CSU Rams Gameday: Football at Boise State, Sept. 6

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Colorado State looks for its second win of the 2014 season as they travel to Boise, Idaho, to take on Boise State on Saturday, Sept. 6. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. MT, and those that aren’t in attendance can watch the game nationally on ESPN2.

LINKS: Roster | Media Guide | Schedule | Game Notes

COLORADO STATE (1-0, 0-0 MW) at BOISE STATE (0-1, 0-0 MW)

KICKOFF: 8:15 p.m. MT

TV: ESPN2 (Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Jessica Mendoza)

RADIO: CSU Flagship: KJAC 105.5 FM | BS Flagship: KBOI 670 AM

LIVE STATS: Gametracker

TWITTER: @CSUFootball | @CoachMcElwain | CSURams TheClimb

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL HEADLINES:

Jim McElwain weekly press conference -- Sept. 1
Hart, Roberts earn Mountain West weekly honors

NOTES IN 140

#TEAM

The Rams’ 31 points last Friday vs. Colorado are the most scored in a season-opener by CSU since 2003, when they scored 35 points in a loss to the Buffs
Dee Hart and Jared Roberts became the 68th and 69th Rams to earn MW Player of the Week honors
The Rams have rattled off back-to-back wins over teams from the “Power 5” conferences for the fi rst time since 2002 (Colorado and Virginia)
CSU has a chance to win 8 of its last 10 games with a win Saturday, last time they did this was at the end of 2001 to beginning of 02
.@CSUFootball’s 12 opponents in 2014 combined to go 57-91 (.385) in 2013
The Rams are looking to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2002-03, as CSU went 10-2 and 7-6, respectively
.@CSUFootball has appeared on ESPN2 26 times, compiling a 12-14 record

#OFFENSE

In 2013, the Rams’ offensive line entered week 2 with a combined 99 starts; this year they enter with 4, the fewest in FBS
In the fourth quarter of the Rams’ last two wins, CSU has outscored its opponent 35-7 and has outgained them 252-167
Senior QB Garrett Grayson is one of only eight returning FBS quarterbacks who returns in 2014 as their program’s single-season passing leader
Grayson has thrown 33 touchdowns in his career, a number that ranks ninth-most all-time at Colorado State
Grayson became only the third CSU quarterback to defeat Colorado twice, joining Alexander Hutton and Matt Newton
Grayson recorded his 10th-career victory last Friday vs. CU, he is the first CSU QB to register double digit victories since BVP
Grayson has three fourth-quarter comebacks in his career, tied for the 5th-most among active FBS quarterbacks
Dee Hart tied Ron Harris (9/14/74) for the most rushing yards (139) by a CSU running back in his debut
Hart’s 139 rushing yards were the most by a Rams RB in a season-opener since Cecil Sapp’s 178 at Virginia (8/22/02)
In two years at Alabama, Hart racked up 164 yards and a TD, in week 1 he rushed for 139 yards and 2 TDs
Hart earned his first @MountainWest weekly honor after his career day vs. Colorado
Last Friday was the first time since 2002 that @CSUFootball has had two rushers gain at least 100 yards in the same game
WR Charles Lovett has a catch in 22 straight games in which he has played. Lovett’s last game without a catch was Nov. 19, 2011 at TCU

#DEFENSE

The Rams’ defense featured 6 players that made their CSU debut last Friday against Colorado
The Rams return six starters from their 2013 defense, but lose @MountainWest Defensive Player of the Year Shaquil Barrett
.@CSUFootball returns three starting linebackers from 2013, who combined for 314 tackles, the third-most among FBS teams
Junior linebacker Cory James is 1.5 sacks away from entering CSU’s career top 10 after only 26 games
Senior linebacker Aaron Davis was named to the Butkus Award watch list, the first Ram named to the list since Rick Crowell in 2000
After allowing 24 plays & 152 yds. (6.3) in the 1st qtr Fri. vs. CU, the Rams allowed just 49 for 223 yds (4.6) in qtrs. 2-4

#SPECIALTEAMS

Lou Groza Award candidate Jared Roberts is fifth among active FBS kickers with a .882 career field goal percentage
Roberts connected on a 52-yard fi eld goal vs. Colorado, tied for the second-longest in his career and tied for the longest among all FBS kickers in week 1
Roberts is CSU’s career leader in fi eld goal percentage after connecting on 31-of-35 (.886) field goals
Against Colorado, Roberts extended his school record of PATs made to 67
Roberts was named @MountainWest Special Teams Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career, after connecting on a 52-yarder vs. Colorado
Freshman Deionte Gaines leads the @MountainWest with a 29.0 kickoff return average
Sophomore Hayden Hunt was one of three @MountainWest punters to blast a punt 60-plus yards
Hunt leads the conference with an average of 54.5 yards per punt

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