Unlike the 2007 Utah-Wyoming game, there will be no guarantees of wins coming from Wyoming’s football coach this year when the two schools meet for the first time in 15 years this Saturday in Laramie.

Cowboys coach Jay Sawvel was effusive in his praise for the No. 20 Utes, who visit War Memorial Stadium this weekend for the first time since Utah and Wyoming were both in the Mountain West Conference.

The talent gap between the Utes, who are now in the Big 12, and the Cowboys, still in the Mountain West, is the largest it’s been in the lengthy series, which has been played 83 times over more than a century.

Sawvel, who’s been Wyoming head man since last season, is aware of the challenge his Cowboys are up against this weekend.

“We have a big game this week against an incredibly good oppo

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