TV: The mtn (Channel 411 for Comcast subscribers)
For the record: Season opener for both teams.
Last game: Beat Southern Utah 27-10 to finish 6-5.
Streaking: Weber State won four of its last five games in 2005 after going 1-10 the previous year.
Who’s hot: Senior QB Ian Pizarro, a preseason selection for all-Big Sky honors, is a run-pass threat.
Who’s not: Backup RB Zach Hall tore his Achilles tendon.
Key stat: Ron McBride had a better first-year record (6-5) at Weber State than at Utah (4-7) in 1990.
FYI: Weber State had two players drafted, Paul McQuistan (third round) and Pat McQuistan (seventh), one more than CSU (David Anderson, seventh round.)
Injury update: Hall is out for the year.
Coachspeak: “I love having the opportunity to build a new program.” Ron McBride, on why he didn’t retire
