The cougs visit to Fort Collins was certainly a treat for the jerseys in blue and its fans dismantling Colorado State 49-10. They say momentum is without question often the key in winning games. Just ask the school up north the last couple weeks. The cougs made things happen early and that swagger or shift whatever you like to call it took care of itself led by the duo of Ashworth and Heaps. The rams had their senior day but had no idea it truly was to become a monumental senior day.
Ashworth, the senior wide receiver couldn't have asked for a better ratio beginning with a flea flicker catch for 62 yards touchdown haul. Four receptions and four touchdowns on the day. The four first half touchdown hauls set a cougar record for most TDs in a single half by one player. Not a bad days worth of work. Saturday's matchup and avalanche was essentially over at halftime 35-0 with the rams dazed and confused as to where to begin and what to correct.
From the cougs official website game summary each team apparently had the ball 30 minutes which clearly shows that often time of possession means nothing. Its what you do with it when you have it. When the cougs had their opportunities on third downs they converted 12 of 13. On the other hand the rams had 5 turnovers on saturday. Yes 5. Not exactly a formula for success. Even freshman Kyle Van Noy got into the action with a 44 yard fumble recovery for a TD. Senior ram linebacker Ricky Brewer even mentioned "It happened so fast...we beat ourselves...obviously they are a great team...penalties and turnovers, those are a recipe for disaster and that's what we served up today".
Approximately two months ago things may have looked rather bleak for the bowl outlook with the jerseys in blue. With saturday's contest against a struggling 1-9 New Mexico team here at home by all means the cougs should finish no worse than 6-6 making a bowl game this season a very real possibility. Considering the shift in momentum for both school up north and the cougs in coming weeks it certainly makes the Holy War game rather intriguing of a matchup.
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