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  • TheImmortalGoud
    No longer a noob
    • Jan 2011
    • 1790

    The Rocky Road | A Colorado State Rams Dynasty


    Colorado State Rams

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    All-American
    Five-Minute Quarters
    Sim (not playing the games)

  • TheImmortalGoud
    No longer a noob
    • Jan 2011
    • 1790

    #2
    CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT


    Conferences have been realigned to have a more regional look in the NCAA landscape. Due to the realignment, automatic BCS Bowl bids have been removed. The new conferences are as followed:

    The Northwest Conference

    Washington
    Washington State
    Idaho
    Boise State
    Oregon
    Oregon State
    Air Force
    Utah State
    Wyoming
    Colorado State

    The Pacific Conference

    Fresno State
    San Diego State
    Cal
    Stanford
    San Jose State
    USC
    UCLA
    Hawaii
    Nevada
    UNLV

    The Rocky Plains Conference

    Arizona
    Arizona State
    New Mexico
    New Mexico State
    Utah
    BYU
    Colorado
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma State
    Tulsa

    The Texas Conference

    North Texas
    TCU
    UTEP
    SMU
    Rice
    Houston
    Baylor
    Texas A&M
    Texas Tech
    Texas

    The Heartland Conference

    Kansas
    Kansas State
    Nebraska
    Iowa
    Iowa State
    Missouri
    Arkansas
    Arkansas State
    Minnesota
    Wisconsin

    The Lake Michigan Conference

    Michigan
    Michigan State
    Western Michigan
    Eastern Michigan
    Central Michigan
    Indiana
    Notre Dame
    Ball State
    Northern Illinois
    Northwestern
    Illinois
    Purdue

    The New Ohio Valley Conference

    Cincinnati
    Ohio State
    Akron
    Bowling Green
    Kent State
    Miami
    Ohio
    Toledo
    Western Kentucky
    Kentucky
    Louisville

    The Gulf Conference

    Louisiana Tech
    Monroe
    Lafayette
    Ole Miss
    Mississippi State
    LSU
    Alabama
    Auburn
    UAB
    Southern Miss
    Tulane
    Troy

    The Southeastern Conference

    Miami
    Florida State
    South Florida
    UCF
    FAU
    FIU
    Florida
    Georgia
    Georgia Tech
    Tennessee
    Vanderbilt

    The Northeast Conference

    Buffalo
    Army
    Syracuse
    Rutgers
    Connecticut
    Boston College
    Penn State
    Temple
    Pittsburgh
    Maryland
    Navy

    The Appalachian Conference

    Virginia
    Virginia Tech
    North Carolina
    NC State
    South Carolina
    Duke
    East Carolina
    Wake Forest
    Clemson
    West Virginia
    Marshall

    Independents

    Memphis
    Middle Tennessee State

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    • TheImmortalGoud
      No longer a noob
      • Jan 2011
      • 1790

      #3
      Reserved

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      • TheImmortalGoud
        No longer a noob
        • Jan 2011
        • 1790

        #4
        Preseason Outlook:

        Redshirts:

        When it came to redshirts I redshirted all of the incoming freshman and the players who wouldn't of saw the field this year. My two most notable redshirts were CB Dominique Vinson (JR) and TE Crockett Gilmore (SO). Vinson is a very good player, but one of our strong points is at Cornerback, and I don't want to burn a year on someone who is only gonna be the Dimeback. Gilmore is good enough to be our starting Tight End, but we have two other players that are just as good as him. Just wanna get that extra year out of him.

        Recruiting:

        We have a lot of young depth on this team that will be able to takeover once the Seniors move on. I was just looking to target the best players that have Colorado State listed in their Top Five choices. I sorted my board by caliber, and moved guys around based on how I valued their interest. I'm pretty much recruiting my area with fourteen prospects targeted in Colorado and nine in Texas. Also have targeted four in Arizona, two in Kansas, and one in Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Nebraska, Florida, and California respectively.

