience some interesting new locales. I love what the next few years have in store. Of course, winning would help, too.
 
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Pudge said:
Wyoming is gorgeous. The drive from mid Wyoming through Jackson Hole down the corner of Idaho into Logan Utah - is wonderful
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There is a great motorcycle ride out there that I would tie in... think it's called Bear Claw. I would fly into Denver, rent a Harley and ride out for a few days...
 
RedSoloCup said:
There is a great motorcycle ride out there that I would tie in... think it's called Bear Claw. I would fly into Denver, rent a Harley and ride out for a few days...
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ever hear of the Widowmaker?

Motorcycle race up a mountain in northern UTAH.
 
oldanintheway said:
It's 2021 I know, but only 3 days between Fresno and HC, figuring the 28th & 9/2 are Game Days, and 1 day of travel, 3,000 miles..., so, only 2 (?), 2 days of practice?
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That Holy Cross game will be rescheduled. They won’t play without at least 6 days of spacing.
 
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Bongo Fury said:
Lived in Rawlins for a bit in 94. People hated Greenies (Colorado). Later moved to CO.
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Rawlins - I haven't thought of Rawling in forever, I was stuck there overnight in a blizzard driving my then girl from SLC to CIncy had to be 91 or 92. I had to sleep on a couch in the lobby of what I think was a Days Inn there were no rooms anywhere. Funniest thing was the clocks above the desk at that hotel. Tokyo, LA, Rawlings, NY, Paris - high comedy.

Was so damn cold and snowy that the heat was on in the car and we were getting icing on the inside of the windows. I felt horrible making the guy at Little America come out to fill the car up and I rolled the window down about a quarter of an inch to slide the money through.
 
Northbound said:
Rawlins - I haven't thought of Rawling in forever, I was stuck there overnight in a blizzard driving my then girl from SLC to CIncy had to be 91 or 92. I had to sleep on a couch in the lobby of what I think was a Days Inn there were no rooms anywhere. Funniest thing was the clocks above the desk at that hotel. Tokyo, LA, Rawlings, NY, Paris - high comedy.

Was so damn cold and snowy that the heat was on in the car and we were getting icing on the inside of the windows. I felt horrible making the guy at Little America come out to fill the car up and I rolled the window down about a quarter of an inch to slide the money through.
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Ha! That’s funny! Think I did the 2 step with the Carbon country rodeo queen there. I don’t really know how to 2 step btw. Ron’s guns & groceries? say no more.
 
Exit 4 said:
I can't tell by this response if you are aware that Wyoming is in the Mountain West and therefore is DI. I don't see basketball coming into play on any discussion with a Mountain West team.
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He’s saying that we replace Holy Cross with Wyoming. Ergo a D2 with a D1.
 
cohenzone said:
It’s a beautiful state. Don’t know much about it’s football. I’m guessing that unless you’re a skier, a late season game there isn’t as enticing for touring as an early fall game.
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DSquiz said:
We've not talking about a home and home, we're talking about what people would want to see. So do we want to play USF/UCF or Wyoming right now at home? We've played the directional Florida's a lot and regardless of how good they are each year they are not exciting the fanbase. Is it logical? Not entirely, but it's the truth. I can tell you right now we sell more tickets to a 7-5 Wyoming then to a 11-1 UCF. We are not good so it's all about a competitive game against a school people can care about. A state school like Wyoming you can sell, another clunker against the schools people forget exist in Florida does nothing.
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Wyoming loves to play those late season home games. 7000 ft altitude, snow and wind blowing. They like to run the ball until you show you can stop them. Colorado State couldn’t beat them, and along with Air Force and Colorado, that cost Bobo his job at Colorado State.
 
Bulldog said:
He’s saying that we replace Holy Cross with Wyoming. Ergo a D2 with a D1.
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I guess.... but really when it comes to the FCS games (Holy Cross is FCS, not DII), you can push them around without consequence whatsoever. Holy Cross will likely be rescheduled to whatever date we need filled once the FBS games are settled. And we won’t have to offer them anything special to do that... it being pushed around scheduling wise comes with the territory for FCS programs.
 
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After reading this entire thread, it only reinforces my belief that going independent is a very good idea. Endless possibilities for future opponents, appealing road trips and power5 teams coming to the Rent. If winning records come about, I see no reason for attendance not to improve and bowl game opportunities not come our way.

Don't underestimate the "Uconn" brand.. Success in men's and women's basketball and baseball will only make it stronger.

Best wishes to coach Jim Calhoun and USJ basketball team. Would it not be great to bring another national championship back to Connecticut?
 
Wildgopher said:
I'd love to visit Wyoming, just not every other year, once or twice would be fine with me. All these 1 time visits to places we have never been to before would be a ton of fun. Away games to new places is so much fun. Besides that, it would be a little trivial for me as I remember the first bowl game I ever saw on a color tv was Wyoming and LSU in the 1967 Sugar Bowl.
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The first “bowl” game I remember watching was Super Bowl III, Jets vs. Colts (1969). We haven’t seen the Jets in the bowl since then. We may never see it.
 
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Wow! Wyoming had a good enough football team to make the Sugar Bowl?
 
weyuo said:
Wow! Wyoming had a good enough football team to make the Sugar Bowl?
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Ended up # 6 in the final rankings. Had Jim Kiick for running back (of Miami Dolphins fame)
 
weyuo said:
Wow! Wyoming had a good enough football team to make the Sugar Bowl?
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Went 10-0 regular season, ranked #6 in the AP poll, and won the 1960s WAC, which in those days was the Cowboys, Arizona and ASU, New Mexico, Utah and BYU.
Shorter and more wearily sarcastic comment: life before NCAA v. OU Board of Regents was a different planet.
 
cohenzone said:
Should we be excited about playing Wyoming? Beautiful state and all, but our Indie schedule includes a few teams that are more distant that the AAC teams and not as interesting football wise, which should not be taken as me liking the AAC.
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Might be worth a roadtrip to include Yellowstone.
 
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