Tom Barman told : “I haven’t done any of that,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “It’s a little intimidating the first few weeks,” “You’re not sure how it all works, but now I feel really good. The rest of the way will be much easier for me to understand the process”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I have an iPad they give me,” “I have access to every game in the country. I also have access to a system that allows me to watch games on Sunday morning without commercials. I go all offense, all defense and all special teams if I want. It’s pretty amazing. I can get through games in 45 minutes”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This year we get tested on Monday morning, and we can’t start until everybody has passed the test,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “For example, in a year like this where a team might be without three offensive linemen, it’s noted on there,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The amount of effort, due diligence and drilling down into things is pretty phenomenal,” “People really try to do the very best they can. This year, the one thing I can say is with COVID and fewer data points than normal for some teams, it makes it more challenging and maybe a little different. But we still use the same process. It’s very thorough”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “Unbelievable how effective they are and how good they’ve been to work with,”

southernminn Saturday, September 26, 2020 3:18:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “My goal is to try to take care of as many season ticket holders as possible,” “It is possible that we can take care of all season ticket holders, and we are still working through that process. We want to be safe. We want to be diligent. But we also want to try to take care of the people who take care of us”

southernminn Saturday, September 26, 2020 3:18:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman told : “We’re not going to play if it’s not safe both from a COVID perspective and a contact perspective,”

southernminn Saturday, September 19, 2020 1:30:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This is right up there. No doubt about it,” “I met with each of the individual teams, and it was hard. Very hard”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman told : “How do we work forward from that?”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re still trying to figure out how much savings is really going to be there,”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I don’t know how yet, but we’re going to do it,” “There’s not an if. We will do it”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “First of all, Nebraska is not going to get released from the Big Ten. I don’t care what they say,” “But if they wanted to play us home and home two games, we’re not going to burn a kid’s year of eligibility for two games”

southernminn Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re going to only play schools that are testing significantly and are healthy,” “That has been a concern of mine all summer long”

southernminn Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This will be a period of transition for our young men and women, and we want them to know that we are here to provide them the support they need to get through this time until they can return to competition,”

southernminn Tuesday, August 11, 2020 6:16:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We are committed to trying to play,” “The Mountain West is trying to play”

southernminn Tuesday, July 21, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The Group of Fives need to support each other,” “If the Group of Five determines that it’s in the best interest of all of us to just play a conference schedule, I will support that. But if you look at what the Big Ten did to the (Mid-American Conference), in my opinion, that’s financial ruin for the MAC schools. And I hope the Big Ten does something to make them whole. But we’ve got to kind of stick together and help each other”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “That’s what I have to spend,” “And if I can get someone to come play us for around that amount of money, we’d be happy to do it. If I can’t, we probably won’t”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I don’t have heartburn about it,” “I don’t know how the other ADs feel about it, but you could play a Mountain West school as a non-conference opponent if you wanted. If we’re going to play eight conference games, and if we wanted to play a bus trip against CSU, that’s a really good idea in today’s environment”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about San Jose State ) : “I think we’re going to have to be prepared to move games around,” “I think as you get through the season, and you’re scheduled to play San Diego State (on Oct. 17) and San Diego State is not interested in playing late in the year but they’re interested in playing early in the year, we may swap the game”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re still looking, but we have not found one and we’re becoming pretty pessimistic,”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’ve got fewer games in both of those sports already,”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We have kind of a playbook I guess is how I would describe it with all kinds of different options,” “The good, the bad and the ugly”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “If we could get this thing on the whole at 50 percent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s worth doing,” “If we’re in the 25-percent range, we would have to go to the board of trustees and say, ‘All right, these are the millions of dollars we’re going to lose.’ At 25 percent, I’m guessing it would be $3 million in revenue from all sources. It would be $3 to $5 million all together, so it’s real”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman added : "we will make them feel like we would seriously like them to wear a mask under that plan,"

