Saturday, January 1, 2011
Sr QB Klay Kubiak had another so-so game for the Rams as he was 10 of 23 for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. "I've been lucky that when my play hasn't been the strongest that our defense steps up and actually gets some points on the board." He said after the game.
Carlos Washington rushed for 94 yards before sitting the 4th to rest his sore shoulder. Chris Nwoke added 64 yards and a touchdown on the ground too.
Byron Steele played for the first time in 3 weeks and came away with 78 yards and a touchdown. "It felt great to get out there and test myself before the pressure of playing Utah next week." Lou Greenwood also added a touchdown catch to his season total.
The Rams defense was lead by Davis Burl who collected two more sacks today, and Jr CB Shaquille Bell who returned an interception for a TD. Also collected defensive touchdowns off of fumbles were Freshman Matt Williams and Jr FS Ezra Thompson.
"We've been working all season long in practise on how to strip the ball, I think over the past couple of weeks, it's shown that we can poke the ball out from any angle."CSU coach Drew Gill commented,"I knew coming into the season that with the young secondary that we wouldn't see a lot of interceptions so I had the defense work on stripping that ball away."
San Jose State was lead by star HB David Freeman as he rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown."I wish I could have gotten the ball more as I was seeing all the cracks and spaces in the O-line to run through. I felt invincable today, but the rest of the guys couldn't get it going so we couldn't come away with the win." Freeman said.
Next week CSU will welcome Utah into town as we will see the first matchup of two top 25 teams in te MWC this year.
CSU QB Klay Kubiak has had better games this season, as he was 10 for 20 with 182 yards and two touchdowns with four interceptions. The lone bright spot for the CSU offense was Freshman Andre Gill who caught two touchdown passes as he surprised BYU with his underrated speed. Gill was named player of the game."I was only on the field for a handful of plays, but to come away with two touchdown catches, felt amazing." Gill commented.
The Rams defense was lead by CB Immanuel Mitchell who returned an interception for the winning touchdown.
For BYU, they were lead by Junior QB Jake Heaps who was 25 of 34 passing for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 interception. Jr WR Marcus Matthews had 10 receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns.
Bad news for BYU as they lost starting HB Joshua Quezada for the season with a torn shoulder muscle.
CSU coach Drew Gill said following the game,"Klay (Kubiak) has really matured this year. After stepping in for Thomas and leading us to a 9 and 1 record, he now holds the CSU single season touchdown passes record, as today he collected his twentieth TD pass. I know that he didn't have a great outings today, but nonetheless we came away with the win, and owe a lot of that to him."
"We've got a shot at first place in the MWC when we play Utah in a couple weeks. That's all we could ask for coming into this year. I should be all healed up and ready to go for the Utes." Injured WR Byron Steele said.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Colorado State had a record setting 4th quarter as they scored 42 points in the 4th quarter for the come from behind victory. The first half of the game was a fight in the trenches as neither team offered much up, until the final minute of the half when Wyoming scored 17 points off of two interceptions and a fumble. The 4rd quarter layed like the first half, then coach Drew Gill gathered his team in a huddle and motivated them to put on the performance of a lifetime in the 4th quarter. CSU managed to tie things up only a 1:34 into the quarter and then scored three more touchdowns a minute apart each as their defense was forcing turnovers on each possession. Coach Gill pulled his starters which allowed Wyoming to score twice quickly, however the backups gained composure and put up another score to end out the game.
Player of the game went to CSU QB Klay Kubiak who was 19 of 34 passing for 347 yards with 4 TD's and 2 interceptions. Sr WR Lou Greenwood had 114 yards and 2 touchdowns receiving, Byron Steele and Bernard Blake also had TD catches for the Rams. Carlos Washington returned from injury to rush for 44 yards and two touchdowns, while his fill in while he missed the past few games Chris Nwoke added a touchdown and 25 yards.
"I hope no one left after the third quarter, as they would have missed something truely special. We hung in there through three quarters then came alive in the 4th, on both sides of the ball." Greenwood commented after the game.
