WYOMING FOOTBALL 2015 WWYOMINGYFFOOTBALLO OO T B AML L 22015I0 1N5 G Aug. 31, 2015 Wyoming Football Contacts TV-Radio Coverage Tim Harkins, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations Nick Seeman, Assistant Media Relations Director Television Information Game 1: Sat., Sept. 5, 2015, 2:00 p.m., M.T. Televised By No TV This Week Play-by-Play Announcer NA Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium (29,181) Color Analyst NA Sideline Reporter NA Laramie, Wyo. Radio Broadcast Information The Wyoming Cowboys The Cowboy Sports Network (CSN): •Every Cowboy Football game is broadcast (0-0, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference) live on the 26 Affiliates of the Cowboy Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) Sports Network Overall Record: 108-40 (.730), 13th season •Flagship Station, KFBC 1240 AM, Record at Wyoming: 4-8 (.333), 2nd season Cheyenne, Wyo. Announcers: Conference Record: 51-30 (.630), 13th season •Dave Walsh, Play-by-Play (32nd year) •Kevin McKinney, Color Analyst (18th year) vs. •Reece Monaco, Sideline Reporter (5th year) The University of North Dakota Pregame Show: •Begins one hour prior to kickoff. (0-0, 0-0 in the Big Sky Conference) Postgame Show: Head Coach: Bubba Schweigert (Jamestown ‘85) •Begins immediately after the game Overall Record: 26-27 (.491), 5th season Record at Wyoming: 5-7 (.417), 2nd season Weekly Coach’s Shows Conference Record: 3-5 (.375) in Big Sky, 2nd season “Craig Bohl Radio Show” Presesented by Laramie GM Auto Center 2015 Wyoming Football Schedule Show Time and Location Score/ 1. Altitude Chophouse and Brewery Date Opponent (Special Events) Time (M.T.) Television 2. Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m., M.T. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2014 Sat., Sept.5 NORTH DAKOTA (# Multiple Events) 2:00 p.m. No TV Sat., Sept. 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN (% Multiple Events) 2:00 p.m. ROOT SPORTS “Inside Wyoming Football Sat., Sept. 19 at Washington State 6:30 p.m. PAC-12 Networks With Craig Bohl” Sat., Sept. 26 NEW MEXICO* (Ag Day, Family Weekend)1:00 p.m. ROOT SPORTS Delivered by Union Wireless Sat., Oct. 3 at Appalachian State TBA TBA 1. Where and When You Can Watch the Show •ROOT SPORTS Sat., Oct. 10 at Air Force* TBA ESPN Networks •Thursday nights from 6:00-6:30 p.m., M.T. Sat., Oct. 17 NEVADA* (Homecoming) TBA ESPN Networks •Beginning Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 Sat., Oct. 24 at Boise State* TBA ESPN Networks •The first show on Sept. 3 will air at 4:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 30 at Utah State* 8:15 p.m. ESPN2 2. The Show will also be available at GoWyo.com Sat., Nov. 7 COLORADO STATE* TBA ESPN Networks beginning on Friday mornings. Sat., Nov. 14 at San Diego State* 8:30 p.m. CBSSN Sat., Nov. 28 UNLV* Noon ROOT SPORTS Gameday Central Coverage Sat., Dec. 5 MW Championship Game+ 5:30 P.M. ESPN2 BOLD AND CAPS Indicate Home games For more in-depth coverage of each week’s Wyoming Cowboy game go to the “Gameday Central” page on *Indicates Mountain West Conference games the University of Wyoming Athletics website at: Additional game times will be announced at future dates. GoWyo.com # Special events for the Sept. 5 game versus North Dakota include: Celebrate Energy Day and Hall of Fame Weekend Weekly Media Events % Special events for the Sept. 12 game versus Eastern Michigan include: Band Day, Fan Fest and Military Appreciation Day Mondays Wyoming Football Press Conference A Preview of This Week’s Game •Rochelle Athletics Center, WAR Room •Wyoming and North Dakota are playing each other for the first time in football. •Noon-12:30 p.m., Craig Bohl •12:30-2:30 p.m., Requested Players and Asst. •Defensive end Eddie Yarbrough was named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List for the Coaches second consecutive season in 2015, and will be a leading All-America candidate. Tuesdays Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice •Yarbrough earned First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors for the second consecutive •Arrange with Tim Harkins of UW Athletic Media season in 2014 in voting by conference media and head coaches. Relations. •Senior running back Shaun Wick was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List for the first Interviews with Players Unavailable on Mondays •Those players who were requested but weren’t time in 2015. available on Mondays will be made available on Tuesdays. Arrange details with Tim Harkins. •Wick enters his senior season, with 2,082 career rushing yards. He needs only 42 yards to move into the UW Career Top 10 and is 881 yards away from the school record for rushing yards. Wednesdays Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice •Arrange with Tim Harkins. •Running backs Wick and Brian Hill combined for 1,549 rushing yards in 2014. wwww.GoWyo.comww.GoWyo.com PagePage 1 WYOMING 2015 Wyoming Team Notes FOOTBALL 2015 University of Wyoming Football 2015 