Colorado State University Athletics
Game notes: CSU opens conference schedule
9/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 21, 2009
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This week's notable storylines...
- The Rams play a game in which each team is receiving votes in both national polls. It's CSU's first such contest since Aug. 30, 2003, when the Rams (No. 23) lost a hard-fought battle to the CU Buffs (received votes), 42-35 at Invesco Field.
- CSU meets its third ranked opponent under Steve Fairchild (2008 losses vs. BYU, at Utah). The Rams' last win over a ranked foe was Aug. 31, 2002, a 19-14 triumph over No. 7 CU in Denver. The Rams' last win over a ranked foe in an enemy stadium was Aug. 29, 1998, when No. 15 CSU topped No. 23 Michigan State in East Lansing.
- The Rams own the nation's seventh-longest win streak (six). CSU will attempt to extend its streak to seven games, which would be its longest since a 10-game stretch, Oct. 4, 1997-Aug. 29, 1998.
- CSU opens its 2009 conference slate, having won three of its last four conference openers, including a dramatic triumph over UNLV in 2008.
- CSU, receiving votes in both national polls for a third straight week, will attempt to begin a season 4-0 for the first time since 1994, when it went 7-0 in arguably the most magical season in program history. The Rams that year made their first-ever appearance in the AP top 25 and went on to a WAC title and Holiday Bowl berth opposite Michigan. In the final polls, coaches ranked CSU No. 14 and the AP ranked CSU No. 16.
- The Rams meet their second of five 2009 opponents that played in a 2008 bowl (also Nevada, Utah, TCU and Air Force).
- Four of those bowl teams are in the current five-game stretch. Three of CSU's next four opponents are/were ranked this year (the Rams' first three conference games). This marks only the third time the Rams' schedule features three teams ranked in the AP's preseason top 25.
The setting...
Date: Saturday, Sept. 26
Kickoff: 4:06 p.m. MDT
Location: Provo, Utah
Site: LaVell Edwards Stadium
Capacity: 64,045
Series: BYU leads, 37-27-3
Broadcast information
Television -- The Mtn.
DirecTV: Ch. 616
Comcast Digital Cable: Ch. 411
DISH Network: Unavailable
Play-by-play: James Bates
Color Analyst: Todd Christensen
Sideline Reporter: Sammy Linebaugh
Producer: Steve Kurtenbach
Director: TBA
Colorado State Sports Network
Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM, Denver
Internet: CSURams.com/allaccess
Voice of the Rams: Jerry Schemmel
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.
LiveStats: CSURams.com (GameTracker)
