HONOLULU — Style points came in abundance.
After four games and a bye, Colorado State traveled to Hawaii to open conference play and set in motion their goal of becoming Mountain West champions.
Post-game message in the locker room. 👍
— Colorado State Football (@CSUFootball)
Saturday night, the Rams (3-2) also wanted to set a tone for their second half of the year, and they did that with a 51-21 rout of the Rainbow Warriors (2-3, 0-2 MW) at Aloha Stadium.
The only person who could pull the reigns on Colorado State’s offense in the first 30 minutes was their head coach and playcaller, , and he didn’t decide to until just 24 seconds remained until halftime and CSU was backed up to the 15.
It might have surprised some, because when the Rams were leading 24-7 with 1:38 remaining he called a deep pass to , who responded with a 76-yard catch-and-run, setting up a 4-yard scoring run from , the final touches on a 31-7 lead at the break.
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