Wyoming Cowboy EddieEd Yarbrough Named to 2015 Rotary Lombardi Award Coaching Staff WWatch List for the Second Consecutive Year: The 2015 Rotary Head Coach LombardiLo Award Watch List was released on Tuesday by the Rotary Lombardi Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) AwardAw Committee. University of Wyoming senior defensive end Eddie YarbroughYa was one of the players named to the 2015 list. It marks the Offensive Coaching Staff secondsec consecutive season that Yarbrough has been selected to the Rotary Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks LombardiLo Award Watch List. Brent Vigen (North Dakota State ‘98) YarbroughYa will be a leading All-America candidate in 2015. He was named a Running Backs/Fullbacks FirstFir Team All-Mountain West selection both as a sophomore in 2013 and as a Mike Bath (Miami of Ohio ‘01) juniorjun in 2014 in voting by conference head coaches and media. Offensive Line HeHe led all Mountain West defensive linemen in tackles, averaging 7.4 tackles Scott Fuchs (North Dakota State ‘95) Eddie perpe game as a sophomore in 2013. Yarbrough ended the 2013 season with Wide Receivers/Director of Recruiting Yarbrough 89 total tackles, including 6.5 sacks, 12.0 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries Gordie Haug (Bemidji State ‘09) and two forced fumbles. He followed up that outstanding sophomore campaign by ranking No. 2 among all defensive linemen in the MW in tackles as a junior in 2014. Defensive Coaching Staff Yarbrough accounted for 63 total tackles, including 4.0 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss as a junior, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers while forcing one fumble and recovering another. Steve Stanard (Nebraska ‘89) The Aurora, Colo., native has made 194 tackles and 28.5 tackles for loss during his college Defensive Ends/Special Teams career. He will enter the 2015 season ranked No. 15 among active FBS players in tackles for loss AJ Cooper (North Dakota State ‘06) and No. 6 among active FBS defensive linemen, averaging 0.81 TFLs per game (28.5 TFLs in 35 Defensive Tackles career games). Yarbrough is poised to become Wyoming’s all-time leader in career tackles for loss. Pete Kaligis (Washington ‘94) He needs 7.5 TFLs his senior season to move into the top spot. Defensive Pass Coordinator/Secondary Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down linemen, end-to-end, either Curt Mallory (Michigan ‘92) on offense or defense, who set up no farther than 10 yards to the left or right of the ball, or Cornerbacks linebackers who set up no farther than five yards deep from the line of scrimmage. The candidates John Richardson (North Dakota St. ‘10) earned a place on the preliminary Watch List by earning All-American honors, being named to their respective all-conference teams or receiving 2015 pre-season honors. Administrative Staff The 46th Rotary Lombardi Award will be presented on December 9, 2015, at the Bayou Director of Sport Performance Music Center in Houston, Texas. Proceeds from the Rotary Lombardi Awards stay in the Houston Zach Duval (Nebraska ‘98) community and benefit the American Cancer Society, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Director of Football Operations Centers / Children’s Cancer Hospital, and Texas Children’s Cancer Center. For more information on Brent Vernon (Missouri ‘08) the schedule of events, please visit www.rotarylombardiaward.org. Director of Player Personnel Matt Gaynor (Metro State ‘12) Shaun Wick Named to 2015 Doak Walker Award Watch List: Wyoming senior running back Shaun Wick was selected to the 2015 Doak Walker Award Watch List on Thursday. Ten Wyoming Cowboy Games to It was the first time in Wick’s career that he was named to the list. The PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced the preseason candidates for the 2015 Doak Walker Award. The award is presented All total, 10 of be Televised in 2015: annually to the nation’s top college running back. Wyoming’s 12 games in the 2015 season will be A native of Oxnard, Calif., Wick enters his senior season with 2,082 career rushing yards, and televised. needs only 42 rushing yards to enter the UW Career Top 10. He already ranks eighth in career Wyoming is scheduled to appear on rushing touchdowns at Wyoming, with 19. Wick had an outstanding junior season in 2014 despite ESPN Network telecasts five times this missing three games with a broken hand. He rushed for 753 yards on the year averaging 83.7 yards coming season, three Cowboy games will be per game. He ranked fourth in the Mountain West and 21st in the nation in average yards per carry televised on ROOT SPORTS, Wyoming’s game (5.98 yards per carry) in 2014. Wick recorded four 100-yard rushing games as a junior, including: at San Diego State will be telecast on CBS 134 rushing yards against Montana; 122 rushing yards at national runner-up Oregon; 121 yards at Sports Network and the Pokes’ road game Hawai’i; and 111 yards rushing versus Florida Atlantic.