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Friday, April 21, 2017 Spring Football Guide
COMING SOON Colorado State playing spring game in shadow of on-campus stadium PAGE 8 2 Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017 Bennett, Golditch lead young oensive line
By Eric Wolf to have to become those type of Senior Trae Moxley and ju- second-team in the spring, Golditch just as much as the @Eric_Wolf5 guys for us. They will get their nior Colby Meeks — who have but they could also hear their coaching sta. After all, they When the 2017 season chance right here to prove that combined for 10 starts while names called this season. Juco are the ones leading the com- opens, the Colorado State of- they can play.” at CSU — might be upperclass- transfer Ben Knox is also a munication and cohesiveness fensive line will be a mix of That process starts this men, but they lack the on-field mid-year enrollee, but has so vital to the oensive front. change and continuity. spring, and the continuity is presence of players like Ben- seen limited practice time Golditch said that play- For some, the change might there to make sure that pro- nett and Golditch. Sophomore because of injury. Along with ing under people like Weston be the easiest thing to focus cess goes as smoothly as pos- Je Taylor, who saw limit- Knox and Bjorklund, the Rams Richburg, Ty Sambrailo and on. Nick Callender and his 19 sible. ed action in nine games last signed five more oensive line- even Fred Zerblis helped in- career starts at CSU has ended, “(The spring is) just for the season, is another player the man in the 2017 class. still the type of leadership and certainly just recognizable new guys and the older guys coaches are hoping can help Once fall camp opens, needed from the seniors now will be the absence of the flow- to just kind of gel together plug the oensive line holes. there will be plenty of bodies that it is their time to show the ing brown hair of first team and start to learn how to play Those three players, along competing for positions and younger players the way on the All-Mountain West guard Fred together,” senior Jake Ben- with Bennett and Golditch, shifting is likely, but the con- oensive line. Zerblis. nett said. “For some of the the has made up CSU’s first group stant remains in Bennett and “We have had guys to look With the loss of Zerblis younger guys, it is definitely of oensive lineman so far this Golditch, who are tasked with up to, and we have taken those and his 39 career starts, the a process to learn the oense spring. bringing that group along. parts that made them good Rams are in the process of fill- and it takes a little bit. I think “Spring ball in general is “Colby and Je have seen leaders and good players, and ing some big holes up front. the older guys and myself are taking a step back and taking their share of playing, but I now it is our turn to apply During last Monday’s spring just trying to bring those guys the baby steps,” Golditch said. think just being the guy and those,” Golditch said. “That’s press conference, oensive along.” “(The younger guys) are com- knowing that you are going to where we are kind of fitting coordinator and oensive line The unquestioned leader ing along pretty good. Colby take every a single rep is just in — is being the model. Being coach Will Friend said he was of the CSU oense, Bennett has experience, Je has min- another level to it,” Bennett around the program for four not yet comfortable with his (29-career starts) stands as imal experience...but it’s just said. “I think the older guys years, we know the ins and outs group of big guys. a pillar on the changing of- the little things we are working just have to be there for advice and the do’s and don’ts. We can “We lost a guy that can fensive line. With him is se- on, and they are working on, and telling them what needs say, ‘Hey you should do this, or finish with Fred,” Friend said. nior Zack Golditch (24-career and the older guys are bringing to be done and how to do. It it hey, this is the way to look at “We lost some toughness for starts). Together, the two line- them along.” is our job to get them ready to this,’ and stu like that.” our team with him, and some- man bring the kind of experi- Mid-year enrollee and play.” Eric Wolf can be reached by body has got to get better with ence it takes for an inexperi- juco transfer Tyler Bjorklund Getting the oensive line email at [email protected]. that role. Some guys that have enced oensive line to come and redshirt junior Nicho ready for the 2017 season falls not really played a lot are going together quickly. Garcia are working with the on leaders like Bennett and Schlager taking on leadership role in final season at CSU
By Eric Wolf 72, along with one interception “I thought Jake Schlager did not only has he been here a while, In his CSU career, Schlager @Eric_Wolf5 and three pass breakups. a nice job of growing in his role,” but he’s also a senior,’ so I think has appeared in 41 games, the And with his previous ex- coach Mike Bobo said. “Really, you just kind of earn a little bit majority of those coming pri- Few Colorado State Rams on perience, it did not take long for his leadership consisted of lead- more respect from the people marily in that special teams role. the spring football roster have Schlager to become the leader in ing his segment of safeties. He who may not know you as much But Schlager has still been at the been in Fort Collins as long as red- the safeties room, and the defen- did a nice job with Jamal Hicks -- when you step in that senior po- school five years. He has spent the shirt senior safety Jake Schlager. sive backfield as a whole. teaching him how to study, how to sition,” Schlager said. “It’s defi- time playing with guys like Mat- Schlager has played a variety “Jake is an intelligent guy,” prepare and teaching him how to nitely a dierent feeling, but at thews, Simmons, Pierre-Louis of roles since he arrived at CSU CSU safeties coach and special communicate in games.” the same time it’s not. A leader is and DeAndre Elliott. — stretching from a special teams team coordinator Jamie Bryant Schlager may have been the a leader.” He always felt he had the ex- star in his first few seasons, to said. “He understands the scheme leader in the safeties room last “...I kind of felt like I was in perience to match those types of an occasional defensive fill-in in and all of the adjustments. That’s year, but that was before the that senior leadership position players. Now, he has a full year as 2015. probably where the most leader- departure of cornerback Tyree last year, but now that I have this a starter in the bag, and he is ready But with the loss of safe- ship came in — is communicating Simmons and his 30 career starts. extra year, I feel like I am just to see where that takes him this ties Trent Matthews and Kevin and making sure we got lined up Now, Schlager is the unques- playing on borrowed time. It’s a season. Pierre-Louis after that 2015 sea- and we were where we were sup- tioned elder-statesman in the great feeling to know that and just “Having that starting (sea- son, 2016 was set to be Schlager’s posed to be.” CSU defensive backfield. be able to continue to lead and ac- son) underneath my belt at the time patrolling the back-end of As a communicator, Schlager With seniority might come a cept that leadership position as a safety position, it just adds to a the CSU defense. led a safeties group that saw four title change, but Schlager makes senior.” whole other level of experience,” Even though he had only one dierent players start over the it clear that not much is dierent. Schlager’s “borrowed time,” Schlager said. “People respect defensive start prior to last sea- course of the season. One of those He was called on to be that leader comes from the 2014 season, that you are not a first-year start- son, Schlager helped plug that was a true freshman in Jamal a season ago, so too will he be this when he received a medical red- er anymore. You are a vet you and much needed role in the defen- Hicks, who made five starts last year. shirt after only appearing in four have been in this position.” sive backfield, ending the year season, while recording 25 tack- “Everyone realizes that well games before an ankle injury end- Eric Wolf can be reached at third on the team in tackles with les and one interception. okay, ‘not only does he start and ed his season. [email protected].
