Image Courtesy of ESPNHere are the comments from Van Pelt and Ryen:
From Russillo, who pointed out that the origin of the Dax Crum bit came when Crum was starting for UW two seasons ago: "At first I just thought it was a
different name, his story was interesting and I was rooting for a comeback. So I
started following him a little. ...
"I have never had the intention of making fun of the team" and feel terrible if the players feel that way. I know that Austyn is the starter and he had a great season, we like Wyoming. That's it. I don't know a ton about Wyoming football, I'd be lying if I said I did, but we kind of adopted the team. I love the helmet, I think you have
a great coach, a lot of fans have told us that they love seeing the helmet on
our set and I thought it would be cool to show some support for a program that
doesn't get any national publicity."
I think it does help to have the helmet on the show fairly often. I have watch the SVP show on ESPNU on weekdays that I have off and I love seeing the Wyoming helmet there. If they would actually mention Wyoming or any Mountain West School once a week that would be great. It drives me nuts they spend some much time talking about Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, USC, Texas etc...
From Van Pelt: "We have gotten a ton of love from
the Wyoming coaches,
specifically Coach Christensen who sent a note that they seemingly enjoyed their
status, along with Idaho, as the helmets on our desk during the show.
..." The irony here is, we KNOW who [Carta-Samuels] is. I watched him in
several games last year and he (and the whole team) were great in the bowl win
over Fresno."
Van Pelt also mentioned that he wanted to interview Carta-Samuels at some point during the season. I would love to have either member of the show come to Laramie and actually experience a game in person.
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Why would you want them to come to a game in Laramie? So they can witness firsthand why they talk about Alabama and Texas every week. People like winners, not scrubs who drown their sorrows at the Buck after a blowout from TCU
ReplyDeleteBecause games at War Memorial are a unique experience. Playing at 7220 feet, small town USA, fans that drive nearly 1000 miles round trip to attend games. I think they would have even more appreciation for Wyoming after coming to a game in person.
ReplyDeleteAll would be lost when they saw the stadium 1/4 of the way full, the beer song played 25 times because we don't have any tradition. Nothing stands out about UW. High School teams in the south have more tradition than UW. Go to the Texas game, and just feel the chills you will get when the smoke starts, the band plays Eyes of Texas and the team runs out with the American Flags in front of 90.000 PROUD and LOYAL fans. In Baton Rouge, when the announcer claims that "It is now Saturday Night in Death Valley..." That's what tradition represents. Not a bunch of nobodies who dick around in class, don't care if they win a games, and get pukey drunk in the Parlor after a loss
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