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UTSA brings new challenge for Colorado State By Eric Wolf On Saturday afternoon, the Colorado State Rams step on the field for the first time since their 44-7 loss to the Colorado Buffaloes in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. The University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners come into Hughes Stadium fresh off their 26-13 week one win over Alabama State. Last year, the two teams met in the Alamodome where the Rams escaped with a 3331 victory. “They are fast team, they are a physical football team,” coach Mike Bobo said. “They are a very talented team and we all remember what happened last year. We were lucky to get out of there alive.” The Roadrunners are led by first-year coach Frank Wilson, who joined the program this past winter after spending the previous six seasons as the recruiting coordinator and running backs coach for the Louisiana State Tigers. The team returns five starters on defense, and seven on offense.
Offensively, the roadrunners are led by junior quarterback Dalton Sturm and senior running back Jarveon Williams. Sturm, who started eight games last season, completed 20 of 25 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns in last week’s win. He also ran for a 51-yard touchdown. Williams, a preseason All Conference-USA selection, became the first ever 1,000 yard rusher in program history last season. Williams had a big night against the Rams last year, rushing for 170 yards and two touchdowns on just 13 carries. Sturm has another weapon in junior wide receiver Kerry Thomas Jr, who set a program-record with 52 catches last season, while totaling 541-receiving yards and four touchdowns. Sturm’s dual-threat ability and Williams' game-breaking potential were a point of emphasis for the CSU coaches all week for good reason. The Rams defense gave up 260 yards on the ground and 318 through the air to the Buffaloes last week, and they were particularly susceptible
to the big play. The defense has got to find a way to get production out of someone other than Kevin Davis, who recorded a career-high 19 tackles last week, and play with the discipline needed to contain
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Sturm and Williams. “I do think that they have some good speed. Their running back is a very very good football player. He hit us on a couple long runs last year. We have to keep the ball in front of us,” defensive coordinator Marty English said. After last week’s anemic offensive performance, Mike Bobo tabbed Faton Bauta as Saturday’s starting quarter-
back in an effort to generate a needed offensive spark. After Nick Stevens struggled for most of Friday night, Bauta took over for good in the third quarter, finishing the game 6-9 passing for 32 yards and one touchdown. Bauta also ran for 39 yards on four carries. But it’s going to take more than one move to fix a CSU offense that only scored seven points and totaled 225 yards while committing three turnovers in the Showdown. “We have to have an offense where the quarterback is going to make first downs happen and help out his defense by changing field positions," Bobo said. "We have to be able to run the ball and get first downs and put ourselves into position to win a football game.” On defense, the Roadrunners are led by preseason All-Conference USA selections in junior safety Michael Egwuagu and junior defensive end Marcus Davenport. Ewuagu recorded 62 tackles and three interceptions a year ago, while Davenport registered 49 tackles and four
sacks last season. Davenport also had two sacks last week. The Roadrunners return just five starters on the defensive unit, but they do bring back three of their top five tacklers from a year ago in Ewuagu, safety Nate Gaines, and linebacker Marcos Curry, as well as their leading pass rusher in Davenport. With Bauta getting his first start, the Rams could look to the run game early with Dalyn Dawkins, who was the Rams leading player on offense last week, and a healthier Izzy Matthews who struggled last week with an ankle sprain. The UTSA defense struggled against the Rams rushing attack last season, and gave up 145 yards on the ground to Alabama State last week. Junior wide receiver Michael Gallup could also factor heavily in the game. Gallup showed playmaking potential last week when he caught four passes for 38 yards, and Bobo said that Gallup would play an even bigger role in Saturday’s contest. Eric Wolf can be reached by email at sports@collegian. com.
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Hughes Stadium enters 48th and final season at Colorado State By Justin Michael This Saturday marks the 48th and final home opener at Hughes stadium for Colorado State football, as they take on the University of Texas-San Antonio. In 2017, the Rams will open the season in what will be their new state of the art on-campus stadium. But before that happens, the program will be honoring the past with a celebration of each decade in Hughes history, starting with the 60s this Saturday. With a fancy new stadium in the process, Ram fans are understandably excited for the future of the football program. However, when moving forward, it is important to never forget your roots. It was a long road to get to this point in history and before there were ever dreams of an on-campus stadium, Hughes Stadium was arguably what saved CSU football from folding altogether.
