Fresh faces Home on the Flashback CSU boasts Rockies Friday bevy of young Denver native Paul 2002 game remains Inside talent Thurston comes greatest Showdown PAGE 7 home of all time the PAGE 4 PAGE 12 Lines Sept. 2, 2016 Rocky Mountain Showdown Nick Stevens: UNdaunted PAGE 6 2 Inside The Lines Friday, September 2, 2016 Letters from the enemy Justin Guerriero out of the Rocky Mountain Show- thing that every man on the ros- about the linebackers. Addison programs aren't that di erent. CU Indepdendent down. I will say though, there ter desires greatly. Gillam is looking like his old self I think that the players view Sports Editor is a contingent of CU fans that again. I expect him to be a force to this game as an opportunity to despise the game and think of CD: The Rams are going be reckoned with. I've heard good make a statement. If they can CSU as an inferior institution. In to run early and often this year. things about CSU's o ensive line, come in and manhandle an my experience, these people are The run game will be their big- but if I were a betting man, I'd put inexperienced CSU team, and mostly made up of a so-called "old gest strength. CSU put up 218 my money on the Bu s' defense look good doing so, it'll help guard" of fans. In other words, yards on the ground last year in having the upper hand and limit- their case for national recogni- Collegian Sports Editor people that remember CU com- the Showdown. While the Bu s ing the Rams' ability to gain yard- tion. peting with Nebraska and Okla- return a ton of talent on the de- age via the run game. turning so many starters Chad Deutschman and CU homa back in the glory days of the fensive end, how do you see them on both sides of the ball and are Independent Sports Editor late 80s-early 90s. But I couldn't fairing against an improved Rams CD: The teams have alter- sick and tired of blowing win- Justin Guerriero trade words disagree more with those people. run game? nated wins the past few years. nable games. I don't know how they look at JG: On paper, I have full con- CSU fans like to think the "lit- discussing the CU-CSU ri- CU's football program, which has fi dence in the Bu s' defensive tle brother" stigma placed on CD: The moment we've all valry, this year’s Showdown been garbage for about a decade abilities. Experience, as you not- them by CU fans is a thing of been waiting for, your predic- now, and rationalize calling CSU ed, is a key strength of this 2016 the past and that there is not tion? Will CU take care of busi- and share their predictions. an unworthy opponent. Once we Bu aloes team. I usually talk any signifi cant di erence be- ness or can a young Colorado can handle the Rams with rela- to Bu s head coach Mike Mac- tween the two programs. Is State team get redemption for tive ease, then the Bu s can start Intyre after practice a few times a CU on a mission to prove that last year? Chad Deustchman: There to develop more legitimate and week and that question has been the Bu s are still the top dog in JG: 31-14 Bu s. I know...I’m is an obvious passion between intense rivalries with schools of raised. He does not take the Rams' Colorado? cocky. I can live with that. Let fans of CSU and CU, look no fur- the Pac-12. I think the current run game lightly, and neither does JG: I really do think that me just make it clear that the ther than the chants both sides players feel the same. They're the defense, for that matter. Last a lot of CU fans have those score prediction requires the dish out every year, but we don't not cocky and certainly are not season, the Rams were very suc- thoughts about CSU. At the end Bu s to do away with their usu- hear a lot about how the play- dismissive of the Rams; the Rams cessful on the ground against CU of the day, all that separates the al sins: o ensive ine¡ ciency, ers feel. How do CU players feel have beaten many of the guys on and they will defi nitely be looking Bu s and the Rams is that CU struggles in the red zone, and about CSU football? Do they view the roster. So to answer the orig- to repeat that success Friday. But had some national success for leaving the defense out on the the Rams as a legitimate rivalry? inal question posed, I think the I am confi dent that the Bu s are the better part of a decade in fi eld for ridiculous amounts of Justin Guerriero: In terms players defi nitely view this rivalry going to be an improved unit in the late 80s/early 90s. We'll al- time. of the fan’s overall general men- as legitimate and worthy of their terms of containing the enemy's ways hold that over your heads. tality, I think they enjoy the hell best e ort. Beating CSU is some- run game. Specifi cally, I'm talking But other than that, the two Collegian sta picks the Rocky Mountain Showdown Chad Deutschman Colton Strickler Eric Wolf Justin Michael Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Football Reporter Columnist This year's Showdown pits inex- The run game will be the di er- Dalyn Dawkins, Izzy Matthews, The Rams defense is extremely perience against experience. Not a ence for the Rams. CSU boasts a strong freshman Marvin Kinsey and CSU's inexperienced, especially along the great combo for CSU fans. The Rams o ensive line and if they can get Da- experienced o ensive line will do their defensive line and in the secondary. o ense will be fi ne as long as they can lyn Dawkins and Izzy Matthews going best to keep this game competitive If CU can establish the run behind an spread the ball around well enough so the Rams have a good shot to win. The throughout. CU's experienced defense experienced o ensive line, it will open the Bu s don't stack the box. With only game will boil down to what the Rams and the Ram's running game will can- things up for QB Sefo Liufau and it will three returning starters, the CSU de- can do defensively, which will be tough cel each other out, but Sefo Liufau and be a long night for Ram fans. O ensive- fense needs to settle into the game fast. considering the inexperience on the company will be able to move the ball ly, CSU will look to rely on the ground Josh Watson and Kevin Davis should defensive line and in the secondary. on the Rams defense. Semi-bold pre- and pound. If the Rams can run the anchor this linebacker group, and they This game will go either way, but I ex- diction, Dalyn Dawkins will make an ball e ectively and control the pace of will need to play big. My heart says yes, pect the Rams to win. impact play on a kicko return, but a the game, they will have a much better but my head says no. special teams score won't be enough chance. CU wins a close one,. for the Rams. 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