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On the second floor of Colo- rado State’s business school an ordinary oce can be found with a very unordinary occupant. The nametag on the door reads “Sonny Lubick” and noth- ing more. There is no mention of the former football coach leading Colorado State to six confer- ence titles in his 15 years as head coach. There is no mention of Lubick being the program’s most successful coach in history with 108 wins. There is no mention that a $20 million anonymous donation ensured that Sonny Lubick Field would make the trip from Hughes Stadium to the new on-campus stadium. That is the way Lubick wants it; he is not one to flash his ac- complishments. While his impact on the Col- orado State football program was second to none, it did not start when he took over as head coach in 1993 and certainly did not end when he left the program in 2007. Sonny Lubick helped build Colorado State football into what it is today, literally. The Fence Come August 2017, Colorado State will be playing in a $220 million stadium. In 1982, when Lubick was brought on as an assistant coach The fence around Colorado State’s practice field was built by head coach Sonny Lubick and his staff in 1982. PHOTO BY CHAD DEUTSCHMAN COLLEGIAN on Leon Fuller’s sta, Colorado State didn’t even have a fence around their practice field. Not the hard way and do it ourselves.” through, I remember somebody ing used.” and dug out the sidelines from because they didn’t want one, “We as coaches did a lot of from the administration hap- The Crowned Field the 30 to 30, so 40 yards,” Lubick but because they couldn’t aord that work and didn’t think any- pened to be driving around the When standing on the side- said about their decision to fix one. thing of it,” Lubick said. “That college up by Shields Street and lines of a grass football field, es- the drainage problem. “Probably In fact, students at the Uni- was part of the way life was back said ‘what the heck is going on pecially older ones, you can no- dug out about 8 feet and back; versity were free to walk through then.” over here,’” Lubick said. “But tice a slope. we had people and some other the field whenever they pleased. The decision to build the they were nice enough to allow The crown of the field is de- boosters helping us.” “As we were practicing, in fence was an easy one, a neces- us to finish it and didn’t tear it signed to keep conditions on the While the CSU coaching sta the first year or so, the students sary one. If the University was down. Cost more to tear it down field as playable as possible in was embarking on their next dig, in that dorm across the way (Ed- not going to spend money to pro- once they figured it out.” inclement weather, draining rain the University of Utah was redo- wards), it was the perfect way for vide an adequate practice atmo- At the end of the day none of and snow to the sidelines. ing their own field to get rid of them going into their dorm,” Lu- sphere, the team would provide the coaches received any extra When Hughes Stadium old AstroTurf. Utah was able to bick said. “They would cut right it to themselves, with or without pay for building the fence. The opened in 1968, it utilized the give CSU two 40-yard stretches through the practice fields and the University’s consent. construction phase took a sum- crown system. According to Lu- of turf to use in their project. The there would be a big trail. We’d be “I was 25, youngest coach mer’s worth of weekends to get bick, Hughes’ crown may have dilemma was how to get the turf out there practicing and they’d on the sta at the time, so I was finished, but according to Lu- worked a little too well. to CSU. be walking through.” sheltered from all those deci- bick, it was worth it. “At the time Hughes Stadium To do so, CSU called upon The culture surrounding sions,” Rider said. “Leon (Fuller) “We had to have a place to had a real nice crown,” Lubick now late Jerry McMorris, whom CSU needed to change if it ever basically told me just to show up practice,” Lubick said. “It was said. “And if you were playing on Lubick described as being “A hoped to break out of the depths and start digging. So when (ad- kind of funny that we did it on a sloppy, snowy day or rainy day good friend to the football team.” college football. But change takes ministration found out), I had no our own. I think that’s probably with slush, if you were on the McMorris was a CSU booster, money; something the program clue … but we started the whole still the original fence. I don’t sidelines, the mud was up over principal owner of the Colorado didn’t have in 1982. process without their approval, think they’ve ever changed it, so your ankles. You were standing Rockies and owner of NW Trans- That’s when the coaching that’s for sure.” we must have done a decent job in stu because it was a crown port, one of the largest trucking sta decided to take matters into In the midst of building the cause usually they fall down by field so all the water would drain companies in the United States. their own hands. fence, the sta became aware it this time.” o to the sidelines and that was “(McMorris) coordinated Then head coach Leon Fuller was going to be more dicult The fence put up by Lubick miserable for the players, miser- with his trucking company that wanted a fence to be built, and than they originally thought. and the rest of Leon Fuller’s sta able for everybody.” would go through Salt Lake and there were eight full-time coach- Nevertheless, the project con- has kept CSU football practices About one year after install- picked up the turf and brought es prepared to do so. tinued in secrecy, if you will, free of wandering students for 35 ing the practice field fence, Lu- it to the stadium in the summer “You’ve got to remember, we from University administration. years. bick and the rest of Fuller’s sta time,” Lubick said. “That was an- came into (CSU) and it was not It wasn’t until the crew was half “I live in Montana,” Rider were through battling the siwde- other project that probably took the way it is now,” said Craig Rid- way done with installing the said. “And I come back to town line slosh at Hughes Stadium. us all summer.” er, former CSU defensive ends fence that the University found and drive by it and I snicker Another project was on the way, Hughes Stadium housed coach. “Whatever we wanted to out. thinking that we put a lot of labor this time University approved. game days for Colorado