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| The Award Winning Aggies to Rams Available at the CSU Bookstore and Rams Bookstore |
The first ever complete history of football at Colorado State University hit the shelves of the CSU and Rams Bookstores shelves
August 14th. Both stores have the books ready to pick up today or order online for out of town customers.
Packed with 634 photos that span from 1893 to the New Mexico Bowl win in 2008, Aggies to Rams is a large hard bound book
with stories, traditions and stadiums that have made CSU football great for so many years.
At $45 plus tax/shipping, that comes out to $.07 per photo plus the written
history of Aggies and Rams football. With only 1,500 copies individually
numbered, Aggies to Rams will make a great holiday gift, so get yours now.
Click here or on the picture of the book cover to link to the CSU Bookstore
website. Remember, 80% of net sales will go toward CSU Athletic
Scholarships.
Or you can call the bookstore at 970-491-1500. If you are on campus at
the Lory Student Center, ask for Fran Wilson so you can buy your copy now.
August 14th. Both stores have the books ready to pick up today or order online for out of town customers.
Packed with 634 photos that span from 1893 to the New Mexico Bowl win in 2008, Aggies to Rams is a large hard bound book
with stories, traditions and stadiums that have made CSU football great for so many years.
At $45 plus tax/shipping, that comes out to $.07 per photo plus the written
history of Aggies and Rams football. With only 1,500 copies individually
numbered, Aggies to Rams will make a great holiday gift, so get yours now.
Click here or on the picture of the book cover to link to the CSU Bookstore
website. Remember, 80% of net sales will go toward CSU Athletic
Scholarships.
Or you can call the bookstore at 970-491-1500. If you are on campus at
the Lory Student Center, ask for Fran Wilson so you can buy your copy now.
| 80% of all net sales will be donated to the CSU Athletic Scholarship funds, so support the Rams and take home this great piece of history. |
| In 2007 Colorado Aggies.Com was established to preserve the history of football at Colorado State University first by preserving the pre-1957 Aggie era and later all of football at CSU. In 2009 the first book written about the 116 year history of CSU football was completed and the website transformed into a preservation of all CSU athletics. Eventually this website will hold information about all sports including information about coaches and athletes. Regular feature articles about different sports and of course football will help keep not only the Aggie athletic tradition alive, but the Rams tradition as well. Colorado Aggies.com is a privately funded website maintained by a 1993 CSU graduate with a degree in history and passion for Colorado State University history. It is not associated with the university, but it does help inform and update CSU athletic history for the school as well. We are constantly trying to grow this site and add more photos and stories to bring CSU sports fans the best historical information possible. Email your comments and suggestions |
This website was last updated December 31, 2011. |
| Can CSU Football History Repeat itself? Jim McElwain vs. Sonny Lubick |
On December 22, 1992, the Denver Post headline read "Lubick Joins CSU in Title Mood". It
will be a bit of history repeating itself on December 13, 2011 when Jim McElwain is
introduced as the 20th head football coach in CSU history.
In 1992, Lubick was coming into a situation at Colorado State that had become toxic
following the firing of Earle Bruce, the former Ohio State hall of fame coach that had led the
Rams to their first bowl game in 42 years. Fast forward 19 years and McElwain finds
himself in a similar situation following the surprising firing of Athletic Director Paul
Kowalczyk and not so surprising firing of four-year coach Steve Fairchild after three 3-9
seasons at his alma mater.
That is not where the historic irony ends.
Lubick, a native of Montana was the Defensive Coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes where
he helped lead them to two national championships and was about to coach his last game
with Miami in the 1992 national championship game; against Alabama.
McElwain, a native of Montana has been the Offensive Coordinator for Alabama since 2008
where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to the 2009 national championship. McElwain will
coach his last game with Alabama in the national championship game against LSU.
will be a bit of history repeating itself on December 13, 2011 when Jim McElwain is
introduced as the 20th head football coach in CSU history.
In 1992, Lubick was coming into a situation at Colorado State that had become toxic
following the firing of Earle Bruce, the former Ohio State hall of fame coach that had led the
Rams to their first bowl game in 42 years. Fast forward 19 years and McElwain finds
himself in a similar situation following the surprising firing of Athletic Director Paul
Kowalczyk and not so surprising firing of four-year coach Steve Fairchild after three 3-9
seasons at his alma mater.
That is not where the historic irony ends.
Lubick, a native of Montana was the Defensive Coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes where
he helped lead them to two national championships and was about to coach his last game
with Miami in the 1992 national championship game; against Alabama.
McElwain, a native of Montana has been the Offensive Coordinator for Alabama since 2008
where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to the 2009 national championship. McElwain will
coach his last game with Alabama in the national championship game against LSU.
Lubick may have lost that national championship game, but he did come to Fort Collins and immediately produced some of the greatest
CSU football teams in school history. Some of that success was based on excellent recruiting by Earle Bruce and some of it was based
on excellent coaching by Lubick and his staff. If we are to believe that the current players have the talent that has been talked about,
perhaps McElwain will inherit players that can produce immediately.
