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Colorado State stung Colorado for 20 first-half points then held on to defeat the Buffaloes 23-17 Sunday night at Folsom Field before 53,168 and a national television audience.
Pittsburg State upends CSC, 41-13
The Buffs, losing a home opener for the second time in coach Dan Hawkins' four-year tenure, now face one of the quicker turnarounds in school history. They play again Friday night (7 p.m. MDT, ESPN) at Toledo, which lost its opener 52-31 to Purdue.
CSU, which had lost seven consecutive games at Folsom Field entering Sunday's contest, took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards in six plays to score the afternoon's first touchdown.
The drive's big play was a third-and-eight pass from senior quarterback Grant Stucker to receiver Dion Morton that covered 57 yards and gave the Rams a first down at the Buffs' 10-yard line...
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Darius Terry rushed for two touchdowns in Wyoming's new no-huddle, spread offense to beat Weber State 29-22 Saturday and give former Missouri offensive coordinator Dave Christensen his first win as head coach of the Cowboys.
Christensen, who was hired last winter to rejuvenate an anemic Cowboy offense, didn't disappoint as Wyoming easily exceeded its 2008 per-game production for points scored and total yards.
The Cowboys (1-0) more than doubled last year's 12.7 average points per game - worst among the 119 major college teams - and their 434 yards of total offense against Weber State surpassed the team's 296 yards in 2008.
Wyoming receiver David Leonard, who had seven catches for 87 yards, said he had a "great time" with the up-tempo offense.
"I think it wore down the defense quite a bit," he said.
Christensen said he was pleased with the win but thought the offense could have put more points on the board...
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP)—When Nicholls State installed its option offense a few year back, the Colonels turned to Air Force for pointers.
The Falcons obliged, even sending assistant coaches to Thibodaux, La., to give a hands-on tutorial.
On Saturday, the Colonels witnessed the option operating on all cylinders. It was another Air Force clinic.
Jared Tew scored three touchdowns and Tim Jefferson accounted for three more as the Falcons rolled to the largest margin of victory in school history in a 72-0 rout.
The Falcons (1-0) piled up 576 yards of total offense as they improved to 14-0 against Football Championship Subdivision schools...
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Northern Colorado Loses 49-3 to Kansas (click here)
Humbolt State too much for Adams State (click here)
