MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — Moments ago, the West Virginia Mountaineers added their 5th transfer commit of the day when Wyoming transfer Braden Siders announced that he is committed to play at WVU in 2025!

Siders, a 6´3 252 pound defensive end from Thomton, Colorado, played in only six games last season but finished with 22 tackles and 3.5 sacks. As a freshman at Wyoming, he led the team in tackles for loss with 13.5 and was second in sacks on the team with 7 and was named a Freshman All-American. He has since struggled with injuries during his career, but appears ready to get back on the field full time. Oddly enough, Siders committed to play for the Arizona Wildcats only a few days ago, but has backed away from that commitment and has isntead chosen to play for the Mountaineers. Siders will have one year of eligiblity remaining.

Siders becomes the 24th player added from the transfer portal since Rich Rodriguez took over the West Virginia football program. Here is the current list of 2025 players in the West Virginia transfer portal class: Jarod Bowie, Jacob Barrick, Tulsa offensive line transfer Walter Young Bear, Jordan Scruggs, a cornerback from South Alabama, Oran Singleton, a wide receiver from Eastern Michigan, Jaylen Henderson, a quarterback from Texas A&M, Jacksonville State wide receiver Cam Vaughn, former North Carolina linebacker Ashton Woods, former Youngstown State wide receiver Cyrus Traugh, Catawba running back LJ Turner, Tulane kicker Ethan Head, Iowa tight end Johnny Pascuzzi, Chattanooga safety Jordan Walker, defensive back Michael Coats, Jr., Jacksonville State defensive backs Fred Perry and Derek Carter, Washington safety Justin Harrington, LSU offensive lineman Kimo Makaneole, Northern Iowa running back Tye Edwards, Colorado State linebacker Chase Wilson, Wyatt Minor from Youngstown State, Daveon Walker from Butler Community College, safety William Davis from Virginia union, and Robby Martin from NC State.

A 23-year-old Wyoming mom of two was allegedly poisoned by antifreeze after a stranger offered her a free drink on New Year’s Eve, according to reports.

Kailey Kline was celebrating with friends at the Silver Dollar Bar & Grill in Cody when she was handed a drink by a stranger just before closing time at 1:30 a.m., according to KTBX.

The young mom was soon picked up from the bar by her fiance, Shawn — but wasn’t home 10 minutes before she was foaming at the mouth and experiencing seizures, the outlet reported.

Shawn called 911, and Kline was flown to St. Vincent Regional Hospital 100 miles north in Billings, Mont.., and spent several days sedated and on a ventilator, according to KTBX.

Doctors at the hospital believe that Kline consumed antifreeze, which is a liquid coolant used for car engines, according to a report from KTVQ.

Antifreeze is said to have a sweet taste due to the ethyl glycol content, which makes it difficult to notice if it is mixed with another beverage, Poison Control warned.

However, a definitive cause is impossible to determine due to her blood being drawn too late after the incident, Cowboy State Daily reported.

The miracle mom spent six days in the hospital and was “adamant to walk on her own out of the hospital doors” on Monday, her family told KBTX.

Kline’s mother tells Cowboy State Daily that her daughter remembers what the person who handed her the free drink looked like.

Cody police are conducting interviews and investigating the incident “fairly rapidly,” according to the outlet.

Here’s my favorite Josh Allen UW memory: 

It is late in the game and UW is still in it. It is snowing and the wind is blowing hard. The Cowboys have their backs against the wall but everybody knows as long as we have Josh, we still have a chance.

He runs around avoiding tacklers and then spots Tanner Gentry headed to the end zone in the opposite side of the field. No human could throw a ball all that way in these conditions, right?

Yet, Josh heaves the ball and yes, it travels over 50 yards and is caught for a touchdown! Unreal. What a play. That’s our guy, Josh Allen.

Of course, I am watching this from the warmth of the press box at War Memorial Stadium as the chilly hard-nosed Wyoming crowd cheers until they lose their voices.

Yup. That is my memory and it is shared by thousands of other Wyoming fans.

Can you believe Josh Allen has been gone from UW for seven years? I never saw a player like that. He was super-human. He was our superman.

So, What Is A Bronco Fan To Do?

Wyoming fans have always been Denver Bronco fans. They are our regional pro team and you can find orange and blue sweatshirts all over the state.

But from 2018 and on, most of them have also been Buffalo Bills fans because that is the team that was smart enough to draft Josh Allen.

