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Wyoming-UNLV football: Picks, predictions, odds as Rebels, Cowboys enjoying great seasons
The Rebels and Cowboys are both enjoying best football season in years with 2023’s performances. Friday night’s game in Vegas could be entertaining.
Mountain West Conference action kicks off in Week 11 with Wyoming (6-3, 3-2 Mountain West) heading south to Las Vegas to face the UNLV Rebels (7-2, 4-1). This is the first game between the two teams since 2020 amid strong seasons for both teams.
The Rebels are enjoying one of their best seasons in program history. Seven wins are the most since a 7-6 record in 2013 and just the third time since 2000 UNLV’s reached that mark.
Head coach Barry Odom’s leading the way in his first year at the helm in Las Vegas. Prior stops include a stint as Missouri’s head coach from 2016-2019 and an assistant with Arkansas from 2020 through 2022.
UNLV wasted no time getting on the winning track in his first season. A 44-14 win over Bryant preceded a rough road loss to No. 2 Michigan 35-7. But after that loss to a top team, the Rebels rattled off five wins in a row over Vanderbilt, UTEP, Hawai’i, Nevada, and Colorado State. That win over the Rams came thanks to kicker Jose Pizano’s sixth field goal of the game as time expired.
A close loss to Fresno State and a dominant 56-14 win over New Mexico puts the Rebels in great position with just three games left on the schedule. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jayden Maiava stepped into a starting role in the Vanderbilt victory and kept UNLV on the right track.
Wyoming comes into Friday’s game off a 24-15 win over Colorado State. That victory moved the Cowboys to 6-3 on the year and ensuring a fourth consecutive season with at least six wins.
The Cowboys nearly shocked the country in Week 3 versus Texas. The Longhorns pulled away in the second half en route to a 31-10 victory, but Wyoming made an impression. Since then, Wyoming’s won four of six games, most recently at home against Colorado State.
A balanced attack earned the win at home and they’ll need that same approach on offense in Las Vegas this week. One thing Wyoming needs to improve on: penalties. That win over the Rams last week included a season-high 10 penalties for 110 yards.
Each team enters Friday night’s game looking to keep pace with the top teams in the Mountain West Conference. UNLV’s yet to lose at home and Wyoming heads to Las Vegas looking for their first road win of 2023.
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Wyoming at UNLV predictions roundup
ESPN: UNLV has 65.5% chance for victory
ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) rates UNLV as the fourth-best team in the Mountain West and not too far from leaders Fresno State and Air Force. Wyoming’s ranked in the middle but with a much lower rating. The site’s analytics point to the Rebels getting an eighth win in 2023.
Pickswise: UNLV -5.5
Chad Hartsock notes, “Wyoming is good, so this is by no means a lock, but I think the strength of the Rebel defense matches up well with the Wyoming offense, and this is a specific matchup that ought to favor UNLV.”
Covers: Over 50.5 points
JD Yonke writes, “I expect the Rebels’ new-look offense to continue to find success. On the other side, Wyoming has managed at least 22 points in all but two games this season and therefore should be able to contribute to this game going over the total.”
Athlon Sports: UNLV 33, Wyoming 23
Staff note, “Wyoming won six games against the spread last year, failing to cover or pushing seven times.”
How to Watch Wyoming at UNLV: TV channel and streaming
When: Friday, Nov. 10, 10:45 p.m. ET
Where: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
Cable TV: FS1
Streaming: Fox Sports app; FuboTV
How to watch: Catch the latest football action on Fubo
NCAAF odds Week 10: Wyoming Cowboys at UNLV Rebels
The Rebels are favorites to make it two wins in a row with a victory over the Cowboys, according to the BetMGM college football odds. Looking to wager? Check out the best mobile sports betting apps offering betting promos in 2023.
