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Colorado State New Orleans Bowl Update
Colorado State continues preparation for New Orleans Bowl.
Dec. 15, 2001
New Orleans- Colorado State University football coach Sonny Lubick put the Rams through a two-hour workout Saturday at Tulane University, the team's first workout in the city where Tuesday night's first-ever New Orleans Bowl takes place in the Louisiana Superdome (ESPN2, 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT). Lubick said the biggest task facing his 6-5 team is stopping the University of North Texas' potent ground game. "It's critical for us to play well on defense," he said from the team's practice site at Tulane. "They keep the ball from a lot of teams. You know that they are doing to play as hard as they can to prove they belong here. We need to prove it, too." The Rams are making their third straight bowl trip and sixth in nine seasons since Lubick took over the helm. It is the first time in school history that Colorado State has played in three straight bowls. North Texas earned a spot in the bowl by winning the Sun Belt Conference title. "If they can run the football, what they've done is keep games close going into the third or fourth quarters, then put two or three touchdowns on the board," said Lubick. "They won't give up on the run. The big thing for us on defense is to slow down the run on defense, and take care of the ball on offense." Colorado State will hold its last full practice Sunday at Tulane,
then stage a brief walk-though in the Superdome Monday.
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