August 26, 2024 |
Photo – Line of helmets – Bigfoot99 file photo
Cowboy football kicks off the 2024 season this Saturday on the road in Tempe at Arizona State University.
Fall camp in Laramie shifted last Wednesday from fall camp drills to game day. Following 17 fall camp practices, which were largely off-limits to reporters, first-year Head Coach Jay Sawvel summed up the results, saying, “We have the makings of a good football team.”
Wyoming will open the season on Saturday against the Sun Devils of the Big 12 at Mountain American Stadium.
For Wyoming, sixteen starters – seven on offense, seven on defense and two on special teams – return from the 9-4 finish to cap Craig Bohl’s 10th and final season leading the Cowboys.
The Sun Devils are trying to snap their worst three-year stretch in Arizona State history. Last year, the Sun Devils used four scholarship quarterbacks and had five players take the first snap at quarterback, including a running back.
Arizona’s punting game will also be another area to watch in the opener. ASU replaced its kicker, long snapper and punter from last year. They’ve been rotating freshman and senior kickers in fall camp as they try to settle on the position headed into this week’s opener.
32-year old head coach Kenny Dillingham spent much of his debut season in Tempe last year plugging holes. Injuries plagued the Sun Devils during Dillingham’s return to his alma mater, forcing him to use non-quarterbacks under center and even bust out the swinging gate on offense in an attempt to be competitive. Arizona State labored to a 3-9 season, winning two Pac-12 games. ASU moved to the Big 12 this season as College Football continues to morph under financial pressures.
It’s the Brown and Gold versus the Maroon and Gold, Saturday night in the season opener for both Wyoming and Arizona State. The oddsmakers in Las Vegas have Wyoming pegged as a six-point underdog headed into the prime-time matchup Saturday night.
Bigfoot 99 will be on the air Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. with the Cowboy pre-game.