State get done, we kind of had to do it “As we got about half way into that darn fence. It’s still be- “We got another brain storm see FENCE on page 5 >> Inside The Lines 5 Friday, April 21, 2017 6 Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017 McBride ready to lead CSU defensive line By Eric Wolf did (last year) was miraculous.” @Eric_Wolf5 He never started a game last season, but McBride still led all When Toby McBride of CSU’s defensive lineman in stepped onto the field at Sports tackles (32), tackles-for-loss (7) Authority Field in August, when and sacks (4.0). It was hard to the Colorado State Rams took on imagine that the smallest line- Colorado in the Rocky Mountain man on the field was making showdown, he surprised himself. arguably the biggest impact, but Coming out of 3A Fort Mor- McBride continually stepped up gan High School, the 245-pound and made plays for the young true freshman defensive line- CSU defense last season. man was not supposed to be on “My family and the coach- the field that night—or so he es here have always believed in thought. me,” McBride said. “But (last “Coming into the summer, year) was just about proving I was kind of expecting to red- everybody else wrong, and that shirt,” McBride said. “I was with the help of all the coach- pretty small….so I was ready to es here I can do a lot more than redshirt and get some weight people thought I could do, or lifting in and bulk up a little bit. even what I thought I could do.” But through camp, (the coaches) As an undersized defensive told me I was going to play in the lineman with shorter arms, it CU game. So no redshirt, I just is not hard to see why McBride had to get ready to do what I can had some detractors. He may do. I played a lot quicker than I not have thought he was going to thought I was going to.” be on the field last season, but he Stepping onto the field a lot also knew there were others who sooner than he thought he would thought the exact same thing. Colorado State defensive lineman Toby McBride, left, runs through a tackling drill during a spring practice on led to some nerves. Senior Jakob But before he could prove April 11. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN Buys, a fellow defensive lineman, that he could play at this level, he said that he could tell McBride had to overcome himself. school going against smaller guys with his hands and his quickness. guessing.” was nervous early on, especially In high school, McBride was and smaller schools, but you are From last year’s impact, it is “He is growing a lot more,” before the CU game, but as the used to simply overpowering his the small guy now and you can’t safe to say that Mcbride figured it Buys said. “His technique is get- season went on, McBride relaxed opponents. Usually, he was one really be doing that,’” McBride out pretty quickly. ting a lot better. He has slowed and grew up. of the biggest players on the field. said. “So that just changed my Now, with an unexpected the game down in his head and And though McBride might During fall camp last season, whole outlook and I just had year of experience under his belt, everything is not just a big blur. not have seen himself contrib- when he was going up against to be quicker and faster. It just McBride can only progress. He has grown so much over the uting for the Rams as early as he oensive lineman with 60-70 changed everything that I had “I don’t have to think about year, and last year really helped did, it did not take long for his pounds on him, McBride learned been used to.” the plays as much,” McBride him. He is a great player now, and impact to become noticeable. that the power approach was not To best bigger opponents, said about his growth coming he’s gonna be a great player in the “He surprised me a whole going to work anymore. McBride had to learn to combine into spring camp. “I can just line future too.” lot,” Buys said of McBride’s 2016 “Coach (Ricky) Logo just his physicality with technicality. up, take a look at the oense and Eric Wolf can be reached by season. “He is a great player even sat me down and said, ‘I know He has the strength, but he had know what plays are gonna come email at [email protected] . though he is undersized. What he you were a power player in high to learn how to beat blockers my way instead of just really Remembering Hughes: Confusion in 1974 By Collegian Sports Desk Everyone, that is, except Wes the hallmark of collegiate foot- Sark and the press that the game attempts for 370 yards and 6 @RMCollegianSpts Cerveny and the rest of the Ram ball, prompted the o¤cials to call was “a 33-33 tie.” touchdowns. Amazing statistics defense that had come in for the the Rams for unsportsmanlike Adams’ justification was that considering he has come into the Though the end result of supposed final play of the game conduct. The penalty, an auto- the signal made by the referee, game when the opposition knew the 1974 football season was for- after the CSU oense had failed matic 15 yards, moved the ball Moyers, was not for a good PAT he must pass and pass and pass to gettable for the Colorado State to convert on fourth down and back to the 18-yard line for Clark but was, “a standard WAC signal get back into the contest. Driscoll Rams, the season also featured six at the Cougar 16-yard line. Kemble’s point after touchdown for asking for the ball at the end looks to have earned himself a one of the most memorable mo- It was Cerveny who, on that attempt. of each quarter and since the PAT starting role against the Rams’ ments in Hughes Stadium histo- supposed final play, recovered The penalty turned the usu- ended the game and quarter, the next opponent, Utah State. ry. BYU quarterback Gary Sheide’s ally short and easy PAT into a referee was merely making the Once again Willie Mill- After a late comeback by the fumble at the Cougar 15-yard much tougher 35-yard attempt. technical motion for getting the er shined in the clutch for the Rams, confusion surrounded the line. The recovery was like rein- The ball was snapped and the ball back.” Rams. The “sure bet for all WAC” potential go ahead PAT attempt. carnation for the Ram squad that holder Mike Deutsch placed the Adams stated that there was caught five passes for 155 yards Mixed signals from the referees answered the heaven sent turn ball for Kemble, who put his foot never any question about wheth- and one crucial TD. Dan O’Ro- made it unclear if the ball actu- around with a 15-yard