Durkee Field
CSU had an extremely humble beginning, especially when it came to facilities. Durkee Field, was the first official athletic field at Colorado State was constructed in 1899. From 1899-1911, Durkee Field was the home of Colorado A&M football. Located just east of campus, where the Glenn Morris Field House is today, Durkee field was not a glamorous facility like we have become accustomed to; it was literally an open field they had to physically alter to be played on. According to the official Colorado State historian John Hirn, in his book titled “Aggies to Rams”, the area was originally a swampy wetland that the school drained and leveled to be used for athletics and as a training ground for the military services. In 1911, under athletic director and head coach Harry Hughes, approval for construction of a new athletic facility was approved and in less than a year it became a reality. In May of 1912, the school declared a holiday and students actually helped plow the land where the field would be.
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Just a few short months later, “Colorado Field” was game-ready, featuring seating
for roughly one thousands fans, a cinder track and two practice fields. Set up with both hot and cold running water, Colorado Field was a significant improvement from Durkee Field. According to Hirn, the facility was said to be one of the first football fields with grass and became “the envy of every school in the Rocky Mountain region”. In 2017, it takes a massive video board and millions of dollars in corporate sponsors to become the envy of the region; In 1912, it just took grass and the ability to take a hot shower. Colorado Field would be the home of CSU football for over 50 years (1912-1967), receiving various renovations and improvements over the years, including the addition of a 5,000-seat wooden grandstand and a press box in 1921. Even with these renovations, school president Charles Lory and Hughes intended on building an even larger stadium on campus, but due to costs, the project would never come together. What was considered the envy of the region in the 20s, quickly be- The Colorado State band runs onto the field at Hughes Stadium last season. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO came outdated as college football 11 if you count 1981 interim head In 2003, the playing field was continued to grow over the years. coach Chester Caddas, whom named “Sonny Lubick field” in The field lacked adequate seating Hughes Stadium and the overall condition of the In 1968, Hughes Stadium took over for Sark Arslanian his honor. playing surface was horrid. opened, finally providing the mid-season. Out of that group, Two years later, the staIn 1952, Colorado Field proper facilities for a program one man influenced the program dium capacity was increased would was renamed “Hughes that had become somewhat of more than any other and that to 32,500 and 12 luxury boxes Field” in honor of the legendary a laughing stock in the region. was Sonny Lubick. were added in a multi-million football coach and athletic di- Built up at the base of the hogdollar renovation project. In rector. As Colorado A&M transi- back mountain, Hughes Stadium Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Sta- 2006, an artificial turf surface tioned into Colorado State Uni- was the legendary coach’s dream dium was installed after 38 years of versity a five years later (1957), it finally coming to life after 20Under Lubick in 1994, the using natural grass. became more and more evident plus years and multiple failed Rams finally were about to Since opening in 1968, that a growing University need- attempts. break through and win a con- Hughes stadium has been rened improved athletics facilities Opening in September of ference championship (WAC), ovated multiple times, but has to match. 1968, the original Hughes Stadi- for the first time since Hughes essentially stayed true to form. The Rams facilities were so um had a max capacity of 30,000 opened in 1968. CSU would go The oval-shaped stadium lopoor that The University of Col- and compared to the previous on to win the WAC two more cated roughly two miles west orado refused to make the trip to facilities, was a huge boost to the times and never finish lower of campus has been home to Fort Collins in 1958. Three years program. After not belonging to than third in the conference some of the greatest and uglilater, when the Western Athletic any conference and being inde- before leaving and becoming est moments in CSU football Conference was formed (1961), pendent from 1962-1967, the ad- one of the founding members history. For nearly 50 years, CSU was left without an invita- dition of Hughes stadium finally of the Mountain West. fans have gathered and celtion to the dance. These two mo- landed Colorado State a bid to Under Lubick, CSU would ebrated the Colorado State ments in history were what real- the WAC, where CSU would re- win the Mountain West in the community by cheering on ly streamlined the process, and main members for the next 30 inaugural 1999 season, 2000 Colorado State every Saturday. two years later, Colorado State years. and 2002. CSU had become The future of CSU football was able to finalize the details for The first game ever played in a consistent winner and the is bright and the on-campus both a new football stadium and Hughes was on Sept. 28, 1968, a fans took notice. In the Lu- stadium will be a game-changgymnasium. 