FORT COLLINS — Jay Norvell heard all the talk after yet another rivalry game loss in his tenure at Colorado State.
After last week’s loss to Colorado, the Rams are now 0-6 against the program’s three biggest rivals (Air Force, CU and Wyoming) since Norvell took over in 2022.
The biggest concern with this latest defeat was the fact that CSU just doesn’t look like a typical Norvell team. The ‘Air Raid’ offense that was promised has only shown in spurts over the course of the first 27 games with Norvell in charge.
CSU only had 209 yards passing against the Buffs and lacked big play ability outside of one big run late in the game when the outcome was decided.
But Norvell doesn’t care about substance. He cares about results, and that’s not changing, especially after a 1-2 start to the season.
“I was looking at this team in the long run,” Norvell said. “My charge is to get this team to be a national program. To do that, we’ve gotta play defense and we’ve gotta run the ball. We can’t just throw it all the time. I knew we played Texas all offseason, I knew we played Colorado all offseason. Quite frankly, I’m getting our team ready to play in our conference and to win in our conference consistently.”