FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Big Ten will officially be playing football this fall. After an extremely awkward public dispute — which started when the league announced it would be postponing back in August and has continued throughout — the Big Ten said on Wednesday that the league’s presidents and chancellors unanimously voted to resume competition. Starting the weekend of Oct.…...

DENVER — With neither the Pac-12 or the Mountain West deciding to compete this fall, it’s going to be an extremely odd college football season in the Mile High City.  Instead of watching the Rams and Buffs square off in the first on-campus edition of the Rocky Mountain Showdown since 2009, local college football fans had to settle for a…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. —  After a long and miserable football-less drought, the NFL season is finally here. The schedules are set, teams have made their cuts and finalized their initial 53-man rosters, and the only thing we’re missing now is Carrie Underwood singing a parody of an 80’s rock song to psych everyone up.  (It’s science). While the Rams will…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The fall of 2020 is going to be one of the weirdest stretches any Colorado State fan has ever experienced.  Instead of singing the fight song, jumping when Comatose is fired*, and drinking a few too many cold ones on campus, Ram fans everywhere will be spending their Saturdays working on long-neglected home projects and attending weddings…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — It’s been an emotional 10 days for anyone that follows Colorado State football. After finding out that Warren Jackson decided to declare for the NFL Draft, it looked like the green and gold were also going to lose two of the team’s most productive players, as both Trey McBride (TE) and Manny Jones (DE) reportedly entered…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado State faithful finally has a reason to celebrate. Trey McBride, a junior tight end, and one of the team’s leading receivers from a year ago, has officially announced he will remain with the team. McBride entered the transfer portal this month, flirting with the potential of leaving CSU for a bigger program. “He wants to…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — It’s open season in the Mountain West.  Since the league announced its decision to postpone all fall competition, Warren Jackson (WR), unsurprisingly, has announced he will be taking his talents to the next level this spring.  Unfortunately for the green and gold, though, No. 9 is not the only star that has likely played his final game…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — It’s been an absolutely disastrous month for Colorado State football. The program remains under investigation for allegedly violating COVID-19 protocols. We still do not know if  Joyce McConnell’s office has found anything of substance regarding accusations of verbally abusive coaches. Warren Jackson has decided to forgo his final season of eligibility. And now for the knockout…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Defenders around the league can take a collective deep breath. Warren Jackson, the 2020 Mountain West Offensive Preseason Player of the Year, has decided to forgo his final season of eligibility and will declare for the NFL Draft instead.  The often-unguardable wide receiver had originally intended to play his senior season. “I want to win a…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Happy trails, college football. Who knows when we’ll see you again.  With the Mountain West officially announcing the postponement of all fall sports, the 2020 college football season, along with a variety of other forms of competition are all currently in a state of limbo.  In a statement released Monday evening, the league confirmed Brett McMurphy’s…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Many members of the Colorado State football team are publicly defending their coaches this weekend. Following reports of dangerous COVID-19 protocols and racial insensitivity/verbal abuse, seniors from the football team created a united message for the CSU Community and are sharing it with #CSUUnited. According to the message, which has already been shared by 25+ players…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State football is all over ESPN this week. Unfortunately, though, it’s not because the Rams are making highlight plays. Just days after Joyce McConnell launched an investigation into how the football staff has been handling COVID-19 protocols, the Rams made national headlines once again Friday night. This time for allegations of racial insensitivity and verbal…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Here we go again. Just days after school president Joyce McConnell launched an independent investigation into the program’s COVID-19 procedures, Joe Parker (AD) released a statement announcing that the program is now looking into allegations of racism and verbal abuse. “Today, we learned of some extremely troubling allegations of racism and verbal abuse from CSU’s athletic…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Student-athletes from around the Mountain West are demanding better protocols regarding testing for COVID-19, and they’re doing so via multiple social media platforms with the movement #MWUnited.  In a series of images shared Thursday night, football players from around the league made it clear that if the intention is to play this fall, then there must…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University is making national headlines for all the wrong reasons right now. On Tuesday, the Coloradoan released a report detailing concerning accusations regarding the behavior of some of the football coaches on staff. According to Miles Blumhardt, players and members of the athletic department staff say coaches have told players not to report COVID-19…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Who knows? It’s been about a week since Colorado State football voluntarily shut down team activities due to a severe outbreak of COVID-19. And we now are within a month of when the college football season was originally supposed to begin. As crazy as it sounds, though, we still don’t truly know if or when the…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State Athletics officially has a major outbreak of COVID-19. As reported first by Kevin Lytle of the Coloradoan, the latest COVID-19 data from the state shows that CSU Athletics has eight confirmed positive tests for COVID-19 and nine more unconfirmed positive tests. (As of July 29, the unconfirmed tests are still awaiting confirmation from the lab.)…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — At this point it’s still unclear if we will have a college football season this fall. As COVID-19 cases continue to spike in hot spots around the country, the logistics of traveling and successfully completing a season without a bubble for the teams feels less likely than it did even a month ago.  The Rams have…...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The DNVR Rams All-Time Roster continues with the position that has revolutionized modern offenses. Tight ends may not traditionally get the same type of praise as some of their offensive counterparts — particularly running backs and wide receivers — but when it comes to Colorado State football, there has been no shortage of talented players at the tight…...