It was just over three years ago when I covered my first UW men’s basketball game – the first Cowboy sporting event that I ever covered for the Branding Iron. The date was January 16, 2008, and Wyoming was hosting Air Force , which had been ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation. …
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Cowboys prepare for battle with Air Force
The last time the Wyoming Cowboys and Air Force Falcons met, both programs were stranded at the bottom of the deepest, darkest of caverns in the college basketball world. Mike MorrisMore Posts
Utes use 3 to bury Cowboys
The old adage “live by the three, die by the three” tends to hold true as a golden rule of college basketball. The Utes (8-10, 1-3 MWC) knocked down 12 of 27 attempts from beyond the arc to establish a big lead early in the first half and ultimately put the game out of reach,…
Cowboy Basketball Pounded in Fort Worth, Fall by 18 to Horned Frogs
Ronnie Moss has become a recurring nightmare for the Wyoming Cowboys over the past few seasons. The nightmare got a little more terrifying after Moss’ latest performance on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The junior TCU guard ravaged the Cowboys with 27 points and 10 rebounds–both season highs–helping the Horned Frogs cruise to a commanding…
Cali, South Beach Might Welcome Carta-Samuels
Remember in “Remember the Titans,” when the character “Sunshine” shows up at football camp with his dad and his dad tells coach Boone (played by Denzel Washington), “Hey my son’s a quarterback, and I would love him to play quarterback for your team,” and Denzel replies, “Well we’ve already got a quarterback.” Sunshine grabs a…
Staff Sets Sights on Rest of Basketball Season
Fresh off of Francisco Cruz’s buzzer beater and the Cowgirls’ dominant performances against CSU and New Mexico The Branding Iron staff took the chance to toss their conference expectations out for the men and women representing Wyoming Basketball this season. Mike Morris: The Cowboys picked up their most significant win of the season – and…
Cowboys Win on Buzzer-beater From Cruz
For 39 minutes and 53 seconds, the Wyoming Cowboys and New Mexico Lobos walked a perilous tightrope of plot twists and lead changes. As the ball careened off the rim once, and then again, hope faded to an imperceptible glimmer for Wyoming, and it appeared all but certain that the Cowboys and fourth-year head coach…
Self-esteem booster: Cowboys 44 – Rams 0
In a season where signs of optimism have dwindled for the Cowboys with each passing week, it would have been all too easy for the Cowboys to fold yet again in their season finale against rival Colorado State. With tradition and bragging rights on the line, Wyoming managed to pull off its first conference win….
Pride all that’s left for Wyo. in rivalry
Rivalry. The venerated tradition of college football; a game between two celebrated foes, where emotions run high as the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, and where the significance of the matchup is transcended only by each team’s inexorable will to win. All of the antecedent circumstances surrounding Saturday’s Border War matchup between Wyoming and Colorado State would…
Cowboys, Cowgirls win openers
The Cowboy and Cowgirl basketball teams started their seasons on positive notes notching home wins over the weekend. The Cowgirls opened their season on Friday against the University of Denver Pioneers. The game was a hard fought, defensive battle that the Cowgirls eventually won 64-58. “That’s about as tough of an opener as you…