

I don’t feel that was any of our finest hours. “We turned the ball over too many times on offense, let up too many big plays on defense. 27, 2021 at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Scenes from the Colorado State Rams’ final home game this season, a 52-10 loss to Nevada, Saturday evening Nov. In fact, long before the first quarter even elapsed, a detrimental outcome seemed inevitable for the uninspired hosts.īy the 11:16 mark of the introductory quarter, CSU found itself trailing 14-0 following a pair of touchdown tosses from Mountain West-leading passer Carson Strong to receiver Tory Horton –– wide-open strikes of 27 yards and 54 yards through the air, respectively. With a sparse crowd of 17,465 unenthusiastic spectators on hand, the Wolf Pack experienced little trouble marching toward a blowout victory. Similar to most members of its fanbase, CSU appeared unengaged throughout 2021’s last dose of live-game action in front of nearly 25,000 empty seats. And it was gut-wrenching to not be with the team for that second half. If I kept my mouth shut and didn’t say anything, obviously I wouldn’t have been in that situation. All I said to them (the referees) was guys, we just have to do better. “To tell you the truth, I was pretty calm (until) that point,” Addazio said of the ejection. Simply put, Addazio’s ejection constituted the cherry on top of a comprehensively demoralizing season finale as the Rams succumbed to a 52-10 beatdown against Nevada –– capping the campaign at 3-9 following their sixth consecutive defeat. While referees at Canvas Stadium forced CSU’s second-year chief of command to prematurely wave the white flag on 2021, the Rams had already done so on the turf during the campaign’s final contest.

FORT COLLINS –– Upon whistling Steve Addazio for his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of the evening, Saturday’s officiating crew ejected Colorado State’s disgruntled head coach with 4:41 remaining in the first half.
