COLORADO STATE COMBAT HELMETS

After stuffing myself with turkey on Thursday, I did what most of you probably did, filled a big chunk of my time watching some football. I happen to catch the Backyard Brawl with Pitt and West Virginia and that was the first time I've seen Pitt's Nike combat uniforms. They are sweet... and then I thought, why don't the Rams have some combat unis for themselves? Then I snapped back to reality and remembered how crappy our team is, and that the athletic department probably has no money, and we signed a contract with Russel making it impossible for us to get anything as cool as some of the jersey's that I have been seeing. So, I put together some helmet ideas of what it might look like if we did get some combat unis.

Alternate 1: This one takes the C St design and modernizes it

Alternate 2a: I think Rhode Island University uses this ram horn but it's blue and white.

Alternate 2b: Same thing just a white helmet

Alternate 3a: This on takes the horn from the mascot mark.

Alternate 3b: I think it looks better in black.

Alternate 4: This is the futuristic version.

Alternate 5: I saw Boise State's combat helmet and I think our logo would look just as cool.

Alternate 6a: Original C St.

Alternate 6b: Same.

Alternate 7: Classic Rams.

Alternate 8: Finally, my fav.

  Go Rams!

HAT CAPTION CONTEST

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COACHES THAT ALMOST COACHED

These rams are trying to prevent the dam from breaking.

If you’re like me, you’re probably feeling a bit sore still. Oh wait. I remember. Wyoming stuffed a Bronze Boot up our asses. As someone who writes a blog, I am glad to say the CSU season is over. The Rams looked pathetic. If you take a look at the top of the page, you can see all the teams that destroyed us. BYU, Utah, TCU, Wyoming, Nevada. These players quit playing and for that, I blame the coaches.

I know that CSU has Fairchild’s back and he has 2 years left on his contract, but this guy has got to go. He obviously can’t motivate the team and the schemes he is using, don’t work. At the very least I expect to see Larry Kerr fired before Christmas. That can be your Christmas gift to me Steve, fire Kerr, admit that he sucks and hire someone else. And a waffle maker.

Does anyone know what Pat Meyer actually does for a job? Wasn’t it just last year he’s a whizkid and the next big thing in coaching. His offense sucks. They can’t run, pass or block.  Does he call plays? Whoever is calling plays needs to stop what they are doing and go sit on the bus. Meyer supposedly recruits Florida like a machine. Thanks for all of these awesome players. Shaq Bell is so good at blowing assignments, not tackling and getting burned. Thanks Pat.

We are going to take a look at the 2011 CSU Rams in a few days, but for now and until someone launches www.firefairchild.com, let’s take a trip in the Delorean and look back as the diamonds unearthed by AD Paul Kowalczyk. This guy definitely has an eye for talent.

I found this article from November '07 in the Denver Post which identified some of the coaching candidates, I've gone through and updated their current status.

With the exception of Jerry Kill, it doesn't look like Kowalczyk identified any real talent unless Fairchild turns it around and finishes above .500.

Source:DENVER POST

11/28/2007

A look at some of the coaches who might be considered possible successors to Sonny Lubick at Colorado State:

Tony Alford, Louisville RB coach: Was a star running back at CSU (1987-90) and still holds school record for rushing yards in a game (310 against Utah in 1989). Was assistant head coach at Iowa State before going to Louisville.

- CURRENTLY WR COACH AT NOTRE DAME.

John Benton, Houston Texans offensive line coach: Four-year starter on CSU offensive line (1983-86). Started coaching as graduate assistant in 1987 and by time he left for NFL was the Rams' co-offensive coordinator.

- IN 5^th YEAR AT “O” LINE COACH FOR HOUSTON TEXANS

Al Borges, Auburn offensive coordinator: Worked with CSU athletic director Paul Kowalczyk at Portland State in the 1980s. Helped Auburn finish first in the SEC in scoring in 2004 and 2005.

- RESIGNED FROM AUBURN IN DECEMBER 2007; CURRENTLY “OC” AT SAN DIEGO STATE

J.D. Brookhart, Akron head coach: Native of Denver and starred as a wide receiver at CSU (1985-87). Was a Broncos assistant (1995-96) for Mike Shanahan.