The CSU defense was led by Davis Burl who applied pressure to the QB all day and walked away with 4 tackles for a loss including one sack. Others with sacks include Sr DE James Skelton, Sr DE Broderick Sargent, Fr CB TJ Brown, Fr DT Courtney McCarthy. Fr CB Christian Walter also recorded an interception in the 4th quarter.
Pete Kontodiakos made a career long 57 yard field goal in the 1st quarter and also added anoth 44 yarder and 7 XP to his season total. "My leg felt great today, it was nice and lose and with the wind I was kicking kickoffs out of the endzone so I knew I could kick field goals from close to midfield today."
Wyoming starting QB Austyn Carta Samuels was injured in the first quarter and couldn't return to the game, backup Jr QB Emory Miller Jr did fill in nicely though as he was 23-43 for 362 yards with 4 TDs and 1 INT.
ESPN commentator Desomnd Howard commented that this may very well go down as one of the best games of the year, as we saw a hard trench battle for one half, followed by a couple of mistakes which one team capitalized on, then a team go off for 6 TD's in a quarter which he can't remember ever seeing before.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
CSU had 415 total yards of offense and limited the Falcons to 96 yards total offense. A solid showcase of all aspects of the game for the rams today.
Klay Kubiak was named player of the game after a 307 yard on 16 of 31 performance which included 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. Chris Nwoke rushed for 113 yards and a score and Tony Drake added another rushing TD. 1st string HB Carlos Washington was a game time decision, and couldn't pass the physical tests as he still had stiffness. Marquise Law had 72 yards receiving and one touchdown, and sophmore WR Bernard Blake had 97 yards and two touchdowns receiving.
"Other teams have started to focus their secondary on me recently, I'm glad that the younger guys have been able to step up." Senior WR Byron Steele commented after the game after catching only one ball for 21 yards.
"The offense was a fine tuned machine today. We were running full steam ahead and they had all they could do to try and keep up. I'm sure they loved looking at the numbers on the back of our jerseys." Law commented.
On defense freshman safety Keith Harper added two interceptions to his season total and looks like a great building block for the teams future. "I'm really loving playing the game this year. I've never been around such a great group of guys, and willing to help me with any questions I ask." Harper said following the game.
The defense recorded sacks from CJ James, freshman CB TJ Brown, and freshman DT Courtney McCarthy, who also had 4 tackles for a loss.
On special teams Pete Kontodiakos was 5 for 5 on field goals with the longest being 47 yards, he also added 5 extra points to his scoring total.
For the Falcons, they didn't stand much chance after losing star HB Jewel Hampton early in the 1st quarter. "I felt a pop in my shoulder and went into the training room for analysis, they told me I dislocated my shoulder and I had to watch the rest of the game with my arm in a sling." Haampton said.
CSU was lead by Klay Kubiak who was 16-32 passing for 250 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. "I made a few mistakes out there today. I'm going straight to the filmroom to see what I did wrong and hopefully, I won't make the same mistakes again." Kubiak mentioned after the game.
RB Chris Nwoke ran for 104 yards and one touchdown as he filled in for Carlos Washington who is nursing a sore calf muscle. Kubiak also had a score on the ground. "It felt great to get so many carries today. I accomplished a goal in getting a 100 yard game, but I'm disappointed in my avg yards being only 4 yards per carry." Nwoke said.
Defensive End James Skelton had 3 sacks on the day. "I knew that I was going up against a much slower man. So a little swim move and I was past him everytime. 3 sacks and a handful of QB Hurries is just about the best scenario I could have thought of coming into the game."
Sr WR Lou Greenwood commented on the fans after the game,"It's always great when we visit Las Vegas as we get that many more fans in the stadium, as they come for a weekend in the Sin City. Seeing those familiar faces in the stands helped us get pumped for the game."
Bad news for the Rebels as starting QB Taylor Barnhill is out for the remainder of the season after suffering a broken collarbone in the second quarter. The reigns have been handed over to RS Freshman Andrew Houston who went 12 for 22 for 135 yards in the game. UNLV also lost starting HB Tyler Gaffney in the third to a shoulder injury however, his status looks positive to return next week.
