Pokes Insider: Fargodome, unbeaten Bison await – University of Wyoming Athletics

LARAMIE – The Cowboys are facing their biggest challenge of the season this Saturday.   Wyoming will be the first Mountain West opponent to play North Dakota State in the Fargodome, where the Bison posted a 38-2 record in FCS playoff games while winning 10 national titles over the years.   The Bison (4-0, 1-0 MW) opened the season, the program’s first in the FBS, with dominant wins over Jacksonville State (33-7) and Fordham (38-0), before beating Air Force (38-32) and Sacramento State (31-10) on the road.   While the Cowboys (2-2, 1-0) were defeating Hawai’i 27-10 at War Memorial Stadium, NDSU was enjoying an open date.   “This will be the most difficult road environment in the Mountain West,” UW head coach Jay Sawvel said of the challenge of silencing a sellout crowd of 19,000 in the Fargodome. “Not only the opponent is very good, the fan base is very good. The quarters are very tight, and there’s a roof on it. This is the most difficult environment that we’ll play in this conference, and we’ve got to go do it. We need to play a lot better than we have.”   This series has a chance to develop
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