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Colorado State Football 2012 PreSeason

Posted on December 19, 2010 at 12:57 PM.

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Preseason Analysis for the local CSU Rams 2011 Football Season.

The Rams come into the season ranked 53rd overall in the preseason polls. They will be lead by their offense this season, as the defense has nuerous new faces in the starting lineup. They are predisted to finish 6th in theMWC behind Utah, TCU, Air Force, San Diego State, and BYU.

DE Davis Burl has returned to the preseason 1st Team All-MWC for the second consecutive year, he is joined by senior CB Marcus Shaw. The Rams on the second team All-MWC team include:Sr WR Byron Steele, Jr TE Matt Weems, ROLB Mike Orakpo, Jr CB Immanuel Mitchell and P Pete Kontodiakos.

The ut of conference schedule includes the Rocky Mountain Showdown in week 1 vs. Colorado, Visiting Washington State in week 2, Welcoming Utah State for the home date of their home and home commitment last season, and traveling to San Jose State to finish their two year home and home series in week 12.

Coach Gill mentioned there are a few position battles this year in camp.
RE between Sr Broderick Sargent, James Skelton, and CJ James.
CB between Jr Shaquille Bell and Sr Marcus Shaw
FS Between Freshman Keith Harper and Freshman Matt Williams.

"I think we have a pretty solid team this year. We will definately be lead by our offense as we have some strong returning players in Thomas, Washington, and Steele. The defense will be lead by captains Burl and Orakpo as the secondary is my main area of concern, as we don't have much experience there. We'll see how the young players there step up throughout the season." Coach Drew Gill said about his team this season.