Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, September 3
Ann Arbor, MI
10:00 a.m.
Colorado State
at
Michigan
Rams Roundup: The Michigan Game
9/1/2022 3:00:00 PM | Football
Game day is almost here, and we've got everything you need to know for Saturday's game at Michigan!
GAME DAY DETAILS
Colorado State (0-0) at Michigan (0-0)
Saturday, Sept. 3 - 10 a.m. MT
Michigan Stadium - Ann Arbor, Mich.
How to Track the Game:
Television/Stream » ABC (Mark Jones, Robert Griffin III, Quint Kessenich)
Radio » Colorado State Sports Network | The Varsity Network App
Live Stats » Sidearm Stats Feed
GAME DAY PRIMER
Jay Norvell Weekly Press Conference » Watch | Read
Weekly Game Notes » Read
CSU Insider Podcast » Listen
Jay Norvell Coach's Radio Show (Special guests: Matt Mumme, Clay Millen) » Listen
WEEKLY READING
MORE THAN JUST ONE START
» He's young. He gets it. Clay Millen can accept he's rather inexperienced. Fine.
RAMS CONFIDENT SOMETHING SPECIAL IS BREWING
» They tend to make a difference in early season games.
ACCEPTING UNEXPECTED AND WELCOME GUESTS
» This wasn't the first time Dr. Jennifer Mueller had received an email saying someone on campus was interested in coming over and talking with her about her research.
TEAM SELECTS CAPTAINS FOR UPCOMING SEASON
» Saturday was about understanding the mechanism. About how the schedule works on game day for a Jay Norvell-run program. How and when to stretch. Where to meet with coaches. Who is where and a few extra game situations for good measure.
GAME NOTES
- The Rams begin year one under head coach Jay Norvell who was named the program's 24th head coach on Dec. 6, 2021. Norvell led his Wolf Pack team onto Sonny Lubick Field in the season finale on Nov. 27 and was the final head coach to walk off the turf. He returned to Fort Collins nine days later as the Rams new head coach.
- Over his five years in Reno, (2017-21) he compiled four-straight seven-plus win seasons and led the Wolf Pack to four bowl games. Colorado State last won seven games in a season in 2017.
- Norvell is the fourth Colorado State head coach in the last nine seasons, dating back to Jim McElwain's final season in 2014.
- Norvell brought over a number of FBS transfers to bolster the Colorado State roster and even more newcomers. All totaled, there are 15 scholarship transfers from FBS programs on the roster and 54 newcomers overall.
- Colorado State is expected to start redshirt freshman quarterback Clay Millen in the opener against Michigan. He will be the first freshman quarterback to start a season opener for the Rams since true freshman Pete Thomas in 2010. That season, Thomas set the freshman passing record with 2,662 yards in 12 starts.
- The five expected starters among the offensive line have combined for 92 starts - zero coming from expected starter at left tackle Brian Crespo-Jaquez. That total would rank as the 14th-most combined starts by an offensive line unit in the nation, however, none of those starts came together as a unit.
- While Colorado State's roster features 15 players with 10 or more starts at the FBS level, the team effectively returns just six offensive and defensive starters overall. Offensively, only Ty McCullouch and David Bailey started more than eight games last season. On defense, only Devin Phillips, Dequan Jackson, Cam'Ron Carter, and Tywan Francis eclipsed eight starts in 2021.
- The Rams travel to Ann Arbor for the first time in program history, likely the largest crowd the program has ever played in front of. Two trips to Alabama in 2017 and 2013 eclipsed the 100,000 attendance figure (101,821).
- The game pits the Rams against a top-10 Michigan team. Since 1993, the Rams are 13-36 vs. ranked opponents and 2-17 vs. top-10 opponents. CSU has not beaten a ranked team since beating No. 6/7 Colorado in the second game of the 2002 season. The Rams entered the polls the following week and went 10-4 that season.Â
- Head coaches Norvell and Harbaugh are no strangers to each other, having played on opposite sides of the ball during their playing careers. Norvell's No. 1 ranked Hawkeyes beat Harbaugh's No. 2 ranked Wolverines 12-10 on a last-second field goal on Oct. 19, 1985 on CBS. It was Norvell's senior season in which he was named All-Big Ten.
- Norvell's tenure coaching with the Indianapolis Colts (1998-01) immediately followed Harbaugh's playing career with the team (1994-97). Both coaches were also players for the 1987 Chicago Bears. Norvell played in six games with three starts in what was Harbaugh's rookie season.
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Saturday, Sept. 10Â - 2 p.m.
Canvas Stadium - Fort Collins, Colo.
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