17-12 loss to North Texas State, bick-era, CSU posted eight er, but it was not an easy to In total, the Aggies won led by future NFL Hall of Fame of the ten largest crowds in road to this point. Hughes Stanine conference championships inductee Joe Greene. Hughes stadium history. The dium was the savior of CSU while playing on the original The early years were pretty largest of which came in 1994, football in the 1960s, and in Colorado Field, the first com- ugly, even with the proper facil- when 39,107 fans packed into 2016, fans will have a chance to ing in 1915 and the last in 1955. ities in place. From 1968-1988, Hughes Stadium to see the honor it one last time. According to Hirn, the largest CSU only finished as high as sec- Rams take on the Utah Utes. attendance was a 1966 matchup ond in the conference once and In Lubick’s tenure (1993Justin Michael can be with the University of Wyoming had a total record of 84-147-4. 2007), Colorado State won a reached by email at sports@ when 14,900 fans showed up for Since the creation of Hughes, total of six conference champi- collegian.com. the Border War. CSU football has had ten coaches, onships and nine bowl games.
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Young Colorado State team needs leaders to step up after CU loss By Eric Wolf For the Colorado State Rams, Friday night’s 44-7 loss to the Colorado Buffaloes in the Rocky Mountain Showdown was personal and embarrassing. That much is clear. “It hits you,” defensive lineman Jakob Buys said. “Especially getting beat (44-7). (When) they beat you that bad it’s like everything you worked for just went away and you didn’t work hard enough, you didn’t prepare hard enough. Everything that you thought you did right, just was wrong.” To lose a season opener by 37 points is bad, but to lose to an instate rival and be dominated for much of the game, that hurt is different. It was an embarrassing loss for the program, Bobo was sure about that. But he was not embarrassed by the way his team responded to that loss. The coach said players were in the facility all weekend going over film and asking for grade sheets from the game, eager to move forward. “I think they are a conscientious group that is very very disappointed and embarrassed like we all are of the way we performed,” Bobo said. “They want to represent themselves in a better way and they want to represent this university and this football team.” In how he was trying to move forward with his team, coach Mike Bobo cited the book “The Energy Bus,” by John Gordon. The description for that book reads, “it's all about getting your team on the bus and moving in the right direction with a shared vision, focus, and purpose.” That’s where the coach and his team are trying to move to now, but Bobo took it one step further. “We are gonna lock the doors of that bus. We are in it in this room, if things don’t go well that’s when outside influences sometimes affect how you are trying to do things," he said. "We got to stay close in here we can’t let anything outside this program or even inside for that matter affect how we go about our business.” Something Bobo and offensive coordinator Will Friend stressed this week was that they can not let CU beat them twice. There can be no hangover from this game. They lost, and it was personal, but it’s a long season. They can’t get bogged down in what has already happened to this team. It starts by locking the doors to the bus that Bobo wants his team
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“They are 18 to 22 (years old), when you get embarrassed like you did tonight by your in-state rival that’s when things are said, that’s when people start taking shots," Bobo said. "That’s when people outside the program question what we are doing. But we talked about being a family, and families stick together. This is when we have to be tighter than ever." The team knows there are plenty of outside distractions after a loss like that, and that there are a lot of questions that can not be answered just by going out and playing another game. It is a process, but the players and the coach insist that process has been in motion for almost a week now. From the second the game ended on Friday night, it all became about moving forward on a united front. “Everyone has to stick together in that locker room and just come together as one and continue to grow and trust each other,” safety Jake Schlager said. “That’s where teams grow the most, is when you get beat like that in that kind of fashion. You really got to stick together and see who is with you and who is without you.” To get that locker room where it needs to be, that’s when the leadership needs to step up Bobo said. To keep those doors locked, and everybody within those doors together, it comes down to him and his veteran players. Guys like Schlager, linebacker Kevin Davis, or tight end Nolan Peralta. They should know, they have all been there before. “A lot of those seniors and upperclassmen really put it on their shoulders to move forward,” Peralta said. “We have come off of a tough loss before so we know how we can’t let this week affect us in the upcoming week. It’s just guys buying into that and looking towards the older guys on the team and having them set the standard as far as what we are going to do as a team.” On Saturday afternoon, the team has a chance to show how much they have grown since the Showdown loss. A lot of that comes down how effective that leadership has been and how well the players have responded. One thing is for sure, they know that they don't want to be worried about the same things come next week. Eric Wolf can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.