- FIRED BY AKRON IN DECEMBER '09 AFTER COMPILING 22-26 RECORD. CURRENTLY OUT OF COACHING

Rick Dennison, Broncos offensive coordinator: Played tight end at CSU (1977-79) before going on to play linebacker in the NFL with the Broncos. In his 13th season on the Broncos' coaching staff.

- CURRENTLY OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR HOUSTON TEXANS.

Steve Fairchild, Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator: CSU quarterback (1978-80) who became offensive coordinator under Lubick before leaving the Rams for the NFL in 2001.

- EVENTUAL HIRE. HAS COMPLIED 13-24 RECORD IN 3 SEASONS. DEFENSE ALLOWED 34.6 PTS PER GAME IN 2010

Bobby Hauck, Montana head coach: The 43-year-old up-and-comer has led the Division I-AA Grizzlies to five consecutive Big Sky Conference titles and is 52-14. Hauck has coached at five colleges, including four seasons with CU (1995-98)

- HIRED AS “HC” AT UNLV IN DECEMBER '09. COMPILED 2-9 RECORD IN 1^st YEAR AT UNLV

Jerry Kill, Southern Illinois head coach: Hired in 2001 by Kowalczyk, then AD at SIU. Has five straight winning seasons at I-AA school, including 11-1 so far this year.

- IN 3^rd SEASON AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS. HAS COMPILED 22-14 RECORD

 (9-2 this season, 7-0 in conference) OVERALL

Brian Schneider, Oakland Raiders special teams coordinator: Schneider played linebacker at CSU (1990-93). Started coaching career as CSU graduate assistant in 1994 and worked as an assistant until leaving in 2003.

- CURRENTLY IN 2^nd YEAR AS SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR AT USC.

BLANKED BY POKES

I don't even no where to begin with this one. I am so furious at this program. Should I put in the same kind of effort into this post as the Rams and their personnel put into that game yesterday? Nah, If I did, this page would be blank. Plus, the readers and my self are winners, not a bunch of peewee football playing wannabe D-1 athletes that Mr. Fairchild some how convinced to come to Fort Collins. I refer to him as Mr. instead of coach because I believe a 'coach' would not had lead a football team into the last game of the season, against their biggest rival and let them get absolutely embarrassed by a nothing team like Wyoming. Did you guys even prepare for that game? Disgusting. You owe me yet again another 3 hours of my life back. I'm calling out much of our coaching staff. You need update your linkedin profiles soon.

Pat Meyer- I love how you call some sweet play action, when we haven't even established a running game! IT'S NOT FOOLING ANYONE! I'm so sick of this bs play calling.

Anthoney Hill- Tell your pitiful running backs to run north and south, not east to west. They're not juking anyone so you might as well have them gain some yards. Terrible.

Dan Hammerschmidt- Hands drills. I can't believe how many dropped balls I saw.

Pat Meyer...again- Teach your line how to block. Pete Thomas was sacked with a two man rush. A TWO MAN RUSH! TWO! You have five guys to take care of two and they can't even do that! Pathetic. Also, create some holes. Good god. No wonder why we can't get a running game going.

Tim Duffie- Your corners are sorry. Start over.

Larry Kerr- I know the head coaching position just opened up at UNC, you should apply. That defensive scheme or what ever that was, I think I could have drawn up something better on a used napkin from BW3's after I drank five 22's and a couple of jagerbombs.

Finally, Steve Fairchild- Poor effort all around. You give no words of encouragement for your boys. You put together a poor game plan for your boys. You just planned f'd that entire game up. Way to go.

A pathetic ending to yet another pathetic year. When will this turn around?
I'm embarrassed to be a Ram fan and hopefully this coaching staff isn't losing anymore fan base than they already have.

CSU v WYOMING COWPOKEYS

I understand that Wyoming is unveiling their new logo this weekend against our Rams. After that epic loss to New Mexico I guess the A.D. figured they needed to update their Cowboy to something that reflects what kind of team they have. I like how they kept the pee colored outline around Pokey. It's a nice touch considering they still use the poop brown color for the horse. Excellent choice. It looks like a throw back.

Wyoming's NEW helmet. Love it!

