The success of Colorado State’s 2017 season may rest squarely on the shoulders of the defense. For all the video game-type numbers that Mike Bobo’s offense put on the board down the stretch in 2016, it was the defense that gave up a combined 110 points in shootout losses to Air Force and Idaho. It wasn’t all bad for the…...
FORT COLLINS – For the first time since 2015, Deonte Clyburn showed his presence on the defensive side of the ball. The senior linebacker’s participation in the opening spring practice marked the culmination of a grueling recovery process from blood clots. Clyburn missed spring ball last year, as well as the entire 2016 season. The 6-foot, 235-pounder from Kentucky was…...
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Revamping the defense is a priority for a Colorado State football program which gave up nearly 400 yards per game last season. Under newly re-appointed defensive coordinator Marty English, and a return to the 3-4 alignment, linebacker play will be crucial for an improved Ram defense this fall. Last season the defense had ups and downs, generally performing well,…...
ESPN has recently published it’s latest 2016 Football Power Index (FPI) rankings for the upcoming season. Colorado State appears as the 97th team in their predictive simulator, as only the 8th-best team in the Mountain West Conference. The system by which the FPI rankings are calculated are explained as follows on ESPN: “The Football Power Index (FPI) is a…...
Colorado State is nearly two weeks into the spring practice session and Mike Bobo has continually put the pressure on the players to step up and play with consistent effort. The depth chart is wide open nearly across the board, and a lot of players, experienced and new, will have to earn their way into the starting lineup this…...
With spring football beginning this week, the never-ending circus that is college football is officially back in business. Second-year head coach Mike Bobo, along with his offensive and defensive coordinators Will Friend and Marty English, spoke to members of the media in the first press conference of the 2016 season Tuesday. “I feel like we’ve got a team that…...
One year into head coaching and Mike Bobo has lost one coordinator in Tyson Summers to Georgia Southern. Certainly, for coaches, creating a coaching tree and leaving the game better than when they started is important. Through Bobo and the Colorado State Rams success, Summer was noticed and hired away to be a head coach himself down south. “I…...
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