Colorado State linemen Nick Callender, leff, and Zack Goldtich, right, look at the scoreboard during the Rams’ blowout loss to Colorado last week. PHOTO BY KEEGAN POPE COLLEGIAN
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When the Rams are on defense... Colorado State UTSA 94 - Darnell Thompson, LDE, 6-4, 270, Junior
14 - Dalton Sturm, 6-2, 195, Junior
92 - Josh Lovingood, NT, 6-4, 290, Junior
2 - Jarveon Williams, RB, 5-9, 200, Senior
91 - Jakob Buys, DT, 6-4, 265, Junior
34 - Halen Steward, FB, 5-11, 255, Senior
43 - Evan Colorito, RDE, 6-4. 245, Junior
83 - JaBryce Taylor, WR, 6-2, 215, Senior
52 - Tre Thomas, SLB, 6-2, 235, Sophomore
7 - Kerry Thomas Jr., WR, 6-0, 205, Junior
55 - Josh Watson, MLB, 6-2, 235, Sophomore
87 - Trevor Stevens, TE, 6-3, 245, Senior
33 - Kevin Davis, WLB, 6-2, 240, Senior
78 - Jevonte Domond, LT, 6-5, 300, Senior
11 - Jordon Vaden, LCB, 6-3, 195, Senior
68 - Austin Pratt, LG, 6-2, 295, Junior
8 - Jake Schlager, FS, 5-11, 195, Junior
60 - Juan Perez-Isidoro, C, 6-2, 295, Junior
29 - Justin Sweet, SS, 5-10, 190, Junior
67 - Kyle McKinney, RG, 6-4, 295, Junior
5 - Tyree Simmons, RCB, 5-11, 190, Senior
74-Reed Darragh, RT, 6-4, 285, Junior
When the Rams are on offense... UTSA Colorado State 5 - Faton Bauta, QB, 6-2, 220, Senior
75 - Jonathan Tuiolosega, DE, 6-2, 275, Senior
1 - Dalyn Dawkins, RB, 5-9, 175, Junior
99 - Baylen Baker, NT, 6-4, 285, Freshman
81 - Olabisi Johnson, WR, 6-0, 190, Sophomore
54 - Kevin Strong Jr., DE, 6-4, 285, Sophomore
19 - Sammie Long, WR, 6-3, 195, Junior
22 - Ronnie Feist, OLB, 6-1, 230, Senior
23 - Marcus Wilson, WR, 5-10, 190, Sophomore
55 - Josiah Tauaefa, MLB, 6-1, 230, Freshman
32 - Nolan Peralta, TE, 6-3, 245, Senior
93 - Marcus Davenport, OLB, 6-7, 235, Sophomore
60 - Trae Moxley, LT, 6-6, 325, Junior
6 - Aneas Henricks, CB, 5-11, 185, Junior
51- Colby Meeks, LG, 6-3, 305, Sophomore
11 - Nate Gaines, FS, 6-2, 200, Junior
77 - Jake Bennett, C, 6-3, 290, Junior
29 - Jordan Moore, SS, 6-3, 225, Senior
54 - Fred Zerblis, RG, 6-3, 305, Senior
8 - Michael Egwuagu, SS, 6-0, 220, Senior
61 - Zack Golditch, LG, 6-6, 295, Junior
24 - N’Keal Bailey, CB, 6-0, 180, Junior
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Second Chances After four frustrating seasons at the University of Georgia, senior transfer Faton Bauta will get his chance to lead Colorado State against UTSA By Chad Deutschman
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aton Bauta wears a yellow wristband on his left arm that reads, “I am a champion.” The wristband doesn’t represent trophies or rings; it represents attitude. It represents the traits desired in a champion. In spring he called himself the “baddest dude” on the field, and now he has the chance to prove it as he takes his place as the Colorado State starting quarterback. With the team coming off an embarrassing loss to an instate rival, some might expect the confident University of Georgia graduate transfer to rally the troops with a pumpup speech. That speech will not come. Former Georgia Bulldog and current Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley taught Bauta how to be a leader, and a speech was not a part of the lesson. “I used to be a believer in speeches and all that kind of stuff, but at this point in time all that stuff doesn’t really matter,” Bauta said. “I remember when I was at Georgia, just reflecting on that, Todd Gurley, we were pretty close when we were there; and the one thing I can tell you, is he never said a word of encouragement.” “He was encouraging, but he never had to go out and be a ‘rah-rah’ guy,” he continued. “But a guy like him, he went out there and he played as hard as he could and just did everything he could and he produced every single minute he was on the field no matter what it was. And everybody saw that and latched onto it, followed it and said ‘lets go.’” For Bauta, being a leader is not about being the guy to rally the troops with an inspirational speech. It’s not even about being the best on the field. Bauta wants to lead by example; be the hardest worker on the field and others will
