2003 Week 8

LARAMIE, Wyoming - Despite a a number of poor decisions by senior quarterback Casey Bramlet, Wyoming moved the ball well against BYU all day, finishing with an impressive 52 - 28 victory Saturday in front of 13,751 at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

BYU was unable to get any pressure on Bramlet, giving him time to complete 22 passes for nearly 400 yards, and five touchdowns. Fortunately for BYU, Bramlet was almost as accurate with the Cougar secondary, throwing four interceptions on the day.

Partly because of the interceptions and partly because Wyoming led 44 - 13 at the end of the third, sophomore Corey Bramlet, Casey's younger brother, saw his first significant action of the season. He played well, completing nine of his 11 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown.

Head coach Joe Glenn, at least, was impressed.

"Yessir, Corey sure made the most of his opportunity. He threw the ball well, and with a lot of accuracy. You know, I don't doubt he could teach his older brother a thing or two about that, at least today," Glenn joked.

"In fact, I'm pretty sure he should have gone 11 for 11 today. Both those incompletions coulda, and probably shoulda been caught."

For his part, Corey downplayed his performance.

"I don't think it was so much me as it was the situation," the younger Bramlet explained.

"Being down so much, BYU's heart really wasn't in it. I bet Coach could have probably completed a half dozen of those passes."

"For the record," coach Glenn clarified, "I was a safety in college, and Corey has obviously never seen me throw a football."

There were smiles all around the locker room today. A big win will do that to you, and the hope is that some of that enthusiasm carries over first into practice, and then into the next game, Saturday at San Diego State. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30.