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Rams Win MWC Title, Eye Seventh League Win Against Rebels
Colorado State leads series 6-3-1.
Nov. 25, 2002
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State clinched the 2002 Mountain West Conference football championship outright with a 22-14 win over the University of New Mexico last week before a sellout crowd of 30,215 at Hughes Stadium - the third overflow crowd of the year. The Rams are 10-2 overall and 6-0 in the league heading into Saturday's regular season finale against UNLV. Colorado State scored the first 19 points of the game and played stellar defense in clinching the team's sixth title in Sonny Lubick's 10 seasons as head coach. QB Bradlee Van Pelt ran for 106 yards and a touchdown, CB Rhett Nelson took a pitch from LB Adam Wade who had forced a fumble and returned it 54 yards for a score, and K Jeff Babcock nailed two field goals in the game. Wade finished the game with 11 tackles. View From The Press Box Rich Bircumshaw calls the play-by-play, Mark Driscoll is the analyst and Brian Roth provides sideline reports for the Colorado State Sports Network. Bircumshaw is in his fourth year with the network and is sports director at network flagship station KIIX (1410 AM) in Fort Collins. Driscoll is a former CSU quarterback and Roth is in his second year as a member of the broadcast team, while the producer is Kevin McGlue and Randy Barnard is the studio host. Lubick Coaching Streak Colorado State has extended three current streaks established during Sonny Lubick's tenure in Fort Collins, including:
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