"It's the greatest opportunity there is, but at the end of the day it's just another opportunity for our chance to go out and prove ourselves and prove the type of team we want to be, so we're excited to do that."Įnjoying the attention is one thing, but the goal remains to remain locked into the primary task, which is trying to win a game. "It's awesome," said CSU linebacker Chase Wilson, a Colorado kid. It may look like a three-ring circus at times, but there's no need to ignore it. Colorado State will be there, too, as the opponent. Colorado's new coach, Deion Sanders, is the draw, and how he's turned the program around and shot it into the national rankings after two weeks. Long before any game starts Saturday, the college lead-in shows for both ESPN and Fox will be in Boulder. The Rocky Mountain Showdown is on ESPN, so a national audience is on hand for the 8 p.m., kickoff. This is why our kids go to school, to play in games like this, to play in this kind of atmosphere." "I told the kids (Monday), I just came from Reno, Nevada and we had a lot of casinos there – it's like a big game of Texas Hold'em and all the chips are on the table," CSU coach Jay Norvell said. There's no reason to ignore it, just don't get lost in the shuffle
FORT COLLINS – The attention is there, and they all know it.
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