This is easy. You can't tell me we can't and won't beat these guys. If I see the same team I saw last week on the field, I'm going to be very disappointed, and Ricky will be breaking his promise. "You could go ahead and quote it. I will be the first person to grab the boot after winning this game. It's my last game. What the heck?" -Ricky Brewer  Convincing, kind of. I think I would of liked it more if he threw in a couple of f-bombs and ended it with "Believe dat." instead of a "What the heck?" Why is it a question.

Pete should be able to light these fools up for at least 300 yards and 3 or 4 dudges, making him the superior passer that he is in the Mountain West and reining champion of the freshman passing title. Mason, (not Carter and his Gripmaster friend Mosure) should run for at least a bill fifty and a couple of dudges. Defensively, I hope Kerr didn't skip class this week like he did before the BYU game because that was embarrassing. Larry had to sit in the corner of Fairchild's office with a dunce cap on for three days and then write "I will never write up another crappy defensive scheme for as long as I work at Colorado State." 100 times on his chalkboard before he could go home Tuesday night. Ricky and the boys shouldn't have any problem putting these Gumbies away. This is the Border War! Step it up! Hurt some fools! Bring back the boot. It belongs to us anyway. 4 and 8 looks a little better than 3 and 9, I guess. I'd like to build some momentum for next years wrath.

Go Rams!

CSU GRIPMASTER SPECIAL OFFER

To Mosure and Carter: this might make a great secret santa gift for the both of you.

Why did Mosure start the game? Please tell me it’s not because its Senior Day and he earned the right through four years of hard work. He is slow and getter slower. He must have had an awesome week of practice because he looked pretty awful once the game started. And Raymond Carter, you are the second coming of Marcus Houston. Highly touted, nationally ranked RBs who come to CSU and stink. Nice fumble, stop carrying the ball like a loaf of bread.  I like how Utah State made BYU look like garbage and we make them look like Super Bowl champs. I want to play Utah State and see how bad we get crushed. Ridiculous.

And the orange jerseys? Again? Come on guys. It was cool for Ag Day and the “Orange Out” and all that, but now it’s just played out. Stick to Ag Day only and call it good. We got smashed like pumpkins.

Larry Kerr needs to get fired. Again. It’s happened before and he’s probably used to it.  Football is a team game so I don’t really buy the fact that our “inferior athletes” are the problem. Either the defensive scheme is too complicated or doesn’t work, but the buck stops with Kerr.

Guess what? We play the Cowboys in Laramie this weekend and I expect a win. And if the Rams do get a win, I won’t even be that happy. Why? Because we are supposed to win. All the time, and especially against Wyoming. Get it done.

Go Rams!

WELCOME TO SUCKTOWN, USA

POPULATION: The entire Colorado State University football program.

What is with this team? What is with these coaches? What is with this program? I've never seen a more turbulent season in my life. You never know who's going to show up. Did Fort Collins High School play BYU today because I thought they would have scored more if they did. You don't know if the coaches did their homework; obviously not this week. I would give them an incomplete and an A for the educational course of sucking! Hey Larry, way to tell your defense to play uninspired and disgusting. Way to send a farewell message to BYU. Oh wait, you did. You gave them even more reason to leave the Mountain West because they have to play crappy teams like ours. This just in, I think Luke Ashworth just scored another touchdown, which is amazing because it's about 5 hours after the end of the game. It's embarrassing when the other team is up on us so much, they put their backup in the third quarter to get some reps in. That has happened to us too many times this season Kerr, I beginning to think it's your fault more often then not. We'll see if a pink slip is in your mailbox at the end of the season. It makes me nauseous to think on senior day we played like this. Especially against BYU! Way to send the seniors off right. As much as I like Pete, he had an awful game. You got to work on your footing and become more mobile. He can't escape pressure which is one of his only down falls. The other is he checks off his receivers too quickly and misses wide open opportunities down field. As far as our running backs go, man, I've been saying it all season. Run down field! They dance to the sidelines missing holes. Also, hold on to the freaking ball.  Wait, Ashworth scored again! How did he do that? What a joke.