"We've got a fine looking team this year, the depth has surprised me a little as we've had injuries to the starting QB, HB and CB and haven't missed a beat in the games they've been laid up. I do look forward to Washington and Shaw coming back next week, they've spent two straight weeks in the filmroom studying and have helped the gameplan for today too." CSU coach Drew Gill said.
Leading 37-20 entering the 4th quarter victory looked within reach for the Aztecs, however CSU put up a fight and scored 15 points in the final quarter and came within reach of securing a tie before a costly interception pass in the redzone in the final minute.
There were two key stories in the game, first the SDSU ranning game with Hillman rushing for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns and backup Kazee running for another 91 yards and a score. The second story of the game was the SDSU defense, lead by Tenhaeff with 2 interceptions and Wade with 3 interceptions. Wade was named player of the game for his effort.
For the Rams, QB Klay Kubiak was 20-46 passing for 367 yards, 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Carlos Washington ran 10 times for 64 yards and 1 TD before going down with an injury. Nwoke ran for 23 yards as his replacement. Marquise Law was player of the game for the Rams after catching 5 passes for 127 yards and 1 TD. Blake and Steele also recorded TD catches.
"I'm disappointed in the guys today. I thought we had the better team on paper, but we just couldn't get them to the ground, as time after time they broke our tackles and ran for long TD's." Coach Drew Gill commented about CSU's performance. SDSU had touchdown runs of 38, 40 and 80 yards along with a 81 yard TD pass and a 73 yard interception return.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
CSU was lead by QB Klay Kubiak who threw for 206 yards on 12 of 20 passing with 3 touchdowns and one interception. ÈI was really in my groove out there today. I saw the whole field very well on every play.È
Kubiak threw touchdown passes to TE Matt Weems, WR Marquise Law and WR Byron Steele. Law had 120 yards on the game to be the top receiver for both teams.
Carlos Washington rushed for 51 yards on 12 attempts with one touchdown, as he missed thte 2nd quarter with a minor injury then sat out the 4th quarter after CSU established a big lead.
The play of the game came when CSU freshman CB TJ Brown picked off a pass and ran 97 yards for the touchdown to put the Rams far enough out in front that they no longer had to worry.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Senior QB Klay Kubiak passed for 173 yards on 13-27 attempts with 3 touchdowns and one interception. Carlos Washington continued to be a force on the ground running for 114 yards today while Chris Nwoke added another 63. Junior TightEnd Matt Weems caught two touchdown passes as the defense left him alone when the Rams got within the 5 yard line.
Defensively CSU was led by a pair of freshman, DT Courtney McCarthy had 6 tackles, 4 for a loss and one sack, while Safety Keith Harper had4 tackles, one for a loss and a fumble recovery.
Player of the game was awarded to Pete Kontodiakos for kicking 3-3 field goals along with 3 XP. Incl,uding a long field goal of 49 yards."The offense gave me a nice position on the field each time as they tried to get me lined up in the middle of the field. I just had to kick it straight, the wind did help me in pulling a couple of the kicks around the post for me."
New Mexico was a mess today as QB Tarean Austin was 4 for 15 for 68 yards and one interception. Demond Dennis rushed for 81 yards on 19 attempts, as they managed only 130 total yards of offense in the rain, compared to 341 by CSU.
"I was a little worried in the early stages of the game as we were both going 3 and outs, however in the second quarter we started to make some progress with the offense, and connect on some of the crucial 3rd downs." CSU coach Drew Gill commented.
CSU will visit TCU next week, in one of the marquee matchups in the MWC this season.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Washington had 22 carries for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns. His 4th quarter replacement Chris Nwoke added 2 touchdowns and 77 yards. "I wanted the home crowd to really get into it. I found an opening early in the 1st and ran 50 yards to the touchdown, and the rest of the game was more of that. We were so far ahead that I think by the beginning of the 4th when I left the game the majority of the crowd had disappeared. I know it'll be a good homecoming party tonight after a team performance like this." Washington commented on the game.
