Colorado State University Athletics
CSU heads west, looks to snap two-game slide
10/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 20, 2008
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This week’s notable storylines…
- CSU bids for its first victory over San Diego State since 2004, a 21-17 triumph at Qualcomm Stadium. The Rams (0-2) have not defeated SDSU head coach Chuck Long.
- The Rams continue a stretch of games in which they play three out of four weeks on the road. That brutal four-game stretch includes No. 15 TCU (Oct. 11, 13-7 loss), No. 12 Utah (Oct. 18, 49-16 loss) and No. 18 BYU (Nov. 1 in Fort Collins).
- After opening the year playing five of their first six in Colorado, the Rams’ second-half schedule includes four road trips in six weeks. However, this week the Rams make their last plane trip of the year. Three of CSU’s games away from Fort Collins are bus trips (Colorado Springs, Laramie, Denver).
- CSU is hopeful to see starting FS Klint Kubiak (ankle) return to the lineup. Without him since the beginning of 2007, the Rams are 3-9 (.250). With him over the same period, they’re 3-4 (.429).
- CSU looks to snap its first two-game slide with Steve Fairchild on its coaching staff since Oct. 9-16, 1999. With Fairchild, the Rams have lost three consecutive games only once — Sept. 18-Oct. 2, 1993 (vs. BYU, at Nebraska, at Kansas).
- With a win CSU would have one more victory than all of 2007 (3-9) and be 4-4 with four regular-season games remaining.
The setting...
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
Kickoff: 7:36 p.m. MDT/6:36 p.m. PDT
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Site: Qualcomm Stadium
Capacity: 54,000
Series: SDSU leads, 15-12-0
Broadcast information
Television — The Mtn.
DirecTV: Ch. 616
Comcast Digital Cable: Ch. 411
DISH Network: Unavailable
Play-by-play: Tim Neverett
Color Analyst: Blaine Fowler
Sideline Reporter: Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Producer: Mike Helling
Director: Mike Sheehan
Colorado State Sports Network
Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM,
Denver Internet: CSURams.com (Rams All-Access)
Voice of the Rams: Rich Bircumshaw
Color Analyst: Brian Roth
Sideline Reporter: Kevin McGlue
Engineer: Bob Greenfield
The Colorado State radio broadcast begins with a pregame show two hours prior to kickoff.
GameTracker: CSURams.com
