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Going Back in Time. CSU's Magic Day

Posted on August 30, 2011 at 02:47 AM.

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64 and 0. The Boise State Bronocos have 0 losses on the Blue Turf in conference play. EVER. 64 is the number of consecuative home games that the Broncos have won. Well, there are 2 new numbers to know now. 0 and 1. They are now back to 0 on their home game winning streak. The broncos in the first time since 1999 loss on their Blue Turf by a conference rival. You may ask which powerhouse school did they let in? Non; the small brother Colorado State Rams fought a battle from begining to end. It all started on the goal line, and ended on the goal line.

In the many years of existance of the Blue Turf never had a conference opponenet won there. 12:30pm Saturday, October 15th, 2011 is the date that all of that came to the end. This to the most unlikely opponent of them all. The players to look out for were QB Al Schneider and RB T.J. Neal on the bronco's side. For the rams it was QB Mike Stevenson, TE Jason Atkins and SS/WR James Graves. T.J. leads the whole MWC in rushing yards and average yards per carry. Jason Atkins leads the MWC in receptions and tied in first with TD's. It all started with a 5 minute and 44 second drive to start the game from Colorado State.

The best way to beat the Bronco's #1 rush defense was to well, pass it. That's exactly how Johnny Fudd attacked; with passing assaults throught the middle. CSU also tried to mix a liittle run game that actually worked to a certain extent against one of the toughest defenses in the past years. The first score was a 3 Yard goal line pass from Mike Stevenson to Tom James Boise state went 3 and out on their first possesion. The rams aren't known for their lockdown defense but were able to prevail first, and that's all they needed to keep momentum. Quarter 1 ended with a very early CSU lead that wasn't expected, and not expected for long.

Quarter 2 took just as long for the huge underdog Colorado State rams to score. With another long drive the Rams scored with a 9 Yard run from Bill Odom with just 1 minute and 24 seconds left in the first half. CSU was actually up 14-0 with the possibility of shutting out Boise State at halftime, on the blue turf. Well they weren't done scoring yet folks. On the very next possesion, Al Schneider threw a pick which led to a 17 yard run from Bill Odom to put the rams up 21 to NOTHING. You read that right, the small school Colorado State Rams were leading powerhouse Boise State 21 zip. At the Blue Turf to top it all off! Boise State wouldn't have non of this so in the last 12 seconds they threw a huge 52 yard bomb for a TD that made it a 21-7 halftime score. This wasn't expected from anyone, and probably not half the CSU team either. Only Johnny Fudds of CSU thought that his team could win it, and only time would tell.

Does the small school Colorado State Rams have what it takes to upset MWC powerhouse Boise State Rams? Or does Boise keep their home streak alive and chew them up in the second half?
Second Half Analysis after the break.

The 3rd Quarter started off fast, and stayed fast for the Boise State Broncos. The Broncos drove down the field in just 50 seconds that led to a 17 Yard Pass from Al Schneider to Corey Woods. The game was now going back into the Broncos favor with a 21-14 score All the Rams could do the next drive was manage a long 48 yard field goal to make it 24-14. A developing story was that of the injuries of the 2 star players on both teams. T.J. Neal of the Broncos suffered an injury early and so did James Graves. Both were sorely missed throught the game that might have gone a different way if either were in. Late in the 3rd the Broncos drove and again resulted in a Passing TD from Al Schneider that ended the 3rd with the score 24-21. This game was gaining huge hype throughout and this 4th quarter was building up as one for the ages.

The 4th quarter is the point that most powerhouse teams show their dominance in a close game against a much lesser school. The 4th started off like this with 2 field goals from Boise State to make the game 27-24 with 5 minutes and 20 seconds left. CSU was given the tough task to drive the field and score atleast a field goal, but had to wind the clock down at the same time. It woudl be an easy task if they weren't going up against the best run defense in the nation. The next drive decided CSU's fate and was one of the most nerve racking and conterversal drives in reecnt memory.

The last Colorado State drive featured a 3 minute and 7 second drive that seemed to take ages. CSU had 2 3rd downs and one 4th down that became a controaversial matter. On 4th and 5 on the Broncos 17, CSU lined up to kick a field goal. After 2 timouts from Boise the Rams finally got a chance to kick it. Except it wasn't meant to end like this for it was a offsieds penalty from Boise State that made it now 4th and inches. The question was for the Rams to go for it, or go for the tie. Johnny Fudd decided that they hadn't came this far to possibly lose in over time so he decided to do his best to end it right here. The 4th and inches conversion was sucessful with a FB dive and then followed up a 8 yard TD run from backup RB Dan Fugua. Score was 31-27 CSU rams with a little less than a minute and 27 seconds left.

In the second half Boise had no trouble driving the field quickly and it showed on their last possesion. The Broncos drove quickly down the field. It looked like trouble for a tired CSU defense that showed that they couldn't stop them. Then it all came down to one play. After 3 straight failed completions from Al Schneider, the Broncos were facing a 4th and 10 at the Rams 34. Colorado State was up by 4 so a field goal was out of the question. There was one thing that CSU couldn't do all day and that was get pressure on the quaterback. Boise lined up in shotgun with 4 WR across. The next play Al Schneider rolled out to the left to avoid the rush. With no one open he desperatly threw a ill advised throw. Ite actually was caught, just in the wrong hands of FS Mike Vinson of the Colorado State Rams. The 64 home game winning streak of the Boise State Broncos on the Blue Turf was over. Their perfect home record against conference opponents was no more. The victors were the Colorado State Rams who fired their coach 2 games into the season and have been a cinderella story since. Will the Boise State Broncos bounce back and make it to the BCS Championship game, or will they have to wait yet another year. Will the cinderella Colorado State Rams finally make it to the big ball, or will they fall? Only time will tell.