Wyoming’s football staff is heading for self -assessment – 7220 sport

Laramie – They say there is no break for tired.

This is certainly the case in Larami where Jay Sovell The focus of the extra -season moment has already shifted from adding to self -esteem.

“I had someone asking me not long ago,” were you busy? “I said,” Well, we’ll add 40 players, three coaches, three assistants, a video and a person in the recruitment, “said Wyoming’s chief coach.” We were busy. “

The first three goals were to keep the players who wanted to keep, to recruit a strong class in high school, and finally, to enter maturity, talent and competition in this squad.

Check. Check. Check.

Sawvel and his staff are now pouring out films from a majorly forgotten campaign in 2024, which includes four losses with a one-time possession of Idaho, San Diego, Utah and then 12th Boyz’s 12th ranked. To make things even more crazy, all these failures entered the Memorial of War Memorial, a place that the cowboys ended 7-0 years earlier.

The mismatch of the defender’s place led to a lot of misery. EvanWho started under the center in the first eight games was statistically the least effective call signal in FBS.

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Loss of Starting on Left Equipment Nate Geiger Only 11 clips of the season certainly did not help the questions. Nor did they find the year without starting to run back Harrison Weilly and a narrow end John Michael GyllenborgS

Lainers like Wes King and Jack Walsh He also spent a lot of time in the training room. Wyoming uses eight different beginners at the front throughout the season.

The defense was also not immunized against bugs for injury.

Both senior sure, Wyet ekeler and Isaac WhiteThey were on the shelf for a long time. The first suffered a pair of broken thumbs. The latter dealt with a stinging ankle injury. Edges Devon Harris and Sabastian Harsh It also fights health. The elbow cost Harris a piece of season. The knee has forced raw to the side line in the last month. Fellow defense end Braiden Seaders He was also hindered by turmoil.

Caleb Robinson and Lucas Samsula He has never played a click at the point of gear. The leader in this room, Jordan BertagalLimit your last season with low career 25 equipment, including only 10 solo stops. Gavin MayerSuppose a starter in the interior also entered the NCAA transfer portal in late spring.

There are a number of heads scratching that this brain confidence will notice on a tape:

* The cowboys converted only 66-from-181 (.365) third-down capabilities, landing them No. 104 of 133 FBS teams.

* It’s weird that on the protective side, Wyoming qualifies # 1 in the third down country, holding his opponents only up to 37 realizations in 143 attempts. “This was not completely calculated,” Sovel said, establishing this comment on a lack of pass and a true corner of the cover in the secondary one. He credits veterans as ekeler and White masking for these numbers.

* Fourth down was another story. Aaron Bohl’s The defense dropped .500 in this important category, which allows success at 11 of 22. During a non-conferencing shale 0-4, the cowboys allowed 10 realizations in 12 attempts. The average distance to the passage was 3.4 yards.

* Weyoming only collected 15 sacks in total last fall, 10.5 of which came from the protective edges. Rear -end injuries, along with limited pouring, can be accused of some of this. Only Nevada and New Mexico reached the defender less in the Mountain West conference.

* Wyoming was the country’s 37th penalty team in 2024. This is an incredible statistics, given that 16 yellow hanka flew in the first two weeks, representing 135 yards. A flag, a fake start in the line of 2 yards, can cost cowboys victory against Idaho. There was also a section of four games, where the Sawvel squad was hit with 27 calls.

* Kikofa’s cover was not a strong suit for this team. The deep probably also plays a role in this. Wyoming is ranked No. 113 in the nation in this category, which allows an average of nearly 24 yards of return. Departing 17-7 at halftime against BYU, the cowboy team was watching Kielan Marion Blaise just on the pitch for the return of a 100 yard kick to start the third quarter. The game was everything except at that moment.

* No one in the mountain West drops as many times as the cowboys. This number reached 66, six in front of the State of San Diego. However, the net average was close to the bottom of the league. Jack Carbret Serves as a player last fall. Sovell said the player is still not on the campus next year. They will find this man, he added to the spring transfer portal. This time they will look for a player with more than a year, which is eligible.

* Passing crime was again nothing unnatural about this program. It was the same song, a different verse since Josh Alan left for NFL. Wyoming averaged only 189.4 yards through the air on a trip. These numbers were inflated thanks to the performance of 342 yards against New Mexico from the newly accepted starter Cadent AndersonS

* When the opposition enters the line of the 20th Pokes, they scored. Like, 44-from-45 times, including 22 touchdowns and 14 field goals. Wyoming is ranked 130th in the country in the defense of the red zones.

* Offensively, the cowboys also caused damage inside the 20th, limiting the year under No. 16 in FBS with 29 scores for 32 trips. Nineteen of them were a touchdown. John Hoyland Added 10 field goals. Imagine if this team has found the end zone only a few more times for these opportunities?

* It was a year of decline in the fast department. Wailey injuries and Dawaiian mcneelyplus departure in the middle of the season of Dj jonesIt didn’t help. Neither the loss of Gieger, Walsh and King on the front five. The cowboys are on average only 137.8 yards on the ground in a match in 2024. This was good enough for the eighth in the conference.

* The hurrying protection was even worse, allowing 191.7 yards to play. This included six collapses of 100 yards. Who could forget Debala in Albukerke? New Mexico raised visitors for 412 yards on Earth. Both defenders Davan Dampier and run back Eli Sanders It darkened the brand of 200 yards that day. Defense equipment were blown throughout the afternoon. Maybe this is part of the reason why there is a new coach, Donte GibsonIn this situation.

* The turnover margin was not kind to this program last fall. The cowboys ended with minus-5 as a whole. Wyoming QB threw 11 intercepts and the team lost five strokes. Wrook Brown It was a bright place. Nickelback ran out of team three of the six Pokes intercepts, including a pickup that helped to lead to this incredible 49-45 win over Lobos. Wyoming also crashes five backs.

* Sawvel said this February would dive deep into the control and management of the clock. He indicated that he did not call a time-out on the last disc in Utah, which ended with a goal in the field with 40 yards from the right leg of Tanner CragunS Did he have to save time and give him an insult to 20 plus seconds in the hope of a miracle?

Spring practice will start on March 25 in Larami. Sovell said he would open all Saturday training for the public.

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