Northern Colorado vs Colorado State Picks and Prediction – 9/7/2024

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Northern Colorado at Colorado State 09/07/24 - College Football Picks & Predictions

Game Start: 9/7/2024, 11:00 PM UTC

Northern Colorado vs Colorado State Prediction

The Northern Colorado team is going on the road for a short trip to face Colorado State. The Rams are playing at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado at 7:00 PM EST. Make sure you are ready for all the football action with our college football picks.

The Bears are heading to this game here after getting handed a loss by Incarnate Word. The loss was a disappointment on the offensive side of the ball while the Bears scored only 7 points and allowed 28 points to be scored.

Northern Colorado ended up seeing Peter Costelli go 16/26 for 141 yards, but he did find the wrong team 2 times. The rushing offense was not that bad with a touchdown, 214 yards and all of that on 43 carries. The defense allowed 205 yards in the air and a pair of touchdowns, but did get a pick. The rushing defense was horrible giving up 203 yards and 2 touchdowns on 39 carries.

Colorado State is heading to the game here after getting a loss in their opening game. The loss was a blowout loss to Texas, so it was expected. Still, the final score of 52-0 was not expected as the Rams would have liked to have had some more offensive showing in the game.

In the losing effort the Rams seen Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi go 10/18 for only 59 yards with a pick. His backup Jackson Brousseau did not do any better going 3 out of 6 for 15 yards and a pick. Running the ball for the Rams picked up only 118 yards on 32 carries. The defense for Colorado State allowed 355 yards and 4 touchdowns in the air, but did get a pick. The rushing defense got tore apart giving up 190 yards and 3 touchdowns while facing only 41 carries.

Northern Colorado vs Colorado State Pick Analysis

The Bears are going to have to really improve in this game here if they want to do anything, but the Bears at least scored. Still, the Rams will learn about their weaknesses after Texas exposed them and correct them this week during practice and come back to the field ready to pick up a win and that is what they will do in this game here. Final Score Prediction, Colorado State Rams win 24-0.