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The reason that doesn’t worry me is I believe the state will find a way with the CARES Act money to support the university,” “That’s kind of what the CARES Act money was for is to try to get businesses back operating and get us back to a normal, functioning world. Opening higher education should play a role in that, I think”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “If there’s a spike in Louisiana, are we going? I don’t know. We may not,”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Jon Allen ) : “I can’t imagine in the history of the University of Wyoming any one player or situation having greater brand exposure than Josh Allen has had this past year,”

forbes Monday, April 27, 2020 6:51:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Mountain West Conference ) : "We have a rich basketball tradition, and we need to return Cowboy basketball to a prominent position in the Mountain West Conference,"

eagletribune Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:33:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Mountain West Conference ) : "We have a rich basketball tradition, and we need to return Cowboy basketball to a prominent position in the Mountain West Conference,"

usaToday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:26:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I know there’s going to be more than 2,500 people there (at the game), but the challenge is sometimes it’s easier for fans and sometimes less expensive to buy them from secondary (market) sites,” “We need to implore our fans to buy from us and help us reach that number”

annistonstar Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7:25:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I know there’s going to be more than 2,500 people there (at the game), but the challenge is sometimes it’s easier for fans and sometimes less expensive to buy them from secondary (market) sites,” “We need to implore our fans to buy from us and help us reach that number”

southernminn Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:48:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I think it’s realistic to expect we can ring the bell,” “What I mean by that is things line up. We’re really good, we have a bunch of seniors, we have a really good coaching staff, stay healthy and have an awesome year”

southernminn Sunday, October 13, 2019 4:36:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I think it’s realistic to expect we can ring the bell,” “What I mean by that is things line up. We’re really good, we have a bunch of seniors, we have a really good coaching staff, stay healthy and have an awesome year”

annistonstar Sunday, October 13, 2019 4:14:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

denverpost Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:21:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

southernminn Sunday, December 16, 2018 6:49:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

annistonstar Sunday, December 16, 2018 5:07:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman says : "You're looking at pictures for 70 years and then you're standing in front of it,"

journalstar Wednesday, September 20, 2017 3:56:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman says : "You're looking at pictures for 70 years and then you're standing in front of it,"

journalstar Sunday, September 17, 2017 4:07:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : "The national picture has changed quite a bit,"

mcclatchydc Monday, August 15, 2016 7:40:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "It may have an impact more on when you stop selling or how many you can sell to an individual person," "If you go to some venues right now, you can buy unlimited number of beers during an event. Some places you can only buy four beers during an event, and you can never buy more than two (at a time). So, we would have to look at all of those when we decide if we want to go forward with it"

mcclatchydc Monday, August 15, 2016 7:40:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The forecast for Wyoming’s economy isn’t very good,” “We’ve got to figure out how to manage with less, and that’s what we’re working to do”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “When we sensed in the session that everybody was going to take a haircut, it wasn’t in our best interest to fight it,”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “There are sometimes when you look at it and go, ‘We’ll be thrilled.’ ”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman told : “Things that we used to pay people to do, we’re either not going to do them or we’re going to do them ourselves,”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : "The forecast for Wyoming's economy isn't very good," "We've got to figure out how to manage with less, and that's what we're working to do"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "When we sensed in the session that everybody was going to take a haircut, it wasn't in our best interest to fight it,"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "There are sometimes when you look at it and go, 'We'll be thrilled.'"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman told : "Things that we used to pay people to do, we're either not going to do them or we're going to do them ourselves,"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "That could be a six-figure game," "We're going to have to start doing that. We haven't done much of that in the past"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "It is critical that we become competitive, and we become a sense of pride for the people of Wyoming," "I think we are in all the sports that are highly visible except for football"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "Well, I didn't expect them to be very good in year (two), but I didn't expect them to be 2-10," "I never want to say it's OK to be 2-10"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman told : “I haven’t done any of that,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “It’s a little intimidating the first few weeks,” “You’re not sure how it all works, but now I feel really good. The rest of the way will be much easier for me to understand the process”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I have an iPad they give me,” “I have access to every game in the country. I also have access to a system that allows me to watch games on Sunday morning without commercials. I go all offense, all defense and all special teams if I want. It’s pretty amazing. I can get through games in 45 minutes”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This year we get tested on Monday morning, and we can’t start until everybody has passed the test,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “For example, in a year like this where a team might be without three offensive linemen, it’s noted on there,”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The amount of effort, due diligence and drilling down into things is pretty phenomenal,” “People really try to do the very best they can. This year, the one thing I can say is with COVID and fewer data points than normal for some teams, it makes it more challenging and maybe a little different. But we still use the same process. It’s very thorough”

