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Colorado State Football: Decade themed games announced for 2016

By Hunter Kinniburgh

Nov 14, 2015; Fort Collins, CO, USA; Colorado State Rams take to the field before the game against the UNLV Rebels at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 14, 2015; Fort Collins, CO, USA; Colorado State Rams take to the field before the game against the UNLV Rebels at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2016 season marks a milestone for the Colorado State Football program, being the final season in Hughes Stadium before the Rams move to their new on-campus stadium. 

Colorado State has found a interesting way to honor their nearly 50 year old stadium for its final season in 2016 with a celebration of decades for its six home games.

The themes for the games were announced on the Colorado State Football twitter account on Thursday.

Starting with their home opener against UTSA the theme of the 60’s kicks off the different decades and will end with the Rams final home game against New Mexico, as a decade theme of the 2010s. The other decades are the 70’s, also the Rams annual Aggie Day, orange out (Northern Colorado), 80’s (Wyoming), 90’s (Utah State), and the 2000’s ( Fresno State).

The themes of the games are a great idea to honor the past of Hughes Stadium and allows fans, particularly students, to really get in on the fun and provide a better game day experience.

The Colorado State Rams head into the 2016 season looking to improve on a 7-6 campaign in 2015 under seconnd year head coach, Mike Bobo. With the return of quarterback Nick Stevens, the Rams will have the offensive power to contend in the Mountain West but will need their new 3-4 defense to step up in games, which was a problem for CSU in 2015.

Colorado State will be moving into their new on-campus stadium in the fall of 2017. The multi-purpose stadium will not only be used for football games, but will also have academic classrooms, advising centers, coaches offices, athletic training center, an alumni center and a Colorado State Hall of Fame. The new stadium also seats 41,000 people which is 7,000 more people than Hughes Stadium.

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Colorado State’s new stadium is a way of the program moving forward and updating. Hughes is after all, almost 50 years old. The administration at the university has hopes of joining a Power 5 conference, such as the Big 12 and the new stadium is a huge move towards that goal.

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