keys to the offense for weektwo. Don’t expect Bauta to treat it any differently than he did last week as the backup. “If I changed anything I did, I think the guys would pick it up and be like ‘he’s acting a little different because he’s the starter’ but you walk in and act like you’re the starter every day,” Buata said regarding his mental approach in preparation for UTSA. “I was taught that my freshman year in college from Aaron Murray (former starting quarterback at the University of Georgia)... It’s just you’re demeanor, you gotta make sure you’re the dude all the time... You don’t have to change who you are, what you’re trying to do. If you put on the same positive, encouraging message all the time you should be good.” B e i n g thrown into the starting role hasn’t changed the way Bauta approaches the game. He wants to give this team the same effort all the time, whether that be backing up the starter or being the first person to run onto the field. The apstates After replacing Nick Stevens last week against Colorado, Georgia transfer Faton Bauta will proach the same. get his second career start when the Rams take on UTSA Saturday in the team’s home opener at Hughes Stadium. PHOTO JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN “It’s exciting follow. That is the mentality Bauta wants to engrave in his teammates. Bauta came off the sideline for a struggling Nick Ste-
vens during the first game of the season to lead the team to their only touchdown. On Monday, Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo gave him the
but you’ve gotta treat it (the same as any other week),” Bauta said. “I don’t think I’m doing anything different than I did last week or any time before. Just trying to prepare as best I can and get ready for (UTSA).” If Bauta didn’t have that approach, if he had been quietly waiting his turn, he probably wouldn’t have gotten it. Once he did get the call to become the starter, it became business as usual. “(The coaches) let me know on Monday, and it was just like any other conversation,” Bauta said. “They just told me and I was like ‘great’. If something on my mind changed, then it would’ve been a problem, but the approach has to stay the same.” Bauta has started one other time in his collegiate career. It came in 2015 against the No. 15 ranked Florida Gators, in a 27-3 loss. Bauta finished that game 15 of 33 passing for 154 yards and four interceptions. He will be the first to tell you it wasn’t a good game. “I think (it was) a learning experience for sure. That first experience was pretty awful, there is no sugar coating it at all, so try and take all the coaching points from that from what I can remember,” he said.” I might even go back and check it out, see if there is any little things, details and stuff, just for the quarterback position, not really play specific stuff, just to remember things.” Bauta’s first start against the University of Florida is one he will want to forget a lot about, but still believes it was necessary. He doesn’t have a lot of experience as a starter, he understands that. He wants to take what he can from it, but at the end of the day football is football. Once you step onto the field just be ready to play. “It helps a little bit, it’s a D-I college football game,” he said. “You get to go out there and be the quarterback for
Faton Bauta waits for the ball to be snapped during the Rams’ 44-7 loss to Colorado last Friday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, PHOTO BY KEEGAN POPE COLLEGIAN