touch- into the ball and watched it sail er the kick was good. Back judge urke always in the shadow of ally went through the uprights, down pass from Mark Driscoll to “close to being good.” The back Combs stated “There is no ques- Miller did his part too, the junior and the game eventually ended Willie Miller. As the score went judge, Jack Combs, signaled the tion in my mind, he missed it by a from Worthington, Ohio snared in a tie. to 33-33, Bedlam broke loose in kick wide. Then referee Jack yard and I would walk to hell and 6 passes for 70 yards and his sec- The bizarreness of the fin- in the stands and on the field. Moyers seemingly signaled good, back on that call.” Combs may ond TD in two weeks. ish makes this game worthy of a It was that bedlam that would then wide, then good again. The have walked to hell and back Sat- On defense Kevin McLain, trip down The Collegian Sports cost the Rams the second mira- scoreboard read CSU 34 Visitor urday night in his sleep. Loren Mulkins, Jim Opperman Desk’s memory lane. cle victory in succession they’ve 33 and the Rams and their fans CSU’s second half comeback and Larry Olson oh and don’t Rams win, tie, then win, then tie missed. left the field thinking they were kept the fans in the stands and forget Wes Cerveny, led the de- Published October 7, 1974 When Miller caught victorious. the man that kept the Rams in fenders in tackles against the By Mike Stratton Driscoll’s TD pass, the entire In the locker room, coach the game was Mark Driscoll. For surprising Cougar team. With only ten seconds re- Ram team, ecstatic over the Sark Arslanian said “This is the the second week in a row, the ju- maining in Saturday’s BYU vs. prospect of victory taken from sweetest victory of my career.” nior signal caller has come o the Collegian Sports Desk can CSU game, everyone in Hughes the mouth of defeat, swarmed on But that victory didn’t last bench to bring the Rams to an al- be reached by email at sports@ Stadium was resigned to the fact the field to cheer and congratu- long. John Adams, supervisor of most win and a tie. collegian.com. that the Rams were going to lose late the game’s hero. WAC o¤cials, came to the Ram In two halves of play Driscoll to BYU 33-27. That outburst of exuberance, dressing room and related to has completed 25 of 50 pass Inside The Lines 7 Friday, April 21, 2017
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By Eric Wolf @Eric_Wolf5 lion from TCF Bank for the nam- overlapped far too often and made sional use at CSU’s new stadium, about the flourishing business dis- ing rights. On September 12, 2009 the process more dicult. and as time goes on, the event list tricts surrounding TCF Bank sta- the team played it’s first game in In 2016, CSU put the focus on should only get bigger. dium because of the high volume When Minnesota Golden Go- the new stadium, a 20-13 win over selling it’s premium seats. Back to Campus of people in the area on game days. phers’ senior associate athletics Air Force. “That allows us more time In the end, the stadium is be- At CSU, there is more to see director Marc Ryan walks past The changes in the football to take our resources and our ing built for seven football Satur- and more to do around central TCF Bank Stadium on the Uni- program and the community sta and really focus on moving day’s a year. campus than Hughes Stadium, versity’s campus in Minneapolis, were immediate. the other 3,000 ticket holders For Ryan, the Gophers’ transi- and because of that, Parker ex- he still has to pinch himself. “It was a huge game changer,” (Hughes stadium season tickets) tion back to campus was night and pects that CSU fans will want to Only 8 years ago, the Golden Ryan said. “It was like night and accounts that we have,” Crum day. The college gameday electric- stick around campus and connect Gophers did not have such a home day. It’s really energized this cam- said. “And make sure that the ity that had been lacking in the with the dierent areas of Fort for their football team. Sure, they pus and game day is electric. Cam- process of moving from their seat Metrodome returned with TCF Collins. had a home stadium, the Hubert pus is alive. Game day is special. location in Hughes to the new sta- Bank stadium. Students and fans It’s a hope for business oper- H. Humphrey Metrodome, but It’s just energized this campus on dium is as smooth as possible.” were no longer being shuttled o ations and community involve- that stadium belonged to the many fronts.” From his experience at Min- campus for a football game. The ment just like what is going on in Minnesota Vikings of the Nation- The TCF bank stadium expe- nesota, Crum has a basis of which team was playing in a stadium in Minneapolis on game day. al Football League, and it was 2.5 rience is exactly the kind of game to place CSU’s new build. the heart of everything that was While Parker was in Min- miles o campus. changer the CSU Rams are look- “We are following a lot of how the University of Minnesota. neapolis for CSU’s game against It was roughly the same dis- ing for when the new on-campus Minnesota designed, opened, and There were drawbacks in Minnesota in 2016, he also had the tance Hughes Stadium is to Col- stadium opens up for the 2017 utilized their stadium,” Crum moving back to campus to be sure. opportunity to connect with vari- orado State University’s central football season. said. “We are trying to do the same It was a massive logistical process ous Ram club members as well as campus. Fort Collins thing. It was very successful and it and in some areas the negatives those who have supported the de- But now, the Gophers are back Throughout its own stadium continues to be very successful at will match up with the CSU expe- partment and have made financial home on campus, and in just a few process, CSU learned a lot from Minnesota.” rience. contributions to the new stadium. months, the CSU Rams will find the Gopher’s transition. Ryan, who said TCF BANK For instance, one of the tail- “It was nice of them to see first themselves in the same position. The Rams frequently cited stadium was never meant to be a gating lots in Minnesota is a 12 hand what reality will be for us Minneapolis TCF Bank stadium when looking one-dimensional facility, covered minute ride away from the sta- when our project is done,” Park- Before moving to the Metro- at other new stadium builds, and part of that utilization. dium, and the Minnesota sta is er said of the CSU fan experience dome, the