FORT COLLINS — There have been times Nick Stevens realized he was not on the same wavelength as his coach, but previously, all of those instances had to do with football.
The setting was a friendly gathering, head coach Mike Bobo welcoming Colorado State’s seniors to his house for a barbeque as fall camp opened, but they also knew there would be plenty of pool and corn hole played that evening.
If you are at Bobo’s house, you are going to play corn hole — and you are going to lose.
“I haven’t lost in the state of Colorado,” proclaims Bobo, who has been within the borders going on three years now.
Honestly, the statement was more of a declaration, and Stevens quickly learned as hard as it is to play quarterback for Bobo, a former standout at the spot in his playing days at Georgia, it is no easier being his corn hole partner.
“It doesn’t matter what he does, he wants to win. He gets surprisingly competitive in corn hole,” Stevens said. “Corn hole is like a chill game, tossing bean bags. If you’re on his team and you miss the board, he’s like “ah,” and he gets all bent out of shape over it. If he misses the board, he gets crazy about it.
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