southernminn Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “Unbelievable how effective they are and how good they’ve been to work with,”

southernminn Saturday, September 26, 2020 3:18:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “My goal is to try to take care of as many season ticket holders as possible,” “It is possible that we can take care of all season ticket holders, and we are still working through that process. We want to be safe. We want to be diligent. But we also want to try to take care of the people who take care of us”

southernminn Saturday, September 26, 2020 3:18:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman told : “We’re not going to play if it’s not safe both from a COVID perspective and a contact perspective,”

southernminn Saturday, September 19, 2020 1:30:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This is right up there. No doubt about it,” “I met with each of the individual teams, and it was hard. Very hard”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman told : “How do we work forward from that?”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re still trying to figure out how much savings is really going to be there,”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I don’t know how yet, but we’re going to do it,” “There’s not an if. We will do it”

southernminn Sunday, August 16, 2020 7:03:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “First of all, Nebraska is not going to get released from the Big Ten. I don’t care what they say,” “But if they wanted to play us home and home two games, we’re not going to burn a kid’s year of eligibility for two games”

southernminn Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re going to only play schools that are testing significantly and are healthy,” “That has been a concern of mine all summer long”

southernminn Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:34:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “This will be a period of transition for our young men and women, and we want them to know that we are here to provide them the support they need to get through this time until they can return to competition,”

southernminn Tuesday, August 11, 2020 6:16:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We are committed to trying to play,” “The Mountain West is trying to play”

southernminn Tuesday, July 21, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The Group of Fives need to support each other,” “If the Group of Five determines that it’s in the best interest of all of us to just play a conference schedule, I will support that. But if you look at what the Big Ten did to the (Mid-American Conference), in my opinion, that’s financial ruin for the MAC schools. And I hope the Big Ten does something to make them whole. But we’ve got to kind of stick together and help each other”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “That’s what I have to spend,” “And if I can get someone to come play us for around that amount of money, we’d be happy to do it. If I can’t, we probably won’t”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I don’t have heartburn about it,” “I don’t know how the other ADs feel about it, but you could play a Mountain West school as a non-conference opponent if you wanted. If we’re going to play eight conference games, and if we wanted to play a bus trip against CSU, that’s a really good idea in today’s environment”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about San Jose State ) : “I think we’re going to have to be prepared to move games around,” “I think as you get through the season, and you’re scheduled to play San Diego State (on Oct. 17) and San Diego State is not interested in playing late in the year but they’re interested in playing early in the year, we may swap the game”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’re still looking, but we have not found one and we’re becoming pretty pessimistic,”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We’ve got fewer games in both of those sports already,”

southernminn Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:31:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “We have kind of a playbook I guess is how I would describe it with all kinds of different options,” “The good, the bad and the ugly”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “If we could get this thing on the whole at 50 percent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s worth doing,” “If we’re in the 25-percent range, we would have to go to the board of trustees and say, ‘All right, these are the millions of dollars we’re going to lose.’ At 25 percent, I’m guessing it would be $3 million in revenue from all sources. It would be $3 to $5 million all together, so it’s real”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman added : "we will make them feel like we would seriously like them to wear a mask under that plan,"

