Colorado State University Athletics
GAME NOTES: CSU GOES NORTH OF BORDER
11/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 17, 2008
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This week's notable storylines...
- Colorado State and Wyoming, in the oldest continuous rivalry west of the Mississippi, meet for the 100th time.
- Motivation should not be a problem for the Rams this week. On top of a meeting with their arch rival Cowboys, CSU needs a win to become bowl eligible.
- In the annual battle for the Bronze Boot, Steve Fairchild is expected to participate in Friday's game ball exchange at the Colorado-Wyoming border, getting a ride in a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter. The week's festivities also include Friday's Border War Blood Drive.
- For the second straight week, the Rams meet one of the conference's top two rushers. This week, it's Devin Moore, who enters leading the MWC with 111.2 yards per game. Last week, CSU held the MWCs No. 2 rusher Rodney Ferguson (100.5) to just 85 yards; Ferguson had six 100-yard efforts in 10 previous games this year.
- Steve Fairchild bids to win the most games by any first-year head coach in CSU history. On Saturday, he can pass Matt Rothwell (5-1, 1903), Bob Davis (5-4-1, 1947), Sark Arslanian (5-6, 1973), Earle Bruce (5-5-1, 1989) and Sonny Lubick (5-6, 1993). u No first-year coach has ever led his CSU team to a bowl game.
- A total of 16 seniors still on the Rams' active roster hope this weekend is not their last game. Even with a win, CSU would likely would need a Utah win, and possibly a UNLV loss.
The setting...
Date: Saturday, Nov. 22
Kickoff: 12:06 p.m. MST
Location: Laramie, Wyo.
Site: Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 30,514
Series: CSU leads, 54-40-5
Broadcast information
Television -- The Mtn.
DirecTV: Ch. 616
Comcast Digital Cable: Ch. 411
DISH Network: Unavailable
Play-by-play: James Bates
Color Analyst: Todd Christensen
Sideline Reporters: Natalie Vickers, Andrea Lloyd
Producer: Steve Kurtenbach
Director: Curtis Lorenz
Colorado State Sports Network
Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM, Denver
Internet: CSURams.com (Rams All-Access)
Voice of the Rams: Rich Bircumshaw
Color Analyst: Kevin McGlue
Engineer: Bob Greenfield
The Colorado State radio broadcast begins with a pregame show two hours prior to kickoff.
GameTracker: CSURams.com