Gophers had an they share the same design and “It’s a lot more than just seven still looking at ways to refine game in Minnesota. “It’s nice to be on on-campus facility, Memorial construction partner on the proj- home football games,” Ryan said. days on campus. a Big Ten campus, and it’s nice to Stadium, where the team played ect. “It’s been a campus and a commu- But for Ryan, the stadium is see that they have accomplished its home games for 58 years. Ryan, “We have almost been on a nity asset when you look at it.” invaluable to the University and something that we are looking a native Minnesotan attended parallel track,” Colorado State Ryan said that on any given community. to do ourselves when the project games at Memorial stadium grow- athletic director Joe Parker said. day, four or five events are going It’s exactly what CSU is look- is finished and we have a chance ing up when the on-campus game “Our design partner is Popu- on somewhere across the stadi- ing for. to bring football back to the CSU day atmosphere was “electric.” lous, our construction partner is um. When the team opened up “It is in fact bringing football central campus.” Then, the Metrodome opened Mortenson. We had a facility with the facility, it did not take long for back to campus, and I think we And Ryan has received the up in 1982 as a brand new home Hughes that was o campus and the Minnesota sta to realize the can expect so many positive out- Hughes stadium experience, as for the Vikings and the Minnesota we are bringing the football expe- need to hire additional sta mem- comes from that,” Parker said. the teams met in Fort Collins in Twins of Major League Baseball. rience back.” bers just to manage events. The tailgating experience 2004 and again in 2015. Ryan said The Gophers made the trip too. One man has lived through it The stadium has seen ev- won’t have the feel or the space the outdoor venue in Fort Collins Minnesota thought the stadi- all closer than anyone else in CSU erything from weddings to bar that Hughes had, but by opening was a nice change of pace com- um’s size and climate-controlled senior associate athletics director mitzvahs, classes and corporate up dierent areas on campus for pared to the Metrodome and the atmosphere would give the team for development, David Crum, conferences and even intramural game day experiences, like live tailgating setup was “real nice,” a distinct advantage, but once the who plays a major role in stadium sports. The Rolling Stones, U2, music near the Lagoon, or “Ram- but in the end, “it was not on cam- “newness” of the Metrodome be- fundraising and premium seating Luke Bryan and Beyonce have town” centered on the intramural pus.” gan to wear o, the Gophers were sales for the CSU on campus sta- made appearances. The Vikings fields, CSU has their own plans to The last thing Ryan had to say left in want of a return to their own dium. even played two years of home liven up campus for game day. about bring football back to cam- campus. The Metrodome was a Crum, who worked in the football games there while they And Minnesota’s campus is pus was, “the excitement is build- pro-football environment, and Minnesota athletic department were transitioning out of the surely alive on game day. Driving ing and it’s pretty special. On those it lacked the college atmosphere from 2007-2012, served in a simi- Metrodome and into US Bank down University Avenue two- football Saturday’s, the game is and the campus connection that lar role when the Gophers were in Stadium, which opened in 2016. and-a-half-hours before kicko, just a big part of it. It’s a commu- the Gophers had with Memorial their own stadium process. “Internally and externally the streets were already lined nity-building event surrounding Stadium. “He knew the design team, the stadium is alive 365 days a with maroon and gold clad fans a football game. It’s pretty special “I didn’t take many years to the construction team he was able year, not just on seven Saturdays headed towards the stadium cen- it’s pretty hard to beat.” get o campus to realize the need to point out things as we were go- a year,” Ryan said. “(It’s a) tre- ter. Fraternity members crowded For Crum, well, he gets to go for coming back and bringing ing through our process,” Parker mendous community, campus, the lawns in front of their houses through the process twice. football back to campus,” Ryan said of Crum. “Certainly, when and state asset on many levels. It’s near the stadium in anticipation “Quite honestly I’ve been in said. “And how important that was we brought the concept to our fan been really special for seven foot- as they celebrated early morning this business for 25 years and the not only to the University of Min- base and started soliciting com- ball home games but that’s just the football. most exciting day I’ve ever had nesota and certainly our football mitments for premium seating he tip of the iceberg.” Tent cities sprung up along was when we opened a brand new program, but the community as a went though that process while he Crum said that he wants “ev- campus streets as fans indulged on-campus Stadium at Minneso- whole.” was here at Minnesota.” erybody” to be able to utilize the in food, music and Gopher spir- ta,” Crum said. “I think a lot of peo- Ryan said discussions about Premium seating was one new CSU stadium space, and for it while awaiting entry into TCF ple are going to realize that when moving back to campus opened of the few aspects where Crum now the plan matches TCF Bank bank stadium. we open up a new on campus sta- up fairly recently once the team thought the Minnesota process stadium somewhat, as Crum Not only do Parker and Crum dium at CSU. People are going to made the move to the Metro- could have went smoother. At called the new stadium a “365 expect this type of closer relation- remember it for a long, long time.” dome. Minnesota, the process of sell- days a year facility.” ship with fans and the campus, but In the early 2000’s the talks ing premium seats and resettling Crum cited weddings, parties, the overall Fort Collins communi- Eric Wolf can be reached by heated up, and by 2005, Minneso- season ticket holders from the conferences, reunions, and use by ty as a whole. email at [email protected]. ta had secured a pledge of $35 mil- Metrodome to TCF Bank stadium CSU academia as multidimen- Ryan and Crum both talked Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017 9
Minnesota road trip oered Colorado State a glimpse into future