        Schedule:

        The annual Rocky Mountain Showdown was gonna be a given on the schedule. I wanted to schedule some quality teams that were in my recruiting region. I manged to schedule a home hame with Kansas in week two, and a home hame with Baylor in week eleven. I wanted to get some TV coverage, and I felt I could beat Kansas and Baylor, so this was a great match. The whole schedule is as followed:

        Week One 8/28 - Colorado (N)
        Week Two 9/3 - Kansas
        Week Three 9/10 - @ Oregon State
        Bye Week
        Week Five 9/24 - Utah State
        Week Six 10/1 - @ Washington
        Week Seven 10/8 - #5 Oregon
        Week Eight 10/15 - @ #8 Boise State
        Week Nine 10/22 - Idaho
        Bye Week
        Week Eleven 11/5 - Baylor
        Bye Week
        Week Thirteen 11/19 - @ Washington State
        Week Fourteen 11/26 - @ Air Force
        Week Fifteen 12/3 - Wyoming

        Depth Chart:

        QB
        Pete Thomas (SO)
        MJ McPeek (JR)
        Garrett Grayson (rFR)

        RB
        Chris Nwoke (rSO)
        Raymond Carter (rSR)
        Derek Good (rSR)

        FB
        Joe Brown (rSO)

        WR
        Lou Greenwood (rJR)
        Byron Steele (rJR)
        Matt Yemm (SR)
        TJ Borcky (rSR)
        Marquise Law (rJR)

        TE
        Cameron Moss (rSO)
        Ben Tedford (rJR)

        LT
        Paul Madsen (rSR)
        Justin Becker (rSO)
        Jordan Gragert (rSO)

        LG
        Jake Gdowski (rSR)
        Jordan Gragert (rSO)
        Brandon Hayes (rSO)

        C
        Weston Richburg (rSO)
        Tyler McDermott (rSR)
        Mason Myers (rFR)

        RG
        Connor Smith (rSR)

        RT
        Joe Caprioglio (rJR)

        LE
        CJ James (JR)
        Davis Burl (rJR)
        Collon Paulhus (SO)

        RE
        Broderick Sargant (rJR)

        DT
        Nuku Latu (rSR)
        Zach Tidgeon (rJR)
        Tejay Brown (rSO)
        John Froland (rFR)

        LOLB
        Mike Orakpo (SO)
        Kamerom Wilhite (rFR)
        James Skelton (rJR)

        MLB
        Michael Kawulok (SR)

        ROLB
        Mychal Sisson (rSR)

        CB
        Elijah Blue Smith (rSR)
        Shaq Bell (SO)
        Momo Thomas (JR)
        Marcus Shaw (rJR)
        Ezra Thompson (rSO)

        FS
        Austin Gray (rFR)
        Immanuel Mitchell (rSO)

        SS
        Ivory Herd (SR)
        Ezra Thompson (rSO)

        K/P
        Ben Deline (SR)
        Pete Kontodiakos (JR)

        KR/PR
        Ivory Hood (SR)
        Lou Greenwood (rJR)

        Outlook:

        I feel that anything other than making a Bowl game would be a failure. We have a good QB in Pete Thomas, a good RB in Chris Nwoke, a solid Receiving core and Offensive Line on Offense. We are weak along the Defensive line, but have a terrific back-seven lead by OLB Mychal Sisson. We will be running a pro style offense with a 50/50 split in the running and passing game. We will be running a 4-3 on defense.

        Preseason Awards:

        RB Chris Nwoke - First-Team All-Northwest
        DT Nuku Latu - Second-Team All-Northwest

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        • TheImmortalGoud
          No longer a noob
          • Jan 2011
          • 1790

          #5
          Week One

          Rocky Mountain Showdown
          Colorado State (0-0) @ Colorado (0-0)

          Colorado was the considerable favorite in this game, and they lived up to it. We were leading 3-0 after the first quarter, but Colorado went on to score 23 unanswered scores, and win the game 30-10. Our Offense was alright considering we got 309 yards, but the Defense was absolutely horrific. Giving up 416 yards, 66% conversion rate on thirds downs (10-15), and not being able to get any redzone stops. (4-3-1). The penalties probably didn't also help seeing as we committed sixteen of them for 119 yards.

          We were able to get some yards on Offense, but we were ineffective. We were only able to convert 47% of our third downs (8-17) and we could never get the ball into the redzone. We were split in the passing game and running game getting 158 yards passing and 151 rushing. The positives we can take out of this game is that we were able to run the ball effectively and we didn't commit any turnovers.

