Wyoming alumnus here

[Kelidog]

A couple of friends and I are driving up from Virginia to see the Cowboys play the Huskies in September. Any advice regarding accommodations, dining, and tailgating?

There’s a Pepe’s Pizza in Manchester, if riding to New Haven isn’t on the agenda. Highly recommend the UCONN Dairy Bar on campus. Windsor, Manchester and Glastonbury are all towns with chain hotels and are close by to the Rent.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I kid. I kid. I know many fine CSU grads though we never stop jawing about our “bitter” rivalry. Wyoming and Colorado A&M (the school’s original name) have been playing each other since the 1890s. Only wars have interrupted the annual game. It’s one of the oldest college rivalries in the western U.S. Here’s a Wikipedia article about the “Border War”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_War_(Colorado_State–Wyoming_rivalry)

I was treated well by both

 

[DCPoke]

There’s a Pepe’s Pizza in Manchester, if riding to New Haven isn’t on the agenda. Highly recommend the UCONN Dairy Bar on campus. Windsor, Manchester and Glastonbury are all towns with chain hotels and are close by to the Rent.

Thanks for the info!

 

[DCPoke]

It's official now. Booked a room in the Hampton Inn & Suites on Pitkin Street in East Hartford. Looks to be a couple of miles from Pratt & Whitney Stadium.

My son may come with me. He's a Virginia Tech grad and said the Wyoming game would probably be more interesting than seeing his Hokies play the Richmond Spiders the same day. He's kind of a lucky charm for Wyoming games. The last time he gave up going to a VT game to go with me to a Wyoming game the Pokes beat Tennessee. However, when he went with me when the Hokies had a bye, Appalachian State ran all over the Cowboys in Boone, NC.

Also another Wyoming grad living in Virginia called me up today and said he and his son are coming to the game. I figure we'll have a couple of hundred or more fans at the game. Not bad for being 1,890 miles from Laramie.

 

[DCPoke]

Five things about Wyoming

 

[DCPoke]

Five Things About Wyoming

 

[Waquoit]

Neil Young is playing in Hartford that day!

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Five Things About Wyoming

+2: Billings, nation's hottest RE market. Wyoming, Blockchain's potential Wild West.

 

[DCPoke]

Just got word the Wyoming booster group, Cowboy Joe Club, and the Wyoming Alumni Association, are co-sponsoring a tailgate event before our game. I was also told by the UW Ticket Office that sales to Wyoming fans are going real well. Looks like there’s going to be a bunch of Stetsons inPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field

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[uconnfan68]

That is A LOT to try to pack into a week, and I don't really think you'll get any sense for any of those places. I'd just pick 1 and commit...cant really go wrong with any IMO.

And there are no Wyoming highways.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Just got word the Wyoming booster group, Cowboy Joe Club, and the Wyoming Alumni Association, are co-sponsoring a tailgate event before our game. I was also told by the UW Ticket Office that sales to Wyoming fans are going real well. Looks like there’s going to be a bunch of Stetsons inPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field

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Honestly love to see it!

 

[huskymedic]

Just got word the Wyoming booster group, Cowboy Joe Club, and the Wyoming Alumni Association, are co-sponsoring a tailgate event before our game. I was also told by the UW Ticket Office that sales to Wyoming fans are going real well. Looks like there’s going to be a bunch of Stetsons inPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field

Greeting committee…

 

[Waquoit]

Curt Gowdy was from Wyoming.

 

[DCPoke]

I just looked it up for fun. Carbon County is 7964 square miles with a population of 15,885 while CT is 5543 square miles with a population of 3.6 million. Most towns in CT have a higher population than an entire county that is larger than our state. That’s crazy.

As a kid I remember this comedian joking on TV that Wyoming had all the closet space that New York needed.

 

[JohnFSilver]

If you are under 35, west Hartford center is perfect. Heck if you are over it is fine.

Been there a lot lately, it has finally arrived and has a real scene. I like Hartford Marriott, it try courtyard by Marriott in Farmington or Hampton Inn. It’s easy drive to stadium and there are local spots in Farmington too. Hartford has some nice spots, but dead since Covid.

If you are this far north, hit the breweries. In Hartford, back east brewery in Bloomfield, 5 churches New Britain are on way. Plenty along the way. If you are a big beer guy, absolutely hit up a Treehouse just over border.

if beer is god, then Treehouse is the Vatican. Treehouse is like the Hamilton play. Critics want to criticize it to keep their coolness, but it is so good they are left with the simple word brilliant coming out of their mouth.

It is brilliant beer. I don’t know how they do it.

 

[Bongo Fury]

If you are under 35, west Hartford center is perfect. Heck if you are over it is fine.

Been there a lot lately, it has finally arrived and has a real scene. I like Hartford Marriott, it try courtyard by Marriott in Farmington or Hampton Inn. It’s easy drive to stadium and there are local spots in Farmington too. Hartford has some nice spots, but dead since Covid.

If you are this far north, hit the breweries. In Hartford, back east brewery in Bloomfield, 5 churches New Britain are on way. Plenty along the way. If you are a big beer guy, absolutely hit up a Treehouse just over border.

if beer is god, then Treehouse is the Vatican. Treehouse is like the Hamilton play. Critics want to criticize it to keep their coolness, but it is so good they are left with the simple word brilliant coming out of their mouth.

It is brilliant beer. I don’t know how they do it.

Nate is the Steve Jobs of beverages.

 

[DCPoke]

Greeting committee…

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Leading the Cowboys in at War Memorial Stadium

 

[DCPoke]

East Hartford is a bit too far away to bring our animal mascot, Cowboy Joe.

 

[DCPoke]

Pistol Pete is our "cartoon" mascot.

 

[DCPoke]

Wyoming Helmet

Wyoming License Plate

Yes, we like our Bucking Horse and Rider Logo...

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Wyoming 45
UConn 6

 

[History Geek]

Wyoming Helmet

Wyoming License Plate

Yes, we like our Bucking Horse and Rider Logo...

I’ve always like the logo game on your helmets.

 

[TRest]

Leading the Cowboys in at War Memorial Stadium

I still remember watching the game you somehow got Texas to visit.

 

[DCPoke]

I still remember watching the game you somehow got Texas to visit.

We've also hosted Nebraska, Texas A&M, Oregon, Virginia, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, and a few other P5 schools during the past decade.

 

[Northbound]

Curt Gowdy was from Wyoming.

He invited me to his place in Saratoga, Wyoming to go fishing with him, I like a fool passed as I didn't want to intrude. That was a dumb thing for me to do, but now when I'm invited someplace and I want to go, I go.

 

[Waquoit]

He invited me to his place in Saratoga, Wyoming to go fishing with him, I like a fool passed as I didn't want to intrude. That was a dumb thing for me to do, but now when I'm invited someplace and I want to go, I go.

That's too bad. You could have ended up on The American Sportsman!

 

[RSTuthill]

Curt Gowdy was from Wyoming.

There is a state or national park named after him that the mountain bikers love.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

u ain't lived until u've been to frontier days in cheyenne. 125 years, and counting. 'nuff said.

 

[DCPoke]

There is a state or national park named after him that the mountain bikers love.

Curt Gowdy State Park is between Cheyenne and Laramie and encompasses Granite Lake. Nice area.

 

[Pudge]

Curt Gowdy State Park is between Cheyenne and Laramie and encompasses Granite Lake. Nice area.

Have you ever gone to a game in Fresno?