Minnesota fans cheer before a game against Texas Christian at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.(ELIZABETH FLORES/MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE/TNS)
CSU’s $220 million on-campus stadium will be fully completed by August. The stadium will host football games, weddings and other corporate events.PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN 10 Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017 Receiving corps returns production, leadership By Colin Barnard remarkable part of last season one of the leaders on this foot- @ColinBarnard_ for Gallup is that he did not hit ball team,” Bobo said. “I’m try- full stride until mid-season. ing to teach him to be a little Returning its top two wide Now with the ability to par- more vocal, but he’s stepped receivers from a season ago, the ticipate in spring drills and hav- up his game. He comes out and Colorado State receiving corps ing already learned the oense, competes every day and he figures to be one of the team’s Gallup appears ready to take practices the way you need to strongest units in 2017. Led by the next step. practice every single day. That’s 2016 All-Mountain West selec- “You get more comfort- why he’s in the position he’s in.” tion Michael Gallup and junior able with quarterbacks, you get Bobo also complemented Olabisi Johnson, the Rams have more comfortable with what the strides that Gallup has tak- two players with experience at plays you’re running and what en, saying that his preparedness the position. you’re actually trying to do in and high energy throughout the The same could not be the oense,” Gallup said. “Me spring have increased his pro- said last spring for a team that getting a good little spring un- ductivity. In doing so Gallup lacked leadership at the posi- der my belt, that should help us and Johnson have been able to tion. Thought to be the team’s out in the long run. So getting show the younger receivers how top two options prior to last an actual full year to play at a to operate. season, Xavier Williams and D1 level, that’s gonna be great “I definitely try to lead by Sammie Long IV are no longer for us.” example,” Johnson said. “I with the program. Two weeks Johnson comes into the know this oense, I’ve been in into spring ball and Gallup and spring with increased confi- it for almost three years now. I Johnson are confident that this dence too. After his record-set- think it helps guys when we’re year’s receivers can build on ting performance in the Famous on the field. Guys like Det- what was already a strong 2016 Idaho Potato Bowl in which he rich (Clark) or Hawk (Antho- campaign. hauled in seven receptions for ny Hawkins), I can help them “I think the receivers were 265 yards and two touchdowns out with what they need to do, a strength for us last season,” he believes that production will what their assignments are on Johnson said. “We still have to follow him into the spring. the field. Hawk specifically, he’s improve and I think the sky’s Entering his third year as a been the guy under me as ‘Z.’ the limit for all of us.” Ram, Johnson has more playing I’ve seen a lot of improvement The strength at the position experience at Colorado State from him in his routes, just go- is not something new for Col- than any other receiver. Head ing on the field and running orado State football. After the coach Mike Bobo believes that hard. He’s a guy who works hard heralded career of Rashard Hig- Johnson can develop into a on the field and o the field.” gins ended in 2015 Gallup was leader on the oensive side of Colin Barnard can be reached Colorado State wide receiver Michael Gallup makes a catch during nearly as impressive in his first the ball. by email at [email protected]. practice earlier this spring. PHOTO BY KEEGAN POPE COLLEGIAN year as a Ram. Perhaps the most “Bisi Johnson, I think, is Young running backs competing for playing time in spring By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael cerned about the way Darius (May) was hitting it up in there,” There are a variety of ques- Bobo said. “I have to look at the tions surrounding the Colorado film, but I saw a guy run with State football team this spring, somebody lean today, which was but the running game is not one impressive. The more reps he of them. gets, the more comfortable he is Head coach Mike Bobo is going to feel. But at the end of the well known for a strong rushing day, he has played running back attack and, with three practices his whole life. He has to do what in the book this spring, it is clear he has always done, which is run that running back is once again the ball.” one of the strongest position Much like how Dawkins and groups on the team. Matthews each bring their own The Rams return an experi- running style to the mix, Daw- enced starting duo with junior kins with the ability to slash and Izzy Matthews and redshirt se- dash through the defense and nior Dalyn Dawkins. With a com- Matthews’ raw power, the new- bined 1,653 rushing yards and 17 est members of the running back touchdowns between the two, stable, Boddie and May, each the Rams are poised to have one bring a dierent pace to the of- of the strongest backfields in the fense. Mountain West. “Iron strengthens iron,” Currently recovering from running back’s coach Bryan Ap- a torn ACL last November, true plewhite said of the diversity of freshman Marvin Kinsey is also styles within his backfield. expected to be part of the ro- When Dawkins sees Mat- tation. While Kinsey recovers, thews make a play or vice versa, it Rashaad Boddie and Darius May makes the other want to respond CSU running back Rashaad Boddie runs after catching a pass during spring practice on Saturday, April 15. will have an opportunity to com- and get in the action too. That PHOTO BY KEEGAN POPE COLLEGIAN pete for snaps as well. attitude is contagious through- laterally that he took reps with in full pads is much more condu- in the spring period, the coach- After practicing in shorts out the locker room and makes the defensive backs last spring cive to his tough style of play. ing sta will continue to get and shells for the first few days, everyone want to elevate their before redshirting his freshman “I love seeing the team in looks at these developing backs Bobo was eager to see how the game to the next level. campaign. pads,” Applewhite said. “You re- and how they progress through young backs competed in full According