          Stats:

          Colorado State

          Passing
          Pete Thomas - 16-29, 151 Yards, 1 TD

          Rushing
          Raymond Carter - 19 ATT, 95 Yards
          Pete Thomas 15 Att, 45 Yards

          Receiving
          Cameron Moss - 6 Rec, 43 Yards
          Matt Yemm - 1 Rec, 35 Yards, 1 TD

          Defense
          Michael Kawulok - 11 Tack, 2 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 PD
          Nuku Latu - 3 Tack, 2 TFL, 1 Sack

          Colorado

          Passing
          T. Hansen - 17-37, 231 Yards, 2 TD

          Rushing
          R. Stewart - 12 ATT, 88 Yards
          T. Hansen - 10 ATT, 43 Yards, 1 TD

          Receiving
          P. Richardson - 6 Rec, 78 Yards
          R. Deehan - 4 Rec, 72 Yards, 2 TD

          Defense
          C. Cunningham - 8 Tack, 4 TFL, 2 PD
          J. Major - 10 Tack, 4 TFL

          Injuries
          C Weston Richburg - Partially Torn MCL - 7 Weeks

          Notable Scores

          18 Arkansas @ Arkansas State: 45-25
          Western Michigan @ 21 Notre Dame: 20-17 (OT)

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          • TheImmortalGoud
            No longer a noob
            • Jan 2011
            • 1790

            #6
            Week Two

            Kansas (0-0) @ Colorado State (0-1)


            We were a slight favorite heading into our Home Opener against Kansas, and it looked like this was gonna be easy early on. We were up 17-0 at halftime with the help of a pick six by Austin Gray and a 28-yard TD run by Pete Thomas both in the first quarter. We then thought we were too good for Kansas and that's when they started to come back. They scored 10 points in the third quarter, and ended up getting a Touchdown at the end of the 4th quarter to force Overtime. Luckily, Chris Nwoke scored on our first possession, and then our Defense stopped Kansas to win the game 24-17.

            Our running game was phenomenal, gaining 219 yards on 39 attempts for 2 TD's. The passing game was the opposite of that, turning the ball over twice and only completing 39% of our passes. The pass defense was excellent this week, only allowing 91 yards through the air and grabbing two interceptions. We were also able to convert four turnovers in total. The rush defense was terrible, giving up 215 yards on 47 attempts and a touchdown. We still need to do a better job converting third downs. We had the exact same numbers this week as we did last week in that department. We were at least able to get into the redzone this week, but we need to be able to score from there next time (3-1-0). Penalties were drastically improved from last week (6-30).

            Stats:

            Colorado State

            Passing
            Pete Thomas - 16-41, 181 Yards, 2 INT

            Rushing
            Chris Nwoke - 19 ATT, 100 Yards, TD
            Pete Thomas - 11 ATT, 57 Yards, TD, 1 Fum

            Receiving
            Cameron Moss - 4 Rec, 86 Yards

            Defense
            CJ James - 9 Tack, 5 TFL, 2, Sack, 1 FR
            Broderick Sargant - 9 Tack, 3 TFL, 1.5 Sack, 1 FF
            Austin Gray - 3 Tack, 1 INT, 1 FR, TD

