Volume 126, No. 24
Thursday, September 15, 2016
True freshman
NEWS
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Diversity Symposium Three keynote speakers
Food Truck Rally ends in two weeks
Colorado State University quarterback #15 Collin Hill talks with coach Mike Bobo during a game against USTA on September 10th, 2016. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN
Collin Hill named CSU starting QB
By Eric Wolf @sav_hoag
For the third time in as many games, the Colorado State Rams have a different starting quarterback. After Wednesday’s practice, coach Mike Bobo officially announced that true freshman Collin Hill would start for the team against the University of Northern Colorado on Saturday. “We are going to go with Collin Hill for this game,” Bobo said. “I feel like he is confident. I feel like the guys are responding well to him. I am looking forward to
seeing him play on Saturday.” Bobo would not say whether this decision was just for this week or the rest of the season. But he does expect a different look out of his team this week. “I feel comfortable with him (Collin) going forward, I expect him to play well and I expect us to improve in our passing game (and) improve offensively,” Bobo said. Heading into the season, the perception was that the quarterback battle was a two man race between the incumbent starter junior Nick Stevens and senior graduate transfer Faton Bauta.
But Bobo made it clear early on in fall camp that Hill, a true freshman from Moore, South Carolina, was in the mix as well. Stevens started the first game of the year against Colorado, but after struggling mightily, going 6-20 for the game, he was replaced in the third quarter by Bauta. Bauta started last week against the University of Texas-San Antonio, but he too struggled throwing the football, finishing the game 6-17 passing. In the fourth quarter of the UTSA game, Bobo turned to Hill, see STARTING on page 8 >>