Wyoming to Host Open Scrimmage Inside War Memorial Stadium

LARAMIE -- Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel and the Wyoming Athletics Department announced  the Cowboys will host a community night with an open scrimmage inside War Memorial Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

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"I think we have enough players that need the game-day experience like this. What it's like, you know?" Sawvel said. "So that's everything from us having breakfast in the morning, meetings in the morning, a pre-game meal at 3:30 in the afternoon to going out and playing."

Wyoming will also open the season on a Thursday night, Aug. 28 at Akron. That game kicks off at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.

"Hopefully there's a lot of people that want to watch football on Thursday night," Sawvel added. "... I hope a lot of people show up. I think it'd be great."

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Gates will open at 7 p.m. for the event and fans are asked to enter through Gate 4 on the east side of the stadium. Fans will be allowed to sit in the lower east side of the stadium due to on-going construction.

Parking will be available in the Ford Lot on the east side of the stadium. No photos or video will be allowed during practice.

Sawvel said this outing will not follow the typical spring game format, instead featuring just the offense versus the defense. He said the team will do situational work and a live two-minute drill. There will also be a full Mountain West officiating crew.

Sawvel compared the scrimmage to the third NFL preseason game, saying some players will play close to an entire half. Veterans, like offensive linemen Jack Walsh and Caden Barnett, along with tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, for instance, likely won't see much action.

"If we kind of like this type of thing, then maybe this is something that we hold on to going forward," Sawvel added.

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