Nick Oppenneer News

Sophomore linebacker Mychal Sisson and senior kick and punt returner Dion Morton earned second-team honors, but the CSU football team failed to land a single player on the first team for the third time in four years in all-Mountain West Conference voting, announced Monday.

A 33-yard field goal by Wyoming's Ian Watts with 1 minute, 27 seconds left lifted the Cowboys to a 17-16 victory over Colorado State and earned them the Bronze Boot this afternoon.

Wyoming was playing for another game. For Colorado State, it was just another game like so many this year - a loss that held the promise of much more at one time or another.

A chance to have a winning record and bowl berth are on the line. Not for CSU's football team.

Despite an eight-game losing streak and a loss this past Saturday night to a previously winless New Mexico team, CSU football coach Steve Fairchild insisted Monday that 'we're going to put our best foot forward on Friday.' Colorado State University faces Wyoming that day in the annual Border War game at Hughes Stadium.

The boot's on the other foot this week. The Bronze Boot, that is. CSU's football team holds the traveling trophy that goes to the winner of the its annual Border War game with Wyoming, and the Cowboys not only want it back, but like the Rams a year ago, need to win the season finale to secure a bowl bid in their new coach's first season.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Quarterback Donovan Porterie scrambled for a 4-yard gain on fourth-and-2 play with 1:08 remaining, and James Aho kicked a 27-yard field goal with 12 seconds left tonight to lead New Mexico's football team to a 29-27 win over CSU.

FACTS & STATS: Site: University Stadium -- Albuquerque, New Mexico. Television: The Mtn.

LAS VEGAS - Steve Fairchild knew his CSU football team might not do as well this year, in his second season as coach, as it did in his first.

Nick Oppenneer helps stop a run during the game against San Diego State Oct. 24. In 2007, the Rams lost six games in a row to begin the season and 13 total spanning from the end of 2006.

Polk made 11 tackles in CU's loss at Kansas State. Female Rosie Steinhaus, So., volleyball Recorded eight kills in CU's 3-0 loss at Texas last Saturday.

When a defensive lineman makes a mistake, few people notice and a linebacker or safety usually can cover it up.

Davon Brown runs through the CSU defense at Saturday's game at Hughes Stadium. The Rams lost to the Aztecs 42-28. As the old saying goes, defense wins championships.

Tim Walter will not quit, and the senior center is not about to allow some of his teammates to cash out for the season.

That was the message Utah safety Robert Johnson got from defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake in Saturday's 24-17 win over Colorado State.

There's two sides to every story, and that stands true for Colorado State's kickoff coverage woes.

After three straight losses, the CSU football team was due for some good news and got some.

Leonard Mason wasn't going to go down without a fight Saturday. The junior running back powered his way through one of the nation's top defensive units to the tune of 130 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries.

Mychal Sisson and Nick Oppenneer successfully push Chris Joppru out of bounds at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.

MOSCOW, Idaho - As CSU's football team was winning its first three games of the season, coach Steve Fairchild kept warning everyone who would listen that the Rams were far from a finished product.