2011 UW Football Schedule Finalized
by Matthew Blaylock on Dec 7, 2010 3:25 PM MST
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Laramie, WY – The University of Wyoming has finalized their 2011 football schedule by adding a home game against FCS opponent the Texas State Bobcats September 10, 2011 in Laramie, WY.
The Cowboys needed to add another game to their schedule after all of the changes within the Mountain West Conference.
Texas State will be the second FCS opponent on The Pokes schedule for 2011; they will play Weber State to open the season on September 3, 2011. Texas State is in the process of transitioning to the FBS as they will become a member of the Western Athletic Conference in 2012-2013.
"I'm very happy that we were able to complete our 2011 schedule so quickly, and am thrilled that we were able to fill it with another home game," said University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman.
The home-and-home deal between Wyoming and Texas State the Cowboys will travel to San Marcos, TX on September 28, 2013 to play the Bobcats.
With two FCS opponents on their 2011 schedule Wyoming will have to win seven games to become bowl eligible.
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It'll be harder to get to a bowl game.
Two FCS foes mean that Wyoming will need seven wins to be eligible (assuming that two wins are against the FCS teams). Can’t blame Wyoming for having to do this, but that will be an unfortunate side effect.
It’s pretty interesting to see a home-and-home where they’ll be FCS in Laramie, yet FBS when Wyoming returns the favor.
They tried to get a FBS opponent but none were willing to play in Laramie.
Kind of a wasted game – even if the win it won’t really count towards much. Since it is a home and home at least they didn’t have to pay a ton for Texas State to just play us once.
The rest of OOC schedule is Nebraska, @Bowling Green, @Utah State. Chance to go 4-1 I’d say.
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I like the odds on 4-1 as well. (Well, 5-1 including Weber State, I guess.)
I like the odds on the New Mexico game next year, which means they’d need one more win for bowl eligibility (two if there’s perhaps a second loss in there somewhere, like Utah State). I’ll look at CSU or UNLV as the most likely.
Next year, bowl eligibility is a far more realistic prospect than the death march that was this year. And having Nebraska come into Laramie, shortly after Texas made the trip? Interesting how they’ve been able to pull those off.
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