Final home football game brings Senior Day salute to 18 student-athletes

FORT COLLINS, Colo.—The final home game for 18 Colorado State Football student-athletes comes Saturday at Canvas Stadium when the Rams host 14^th-ranked Utah State. Kickoff is set for noon, and gates open at 10 a.m.

Tickets are available online or by phone (800-491-RAMS), and students may still claim their tickets online via the student ticket portal.

A full weekend of events and tributes begins Friday, Nov. 16, on the New Belgium Porch with Football Friday Happy Hour from 4:30-6:30, featuring Old Aggie and other New Belgium craft beers as well as Stadium Sessions music from Danielle Ate the Sandwich. The New Belgium Porch is located in the north end zone section of Canvas Stadium and accessible from Pitkin Street, which runs east to west along the north end of the stadium.

The Ram Zone store at Canvas Stadium will have a Green & Gold Sale on Friday from 2-7 p.m. with special pricing on a wide variety of Rams apparel.

Stadium Sessions performances continue Saturday with The Burroughs performing at the Coors Light Ram Walk Tailgate, which opens at 8 a.m. just north of Canvas Stadium on the median along Meridian Ave. The Coors Light Ram Walk Tailgate is free to enter, and food and beverages may be purchased inside. The final Stadium Sessions performance of the weekend will feature a postgame concert on the New Belgium Porch, open to all, with music from Slow Caves and Fjord Collins.

The CSU Alumni Center (located in the northeast corner of Canvas Stadium) and the Canvas Stadium ticket office also open at 8 a.m., and Ram Walk is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., when fans may line Meridian Ave. to welcome the Rams football team on its march into the stadium, accompanied by the CSU Marching Band performing and four-legged CAM the Ram.

At Saturday's game CSU Athletics will recognize and show appreciation for the leadership and citizens of Northern Colorado communities with Civic and Service Day. Mayors or representatives from Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Wellington, Windsor, Estes Park and Larimer County will take part in the pregame coin toss and be recognized on the field between the first and second quarters.

Take a Kid to the Game also brings an opportunity for families to take advantage of special ticket pricing for youth, as well as Future Rams Experience and a pregame youth football clinic. Purchasing tickets online, use the promo code KID. Extra Yard for Teachers and Commitment to Campus also will be recognized on Saturday.

GAME-DAY RUNDOWN

8 a.m.: The Ticket Office at Canvas Stadium will open. At the same time (four hours before kickoff) campus will begin to come alive as the parking lots will open along with the Coors Light Ram Walk Tailgate and the CSU Alumni Center (located in the northeast corner of Canvas Stadium).

9:30 a.m.: Ram Walk, when fans may line Meridian Ave. to welcome the Rams football team on its march into the stadium, accompanied by the CSU Marching Band performing and four-legged CAM the Ram.

10 a.m.: All gates at Canvas Stadium will open and there will be special happy hour pricing presented by The Group Inc. Real Estate and Spectra at all concession stands, featuring $5 Coors Light and Old Aggie beers, from 12-1 p.m. Happy hour pricing also extends for that hour to premium patrons in VIP areas additionally enjoying $5 Coyote Gold margaritas and Can-Ram Cocktails, and New Belgium Porch patrons being offered $5 Old Aggie.

Approximately 11:20 a.m.: The ROTC cannon "Comatose" will fire 15 minutes earlier than the traditional half-hour point before kickoff to help signal to fans to begin to make their way to the stadium to continue to enjoy pregame festivities from within Canvas Stadium. Fans are encouraged to plan the time they would like to be in their seats, and working back from that to plan their stadium entry time, allowing for longer lines closer to, and at, kickoff time.

Senior Day recognition: Seventeen Colorado State Rams will play their final home game Saturday and be recognized on the field with their families beforehand. Rams fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 11:50 a.m. to show their appreciation and pay tribute to CB V.J. Banks, OL Tyler Bjorklund, K Wyatt Bryan, QB K.J. Carta-Samuels, WR Chandler Drachslin, S Jordan Fogal, WR Olabisi Johnson, OL Ben Knox, S Kavapele Maka, RB Izzy Matthews, OL Colby Meeks, QB J.C. Robles, OL T.J. Roundtree, FB Nate Ryken, DE Caleb Smith, P Brandon Summer, LB Tre Thomas and LB Josh Watson.

Postgame: Fans may make their way to the New Belgium Porch after the game for a free postgame Stadium Sessions performance by Slow Caves and Fjord Collins.

At 7 p.m. Saturday at Moby Arena the first-place CSU Volleyball team hosts New Mexico in their final regular season match of 2018.

PARKING

All game-day parking on the CSU campus is by pre-purchased permits, and a limited amount of single-game parking is available for purchase in the Ram Lot, south of the Moby Arena lot, and in Lot 570, in advance only, by calling the sales team or clicking here. Pre-purchased single-game parking passes must be printed at home and brought to the lot on game day. No day-of-game single-game parking may be purchased on campus.

There will be no student repark procedure in effect for this weekend's game, but Lot 236 and the spaces in area 210 along Hughes Way must be cleared by 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 to allow for programmed tailgating to be set up.

STADIUM POLICIES AND REMINDERS

A number of improvements and enhancements to the game day experience this season help fans enjoy a successful visit to Canvas Stadium and be in their seats before the ball is kicked off. Fans are encouraged to make their way toward the stadium well before kickoff and to familiarize themselves with processes and procedures for everything from parking to stadium entry by visiting the Rams' Football Gameday page and reading the information below. The page contains several videos that illustrate the clear-bag and prohibited items procedures, as well as the express lane option.

Fans are reminded there is a clear bag policy at Canvas Stadium and a list of prohibited items, which includes strollers, bike helmets and all water bottles except crushable plastic types, empty, without a cap. The full list can be found at the link above, and plentiful express lanes are available for fans not bringing a bag into the stadium.

On game day, fans can find all the info they need at CSURams.com/footballgameday and by following CSU Athletics on Twitter at @CSURams, @CSUFootball and @CSURamsGameday.

The new "express lane" option available to fans will allow those entering the stadium without bags and only small personal items to find more streamlined and quicker entry. Fans are reminded there are lockers available on Pitkin Street just east of the Alumni Center to secure prohibited items without having to return them to their vehicles, or for those who used transit or bikes to come to campus.

Information about CSU's clear bag policy is available here. Four wristband stations are located at the Lory Student Center parking lot, Meridian & Hughes Way, at the student tailgate in the TILT Lot and across from the entrance to the Coors Light Ram Walk Tailgate.

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