For a team with bowl game aspirations, Week 1 proved the CSU Rams still have a tall mountain to climb.
WSU converted more than 60% of its third downs , while CSU was just 4 for 13. The Rams consistently found themselves in third-and-long and unable to generate explosive plays downfield, while on defense, the home front couldn’t generate enough consistent pressure on the mobile Ward to get him uncomfortable.
Norvell said Millen isn’t in concussion protocol, but that the team will evaluate his health in the coming week.After the Rams went three-and-out to open the third, the Cougars capped a six-play, 70-yard drive with John Mateer’s 3-yard TD run. That made it 23-3, and the blowout was on. WSU also dominated CSU last year, a 38-7 game in Pullman.
Millen did not come back in the game, while Fowler-Nicolosi finally uncorked the CSU passing game with a 75-yard TD pass to Justus Ross-Simmons against the Cougars’ No. 2 defense to cut the deficit to 43-17. Then, new tight end Dallin Holker, a transfer from BYU, reeled in his first CSU TD on a 20-yard grab that put CSU over the 20-point mark for the first time in Norvell’s tenure.
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