your team and this time you gotta lead them to a victory, so that’s a little different, but other than that it’s football, you don’t want to make it any more complicated than that. Just go out there and play some ball.” The offense struggled mightily in their first test against the University of Colorado. It took until deep into the second quarter for them to get a first down. The team knows that, Bauta knows it. Looking forward to UTSA, the offense needs to put up points. But based off last week's showing, they will settle for a first down and work their way up. “Just move the ball and get first downs and eventually you’ll end up in the endzone. You can’t really think about doing too much once you get out there, just a play at a time, keep it simple,” Bauta said. “It cant just be me thinking like that, it has to be everybody, cause then we’ll focus
on each play as itself, next one, next one, end eventually you’ll find yourself a first down and another first down and then hopefully in the endzone
Faton Bauta Height: 6’2 Weight: 220 lbs. Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
where you wanna be.” Bauta spent some time with the offense in week-one, and saw more success than redshirt junior Nick Stevens. Bauta didn’t necessarily earn this starting job against UTSA, it kind of fell into his lap. Stevens didn’t play well, and it is time to see if someone can add a spark. Both players understand the change, and just want what is best for the team.
“It’s unfortunate, because it wasn’t just Nick (Stevens), it was everybody. We didn’t play well as a team, and that ended up in a pretty embarrassing score, a pretty embarrassing game for us,” Bauta said. “The coaches decision is the coaches decision, and I have to be there when the opportunity comes. I’m here; I’m ready to go. “It hurt me as much as it hurt (Stevens) cause I wanna see everybody succeed, this is a team sport,” Bauta continued. “If I was a guy that said ‘yes, here I go’, when we’re down 40, you cant be like that. This is a team game. We were all hurting, but when I got my number called, my job is to get something going. If I can do that, great, if I cant I’m failing. I’m always by his side, I hope he’s by mine.” Stevens mirrored Bauta’s thoughts. “I’ve tried to approach it with a positive mindset,” Ste-
vens said. “I think it can be really easy to get down, especially in a position where only one guy plays. I’m trying to stay positive, trying to help out wherever I can on the field at all times.” As far as how the offense will perform under new guidance is yet to be determined, but it will look different. Bauta and Stevens have different playing styles. Bauta utilizes his legs, where Stevens is more traditional. The offense will adjust, according to Bobo. “We obviously gotta do some things differently, it’s a different style with our quarterback,” Bobo said. “But we still gotta run our offense. We gotta be able to throw the ball consistently. (Bauta) is not gonna be able to run the ball 20 times a game…it’s gotta be a change-up. We’ve gotta be able to do the things we do as far as the run and play-action, and then we’ve gotta be able to hit
our targets on third downs.” During his time with Bobo at Georgia, Buata has seen how he likes to run the offense. All he can do is go out and do what the coach asks. “Coach Bobo is going to run his offense, and I’m going to do my best to run his ‘O’. The thing about coach Bobo that makes him great is that he doesn’t really follow the script,” Bauta said. “You just have to be ready for anything essentially because at the end of the day a defense can go out and do something totally different, so you just gotta be ready to play football.” Bauta will get his chance to play football and better the CSU offense, and that's all he wants to do. Just play football.
Chad Deutschman can be reached by email at sports@ collegian.com.
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867 1,042 THEY SAID IT: “Dalyn Dawkins can’t carry it 30 times a game the whole season. Now, will there be a couple of games where he has to carry it 20 plus? There could be, and that just showed us that he could. But he’s a guy we’ll find a way to get on the field, and I think he will make more explosive plays for us this year because of his improvement.”
