Die hard Wyoming fan here. Apologize, I didn't read through the entire thread, but here are my thoughts. In 2016 when Wyoming played for the MWC title, Josh Allen was incredible, maybe not if you look purely at stats, but he really carried that team to a lot of the wins they had. That 2016 team had a lot of NFL talent (starters and fringe NFL players), including, Josh, Chase Roullier, Tanner Gentry, Jacob Hollister, Brian Hill (who was a beast in college), and Rico Gafford. We all still look back and wonder how this team was not undefeated. The simplest answer is coaching. As much as Bohl gets toted as this magical QB whisperer, he is far from it. Every QB in this system has regressed, including Josh. Coach Bohl is a hard headed old coach that appears to be unwilling to coach to the players he has, rather tries to fit a square peg in a round hole. In Josh's case, the o-line was not very good at pass blocking either year. In 2016, Josh more or less did Josh things, running for his life and making plays. When those aforementioned teammates declared for the NFL or graduated, the only piece left in 2017 was essentially Josh. On top of that, after the hype of potentially going #1 overall and deciding to come back for another year, the coaching staff appeared to try and keep Josh protected in the pocket (which he wasn't) and not really let him run and scramble to make those a-typical Josh Allen plays.
For the people that watched him week in and week out, could tell he was special, the rocket arm, the athletic ability, the cocky/confident leader attitude, was really something. The 2017 team was so bad, absolutely zero run game, no receivers, and always playing in down and distance situations. One big difference between 2016 and 2017, is that the defense in 2016 was terrible and 2017 was actually pretty good. I believe if they even had a marginal D in 2016, that team would have been a lot more successful. I only bring that up because in 2016 Josh had to play from behind often and get in shootouts, which doesn't really let you settle into the plan of the offense, and in 2017 he had to do everything, with very little help. A lot goes into stats and domination in a lesser conference, but man, without him those two years, those teams would have been lucky to win 3 or 4 games.