to Applewhite Boddie is much more of ally get to see how physical a kid the system. pads against the starting defense. May’s game parallels Dawkins’. a bruiser. A guy that will run is willing to play when you put Justin Michael can be reached “The first two days we were May is quick and shifty through straight through the defender the pads on.” by email at [email protected]. in shorts and I was a little con- the hole. In fact, May is so quick instead of around him, so playing With 12 practices remaining Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017 11 Hey CSU Focus! Concentrates WHAT ARE MARIJUANA CONCENTRATES? Marijuana concentrates are known as wax, ear wax, honey oil, budder, shatter, dabs or dabbing. WHAT IS IT? Concentrate is a highly potent THC, that is a concentrated mass that looks like honey or butter. For that reason, it is often called “honey oil” or “budder” on the street. The most common terminology in the general public, is also known as “Dabs/Dabbing” or “Shatter” HOW POTENT IS THIS FORM OF MARIJUANA? Marijuana concentrates contain extraordinarily high THC levels ranging from 40 to 80 % THC amounts. This form of marijuana can be up to four times stronger in THC content than high grade or top shelf marijuana flowers, which normally measures around 20 – 30% THC levels. HOW IS IT ABUSED? One form of abuse occurs orally by infusing marijuana concentrates in various food or drink products, called “Edibles”. Smoking remains the most popular form of use, Live Music and DJ usually smoked in joints, bongs, vaporizers or several Cash Prizes for 10 winning teams! different kinds of pipes.The most popular way to smoke concentrates is by using an e-cigarette/vaporizer because it is smokeless, odorless and easy to hide. The user takes a “dab” of the concentrate, then heats the substance, producing vapors that ensure an instant high. This form of smoking is referred to as “dabbing” or “vaping.” WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF USING MARIJUANA CONCENTRATES? Being a highly concentrated form of marijuana, the effects upon the user may be more psychologically and physically intense than smoking the flower of the plant. To date, long-term effects of marijuana concentrate use are not yet fully known,; but we do know the effects of plant/flower use. These effects include paranoia, anxiety, panic attacks, and hallucinations.
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Friday, April 21, 2017
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PHOTO BY KEEGAN POPE COLLEGIAN Inside The Lines 13 Friday, April 21, 2017 Positions to watch in CSU’s Green and Gold Game is in full pads Saturday, as each Alongside Watson and will be in the mix for the num- Thomas will be Deonte Cly- Justin ber three depth chart spot, burn, whom will be returning Michael heading into the August. to the gridiron after missing Wide Receivers @JustinTMichael the entire 2016 season with a All of the Ram faithful are blood clot in his leg. Clyburn is justifi ably excited about re- currently sidelined with a mi- VISIT OUR WEBSITE MYFORTCOLLINSHOME.COM TO VIEW LISTINGS turning senior wide receiver nor knee injury, but is expect- Colorado State football is Michael Gallup. Saturday will ed to be ready to go by the fall. PETS WELCOME now just a few months from be the fi rst chance of the 2017 If this team is ever going opening its on-campus sta- season for the fans to see the to compete for a conference 1 BEDROOMS-EXTRA OCCUPANCY LARGE HOUSES AVAILABLE dium, but before the Rams Rams top target in action and championship, the defense square o with Oregon State whether he still has the strong must improve against the run in their brand new home, the connection with quarterback this season. Going up against annual spring game will take Nick Stevens. the Rams running back stable place Saturday at the Lagoon. Although Gallup is the ob- on Saturday will be their fi rst The fi nal chance for coach- vious player to spotlight in this test. es to see the players on the fi eld o ense, I’m intrigued by the Quarterbacks before the team is released for other junior college transfer, Last but not least, we have the summer, the Green and senior Detrich Clark and ju- the quarterbacks. CALL FOR A Gold Game may not count in nior Olabisi Johnson. I put this position group the record books, but it can Used primarily in sweep last, because with Collin Hill help infl uence what players situations and quick pitches to currently still recovering from receive reps when the team re- the outside, Clark rushed for a torn ACL last Fall, the only turns from break in late July. just under 250 yards in 2016. quarterback that matters this TOUR TODAY! Obviously fans should not With head coach Mike Bobo weekend is Nick Stevens. buy into an inter-squad scrim- looking to increase the team’s After practice on Tuesday, (970) 689-8803 mage too much, as you can only intermediate passing produc- Stevens commented on how learn so much from what is es- tion, I expect the speedy wide he was impressed with how sentially just a practice that out to play a much larger role the o ense was able to stay is open to the general public. as a slot receiver in the passing poised and execute the o ense However, It is fair to say that game this fall. in each of the fi rst two scrim- this practice session counts a Much like Clark, Johnson mages this spring. Adding that little more than the others. often gets forgotten about normally the o ense wins one When the Rams take the when the spotlight is constant- scrimmage and the defense fi eld this Saturday, these are ly on Gallup, but as he dis- wins one scrimmage, but this the position groups that I will played with a record-setting year the o ense has really be following closely. performance in the bowl game dominated throughout. Running backs last year, the junior from Lake- Stevens will still likely Colorado State returns one wood, Colorado has serious big be competing for his starting of the deepest backfi elds in the play potential. Also like Clark, gig when the team returns Mountain West with redshirt I expect Johnson to play a larg- this fall, but dominating the senior Dalyn Dawkins and ju- er role in the passing o ense in defense for a third straight nior Izzy Mathews. With true 2017. scrimmage would be a solid freshman Marvin Kinsey re- Look for both of these play- way for the veteran QB to close covering from a torn ACL suf- ers to receive a heavy amount out the spring and further ce- fered late last season though, of reps in the spring game. ment himself as the starter. there is room for a pair of Linebackers young bucks to break into the After losing Kevin Davis to Justin Michael can be mix. graduation, Josh Watson and reached by email at sports@ Darius May and Rashaad Tre Thomas will be expected collegian.com. Boddie have both been im- to pick up the slack at line- pressive this spring after red- backer. With a not-so-deep de- shirting their freshman cam- fensive line, production from paigns. Both are players to these two will be important as keep an eye on when the team ever. 14 Inside The Lines Friday, April 21, 2017