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THEY SAID IT: “Jarveon may be our best player. He’s tough, and he loves to play football.”
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Frank Wilson Coaching Career
Coaching Career 1998 1999 2000 2001-06 2007-14 2015-Present
Georgia (admin) Georgia (GA) Jacksonville State (QB) Georgia (QB) Georgia (OC/QB) Colorado State
THEY SAID IT: "He’s very passionate about his job. He takes it seriously. With his offensive skills, he can definitely help them improve and move the ball. He’s a high-energy guy. He’s going to get on you, but it’s going to make you better. His offense really helps young guys and gets you ready for an NFL career if you get that opportunity. He’s going to be balanced and utilize his talents.”
-LA Rams RB Todd Gurley
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$1.35M $650K 2 1 Annual Salary
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1996 Nicholls State (SA) 1997-1999 Karr (LA) HS 2000-2003 O.P. Walker (LA) HS 2005–2007 Ole Miss (RB/ST) 2008 Southern Miss (RB) 2009 Tennessee (WR) 2010–2015 LSU (AHC/RB/RC) 2016–present UTSA
THEY SAID IT: “I never wanted to give up coaching. I did the play-by-play and all this stuff, but the itch to coach was still there. I missed coaches. And by Year 2, it was time for me to get back doing what I loved doing most — and that was coaching.”
-Frank Wilson
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CSU defense not using inexperience as excuse Defensive coordinator Marty English understands his team will have growing pains, but expects more from them By Eric Wolf Going into the 2016 season, the Colorado State coaching staff expected some growing pains for the team's inexperienced defense,they just never expected it to be as bad as it was Friday night in the 44-7 loss to Colorado in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Not a lot went right for the Rams defense last week, and a lot of it had to do with that inexperience and the mistakes that come with it. “It was a lot of little maturity mistakes,” linebacker Kevin Davis said. “I wouldn't say too many missed tackles, but it was little things that we could have done pre-snap and then during the play. There was no reason for us to make those mistakes but we did make them.” “I think it all has to do with experience. I think everybody, there eyes were wide open," defensive lineman Jakob Buys said. "Even at the end of the game people were just like 'wow man we played in front of 70,000 people.' I was sitting there and I was like damn, we just lost in front of 70,000 people.” Friday night, the brand new defense came into the game eager to make plays and a name for themselves. They played hard, the coaches insist on that, but they made too many young mistakes. They knew what to do, but once the lights turned on, they struggled mightily in the aspects of the game they have worked on all through Fall camp. In the desire to make plays, they sacrificed their defensive jobs in order to do it. The defense got lost in the moment, caught up with trying to do too much, and it cost the defense as a whole. The veterans know it, and
defensive coordinator Marty English knows it. At Monday’s weekly press conference, English said he is no longer accepting the excuse that his defense is inexperienced and that’s why the mistakes are happening. He can’t accept that excuse any longer, but he realizes that things are not going to change overnight. “It’s unacceptable, but at the same time I have to understand that it’s gonna take two or three games for us to understand that you can’t make those kinds of mistakes,” English said. For English, the challenge
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is getting his guys to play faster and more aggressive without sacrificing their defensive responsibility in the process. It’s a delicate balance, one that English is still trying to figure out. “We have got to give the guys a chance to play faster and more aggressive," he said. "I don’t know if that means that there are some things that you can’t do. I’m hoping that we don’t overcomplicate it.” The coach can try and teach it all he wants, but at the end of the day, it can only come from experience. That’s why English is still trying to come to terms with the fact that it’s going to take awhile for his defense to figure it out. The first step to figuring it out came Friday night. The loss certainly got the defense’s attention. The game opened the
team’s eyes and served as the best kind of learning experience, but it’s just one step in a season full of them. To build this defense, the players on the field have to trust each other completely. If they want to do their job like the coaches have been preaching, they have to know that the guy next to them is doing the same thing. It’s not an easy thing to do for a young group of defenders, but again, it takes experience. “We all have to trust each other no matter what and the thing is the trust grows once we start doing our job,” Buys said. “It starts in practice and starts gradually increasing during the game. We have to do our job, we can’t think oh we have to make every play. This defense, it’s all eleven guys or none of us.” “It is a new defense, it's a new team and that can be an exciting thing," Safety Jake Schlager said. "Obviously, it was pretty scary in the first game. We have room to grow and a lot of room to build.” For this defense to mold together, and build their own brand of football it is going to take time. Time as in multiple games into the season from what English has said. For the Ram’s fortunes this season, the sooner the better. “I mean hopefully it happens immediately but I think it is going to happen with playing time, (with) guys getting into actual games. Hopefully, it happens fast,” Davis said. Eric Wolf can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.
