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Rants & Raves: San Diego State Edition
LARAMIE — Jordan Bertagnole reiterated Saturday night that no one in Wyoming’s locker room is pointing fingers.
Outside that safe space is a much different story.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Evan Svoboda completed 39% of his throws, tossed two picks — including one that was immediately returned for a touchdown by San Diego State safety Eric Butler — and was sacked six times.
The Cowboys’ junior quarterback is once again in the crosshairs of the faithful after a 27-24 setback against the Aztecs inside a sun-splashed War Memorial Stadium.
Svoboda, again, was far from the only target after this one.
There were dropped balls, numerous miscues in the undermanned secondary and a pair of unnecessary special teams penalties.
This loss, as they say, was a group effort.
The signal caller, though, gets the glory, as he did after a valiant effort in a win over Air Force. He also bears the brunt, as you’ll see below.
Here are this week’s rants and raves on social media:
FIRST HALF:
Helen Beck WYOMING NEEDS A BETTER QUARTEBACK !!!!!
Richard Vasey Please, do not throw into the flats, no out routes, FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON!! I’m begging you.
James T. Anest He doesn’t understand passing. There a touch throws and fastballs. #17 not helped with 2 drops.
Mike McGraw How many passes will this kid miss
Thomas Anthony Rhodes 3 mistakes by QB1. What is his GPA?
Jason McMackin Svaboda needs to get it together dammit
Dustin Merritt Watching us go 20 yards the wrong direction after a huge defensive stop, then miss a FG, encapsulates our season.
SECOND HALF:
Bill Snively I’m not able to watch the game, only follow it on ESPN, which is painful enough. What I’m seeing in the stats is a failure at the coaching level, wether that’s the Head Coach or the O.C., is anyone’s blame game. Either way the coaching drop off from last year to this is precipitous and just damned embarrassing. Not really interested – at this point – in hearing all the aftermath platitudes about how “this isn’t good enough”, or “We’re better than this and we need to play like it.” They are what they are. They are what their coaching has put on the field.
Dustin Merritt Watching our offense is like watching an elementary game of 500
Mike McGraw Terrible clock management by this inept over his head coach!
Cindy Moe White Our Wyoming starting running back Sam Scott out ran San Diego states running back in this game. That’s one highlight
Sean Harrison We simply can’t do much worse than 12-31 with 2 INTS including a pick 6. Sawvel going to ride Svboda to 1-11 season?
Jacob Bullinger Poor coaching, Wyoming gave this one away!
David McDonald Oh well, I’m sure the weather was nice in Laramie!
Jeff White We’re back to Vic Koening
Bonnie Ruud Foster Disappointing…coach and QB..he is no #17. I am generally positive abd supportive, but the strategy at the end of the game sucked.
Tony Marlatt We sure looked unprepared for the most part. I wonder what the school record is for false starts in a game?
Toy Buell Coach has to go!!
Justin Gorman Im not sure we can get any lower than this. This is an embarrassing product to watch. They are so far out of their league and the coach and “QB” need to go! There was nothing positive to take from this game – wait 2 trick plays. Those were awesome, why didn’t we just keep running them util they didn’t work?
Thomas Anthony Rhodes What was Sawvel’s GPA?
Tony B. Garetto Wyo isn’t that bad. This game proves that. This team is so banged up it’s ridiculous. Plus, everyone goes crazy about being 1-5. This is a new team with new coaches and new systems…as well as those injuries, They have played and lost to ASU 5-1 (just beat Utah), BYU 6-0 (surprising everyone, including the Big 12, North Texas 4-1 (currently beating FAU) and Idaho 4-2 (had a lot of momentum coming to Laramie after playing a good Oregon team close). And we just lost in a nail biter to SDSU. I still think we will see several more wins before the end of this year. 6 wins would be great, but I’m thinking 5. Yeah, it sucks, but far better than 1-11 or 2-10. That all said, I do think Anderson should be the qb.
RC Decker The offensive coordinators, an idiot, get rid of him and will be all right. There’s a reason Michigan State get rid of Him
Brett Larson I don’t care how mad people get at me, Wyoming football has a bad coaching problem. Take a look at the drive right before the 2 minute timeout. We have the ball and are facing a crucial game changing 3rd and 2 call, Sawvel substitutes guys on the line with 6 SECONDS left on the play clock! What. The. Hell? Because of the stupid substitution the line was left confused and the middle linebacker came through the B gap unblocked and 17 was sacked and the game was over. Sawvel never has his team prepared never and makes in game adjustments. He needs FIRED.
Paul Janney HC Sawvel signed a five-year contract worth $5.8 million with Wyoming that runs through 2027
University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players
The rules are simple: What was the player’s impact while in Laramie? That means NFL stats, draft status or any other accolade earned outside of UW is irrelevant when it comes to this list.
This isn’t a one-man job. This task called for a panel of experts. Joining 7220’s Cody Tucker are Robert Gagliardi, Jared Newland, Ryan Thorburn, and Kevin McKinney.
We all compiled our own list of 50 and let computer averages do the work. Think BCS — only we hope this catalog is fairer.
Gallery Credit: 7220Sports.com
– University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players
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Wyoming Boys Soccer Kicks Off 2026 Season with Light Week 1 Slate
The 2026 Wyoming prep boys’ soccer season is here. The first week of the season has fewer matches for various reasons. Some teams are still in training, while other schools are on Spring Break. Teams in the 4A West Conference are the exception. They jump right into conference play. That includes one of three ranked matches this weekend. No. 1 Jackson is at No. 3 Kelly Walsh. The other two ranked showdowns are interclass games. One is on Friday, and the other is on Saturday.
WYOPREPS WEEK 1 BOYS SOCCER SCHEDULE 2026
There is one non-conference match in 3A in Lander. Two of the Cheyenne teams face opponents from Nebraska. Between Spring Break and training, 11 programs are not playing. This is the boys’ schedule for Week 1. Schedules are subject to change.
CLASS 4A
Final Score: Green River 6 Evanston 0 (conference match)
Final Score: Riverton 2 Rock Springs 0 (conference match)
Final Score: #1 Jackson 5 Natrona County 0 (conference match)
Final Score: #3 Kelly Walsh 4 Star Valley 0 (conference match)
CLASS 3A
Final Score: #3 Lander 3 Rawlins 1
INTERCLASS
Final Score: 4A #5 Thunder Basin 9 3A #4 Torrington 0 – Freshman Colt Daly with the hat trick for the Bolts.
OUT-OF-STATE OPPONENT
Final Score: 4A #4 Cheyenne Central 13 Gering, NE 0
Final Score: 4A Cheyenne East 2 Scottsbluff, NE 1
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CLASS 4A
Star Valley at Natrona County, 11 a.m. (conference match)
#1 Jackson at #3 Kelly Walsh, noon (conference match)
Evanston at Rock Springs, noon (conference match)
Riverton at Green River, 1 p.m. (conference match)
INTERCLASS
4A #2 Sheridan at 3A #2 Buffalo, noon
OUT-OF-STATE OPPONENT
4A Cheyenne East at Gering, NE, 11 a.m.
4A #4 Cheyenne Central at Scottsbluff, NE, 2 p.m.
Wyoming High School Sports Pics of the Week
Wyoming High School Sports Pics of the Week
Gallery Credit: Frank Gambino, James Yule, Greg Wise, Kellie Jo Allison, Lisa Shaw, Christina Spindler-Barta, Erin Hager,
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