>> FENCE from page 4 Hughes Stadium housed calls Sloan trading CSU season expected to win more games. ty substantial oer to go, but I leave here?’” game days for Colorado State tickets with contractors for in- He understands the process look back on it now like anything Colorado State football has for 48 years, and thanks to Leon stallation of carpet and trim in that has taken place, and it stems else. You come in and all of the grown into a destination, not a Fuller’s coaching sta in the the team’s weight room. from his love for CSU. A fence sudden you go from here (ges- pit stop. Sonny Lubick was in the early 1980s, had a proper field “That’s how Gary did things,” being built over a quarter-centu- turing low) to here (gesturing trenches digging in the 1980s; drainage system for 34 of those Rider said. “He did it by trading ry ago laid the foundation for the high)… We had great success in the monument is being unveiled years. out, not by paying people. It be- stadium. Times have changed our second year, won 10 games, in 2017. The Weight Room came pretty comical because since. which never happened, every- Chad Deutschman can be The new on-campus stadi- there usually was quite a bit of Now, head coach Mike Bobo thing was great and you think reached by email at sports@ um will feature a 9,100 square- beer involved. When the actu- doesn’t have to help build the ‘Well, why the hell do I want to collegian.com. foot weight room. But even be- al work was being done on the stadium, he has to coach in it. fore CSU football moves into the weekends cause everybody was Lubick had to help build the new weight room in the sum- donating time, even the coaches fence, and would do it over again mer of 2017, they still have two were donating time, and some- if it meant Bobo gets to coach in weight rooms at their disposal. one would always bring a couple the on-campus stadium. In the early 1980s, CSU also cases of beer. It was fun, it was For Bobo, he just doesn’t had two weight rooms. Only dif- fun times.” want the program to forget ference is that the weight rooms The “musty, old, dirty weight where they came from. in the ’80s were about the size of room,” as Lubick describes, was “We need to be grateful for an average master bedroom and used for all of Fuller’s tenure as what we have and what we get had only two bench presses. head coach from 1982-1988. to do and come out here with a The thing about Lubick and Lubick left CSU for an assis- great attitude,” Bobo said. “Yes the rest of the sta, however, is tant coaching job in 1985 at Stan- we push the players, have hard that never stopped them. They ford and later went to Miami in practices and hard o-seasons made the most of what they had 1988, where he helped lead the … but look where you are, don’t and never complained about it. Hurricanes to two national titles take this for granted. We talk “Our weight room, you in four years as defensive coordi- about that a lot, because the couldn’t put a whole team in nator. He later returned to Fort hardships that dwelled in coach there,” Lubick laughed. “It was Collins as head coach of CSU Lubick’s years, (we) don’t have just this little room.” football in 1993, delighted by the some of those hardships.” Similarly to the turf on the presence of a new weight room. When Lubick left for Stan- sideline at Hughes Stadium “When I was here in the ’90s ford and Miami in 1985-1992, in the 1980s, the weights were we got (one of the weight rooms CSU won their first ever bowl hand-me-downs, or rather the team uses now),” Lubick game under head coach Earle hand-me-ups, from Longmont said. “That was the biggest up- Bruce but was still regarded as a High School. Lubick and fellow grade in the whole world to us. dismal college football program. coordinator Gary Sloan drove Now they’ve got a weight room When Lubick returned to Colo- to Longmont to pick up the there and they’re going to have rado State as head coach in 1993, weights and bring them back to one in the stadium. But that’s he took the program to unprece- Fort Collins. just the way sports is moving. I dented heights. “I hurt my back packing don’t want to say ridiculous, but Having turned a program those weights around,” Lubick it’s the way it’s moving forward.” around in such a short time, Lu- said. “(Coach Sloan and me) put The Future bick became a candidate for ma- them in the back of our sta car When Sonny Lubick first jor coaching vacancies, receiving we and and were driving back came to CSU in 1982 as an as- an oer from Miami following a from Longmont, that car was sistant coach, Leon Fuller asked 10-2 season in 1994. (tilted back). We probably had him and the rest of the sta to “When I say this, I say this 2-3 thousand pounds of weights make a culture change. Fuller humbly,” Lubick said. “During in the trunk. To me that was a big asked them start CSU’s climb the time we were here, we had thing.” out of college football’s cellar. some success, and it came rather Gary Sloan is described as It started with a practice early, probably too damn early having been Leon Fuller’s go- field fence, and 35 years later, really. Maybe a lot of it has to do to guy. When the coach want- has turned into a $220 million with the resources were never ed a fence built, Sloan was the stadium. there, that’s one little thing, but first one to pick up a shovel. Lubick is not jealous over all of the sudden we did have And when it came to the weight not being able to coach in the success so we, our coaching sta, room, Sloan got the job done any new stadium. In fact, he jokes had oers to go places. (Miami) way he could. that he is glad he doesn’t have to was the first one that came up af- Specifically, Craig Rider re- because that means he would be ter my second year. It was a pret- NOW HIRING
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