Mike Bobo turns to veteran Nick Stevens with Collin Hill out for season
Colorado State Rams quarterback Collin Hill out for season with torn ACL
With less than 70 days until the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown with CU, there are still many questions to be answered around Ram country. Heading into Mike Bobo’s second season, expectations for the green and gold are high, despite the large roster turnover from 2015. Coming off of three straight bowl appearances, the Rams have their eyes set on…...
Colorado State football coach Mike Bobo is back home in Georgia, not for any vacation time but to scout his home territory and find more talented players to bring to Fort Collins from the southeast. Bobo hasn’t merely cultivated relationships with high school coaches back home but also with the media. So, with his return, he’s been candid with…...
After having gone through the tape of incumbent quarterback Faton Bauta, in his one start against Florida last year, it’s time to look at Colorado State football’s returning starter from last season; Nick Stevens. Stevens started his first season as the signal caller for the Rams in 2015 with a new offensive system. Not an easy set of circumstances…...
Faton Bauta. To Colorado State Rams fans, he’s a virtual unknown, as he is to many soon-to-be opponents on the football field this fall. That’s because, Bauta didn’t play much at Georgia, and the graduate transfer is currently a “Co-No. 1” with redshirt junior Nick Stevens head coach Mike Bobo said after the team’s Spring Game. Our Andre Simone,…...
For Colorado State Rams football, competition is key at every position. That includes the most important position in American sports; quarterback. The big question this offseason for Colorado State Rams football fans has been whether Georgia transfer Faton Bauta will be able to supplant Nick Stevens as the starter under center. The Green and Gold Game left fans, coaches and…...
The weather could not have been more ideal for the annual Green and Gold Game, with the sun shining and just a little bit of cloud cover, and roughly 5,200 Colorado State fans had their first opportunity of the 2016 season to see their beloved Rams football team. In the inter-team scrimmage, the offense (Gold Team) defeated the defense…...
Consistency is the name of the game this spring for CSU football. Consistency in practice, consistency in the playbooks, consistency in attitude and effort. At the beginning of the 15-practice period, Mike Bobo said he wanted to see an increased effort and for the team to be more team-led. The culmination of work will be on display today in the…...
There’s an old saying that follows, “If you have two quarterbacks, you have none.” Currently, there are actually four quarterbacks fighting for Colorado State football’s starting spot, with two – Nick Stevens and Faton Bauta – leading the way. Stevens understands better than anyone on the team, the second string quarterback is the most popular player in town. Last…...
Colorado State Rams football held their second scrimmage of the spring Saturday afternoon and are now just one week away from the annual Green and Gold game next Saturday at Hughes, with kickoff at 1 p.m. MT. With the weather conditions not conducive to play outside, the team held the scrimmage at the team’s Indoor Practice Facility located on…...
Nick Stevens, 2015 starting quarterback for the Colorado State Rams, second-team all-conference and Mountain West leader in passing touchdowns (21). 2016, enter Faton Bauta, the “new kid in town,” graduate transfer from the University of Georgia, and long time Mike Bobo affiliate who’s gunning for Stevens’ job. Stevens will be a redshirt junior in fall, and after beating Coleman Key…...
Spring is in the air. And so is…football! Colorado State Rams football kicked off their annual session of spring practices on Friday afternoon inside the Indoor Practice Facility on campus. Of course, as with most seasons, the intrigue lies within the position battles. And, specifically this season, it’s at quarterback first, and the others second. There’s Nick Stevens, the…...
Welcome, Faton Bauta, new kid in school. For Colorado State Rams football, Bauta was a boon as one of their biggest named — OK, the biggest — signees. A former University of Georgia quarterback — that’s the SEC, y’all — Bauta was originally recruited by then quarterback’s coach Mike Bobo One thing that impressed immediately was that Bauta introduced…...
Out of the blizzard of 2016, a beast rose rose through the cracks in the ice, emerging stronger and ready for the long road to the Mountain West Championship. The abominable snow-Rams! That journey to reign victorious over the conference begins today with the first official spring practice of 2016. As the Colorado State Rams prepare for the 2016…...
Springtime in Colorado, you have to love it. Tuesday brought 70 degree temperatures, sun and Colorado State football head coach Mike Bobo’s annual spring football press conference. Wednesday brought nearly a foot of snow, cold and the second day of spring meetings for Bobo’s Rams, who have practice starting Friday. But, let’s rewind to Tuesday, a wondrous spring day…...
Colorado State Rams recruiting is on fire lately. The Rams landed five superb players this week. Wait, make that six. On Friday night, while many Ram fans were getting home and relaxing after a long week of work, Colorado State added a transfer quarterback in Faton Bauta out of the University of Georgia. It wasn’t just a solid signing…...
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