Lost in the madness of March and NFL free agency, spring football practices for schools around the country are kicking off this week. The Colorado State Rams have a unique situation, where the football program began spring practice today and prepares for their August 31st opener against the Texas Longhorns, while the Men’s basketball team prepares for their match-up against the Longhorns in the round of 64 at the NCAA Basketball tournament tonight. The similarities, however; end with that common opponent. The Rams football program is coming off a year of improvement in head coach Jay Norvell’s second season at…
Author: Josh Gunderson
Josh Gunderson
Sports writer covering CSU Rams football, CU Buffaloes football, and the Denver Broncos. Josh also writes about other college football and NFL topics as needed. He is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Moorhead and played golf and basketball in college.
On March 7, 2016 Peyton Manning rode off into the sunset, apparently on the Broncos themselves. Denver has not reached the playoffs in any of the eight seasons since Manning’s retirement, and now the rebuilding begins…again. John Elway probably wishes he had joined Manning, as the team has repeatedly failed to produce results since the departure of the star quarterback. Elway served as Denver’s GM until 2020, before hiring George Paton to fill the same role, and his poor draft history in the years after winning Super Bowl 50 have contributed to the worst stretch of football in franchise history. With…