Hey CSU football squad. You owe me two and a half hours of my life back. I say only two and a half because the last hour of the game I changed the channel and found the 1982 classic "Death Wish 2" starring Charles Bronson. It changed my miserable day completely around. Thanks Mr. Bronson. Rest in peace.

Go Rams!

CSU v BYU: THE FINAL CHAPTER

Here's the thing. I can't stand BYU. Never have. Never will. Let them fail outside a conference. Trying to be this independent power house makes me laugh because it just shows the arrogance and  how money hungry this bogus instititution is. On the flip side, it kind of makes me a little sad to send the Cougars off with a loss. Actually, it makes me want to play air guitar like Bill and Ted. Excellent! Considering how both teams have been lately, this should be an interesting contest. BYU coming off a destruction of their own against UNLV, but, who hasn't destroyed UNLV. And CSU losing a heart breaker in Sand Deigo; I think the boys will be pissed they let that one slip.

QBs
BYU produces at lot of quality QBs like Jim McMahon, Steve Young and Ty Detmer. Last years Jake Heaps was the #1 QB recruit in the country. He signed with BYU and won the job after splitting time at first with Riley Nelson. We'd be looking at the future stars of MWC if BYU didn't bail to play independtly. NEWSFLASH:  He was put on his ass by Utah State and Colorado State's defense is much better than the blue and white aggies. Another plus is he likes to throw to wrong colored jerseys. Now I know PT4 has his fair share of int's but I think Pete is a much better quarterback.

RBs
JJ Di Luigi is BYU's feature running back. Hopefully when Ricky and the boys are done, Luigi's brother Mario will be helping him unclog the football that's lodged in his pipes. As far as running game goes though, I think this is pretty much a stalemate unless CSU's running backs deside to go out to lunch with each other like they did last week. 31 total team yards is not going to cut through any defense. We can't just leave it up to Pete and the defense to score. I want to see Mason have another break out day; running for two bills on that kitty cat defense they like to call 'the cats meow'. So dumb. Just another reason to not like BYU. Crappy nicknames.


Special Teams
Deline, please kick the ball through the two yellow posts. That's all gots to say.

In conclusion, I don't wish BYU luck being single and neither should any other true Rams fan. They will probably never date again.

Go Rams!

TOP 10 JOBS DAN HAWKINS WILL BE AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR

10. Poop scooper for elephants at the zoo.

9. Intramural sports coordinator

8. A greeter at Wal-Mart

7. Denver Broncos Head coach

6. A sandwich artist at Subway

5. Cart wrangler at Super Target

4. An assistant to a traveling magic show. Tricks such as sawing him in half, making him disappear. etc.

3. Blogger

2. Holding a rope under Woody Woodpecker for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

1. A dirty hippie that panhandles on Pearl Street in Boulder

Go Rams!

PEACE OUT HAWK!

Looks like another failed attempt at glory for CU. Another 5 years waisted. Looks like that pipe dream of another shared national championship will have to be delayed another 4-5 years. Too bad. So sad. Good luck Dan! 

"Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I hate you so."

Hopefully your buddy Mike Bohner is on his way out too!

Go Rams!

SO CLOSE. NO DICE.

Ronnie Hillman slashing our Ram defense (AP photo)

Wow. What a thrilling game. To bad we got the short end of the stick. Still, there are some questions remaining. Question one: what happened to our running game from past weeks?  A team total of 31 yards is not going to cut it, obviously, and I know San Diego State's defense isn't that good. Despite Pete Thomas' excellent passing game in which he could pick and choose who he wanted to pass to all night, the Aztecs still somehow made our offense one dimensional and when you do that, it's nearly impossible to win. We also didn't take advantage of our possessions. We came out with field goals instead of much needed dudges.  When our defense shows up, we've got to take advantage. I thought they did a pretty good job keeping the Aztec offense in check except for the 151 yards Ronnie Hillman managed to rattle off. He's fast. The defense also did a great job forcing turnovers, in fact, that was the best I've seen all year. They had flashes of excitement like when Mychal Sisson picked up that fumble and ran it back for a dudge.  