- Spread: UNLV (-5.5)
- Moneyline: UNLV (-225); Wyoming (+180)
- Over/under: 50.5 points
Wyoming at UNLV injury report
- Rebels QB Doug Brumfield (undisclosed) is questionable
Wyoming Cowboys football schedule and results
- Week 1: Sat. 09/02: Wyoming 35-33 Texas Tech Final 2OT
- Week 2: Sat. 09/09: Wyoming 31-17 Portland State Final
- Week 3: Sat. 09/16: Wyoming 10-31 Texas Final
- Week 4: Sat. 09/23: Wyoming 22-19 Appalachian State Final
- Week 5: Sat. 09/30: Wyoming 35-26 New Mexico Final
- Week 6: Sat. 10/07: Wyoming 24-19 Fresno State Final
- Week 7: Sat. 10/14: Wyoming 27-34 Air Force Final
- Week 8: Sat. 10/21: Bye
- Week 9: Sat. 10/28: Wyoming 7-32 Boise State Final
- Week 10: Fri. 11/03: Wyoming 24-15 Colorado State Final
- Week 11: Fri. 11/10: Wyoming at UNLV, 10:45 p.m., ET, FS1
- Week 12: Sat. 11/18: Wyoming vs. Hawai’i, 2:00 p.m., ET, TBD
- Week 13: Sat. 11/25: Wyoming at Nevada, 9:00 p.m., ET, CBS Sports Networks
UNLV Rebels football schedule and results
- Week 1: Sat. 09/02: UNLV 44-14 Bryant Final
- Week 2: Sat. 09/09: UNLV 7-35 Michigan Final
- Week 3: Sat. 09/16: UNLV 40-37 Vanderbilt Final
- Week 4: Sat. 09/23: UNLV 45-28 UTEP Final
- Week 5: Sat. 09/30: UNLV 44-20 Hawai’i Final
- Week 6: Sat. 10/07: Bye
- Week 7: Sat. 10/14: UNLV 45-27 Nevada Final
- Week 8: Sat. 10/21: UNLV 25-23 Colorado State Final
- Week 9: Sat. 10/28: UNLV 24-31 Fresno State Final
- Week 10: Sat. 11/04: UNLV 56-14 New Mexico Final
- Week 11: Fri. 11/10: UNLV vs. Wyoming, 10:45 p.m., ET, FS1
- Week 12: Sat. 11/18: UNLV at Air Force, 3:30 p.m., ET, CBS Sports Networks
- Week 13: Sat. 11/25: UNLV vs. San Jose State, 3:00 p.m., ET, TBD
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Former Gillette Cop Accused Of Triple Homicide Had Justified Shooting In Wyoming
The criminal affidavit pertaining to a former Wyoming police sergeant now accused of triple homicide in South Dakota alleges the man charged into his neighbor’s house and shot three young men to death after leaving home in a rage.
Jay Ostrem, 64, was a Gillette Police Department agent from 1982-2003 and retired at the rank of sergeant, Jennifer Toscana, Gillette City spokeswoman, confirmed Thursday.
He’s facing three first-degree murder charges in South Dakota, in what court documents describe as an attack on three young adult male neighbors, after Ostrem heard that one of them had made an unwanted sexual advance on his wife.
Ostrem had his first court appearance Wednesday, Dakota News Now reported.
The three victims included a 26-year-old man who’d allegedly rubbed his genitalia against Ostrem’s wife while the pair were drinking together – as Ostrem slept – in Ostrem’s home four days before the attack, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed in Turner County, South Dakota on Tuesday and sent to Cowboy State Daily on Thursday.
The other two victims included a 21-year-old man who was the first decedent’s brother, and a 35-year-old man who had a different last name from the two brothers, the affidavit says.
Neighbor Man
The wife reported to South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation agents that the 26-year-old man was a neighbor, and that he had been over at her home while Ostrem was there sleeping on May 23.
She said the man forcibly kissed her, exposed himself to her and rubbed his genitalia against her against her wishes, the affidavit says.
When she told Ostrem about these incidents four days later, Monday, he “got up and went raging out of the house,” says the document. The wife reportedly didn’t know where he was going or if he was armed when he left. She stayed home until law enforcement arrived, she said.
The Call
The 21-year-old called 911 dispatch at about 9:44 Monday night, frantic, saying a shooting was happening at the home across from Ostrem’s, reportedly. The affidavit says the man told dispatch that his brother had been shot and killed with a shotgun.
The shooter was “a guy from across the street,” the affidavit says. The caller then said the shooter had gone back to his own home; but after some time on the phone with the dispatcher, the young man said that he, too, had been shot, reportedly.
Then the man “stopped communicating with the dispatcher,” the document says.
Shotgun Shells
A Game Fish and Parks Conservation officer responded to the home where the shooting happened, and called for backup. There he met Ostrem exiting the home through the attached garage, allegedly.
The conservation officer ordered Ostrem to stop, but Ostrem kept walking down the street. So the officer drove his vehicle that way and contacted Ostrem again near an intersection, and ordered him to get on the ground.