Freshman Safety Keith Harper is looking like a great recruit as he had 9 tackles, 1 for a loss and added another interception today. "I wasn't the highest rated coming out of highschool and I was determined to work hard all summer to prove any doubters wrong. I knew I had a chance to start right away, and I think I've shown that I belong at this level."
Not all was good news for the Rams today though and Jr QB Pete Thomas was injured in the 2nd quarter and went for X-rays only to find out he has a couple broken ribs and could miss the remainder of the season again, after he only played a couple games last season too.
"I knew the guys would be fired up for homecoming this week, but I didn't think we would play such a well rounded game like we did. Washington was unstopable with the ball today and Nwoke wasn't far behind when it was his turn with the offense. I'm saddend by the news that Pete Thomas could miss the remainder of the season for the second year in a row. I wish him the best of luck in getting better and hopefully he can work hard and make it back out on the field this year." CSU coach Drew Gill commented after the game.
For his performance Washington was named MWC offensive player of the week.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
After falling behind 20-0, CSU scored twice in the final two minutes of the first half to trail 20-14 at halftime. CSU took the lead in the 3rd when Marquise Law caught a pass and ran 74 yards for the tocuhdown, however the Cougars answered back with a 71 yard touchdown pass from Tuel to Wilson, a minute later.
In this exciting game CSU quarterback Pete Thomas set the school single game passing record with 484 yards, he also added 4 touchdowns and one interception on 23 of 37 passing. "I was focused today on finding my receivers. I knew we could take advantage with our size and speed in the receiving corps today." Thomas said.
Marquise Law caught 9 passes for 212 yards and 2 touchdowns, Byron Steele had 6 catches for 99 yards and a TD, Lou Greenwood had 3 passes for 124 yards and one touchdown. Steele commented about their performance,"We knew coming in that we had an advantage with our experience, and Pete constantly hit us in stride so we didn't have to slow down to catch the ball, it was a great help as we burst away from the defense numerous times on the way to the endzone."
HB Carlos Washington added 98 yards on the ground with a score."With us being so focused on the passing game, whenever I begged in the huddle to get the ball, Thomas obliged and handed it off, I think that the 5 yards per carry showed that the defense had no clue if we were going to pass or run."
WSU QB Jeff Tuel passed for 517 yards on 38 of 48 attempts, and added 3 touchdowns too."I knew I could take advantage of their defense because they have a history of being very aggressive, so I tried to avoid the blitz and find the open man, a lot of the time the underneath pass was open and I'd hit the short pass with our guy then able to run 10-15 yards in open space."
The receiving combo of Gino Simone (92 yards on 9 catches), Marquess Wilson (151 yards on 8 catches, and 1 TD), and Isiah Barton (113 yards on 7 catches) found a lot of open space to work with and like their CSU conterparts, were much quicker and smarter then the defense today.
"I'm going to work on getting these guys motivated more for the start of the game, as both this week and last week we went down early only to have to play catch up for a good portion of the time." CSU coach Drew Gill commented.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Colorado was up 21-3 at halftime and 28-10 at the end of the third quarter, before CSU scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth to win the game inside the final minute.
The tale of two halfs for the Rams today as in the first half they kept coming up empty inside the redzone, however in the second have QB Pete Thomas marched the team down the field time after time, in the comeback win for Colorado State.
Thomas was named player of the game after going 24-44 for 419 yards, three touchdowns, including the go ahead toss to Greenwood with 49 seconds remaining, and two interceptions.
"I was nervous when I first stepped on the field today. And it showed in my incapability to get into the redzone in the first half. Coach sat me down and gave me a few pointers and Viola! magic happened in the second half." Thomas said about his performance.
Senior RB Carlos Washington rushed for 49 yards and one touchdown as Th Buffaloes defense prevented him from getting any open space, however in the passing game Byron Steele caught 8 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown. Greenwood and Law both added a touchdown and 77 and 88 yards a piece.
