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Colorado State Football 2013 PreSeason

Posted on January 2, 2011 at 09:47 PM.

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Fort Collins Coloradoan Sports news-

Preseason analysis for the 2013 Colorado State Rams.

The Rams come into th season ranked 37th in the preseason polls. With letter grades of B- on Offense, C+ on Defense and A+ on Special Teams, for an overall grade of C+. They are predicted to finish second in the MWC behind Utah. The two main areas of concern this year are the inexperience at the WR position and the DE position. Also the lack of depth in the Linebacker corps.

The out of conference schedule kicks off in week one with the annual Rocky Mountain showdown in Denver vs Colorado, the Rams welcome Texas A&M to Fort Collins in week 5, travel to Memphis in week 11, and welcome the Virginia Cavaliers in week 14 to close the season. This is the first year that the Rocky Mountain Showdown will be shown on TV nationally as ESPN has chosen the game for their primetime kickoff.

DT Trevor Murphy, and DT Courtney McCarthy have been chosen to the 1st team preseason All-American team, along with SS Keith Harper.
Joining them on the 1st team All-MWC are CBs Immanueal Mitchell and Shaquille Bell, FS Ezra Thompson, K Eric Porter, P Pete Kontodiakos, and Ret Tony Drake. 2nd Team All-MWC has named HB Chris Nwoke, WR Bernard Blake, and TE Matt Weems.

Coach Gill mentioned that the 1st team is pretty much set this year with the only competitions open in camp being LOLB and MLB.