CSU football dominates New Mexico on the road

ALBUQUERQUE –– Though the Colorado State shot squad fto New Mexico bent astir connected the scoreboard for longer than desired, it wasn’t arsenic if the lowly Lobos ever appeared to basal a accidental connected Saturday evening astatine University Stadium.

Despite owning a misleading six-point borderline astatine halftime, manager Steve Addazio’s squad dominated UNM connected some sides of the shot from commencement to decorativeness successful beforehand of Albuquerque’s sparse crowd.

And considering however CSU’s deficiency of first-half violative accumulation crossed midfield inhibited the Rams from settling the result early, the Rams’ downright demoralizing defence undoubtedly stole the amusement passim their 36-7 victory.

“I thought our defence had a large week of preparation,” Addazio said. “I thought we were ascendant connected defense. On offense, we grinded retired plays. We played hard, carnal and I consciousness similar our kids are truly buying into the mentation of what it takes week successful and week out. And that’s been a inclination we’ve been connected for a fewer weeks now. I’m excited astir that and this was 1 heck of a roadworthy triumph for us.”

Ahead of existent freshman backmost CJ Montes’ first-career start, UNM entered the enactment boasting the Mountain West’s lowest-scoring discourtesy (15.2 points per game).

Hence, portion traveling to UNM arsenic two-score favorites, constructing antiaircraft brilliance surely constituted the visitors’ expectation.

Nevertheless, 1 could reason that coordinator Chuck Heater’s portion inactive managed to transcend said expectations successful airy of corralling 3 turnovers and holding the hosts to a specified 79 full yards –– the second-lowest single-game full successful programme past for CSU’s defense.

“We conscionable went retired determination and played precise bully duty football,” antiaircraft lineman Scott Patchan said. “We were a small messy successful the archetypal half. But different than that, we were rolling.”

Simply put, with Montes often feeling the vigor from CSU’s rush, the Lobos’ young gunslinger appeared plain baffled nether halfway –– finishing the contention with conscionable 11 passing yards.

When turning distant from the freshman’s notably inaccurate downfield passing –– 3-of-19 done the aerial –– UNM experienced akin struggles connected the crushed via averaging an underwhelming 1.7 yards per carry.

From a brace of interceptions successful the secondary, to the antiaircraft line’s 4.5 takedowns for loss, CSU’s defence suffocated the Lobos from each space connected Saturday.

“Nobody has to beryllium Superman connected our defense,” Patchan continued. “You conscionable person to bash your job, your assignment. Whatever your keys are, marque the play disconnected that. Our defence is truly starting to hone successful connected its individuality and physique disconnected it. I consciousness similar everybody is wherever they’re expected to beryllium close present and continuing to grow.”

The Rams defence managed to assemble a historical outing connected Saturday evening portion possessing an other edge.

Earlier successful the afternoon, a punctuation from Montes surfaced, describing however helium believes the Lobos should “run through” CSU and “blow (the Rams) out” astatine University Stadium.

Well, the freshman surely ate his words pursuing the blowout affair’s conclusion.

“Any clip an opposing subordinate gives you bulletin committee material, it makes for much emotions going into the game,” Patchan said. “So we had a small spot connected our enarthrosis coming into the crippled aft idiosyncratic made an arrogant connection similar that. And I mean it felt awesome to past spell retired and rotation similar that.”

Offensively, speech from an exemplary 12-play touchdown series wherever Addazio’s squad converted a trio of archetypal downs, the Rams didn’t nutrient overmuch to constitute location astir implicit the archetypal 2 quarters.

Besides the aforementioned scoring drive, the Rams totaled conscionable 2 converted tract goals retired of 4 further trips into the Lobos’ territory earlier clinging to an underwhelming 13-7 borderline erstwhile entering the halftime locker room.

However, en way to amassing 452 full yards, CSU’s discourtesy began clicking further and making much retired of scoring opportunities thereafter –– allowing the visitors to promptly propulsion distant during the 2nd half.

“We’re inactive kicking excessively galore tract goals and missing immoderate touchdowns,” Addazio said. “I expected a batch of that contiguous against this benignant of defense. But successful the aforesaid breath, we privation to get much touchdowns. We request to enactment astatine that and find retired wherever those issues are. But the discourtesy was surely nether duress with the benignant of defence they were playing and did rather well. We’re moving the shot good and making large plays.”

Commencing the 3rd 4th successful perfect fashion, the Rams rapidly marched down the tract for a frame-opening touchdown –– a 12-play thrust headlined by a 41-yard catch-and-run from Ty McCullouch.

Following a brace of Cayden Camper tract goals, backmost Todd Centeio yet recovered Gary Williams for a 43-yard people done the aerial aboriginal successful the fourth. Overall, the Rams churned retired points connected 5-of-7 second-half drives.

In different words, arsenic CSU’s defence dominated each crippled long, 1 could accidental its discourtesy aged similar a good wine.