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Pokes Football: Best of Wyoming – No. 7
LARAMIE -- It's officially "series season."
This summer, with the help of some longtime Wyoming football followers, we will count down the Top 25 homegrown products in program history.
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As always, what these guys did in professional football doesn't matter. This is all about production in Laramie. A couple of the guys on this final list may not have been born here, but they grew up in Wyoming and graduated from an in-state high school.
Once we put a bow on these selections, we'll move on to other states like Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, etc. You get the picture:
No. 7 - Jim Talich
Linebacker, 1994-97, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming
Résumé in Laramie
Jim Talich hasn't put on a Wyoming uniform since 1997. That was nearly three decades ago. Still, the linebacker from Pine Bluffs is ranked third all-time in program history in career tackles with 440. He sits behind only Galand Thaxton (467) and Andrew Wingard (454). Talich was named to the All-Western Athletic Conference team during his junior season. That same year, the Cowboys finished 10-2 overall and claimed a Pacific Division title and a berth in the inaugural league championship game. Talich rolled up 138 stops that fall. That's still good enough for sixth all-time. In a 22-19 victory over rival Air Force that season, Talich finished with 18 tackles. That's the seventh-best single-game performance ever. Talich's older brother, Cory Talich, landed on this list at No. 25. His oldest son Nic Talich is currently a linebacker on the Wyoming football team. His other son Luke Talich is a safety at Notre Dame. Talich resides in Cody and serves as the defensive coordinator for the Broncs high school football team.
About Pine Bluffs
Just a stone's throw from the Nebraska border on Interstate-80, Pine Bluffs is home to roughly 1,100 residents. The town is located in Laramie County, just 42 miles east of Cheyenne.
Pokes Football: Best of Wyoming series
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* No. 21
* No. 20
* No. 19
* No. 16
* No. 15
* No. 8
(Cody Tucker and Jared Newland both work for Townsquare Media, which owns 7220sports.com. Kevin McKinney has been a color commentator of Cowboy football for five decades. Ryan Thorburn now works for the University of Wyoming in a sports information role after spending decades in the newspaper industry, most recently at the Casper Star-Tribune. Sally Ann Shurmur, the daughter of former UW football coach Fritz Shurmur, is also a veteran of the newspaper industry, working as a journalist, columnist at the CST for 43 years. She currently writes for Cowboy State Daily.)
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