On defense for CSU Davis Burl looks to have found his form from his spohmore season as he collected 2 sacks."Last year, I was trying to help teach the younger guys some of the tricks of the trade. This summer I focused on getting myself better and stronger, and I think you'll see me rack up the sacks again."Burl said.
Freshman Strong Safety Keith Harper showed little inexperience at this level as he caught an interception which put CSU in great field position for the go ahead touchdown. "I've always been known for my hard hits, and play against the run game, but I think today I showed the doubters that my hands and vision are good and if you throw one up to my area of the field, you'll be sorry."
For Colorado, Sophmore QB Nick Hirschman was 21-36 for 306 yards and 2 TDs, with 2 INTs. HB Justin Torres looks strong this year as he collected 66 yards, and avoided numerous tackle attempts with his jukes and spin moves.
"What a way to start the season."Coach Gill commented,"These players have matured a lot since last season, as if they faced a similar situation last year they would have rolled over, but they showed a lot of promise out there today. I think the polls underestimated us in the preseason, and I'm looking forward to taking it to the Utahs and TCUs this year."
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.
Among the highlights of the class are:
#13 ranked QB Brandon Berg for Leawood, KS
Coach Drew Gill's son Andre Gill the #18 WR
Athlete #23 Ryan Washington from Tallahassee, Fl
#16 SS Keith Harper from Cherokee, Ia
#31 DT Maurice Means from Altus, Ok
They also brought in two JuCo players:
HB Kyle Moss from Marrero, La and Josh Watson a G from Keller, Tx.
Coach Gill commented on his son joining the team,"I have only seen him for a couple of days in the past year, as he stayed in Canada to finish school. He mentioned to me that he would like to play for me, as he never has before, but that both Michigan and Stanford were pitching him and thought it might be a good idea not to be under my shadow all the time. In the end he decided to come to CSU and I couldn't be prouder."
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM.
Today we take a look at some of the key players graduating the Colorado State football program.WR Matt Yemm- 64 receptions, 1168 yard, 6 TD
LB Mychal Sisson- 110 tackles, 35 TFL, 7 sacks
CB Momo Thomas- 63 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 interceptions, 49 kick returns avg of 19.1 yards
DT Nuku Latu- 43 tackles, 25 TFL, 3 sacks
FS Elijah Blu Smith- 85 tackles, 10 TFL, 2 INT
HB Raymond Carter- 344 rushes, 1631 yards, 22 TD
K Ben DeLine- 27-33 FG, 100% XP
| NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 10, | |||||
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Oklahoma (61) | 14 | 0 | 1525 |
| 2 | 3 | Boise State | 13 | 0 | 1406 |
| 3 | 4 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 1207 |
| 4 | 1 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 | 1173 |
| 5 | 6 | West Virginia | 11 | 2 | 1109 |
| 6 | 9 | Michigan | 11 | 2 | 1102 |
| 7 | 10 | Arizona | 11 | 2 | 1066 |
| 8 | 5 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 2 | 1001 |
| 9 | 7 | Ohio State | 10 | 3 | 856 |
| 10 | 8 | USF | 10 | 3 | 832 |
| 11 | 18 | Texas A&M | 10 | 3 | 751 |
| 12 | 11 | Georgia | 10 | 3 | 659 |
| 13 | 12 | Stanford | 10 | 3 | 650 |
| 14 | 13 | Clemson | 10 | 3 | 649 |
| 15 | 22 | Auburn | 9 | 4 | 612 |
| 16 | 21 | Utah | 10 | 3 | 563 |
| 17 | 24 | Ole Miss | 10 | 3 | 540 |
| 18 | 23 | Oregon | 9 | 4 | 486 |
| 19 | NR | Penn State | 10 | 3 | 478 |
| 20 | NR | Texas | 9 | 4 | 436 |
| 21 | 15 | USC | 10 | 3 | 433 |
| 22 | 25 | SMU | 11 | 3 | 422 |
| 23 | 14 | Wisconsin | 9 | 4 | 401 |
| 24 | NR | LSU | 9 | 4 | 359 |
| 25 | NR | Temple | 12 | 2 | 319 |
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