Aztec blocking a Ram field goal. Get the ball up! (AP photo)

Question two: what is the deal with our special teams? I can't believe we had another miscue on our kicking team. Blocked field goal? I know these things happen but come on! Get the blocking scheme down, set the ball on the ground correctly and kick it high enough to get it over the linemen. Get your kicks up DeLine! Other than that, I thought CSU had an excellent game and it's a shame they lost. It also sucks we won't be bowling this year. I was convinced they were going to win this game. Good game Aztecs.

On a side note. I ran into this picture from the Denver Post today and I thought I would share it with all you CU haters like myself. Enjoy!

Cody Hawkins getting his block knocked off (AP photo)

 HahaHaHA Hahaha ahaha Ha HAHAHA! Haha HahA ahahhaahahahahahhaahHAHahA AH ahHAHAhAHaHA ahAHAHA HAHAH HAHAHHAA....ah..... HAHhahHAHah! I hate CU.
Way to blow a 45-17 lead in the forth quarter against a crappy team like Kansas. Bye bye Danny boy. You suck.

Sincerely, all Colorado State fans

Go Rams!

SAN DIEGO STATE v CSU

Well, this is it. The start of a historic winning streak... hopefully. I don't know what makes anyone believe that we can win in San Diego, yet alone win any away game this year, but, I've got a feeling the Rams are going to come out blasting fools. I think the defense is going to come out with a chip on their shoulder and completely stop either the running game or the passing game but definitely not both. This is a pattern we've seeing all season. The times we play well, we always have one aspect of the game completely covered and we leave others wide open so the opposing team can wipe our faces in the ground. Larry Kerr better have a great defensive scheme or else the Aztecs are really going to embarrass us with the weapons they have.


Exhibit A: Ryan Lindley

Let me start off by pointing out how odd this dude looks. How come every time I do a profile description of an opposing quarterback, they always have some goofy looking grin across their mug. (ie: Jordan Wynn) Let's see you smile like that when Mychal Sisson or Guy Miller is pile driving your head into the turf. On second thought, aim for the ankle. Ryan hurt it in the last game against Wyoming so if we can take him out, we'd have an excellent chance of beating these guys. He has thrown for around 2,250 yards this year, just 250 more than our boy Petey, but he has three years experience. Because of that, I would have to give a slight edge, just a tiny sliver to Lindley in the head to head on quarterbacks. Don't get me wrong. I think Pete is going to light up the San Diego State defense.

Exhibit B: DeMarco Sampson

Don't let this fohawk sporting, ready to throw some glitter on the face wearing, ready to hit up some night clubs mug fool you. Twinkle toes here can make people look ridiculous with his size and speed. In fact, I don't think there is a player on our defense that will be able to cover him. I really hope he's out shopping or sharing some laughs over coffee with a couple of close buddies and forgets to show up to the game on Saturday because I think that's the only way that he's not going to hurt us. Advantage Aztecs.


Exhibit C: Ronnie Hillman

Freshman, I said FRESHMAN Ronnie Hillman has 905 yards and 11 dudges this season. I know our defense can stop the run because I've seen it when we played TCU. Let's build a time machine, set it for Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, snatch up the Colorado State defense and bring them back to November 6th, 2010 before Ronnie runs past our entire defense of now, steals the time machine, sets it for November 5th, 1955, and takes Marty's mom to the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance and disrupts the space time continuum. "Gotta get back in time!" (Huey Lewis)

So, what I see here is an obvious win if Ronnie steals the time machine, DeMarco is in a tickle fight with his friends and forgets to go to the game, and if Ryan busts his ankle. CSU wins 32-24 if all these scenarios are true. If not, well, good luck Petey.
Go Rams!

CAPTION CONTEST WINNERS

The time has come to announce the winners of our first Caption Contest.

Karla, Litchfield, MN
"Sweet Honey Baby....size doesn't matter, honestly."
Good one Karla. Hopefully you're refering to the size of the shirt you've won.

Terry, Aurora, CO
"That's what she said."
Not really sure what to say about this one but I guess it fits. Thanks Terry.

Bruce, Santa Fe, NM
“Boom goes the groin.”
I think Bruce is refering to that pour student announcer from Ball State. If you haven't seen it, get out of the dark ages and CLICK HERE to watch the video. Funny stuff.

Thanks for participating. You guys just won this medium sized shirt. Be on the look out for another Caption Contest in the near future.