University of Colorado police are investigating an apparent theft of personal items taken from the CU football locker room Saturday night during the game against Oklahoma State in Boulder.
Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn said Monday that five players reported after the game that items such as iPods, cellphones and cash were missing from the locker room, located in the Dal Ward Athletic Center behind the north stands of Folsom Field.
There were no reports by Oklahoma State of missing items from the visitors’ locker room, Bohn said.
“The locker room has multiple entry points, and we are trying to ascertain which was used,” Bohn said. “We have good communication and dialogue with the players and others involved. We are confident that we will resolve it.”
The good news, Bohn said, is that the NCAA has an Opportunity Fund that can be used to reimburse student-athletes victimized by crime.
Fairchild backs Glenn.
As if the 100th game in the Border War weren’t spicy enough, there is this added ingredient: Wyoming’s Joe Glenn could be coaching the Cowboys for the final time.
Asked Monday if that emotional element could pump up the Cowboys when they host Colorado State on Saturday in Laramie, CSU coach Steve Fairchild said: “Yes. I don’t know anything about the rumors, but I know that Joe Glenn is a successful coach, and he’s won everywhere he’s been. You are not going to find a better guy or a better coach than Joe Glenn, and I know those players know that as well.”
Game key.
The Cowboys have turned the ball over with alarming frequency. They have a turnover margin of minus-2 a game, second-worst in the nation. The Rams have played two straight games without forcing a turnover. Something’s got to give.
“I would love to be able to force turnovers, because it’s going to be a big part of this football game,” CSU defensive coordinator Larry Kerr said. “Last week (a 20-6 win over New Mexico), we came close to getting some.”
Main target.
Kerr is acutely aware the Rams must slow down senior running back Devin Moore, who leads the Mountain West in rushing, averaging 111.2 yards per game. Last week, the Rams limited New Mexico’s Rodney Ferguson (the MWC’s No. 2 rusher) to 85 yards.
“The difference with (Moore) is that he’s got that breakaway speed,” Kerr said.
Footnote.
The Border War game ball will be exchanged Friday at the Colorado-Wyoming state line with Fairchild arriving in a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter. “I’ve never been in a helicopter before, so that should be cool,” he said.
Tom Kensler and Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