            Kansas

            Passing
            J. Webb - 11-31, 91 Yards, TD, 2 INT

            Rushing
            J. Sims - 27 ATT, 152 Yards, TD

            Receiving
            D. Patterson - 3 Rec, 30 Yards, TD

            Defense
            S. Johnson - 6 Tack, 3 PD, 1 INT

            Injuries
            C Weston Richburg - Partially Torn MCL - 6 Weeks

            Notable Scores

            15 Michigan State @ Purdue: 35-13
            FCS West @ 24 Arizona State: 17-49
            14 TCU @ Baylor: 41-31
            FCS Southeast @ 17 Virginia Tech: 3-73
            FAU @ 20 Florida: 13-10
            Tulsa @ 1 Oklahoma: 28-14
            Indiana @ 7 Oklahoma State: 7-38
            Troy @ 4 LSU: 10-52
            19 Mississippi State @ UL Monroe: 41-7
            FCS East @ 23 NC State: 3-45
            Miami (OH) @ 22 Missouri: 33-13
            San Jose State @ 3 Stanford: 21-59
            Rice @ 20 Texas: 10-28
            Iowa @ 18 Arkansas: 21-31
            UNLV @ 11 Wisconsin: 14-32
            FCS Southeast @ 10 Florida State: 24-48
            FCS Southeast @ 16 Nebraska: 10-34
            Kent State @ 2 Alabama: 7-38
            12 Auburn @ UL Lafayette: 38-0
            9 Texas A&M @ SMU: 45-20
            13 South Carolina @ East Carolina: 30-0
            8 Boise State @ Georgia: 24-34
            Akron @ 6 Ohio State: 3-56

            Awards
            DE CJ James - Northwest DPOW

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            • TheImmortalGoud
              No longer a noob
              • Jan 2011
              • 1790

              #7
              Week Three


              Colorado State (1-1) @ Oregon State 1-0)


              Our opening game in the Northwest conference was fairly competitive up until the end of the third quarter. The game was tied at ten before the Beavers went on a 13-0 at the end of the third into the fourth quarter. We were making a comeback at the end of the game, but Pete Thomas threw a pick six, and ended any chance of that. Oregon State went on to win the game 30-16.

              Pete Thomas was terrible this game, completing only 34% of his pass and throwing two interceptions. The passing game has been mediocre all year, which is going to bring the change to a more run heavy offense. The two best skill players are my RB's, so it would probably be best to put the ball in their hands. It will be a 55-45 split for now, but could eventually change to 60-40 depending on how we play. We will also be playing a lot more aggresive on both sides of the ball from here on out.

              Stats:

              Colorado State

              Passing
              Pete Thomas - 11-32, 161 Yards, TD, 2 INT

              Rushing
              Chris Nwoke - 10 ATT, 56 Yards, TD
              Raymond Carter - 9 ATT, 60 Yards

              Receiving
              Cameron Moss - 5 Rec, 107, Yards
              Chris Nwoke - 1 Rec, 7 Yards, TD

              Defense
              Mychal Sisson - 10 Tack, 2 TFL, 2 PD
              Austin Gray - INT

              Oregon State

              Passing
              R. Katz - 4-12, 41 Yards, TD
              C. Vaz - 10-22, 110 Yards, INT

              Rushing
              R. McCants - 20 ATT, 74 Yards, TD

              Receiving
              J. Halahuni - 6 Rec, 64 Yards
              J. Rodgers - 5 Rec, 52 Yards

              Defense
              B. Hardin - 7 Tack, PD, 2 INT, TD

              Injuries
              C Weston Richburg - Partially Torn MCL - 5 Weeks

              Notable Scores

              UL Monroe @ 8 Florida State: 24-45
              5 Ohio State @ Toledo: 24-0
              1 Alabama @ UAB: 41-10
              Wake Forest @ 22 NC State: 29-27
              12 South Carolina @ 23 Georgia: 24-31
              19 Mississippi State @ 11 Auburn: 19-21
              ECU @ 17 Virginia Tech: 26-14
              BYU @ 20 Texas: 14-23
              2 Stanford @ Duke: 35-13
              Missouri @ 24 Arizona State: 14-28
              Colorado @ 10 Oklahoma: 13-53
              14 Michigan State @ Illinois: 38-19
              4 Oregon @ 3 LSU: 20-38
              15 Nebraska @ 18 Arkansas: 17-10
              21 Tulsa @ Tulane: 13-17

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              • TheImmortalGoud
                No longer a noob
                • Jan 2011
                • 1790

                #8
                Bye Week


                Injuries
                C Weston Richburg - Partially Torn MCL - 4 Weeks

                Notable Scores

                22 West Virginia @ Maryland: 7-20
                19 Arizona State @ UCLA: 16-31
                7 Florida State @ Clemson: 28-31
                12 TCU @ 15 Boise State: 28-24
                NC State @ 16 South Carolina: 27-20
                8 Wisconsin @ 20 Arkansas: 27-20
                5 Oklahoma State @ Tulsa: 35-42

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