Colorado State University Athletics
Game notes: Wounded Rams head to TCU
11/14/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 14, 2011
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This week’s notable storylines…
- The Rams could become one of four programs in the nation to start a true freshman at QB in consecutive seasons.
- CSU has overcome a deficit in the fourth quarter on five occasions this year; the Rams are 2-3 in those games.
- The game features two players coming off arguably the best offensive performances by a Mountain West player this season: TCU’s Casey Pachall (473 passing yards) and CSU’s Chris Nwoke (232 rushing yards).
- Nwoke over his last three games has 481 yards and 7.1 yards per carry.
- CSU plays its final 2011 road game, and its last foreseeable contest against TCU, which will move to the Big 12 next season. For the first time since 1973, CSU is playing three of its final four regular-season games at home.
- All three Rams starting linebackers rank in the top five of the MW leaders in tackles per game, helping CSU lead the conference and tie for 13th in the nation in red-zone defense.
- LB Mychal Sisson, who played high-school ball only 32 miles from TCU, could play his first game since breaking his ankle Sept. 10.
- CSU looks to get back into the win column for the first time since Sept. 24.
- Injuries to 10 starters have conspired to cost the Rams 52 combined starts. Overall, 14 contributors have lost 69 total games due to injury.
- The Rams play their seventh ranked foe since 2009, most in a three-year span since playing seven from 1999-2001.
The setting...
Date: Saturday, Nov. 19
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. CST/1:30 p.m. MST
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Site: Amon G. Carter Stadium
Capacity/Surface: 32,000/Natural Grass
Series: TCU leads, 7-1-0
Broadcast information
Television — VERSUS
DirecTV: Ch. 603 (SD/HD)
Comcast Digital
Cable: Ch. 55
DISH Network: Ch. 151 (SD/HD)
Play-by-play: Paul Burmeister
Color Analyst: Shaun King
Sideline Reporter: Anthony Herron
Producer: David Gibson
Colorado State Sports Network
Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM, Denver
Internet: CSURams.com/allaccess
Voice of the Rams: Brian Roth
Color Analyst: Kevin McGlue
Engineer: Bob Greenfield
LiveStats: CSURams.com (GameTracker)