Rams Embrace Underdog Status Against Buffaloes

Colorado State is coming off a bowl win and returns a starting quarterback who set the team's single-season passing record last season.

Still, coach Jim McElwain considers his team the vast underdog heading into the season opener against Colorado on Friday night. The Buffaloes are a Pac-12 team, McElwain pointed out, with more money, more resources, more top talent and a more lucrative television contract.

McElwain says, "Our little guys will show up and we'll go play a game."

That's straight from the playbook of renowned CSU coach Sonny Lubick, who was always a master at motivation.

McElwain has the Rams are on the rise after turnings things around in 2013.