CSU to Bowl During Holidays

San Francisco treat for Rams.

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Nov. 24, 2003

By Natalie Meisler
Denver Post

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State football coach Sonny Lubick spent his first Sunday off since July in a Las Vegas hotel watching football and fretting over the logistics of juggling bowl practice with recruiting visits.

If the previous night's Colorado State-UNLV game ended 53 seconds sooner, Lubick might have real grounds for complaint. He would have to worry only about recruiting to a team without a bowl bid. Barely 12 hours after the Rams pulled out a 24-23 stunner to finish 7-5 and alone in third place in the Mountain West, arrangements were complete for the Rams to play Dec. 31 in the San Francisco Bowl against a Big East team, probably 7-5 Boston College.

"I'm happy the players will have a chance to go to a bowl," Lubick said. "I'm very excited to play in San Francisco."

It's also the first time since the 1997 Holiday Bowl the Rams will play a bowl game in their recruiting territory.

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