FORT COLLINS—Monday on a Sunday. Must be game week.
Finally.
“It’s a Monday practice, and it’s a little bit different than normal Mondays,” Bobo said after Sunday’s workout in preparation for Friday’s season opener with Colorado in Denver (6 p.m.; ESPN). “Normal Mondays you’re installing and showing the base look, but we’ve done that for basically most of last week. I think this is our fourth day on CU. We’ll have a total of eight days on CU, nine if you count a walk-through the day before the game, so we’re a little bit ahead, which is a good thing.”
Last week was a mix for the Rams, who spent the brunt of their practices still going good-on-good, but with a steady dose of introducing the game plan for the Buffaloes. It made for an interesting mix in practice for the players, who also had started class that week.
“You definitely don’t feel like you’re in camp any more, and it’s not 100 percent focused on CU,” quarterback Nick Stevens had said.
Teams always get extra work for an opener, but with the makeup of Colorado State’s roster, this time around can only prove more beneficial.
The Rams are not only young on paper, but will be on the field with as many as seven newcomers to the program lining up against the Buffs, a number that could rise as the week approaches. That doesn’t even include the redshirt freshmen and sophomores who have yet to see real game action.
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