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Offense looking to build momentum after abysmal showing in Week 1 With Bauta at the helm, Colorado State will look to get things going vs. Texas-San Antonio By Chad Deutschman The Colorado State offense is young and consists of almost an entirely new set of skill position players. Heading into the season they felt comfortable with the offense, as most players have been around it for at least a year. In their first test against the University of Colorado, it was apparent that the group is not where they thought they were. With Rashard Higgins, Joe Hansley, Kivon Cartwright, Steven Walker and Jasen Oden Jr. all moved on from the program, a chunk of offense that the Rams had in 2015 is no longer there in 2016. That group totaled 135 receptions, 1,991 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2015, and 764 yards and six touchdowns from Oden on the ground. While head coach Mike Bobo
does not want to make any excuses for what happened in the season opener, he does feel that some of the offensive struggles his team had are due to the fact that those guys are simply not there anymore, and this new group hasn’t quite gotten up to speed. “The timing is not there for the receivers and the quarterbacks yet. (It’s not) Where it needs to be to play the offense that I expect to play,” Bobo said. “Now, we’ve got to figure out what we can do to play well enough to win the ball game. But we are not at the level we need to be at to execute at a high level of throwing the ball right now.” Sophomores Olabisi Johnson and Marcus Wilson, alongside juniors Michael Gallup and Sammie Long are now in the rotation. Redshirt junior Xavier Williams is expected to be an impact player at wide receiver but is
suspended until week-three for violating team rules. Gallup led the group in week-one with four catches for 38 yards, but the group struggled as whole alongside the rest of the offense. Bobo said that the offense will look better in week-two, but the group still has a lot of work to do. “We’re a long way off. When we got 15 yards in the first quarter (against Colorado), we got 200 yards total offense; we’re a long way off,” Bobo said. “But the good news is we got a lot of room for improvement. We’ll see some improvement this week. It will not be astronomical, but hopefully we improve enough that puts us in a position to win the ball game.” The offense totaled just 12 first downs and 225 yards of total offense in week one. With a week-two matchup against
UTSA coming, the offense will make the changes necessary to gather some momentum, according to offensive coordinator Will Friend. “We’ve gotta put guys in there and we’ve gotta develop some competition to push people to see the importance of being at your best always,” Friend said. “Trae Moxley, he’ll start at left tackle this week. We didn’t play very good at the offensive tackle position and Trae played the last half of the game and things started going better when Trae got in the game. We’ll learn to compete and that being a starter means something or somebody else will be it.” Friend is looking for anyone who will create a spark. Momentum is a must on the football field and the Rams had none of it in week one. That has been the focus all week. Start with one, and
then move onto the next. “It’s hard to get that rhythm going and get that momentum going when you’re going threeand-out. And then the frustration builds in, nobody is making a play, so it’s tough to get that,” Friend said. “We put no stress on them, I mean it’s three plays and they’re running off the field and we’re not getting a first down to make them change anything or getting a first down to make those guys stay on the field longer and make them have to play defense longer. Things were a lot tougher because we couldn’t get that going and all it takes is one, a lot of times…and we could never get that. That has a lot to do with CU and a lot to do with us.” Put an emphasis on the “us.” Chad Deutschman can be reached by email at sports@ collegian.com.
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