MOSCOW, IDAHO — Colorado State coach Steve Fairchild insisted all week that no one was scheduling a win with the nonconference finale at Idaho.
He certainly never had scheduling a loss in mind. Idaho didn’t lead until the midway mark of the third quarter but held on Saturday night for a 31-29 win over the visting Rams.
After getting the ball back late in the fourth quarter, the Rams went 89 yards on five plays to pull within two points on a 39-yard pass from Grant Stucker to Lou Greenwood. However, John Mosure was stopped on the two-point conversation attempt with 1:49 to play.
CSU then held the Vandals on the ensuring drive and made good use of the timeouts. Idaho had to punt from the CSU 48 after a three-and-out. After the punt went into the end zone, CSU had the ball at the 20 with 1:14 to play.
But on the first play, CSU quarterback Grant Stucker was picked off by Idaho safety Shiloh Keo at the 35 and the Vandals ran out the clock.