McElwain and Lubick's ironic twists of history do not end with being natives of Montana and coaching in the national championship
game prior to moving out west either.
Both coaches had a past coaching at Montana State University, connections with Jim Sweeney and both are personable (we think
McElwain is from what we have heard) and player's coaches. Both were born in the month of March and in the 2000 Liberty Bowl
Lubick's Rams beat Louiville where McElwain was the Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for the Cardinals.
CSU football teams in school history. Some of that success was based on excellent recruiting by Earle Bruce and some of it was based
on excellent coaching by Lubick and his staff. If we are to believe that the current players have the talent that has been talked about,
perhaps McElwain will inherit players that can produce immediately.
McElwain and Lubick's ironic twists of history do not end with being natives of Montana and coaching in the national championship
game prior to moving out west either.
Both coaches had a past coaching at Montana State University, connections with Jim Sweeney and both are personable (we think
McElwain is from what we have heard) and player's coaches. Both were born in the month of March and in the 2000 Liberty Bowl
Lubick's Rams beat Louiville where McElwain was the Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for the Cardinals.
| Jim McElwain |
However, that is where the similarities between
the new coach and the legendary coach end.
McElwain has never been a head coach at the
collegiate level. Lubick had a brief stint with
Montana State in the 1970s.
Another factor is that McElwain is 49 years old
(50 when the Rams take to the gridiron in 2012)
and Lubick was 57. Although Lubick had offers
from other schools as the Rams continually
won, perhaps the age difference will make
McElwain think more about moving if another
offer comes in from a big school.
Finally, Lubick never had to contend with the
BCS and major changes in college football that
are happening today. With the hope of a new
stadium on campus, CSU might have a chance
to climb into BCS conferences like TCU and
Utah have, but it will be a more difficult climb
than what Lubick contended with in the 1990s
when Colorado State virtually created the
Mountain West Conference and split up the old
WAC.
Only time will tell, but it is going to be fun
watching what happens next.
Welcome to Ram Country Coach McElwain!
the new coach and the legendary coach end.
McElwain has never been a head coach at the
collegiate level. Lubick had a brief stint with
Montana State in the 1970s.
Another factor is that McElwain is 49 years old
(50 when the Rams take to the gridiron in 2012)
and Lubick was 57. Although Lubick had offers
from other schools as the Rams continually
won, perhaps the age difference will make
McElwain think more about moving if another
offer comes in from a big school.
Finally, Lubick never had to contend with the
BCS and major changes in college football that
are happening today. With the hope of a new
stadium on campus, CSU might have a chance
to climb into BCS conferences like TCU and
Utah have, but it will be a more difficult climb
than what Lubick contended with in the 1990s
when Colorado State virtually created the
Mountain West Conference and split up the old
WAC.
Only time will tell, but it is going to be fun
watching what happens next.
Welcome to Ram Country Coach McElwain!
| Sonny Lubick coached Rams football from 1993 to 2007 and posted 108 wins during his career at Colorado State. |
| Ram Fans want a Bold New Helmet |
Nothing says "Bold New Era" for Rams
Football than a helmet and uniform
re-design. CSU fan Peter Brown has
shown his enthusiasm for the changes in
Ram football by taking his skills as a
designer and bringing them to Ram
Football.
The results are in from a week-long vote
by fans of what they want to see in a
new helmet design on the Rams in 2012.
See the results of what fans want in an
everyday helmet and a design for Ag Day
and special games.
CLICK HERE TO SEE
THE RESULTS
This was a fan vote and does not
represent the ideas of any changes to
be made by the CSU football team.
Football than a helmet and uniform
re-design. CSU fan Peter Brown has
shown his enthusiasm for the changes in
Ram football by taking his skills as a
designer and bringing them to Ram
Football.
The results are in from a week-long vote
by fans of what they want to see in a
new helmet design on the Rams in 2012.
See the results of what fans want in an
everyday helmet and a design for Ag Day
and special games.
CLICK HERE TO SEE
THE RESULTS
This was a fan vote and does not
represent the ideas of any changes to
be made by the CSU football team.
| Stadium Dreams: The 100-year History of on-campus Football Stadium Dreams at Colorado State University |
For decades the debate over on-campus football stadiums, money to build and expand stadiums
and the agony of why Hughes Stadium is located where it is today has picked at Ram fans. This
special January feature digs into the blood, sweat and tears that have surrounded both Colorado
Filed and Hughes Stadium. If you hate where the stadium is now, imagine having no Rams
football at all. That could have happened, see why. CLICK HERE
and the agony of why Hughes Stadium is located where it is today has picked at Ram fans. This
special January feature digs into the blood, sweat and tears that have surrounded both Colorado
Filed and Hughes Stadium. If you hate where the stadium is now, imagine having no Rams
football at all. That could have happened, see why. CLICK HERE
