Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline — an assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12 as if they were competing in the conference this season. We’ll even recognize one lucky team as the regular-season champion. The power rankings will be published each Sunday throughout the regular season. (All times Pacific) 1. Texas State (1-0) Result: beat Eastern Michigan … [Read more...] about Pac-12 (2.0) power rankings: Texas State on top, Boise State stumbles, Washington State and Oregon State struggle
Colorado State
Renck vs. Keeler: Which coach worries you more after Week 1: CU’s Deion Sanders or CSU’s Jay Norvell?
Renck: The college football season began with saved timeouts, a fake field goal and a frightening question: Did decisions by Deion Sanders and Jay Norvell deliver losses? Neither team was favored. Both remained competitive — CU until the final minutes, and CSU for three quarters. But pulling off an upset demanded near perfection from the headset. And multiple decisions hurt … [Read more...] about Renck vs. Keeler: Which coach worries you more after Week 1: CU’s Deion Sanders or CSU’s Jay Norvell?
Keeler: CSU Rams’ Jay Norvell needs to put big games in hands of Jalen Dupree, not BFN
Free Dupree! The old Dean Smith-Michael Jordan joke lives in FoCo now, shaking its head as it quaffs a cold IPA. But it’s true, isn’t it? The only man who could stop CSU running back Jalen Dupree late Saturday night in Seattle was Jay Norvell — Dupree’s coach. In the Rams’ 38-21 loss to Washington at Husky Stadium, Dupree, a 6-foot, 210-pound hammer from Arkansas, was the best … [Read more...] about Keeler: CSU Rams’ Jay Norvell needs to put big games in hands of Jalen Dupree, not BFN
CSU linebacker Jacob Ellis ‘playing for a higher cause’ in final year with Rams
FORT COLLINS — Randi Ellis can remember the sounds radiating from the family’s garage early each morning. Music bumping at full blast. Dumbbells clashing. And the thump, thump, thumping of her brother’s hands pounding a heavy bag. “He knew that one way or another, he was going to follow in our father’s footsteps,” Randi said of her younger brother, Jacob. This fall in Fort … [Read more...] about CSU linebacker Jacob Ellis ‘playing for a higher cause’ in final year with Rams
CSU Rams vs. Washington Huskies football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions
Colorado State (8-5, 6-1 Mountain West in 2024) at Washington (6-7, 4-5 Big Ten in 2024) When/where: 9 p.m. Saturday/Husky Stadium TV/Radio: B1G Network/Rams Radio Network BetMGM Line: CSU +21.5, 53.5 over/under Weather: 59 degrees, party cloudy Series History: First meeting Three storylines Next up on defense: Who’s going to step up for the Rams against UW? CSU lost its six … [Read more...] about CSU Rams vs. Washington Huskies football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions