Weber State University Football Articles

Weber State vs. Northern Colorado Game Notes

HEAD COACH     SCOTT DOWNING is beginning his 5th season as head coach of the Bears.  ... Coming into Saturdays game his overall record at NC is 7-39. Downing is 0-4 vs. the Wildcats, 0-2 vs. WSU in Ogden. ... Downing served as an assistant coach at Nebraska (1984-86 / 2003-05), Purdue (1997-2002) a...

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Weber State Loses 38-20 at Boston College

     The Wildcats kept the ball away from Boston College for 22:24 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts but the Eagles made good use of those previous few minutes turning two Wildcat fumbles into 10 points, and returning an interception 66 yards for a score to defeat Web...

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Weber State Football Notes vs. Boston College

G A M E   #  1     @BOSTON COLLEGESaturday, September 4, 2010   1:00 p.m.  (EDT) Alumni Stadium (44,500)  -   Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts       B O S T O N   C O L L E G E  "Eagles"     HEAD COACH     Frank Spaziani begins his 2nd year as head coach of the Eagles. He took a BC team in 2009 which w...

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   OGDEN, UTAH (Aug. 23, 2010) - Five Big Sky Conference teams will begin the 2010 season ranked in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches poll.     The University of Montana, winners of 12 straight Big Sky championships, is picked No. 2, behind defending national champion Villanova of the Co...

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 .... Bo Bolen has 118 yards in Fall debut              Weber State finished its 2010 Fall camp with a 90 minute, 63 play scrimmage on Saturday morning on the field inside Stewart Stadium.  Both sides made some key plays, but it was the running game which got most of the attention.      We held Vai ...

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Both Sides Have Moments in Weber State Mid-Week Football Scrimmage

Weber States football team scrimmaged for 90 minutes, Wednesday morning. Both sides of the ball found success and improvement was noticeable on both sides as well.     Id probably call this one a draw, said WSU head football coach, Ron McBride. Early on the defense kind of controlled the tempo and t...

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The Defense Shines in First Fall Camp Scrimmage for Weber State

The Defense had its way on Saturday in the first full scrimmage of 2010 Fall football for the Weber State University Wildcats. The purple clad defense allowed just one score during the 90 minute, 75 play scrimmage, and stopped three drives with interceptions.      It was a defensive scrimmage the en...

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First Day of Practice for 2010 Weber State Football Goes Well

Practice #1 - Friday, August 6th  Coach Ron McBride and his staff welcomed 90 players (the NCAA Division I FCS allowable number) to the first day of practice.   The team was divided up into two groups with the first group going from 8:50-10:10 and the second group going from 10:30 to 11:50.      Fri...

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Weber State's J.C. Oram (6-4, 310 Jr. OG) Named Second Team Pre-Season All-America by The Sports Ne

    The Sports Network, which sponsors the NCAA Division I FCS Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan and Eddie Robinson Awards, has released its 2010 Division I FCS Pre-Season All-America teams.       Twelve players from the Big Sky Conference were selected to the three teams.  Weber State University guard J...

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MONTANA IS A HEAVY FAVORITE TO WIN 13TH STRAIGHT TITLE

OGDEN, UTAH (July 20, 2010)    A coaching change hasnt swayed the opinion of the Montana Grizzly football program at least not in the minds of Big Sky Conference coaches and media. The preseason polls were released Tuesday, and the Grizzlies are heavily favored to win a 13th straight Big Sky Confer...

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OGDEN, UTAH (July 19, 2010) Eastern Washingtons J.C. Sherritt has been selected as the 2010 Big Sky Conference preseason defensive player of the year, while Montanas Chase Reynolds has been tabbed as the preseason offensive player of the year. Both senior standouts were also named to the preseason ...

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WEBER STATE QUARTERBACKAMERON HIGGINS IS NAMED TO THE 2010 WALTER PAYTON TROPHY WATCH LIST

OGDEN, UTAH - Weber State University quarterback, CAMERON HIGGINS (6-2, 215 Sr. /  Hawaii Kai, Hawaii) is among 20 players, including five from the Big Sky Conference, named to the initial 2010 WALTER PAYTON TROPHY Watch List. The Sports Network, which sponsors the trophy, released the list.  Higgin...

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NFL Draft shows well for Utah and MWC

I wanted to wait and take all of the draft picks in as well as see who would be picked up as an unsigned free agent as well as a try out.  I found the results interesting and my take might either frustrate you or make you think I am crazy.  My results show the obvious, that Utah led the MWC and all ...

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