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Pac-12 Notes – CSU Week
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August 26th
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CSU (A 17-point favorite) falls to Hawai’i in season opener, 43-34
… Related … “McDonald leads Hawaii past Colorado State 43-34” … Game story from ESPN
Cole McDonald led the Hawaii Warriors to their first win in Fort Collins since 1988, picking apart Colorado State’s secondary in a 43-34 win over the Rams on Saturday night after nearly blowing a 30-point lead.
McDonald threw for 418 yards and three touchdowns, including a 55-yarder to Cedric Byrd that made it 37-7 late in the third quarter …
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… Related … “Ominous signs for CSU football team after letdown against Hawaii” … From the Coloradoan
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Game story from the Longmont Times-Call … This was not the defensive change being sought.
In fact, there was little change at all for Colorado State as it opened the 2018 season with a new defensive coordinator (John Jancek) and a completely restructured staff on hand. A unit that ranked near the bottom of the country in total defense is off to a similar start after allowing a large underdog in Hawaii to march up and down Lubick Field inside Canvas Stadium to the tune of a 43-34 victory.
It felt like last year, CSU safety Jordan Fogal admitted, but he didn’t want to look back. He felt the biggest problem was the Rams looked too big, too soon — odd for a defense that hasn’t held up consistently for some time.
“I think it was just that we came in a little bit too cocky as a defense,” Fogal said. “We haven’t proven anything. It’s been all talk, all outside talk, and we let it get to our head a bit. Credit to Hawaii. They played their ass off and didn’t stop the whole four quarters.
“It was all on us in our eyes, and we gave them too many points.”
Head coach Mike Bobo may have missed 10 days of camp dealing with a medical issue, but the Rams’ defense missed the boat against Hawaii’s spread offensive attack. Touting more depth in the secondary, CSU opened in a dime package, complete with six defensive backs, but Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald found plenty of holes, using his right arm and legs to exploit them.
“We got no pressure at all on the quarterback,” Bobo said. “We never made him feel uncomfortable. When you don’t make a quarterback feel uncomfortable, it’s really easy for him to get in a rhythm.”
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Pac-12 Notes – CSU Week
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August 26th
… Foe Pause …
CSU (A 17-point favorite) falls to Hawai’i in season opener, 43-34
… Related … “McDonald leads Hawaii past Colorado State 43-34” … Game story from ESPN
Cole McDonald led the Hawaii Warriors to their first win in Fort Collins since 1988, picking apart Colorado State’s secondary in a 43-34 win over the Rams on Saturday night after nearly blowing a 30-point lead.
McDonald threw for 418 yards and three touchdowns, including a 55-yarder to Cedric Byrd that made it 37-7 late in the third quarter …
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… Related … “Ominous signs for CSU football team after letdown against Hawaii” … From the Coloradoan
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Game story from the Longmont Times-Call … This was not the defensive change being sought.
In fact, there was little change at all for Colorado State as it opened the 2018 season with a new defensive coordinator (John Jancek) and a completely restructured staff on hand. A unit that ranked near the bottom of the country in total defense is off to a similar start after allowing a large underdog in Hawaii to march up and down Lubick Field inside Canvas Stadium to the tune of a 43-34 victory.
It felt like last year, CSU safety Jordan Fogal admitted, but he didn’t want to look back. He felt the biggest problem was the Rams looked too big, too soon — odd for a defense that hasn’t held up consistently for some time.
“I think it was just that we came in a little bit too cocky as a defense,” Fogal said. “We haven’t proven anything. It’s been all talk, all outside talk, and we let it get to our head a bit. Credit to Hawaii. They played their ass off and didn’t stop the whole four quarters.
“It was all on us in our eyes, and we gave them too many points.”
Head coach Mike Bobo may have missed 10 days of camp dealing with a medical issue, but the Rams’ defense missed the boat against Hawaii’s spread offensive attack. Touting more depth in the secondary, CSU opened in a dime package, complete with six defensive backs, but Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald found plenty of holes, using his right arm and legs to exploit them.
“We got no pressure at all on the quarterback,” Bobo said. “We never made him feel uncomfortable. When you don’t make a quarterback feel uncomfortable, it’s really easy for him to get in a rhythm.”
… Continue reading story here …
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Stuart
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