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The reason that doesn’t worry me is I believe the state will find a way with the CARES Act money to support the university,” “That’s kind of what the CARES Act money was for is to try to get businesses back operating and get us back to a normal, functioning world. Opening higher education should play a role in that, I think”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “If there’s a spike in Louisiana, are we going? I don’t know. We may not,”

southernminn Friday, June 12, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Jon Allen ) : “I can’t imagine in the history of the University of Wyoming any one player or situation having greater brand exposure than Josh Allen has had this past year,”

forbes Monday, April 27, 2020 6:51:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Mountain West Conference ) : "We have a rich basketball tradition, and we need to return Cowboy basketball to a prominent position in the Mountain West Conference,"

eagletribune Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:33:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Mountain West Conference ) : "We have a rich basketball tradition, and we need to return Cowboy basketball to a prominent position in the Mountain West Conference,"

usaToday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:26:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I know there’s going to be more than 2,500 people there (at the game), but the challenge is sometimes it’s easier for fans and sometimes less expensive to buy them from secondary (market) sites,” “We need to implore our fans to buy from us and help us reach that number”

annistonstar Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7:25:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I know there’s going to be more than 2,500 people there (at the game), but the challenge is sometimes it’s easier for fans and sometimes less expensive to buy them from secondary (market) sites,” “We need to implore our fans to buy from us and help us reach that number”

southernminn Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:48:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I think it’s realistic to expect we can ring the bell,” “What I mean by that is things line up. We’re really good, we have a bunch of seniors, we have a really good coaching staff, stay healthy and have an awesome year”

southernminn Sunday, October 13, 2019 4:36:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “I think it’s realistic to expect we can ring the bell,” “What I mean by that is things line up. We’re really good, we have a bunch of seniors, we have a really good coaching staff, stay healthy and have an awesome year”

annistonstar Sunday, October 13, 2019 4:14:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

denverpost Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:21:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

southernminn Sunday, December 16, 2018 6:49:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said ( about Colorado State ) : “We are very excited about the group of players we have coming back next season and the home schedule we have with big games against Missouri and Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium,”

annistonstar Sunday, December 16, 2018 5:07:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman says : "You're looking at pictures for 70 years and then you're standing in front of it,"

journalstar Wednesday, September 20, 2017 3:56:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman says : "You're looking at pictures for 70 years and then you're standing in front of it,"

journalstar Sunday, September 17, 2017 4:07:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : "The national picture has changed quite a bit,"

mcclatchydc Monday, August 15, 2016 7:40:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "It may have an impact more on when you stop selling or how many you can sell to an individual person," "If you go to some venues right now, you can buy unlimited number of beers during an event. Some places you can only buy four beers during an event, and you can never buy more than two (at a time). So, we would have to look at all of those when we decide if we want to go forward with it"

mcclatchydc Monday, August 15, 2016 7:40:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : “The forecast for Wyoming’s economy isn’t very good,” “We’ve got to figure out how to manage with less, and that’s what we’re working to do”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “When we sensed in the session that everybody was going to take a haircut, it wasn’t in our best interest to fight it,”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : “There are sometimes when you look at it and go, ‘We’ll be thrilled.’ ”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman told : “Things that we used to pay people to do, we’re either not going to do them or we’re going to do them ourselves,”

denverpost Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:24:00 AM EAT

Tom Barman said : "The forecast for Wyoming's economy isn't very good," "We've got to figure out how to manage with less, and that's what we're working to do"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "When we sensed in the session that everybody was going to take a haircut, it wasn't in our best interest to fight it,"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "There are sometimes when you look at it and go, 'We'll be thrilled.'"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman told : "Things that we used to pay people to do, we're either not going to do them or we're going to do them ourselves,"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "That could be a six-figure game," "We're going to have to start doing that. We haven't done much of that in the past"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "It is critical that we become competitive, and we become a sense of pride for the people of Wyoming," "I think we are in all the sports that are highly visible except for football"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT

Tom Barman said : "Well, I didn't expect them to be very good in year (two), but I didn't expect them to be 2-10," "I never want to say it's OK to be 2-10"

mcclatchydc Monday, June 6, 2016 8:01:00 PM EAT