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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGIAN Monday, October 20, 2014 • Volume 123 No. 50 • collegian.com Cardiac kids Homecoming game Roberts’ last-second fi eld goal lifts But it was to no avail as Rob- attendees reportedly hit with erts calmly knocked it through CSU to a heart-stopping 16-13 win the uprights to give the Rams their pepper spray and batons fi fth-consecutive win. after rushing fi eld over Utah State "You are always nervous, espe- Jessie Trudell | page 3 cially in a game of this magnitude," Roberts said of the kick. "But know- By Emmett McCarthy up over the 30 we feel like we have ing that its just sitting there with Analysis: Colorado State The Rocky Mountain Collegian got a chance to maybe take a shot," one kick to keep this climb going, overcomes penalties, CSU head coach Jim McElwain you just want to hit it for your team- mistakes to outlast Utah A 46-yard fi eld goal by Jared said. mates, for the University, for the State Roberts as time expired was the dif- Following Hart's run, senior fans and everyone else involved." ference as Colorado State topped quarterback Garrett Grayson hit It looked as though the Rams Steven Jacobs | page 5 Utah State 16-13 in front of a sold- Rashard Higgins on a post route o ense would continue its hot See Tribal Rites on page 2 out crowd of 32,546 Saturday night for 46 yards to set the Rams up at streak early in the game when Is it wrong for parents at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins. Grayson found Higgins on a pitch for 20% o piercings! In a defensive battle riddled ONLINE EXCLUSIVE and catch that went for 69 yards on to bring their children to with penalties, CSU found just the fi rst play of the game to set up abortion protests? Check out highlights and a enough o ense in the fi nal minutes time-lapse of Saturday’s 16-13 a one-yard touchdown from Hart. Haleigh McGill | page 5 to set up Roberts' game winner. win over Utah State online at Utah State answered quickly The Rams took over from their collegian.com when running back Joe Hill took a own 12-yard line with 58 seconds delayed draw 59 yards to the house left and after an 11-yard fi rst down with 9:57 to play in the fi rst quar- Fort Collins Cat Rescue is run by junior running back Dee the Utah State 22-yard line. After ter. That would be the last touch- competing in the Saving Pets Hart, the Rams went into their Grayson kneeled the ball between down of the evening. 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Despite the pre-season The line for the mountain’s the riders.” that East Coast love to Colorado.” conditions and limited runs, rid- solo-running chairlift, Black A-Basin is one of the earliest Collegian Reporter Abbie Parr ers remained thankful for the rare Mountain Express, was backed resorts to open for the year, falling can be reached at news@collegian. c over Photo by up with skiers and snowboard- behind one of it’s main competi- com or on Twitter at @AbbsParr. auStin Simpson collegian.com The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Monday, October 20, 2014 3 “I’ve never been through an experience like that before. Compared to UNC games it’s a different atmosphere in general with more fans ... There’s just more emotion in the games here.” Brandon Grasmick student from UNC Homecoming crowd reportedly hit with batons, pepper spray By Jessie Trudell through, a couple people jumped keep them off the field," said Nick Jack Rosenthal, a business "It's just a welt on my skin," he The Rocky Mountain Collegian the wall and got told to get back in Petersen, environmental engineer- sophomore, said he experienced said. "But I know my friends got the stands," said Dean Klinkerman, ing freshman. "After a while the this violence firsthand. pepper spray on them." Since the CSU Rams' victory business administration fresh- trickle of people turned into a mas- "I was already on the field be- No critical injuries have been over the Utah State Aggies Saturday man. "At some point they realized sive stream and they couldn’t stop cause I was working at the game reported at this time. night, reports have surfaced regard- we were going to tear the field goals it." and when we won I ran around the "It was really cool to see the ing the use of pepper spray and ba- down so they (University person- Visiting Rams fans were sur- field as well," said Rosenthal. "My fans storm the field," said Brandon tons against fans. nel) took them down," Klinkerman prised by both the actions of the hat flew off and I bent over to get it. Grasmick, a student from UNC who CSUPD Chief Scott Harris con- said. crowd and the officials. An officer hit me in the back of my came to see the game. "I’ve never firmed that it was “a partner agency A CSU spokeswoman con- "It was a great experience to see left leg on my thigh.” been through an experience like that officer [not CSUPD] that used pep- firmed that the goal posts were in- all of the dedicated fans," said Ben When asked about the iden- before. Compared to UNC games it’s per spray,” but did not release any tentionally taken down by officials. Johnson, environmental sciences tity of the man wielding the baton, a different atmosphere in general additional information. Students said they saw authori- freshman at UNC. "But I saw a guy Rosenthal said that "he didn't look with more fans ... There’s just more The crowd stormed the field ties taking other safety precautions get like smashed with a baton on his like a usual CSU officer. He was emotion in the games here." Saturday after the final CSU field as well. leg pretty hard. I saw an officer rip dressed in navy, maybe a hired one." Collegian Reporter Jessie goal was made, and allegedly sought "A few people started to jump a shirt off of a fan running into the Rosenthal reported that there is Trudell can be reached at news@ to tear down the goal posts.