Ostrem complied, and let the officer know he had a gun in his pocket, the document says. An AR-style rifle allegedly lay on the ground near Ostrem. His left hand was bleeding and he reeked of alcohol, the officer reportedly observed.
Agents discovered Ostrem had a .380 handgun in his pants pocket and also had spent shotgun shell casings and at least one spent rifle casing, the affidavit says.
He was arrested.
Into The Home
Investigators entered the home where the shooting had happened and found three deceased men with apparent gunshot wounds, reportedly. They noted that Ostrem’s home is just across the street.
Use Of Force Incident
Ostrem was involved in a lethal use-of-force incident 23 years ago in Gillette, according to civil court documents, but a federal lawsuit leveled against him over it was dismissed Aug. 18, 2004. Then-U.S. District Court Judge Clarence A. Brimmer noted the use of force officers used in that incident was not found to be unreasonable.
In the early-morning hours of Nov. 3, 2001, a woman left her home to get away from her husband, Michael Owens, with whom she’d been fighting in their Gillette home, according to a civil lawsuit complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming in 2003.
The woman’s sister reported Michael Owens to police, saying Owens was “just trying to kill her,” court documents say.
Dispatch asked Owens’ wife if Owens had a gun and she answered “yes.”
Ostrem and other Gillette police agents responded, found Owens to be driving, and followed Owens to his home. Brimmer’s order dismissing this case called it a “chase.”
One officer videotaped the events. The judge’s order says the tape “clearly reveals” the following sequence of events:
Officers ordered Owens to show his hands, as the man parked in his own driveway and rammed his pickup into the back of his garage.
Owens smashed into one of the agent’s patrol cars, then hit his garage again; then crashed into a boat seconds after one of the officers took cover behind it.
Owens then sped in reverse across the street and rammed the front door of a neighbor’s house.
Two officers (not Ostrem) were concerned for the neighbors’ safety and decided to use lethal force to stop Owens, but since they didn’t know where in the house the neighbors were, they didn’t fire.
Owens pulled forward and crashed into another car “in an apparent attempt” to hit one of the officers on scene. That officer was later found to be severely injured; he had to have two cervical discs fused, the judge’s order notes.
Then-Sgt. Ostrem saw all this and believed the officers’ lives were in danger. He ran alongside Owens’ pickup while drawing his gun; shouted commands at Owens; watched as the pickup rammed the back of the garage, and hoped Owens had knocked himself out, the order recounts.
But Owens kept driving, trying to back up again.
Ostrem emptied his entire pistol, even as Owens tried to get the truck into reverse. Owens started driving in reverse, and another officer opened fire, killing Owens.
“Our system of justice… does not deal in either sympathy or suspicion; it is built on proof,” wrote Brimmer when dismissing the case. “When the officers were threatened by Owens’ vehicle, a deadly weapon, the officers were permitted to use deadly force.”
What A Shock
Former Gillette Police Department Chief Ric Paul, who supervised Ostrem during their shared tenure, told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday that the news of Ostrem’s homicide case shocked him.
“You just can’t understand why a guy of his magnitude would do something he apparently did,” said Paul, who described Ostrem as a solid, intelligent police officer.
Though Ostrem had potentially traumatic incidents on the job, Paul said he’d insisted on Ostrem having any issues from those addressed and tracked.
“And Jay was part of those (issue briefings for the critical incidents) he was involved in,” he said.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
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FULL INTERVIEW: Trying to figure out a solution to recent acts of violence among youth
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) – Following the murders of 14-year old, Bobby Maher Jr., and 17-year old, Lene’a Brown, family, friends, and loved one say that the time for change is not only now, but it’s overdue.
Y.M.C.A. Sports Director, and former youth pastor, D.C. Martinez, stopped by the Wyoming News Now studio to speak on the recent acts of violence that has left the Natrona County Community searching for answers. The overall feeling within the community is a sense of disbelief, that something like this could even happen in a tight-knit community such as Casper. Many have recently taken the time, to try and figure out a solution, to help the youth, so that other families won’t ever have to feel what Brown and Maher’s family continues to experience.
Following Maher’s death, an organization was built called the “Blue Heart Collaborative”, with the purpose to unite every youth organization in Casper, unifying their efforts and to maximize their productive youth outreach. Blue Heart Collaborative is preparing for a youth meeting, which will take place on June 7, from 5-7 pm, at the YMCA Fieldhouse, located at 1611 Casper Mountain Road. All are welcome to attend, no matter your age, and present different ideas for future programs, that involve our communities youth.
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