Our stupid Broncos drafted a lineman ahead of Allen in the 2018 draft in what John Elway calls “the most stupid mistake of my career.” Just think, we could have been cheering Josh here in the Rocky Mountain region all these years instead of Buffalo. Oh well. 

This Sunday the Broncos play the Bills in the playoffs. It is a game of our dreams but who do we cheer for?

Buffalo Bill

As an aside, we probably should have been cheering for the Bills all these years because the team is named after Wyoming’s most famous citizen in its history.

 Buffalo Bill Cody always had a good sense of timing. He was revered as a national hero during a time of the penny press or dime novels around the turn of the 19^th century to the 20^th century, from 1895 to 1905. More than 5,000 books and pamphlets were published with him as the hero, resulting in the claim that he was the most famous person in the world at that time. Certainly, he was the most famous in the USA. And he was from Cody, Wyoming, the town he founded and named. 

So yes, we probably should have been cheering for the Bills all these years. But I digress.

What Do You Think?

Despite all of our ardent Bronco fans who are ecstatic this year that we are in the playoffs for the first time since 2015, most are hoping the Bills win this game. What a surprise.

The consensus was that the Broncos were a surprise to make it to the NFL playoffs while the Bills have been chomping at the bit for a long time now. The folks I reached out to felt this is the year that the Bills can win it all, while the Broncos can just be thankful they got this far.

Ray Hunkins of Wheatland/Cheyenne is as big a Bronco fan as you can find but he says: “I am still rooting for Josh Allen and his team. But I am very pleased that Denver is back.”

Joe Glode of Saratoga says: “I love Allen and the Bills but the Broncos look better every game. Home field goes to Buffalo so that’s the way to bet.”

Methodist Minister Mark Calhoun is a die-hand Bronco fan. “Mixed emotions! At first, I was hoping that my favorite team . . . the Denver Broncos would not have to play my favorite Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen! Dreading it, in fact, but now I am excited for it. I was born in Denver, so the Broncos have been my team since I was carried out of the hospital and breathed my first breath of mile high air. This is a win – win situation for me. I am OK with whoever wins. It will be a great game. I am equally interested in some team… any team… putting a shellacking on the Kansas City Chiefs. Prediction: Bills 38 Broncos 34.” 

Chuck Brown of Wheatland says: “I clearly recall that the Broncos had the first option to draft Josh Allen, but they passed, and the coffee shop talk at the time was that Josh wanted to go to Denver as well.  What a shame! Now, a lot of us tried and true Cowboy fans who are also Bronco fans (and now Bills fans too!) are conflicted, eh? The Broncos would have to be considered the underdogs, I would think. I would predict a win for the Bills.”

Sally Ann Shurmur of Glenrock says: “I was surprised at how many Wyoming folks are Bills fans. Seems Broncos loyalty is a thing of the past.” 

Mandy Fabel of Lander says: “My thoughts are Wyoming values loyalty above all else. Josh Allen has been loyal to Wyoming through and through. The Broncos barely know Wyoming exists. Let’s go Bills!”

Pete Illoway of Cheyenne says: “Both my wife and my daughter are Bills and Broncos fans, however I believe they favor Josh Allen a lot. As for me, I like both teams and hope it is a great game. I will take the Broncos to win and see how far they go.”

Ernie Over of Riverton says: “Like many Wyoming fans, I think I had to pause just a moment or two before deciding I will root for the Bills. The Broncos are building their way back up, and they will have time to grab the spotlight in future years. But Josh Allen’s talent is too much for the Broncos to overcome. The mountain Josh had to overcome to get his team, as the number-two seed, I think says it all. Sorry Denver, I am going with Buffalo in the first round.” 

Jim Hicks in Buffalo says: “This game is like the old joke of watching your mother-in-law go over cliff in your new SUV. It would have been easy to root for Josh and the Bills . . . but the Cinderella story of the Broncos this year tends to pull a lot of former Bronco fans back into the fold. Josh will prevail in a close game.” 

My Prediction

This is a terrible draw for the Bills in the first round. Lately, the Broncos have been playing like a Super Bowl team and defeated the Bills the last time they played last year, 24-22.

I am rooting for both teams and by the time you read this, we hopefully will know that Josh is the MVP for the league. I think it will be Buffalo 28, Denver 24.

The Bills way to a Super Bowl win could be through Denver, Kansas City, and Detroit. Denver might end up being their most dangerous opponent as they have already beaten the other two this season.

Bill Sniffin can be reached at: Bill@CowboyStateDaily.com