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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

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

FORT COLLINS — Rocky Beers isn’t as famous as his younger sister, but he can still school her at her own game. The tight end, who came to CSU after two seasons at Air Force and then two more at FIU, brings a bruiser element and another aerial option to the offense in 2025. Beers is the older brother of Oklahoma basketball star Reagan Beers, one of the top women’s players in the … [Read more...] about CSU Rams notebook: Rocky Beers’ impact, Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi’s mindset, revamped defense and more storylines