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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State's Guy Miller recovered a fumble with 42 seconds remaining at the Rams' 10-yard line to secure a 24-23 win over Weber State at Sonny Lubick Stadium at Hughes Field Saturday evening.
Miller, a junior nose guard, helped the Rams win their home opener in front of the first student-section sellout since Sept. 8, 2007, against then-No. 10 Cal. The win gives the Rams their first 2-0 start since 2006.
WSU (0-2) did not go down without a fight, converting 11 of 21 third-down opportunities. CSU failed to convert in eight third-down chances, but still was able to defeat the Wildcats.
"They played a good game," Miller said. "They threw a lot of different stuff at us. They were fast, they were quick and we were just lucky to come out with a win."
The game started well for the Rams, who scored first with a unique senior-to-senior connection. A double-reverse pass from wide receiver Dion Morton back to quarterback Grant Stucker for a 40-yard touchdown pass gave the Rams a 7-0 lead.
After the Wildcats missed a 34-yard field goal on their next drive, CSU struck again with a 28-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Ben DeLine, which gave the Rams a 10-0 edge going into the second quarter...
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Toledo started fast, Colorado barely started.
Sound familiar? And figuring out who won . . . well, it isn't Rocket science.
By the time the Buffaloes found on the ON switch, their late Friday/early Saturday fight with the Rockets in the sparsely populated Glass Bowl nearly was over. It was a bitterly disappointing rewind of CU's season-opening loss against Colorado State six days earlier...
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -Colt McCoy warmed up after a shaky start and No. 2 Texas overcame poor special teams play and a bad first half to beat Wyoming 41-10 on a cold and breezy Saturday.
The Longhorns (2-0) looked ready to be lassoed until taking a 13-10 lead just before halftime, although their defense had a great afternoon against a spread offense in preparation for next weekend's showdown with Texas Tech.
The defense held the Cowboys (1-1) out of the end zone and limited them to 3-for-17 on third down in helping to secure the Longhorns' 15th straight non-conference win, tying a school record established in the 1940s.
But their offense sputtered and their special teams were terrible. The Longhorns had a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown and also a fake punt that didn't work and a fake field goal that failed.
McCoy completed 30 of 47 passes for 337 yards and three TDs with an interception. He missed 17 or more passes for just the third time in his career, including a dozen in the first half, when he was intercepted by linebacker Weston Johnson.
In what first-year Wyoming coach Dave Christensen called "probably the biggest game that's ever been played in the state of Wyoming," the Cowboys played a thrilling first half against the Longhorns, who were favored by 33 1/2 points.
Wyoming took a 10-6 lead with 92 seconds left before halftime when Luke Ruff blocked John Gold's punt and fellow freshman Ghaali Muhammad scooped up the bouncing ball and scampered 6 yards for the touchdown that gave the Cowboys their first lead.
This was the wake-up call for Texas, which scored the next 35 points, starting with a 25-yard TD toss from McCoy to James Kirkendoll that capped a six-play, 70-yard drive and gave the Longhorns a 13-10 halftime lead.
The Longhorns scored touchdowns on three of their four possessions in the third quarter to make it the rout most had anticipated.
They needed just five plays to score on McCoy's 9-yard keeper after D.J. Monroe returned the second-half kickoff 41 yards to the Wyoming 40. McCoy also threw a 33-yard scoring toss to Dan Buckner and Tre' Newton added a 13-yard TD run...
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