Cris Tiller

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Best CSU sports moments, athletes of the year

Now that we’re here at the end of the year, I couldn’t help but think back and realize what an amazing and unpredictable nine months it’s been in the CSU sports world. Apr 29, 2012 | 8:53 pm

CSU football’s top-5 areas for improvement

Under new coach Jim McElwain, we’ve only been allowed to see a glimpse of the “Bold New Era” of CSU football, but based on what the Rams showed us the past month, there is room for improvement. Apr 23, 2012 | 3:55 pm

Larry Eustachy the right man for CSU basketball

In his life there has always been basketball. Since 1979 Eustachy has devoted his life to the game, to helping boys out of high school become men in society. He’s experienced the highest of highs in the profession, named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year in 2000. Apr 15, 2012 | 10:28 pm

CSU football, athletics reputations will survive

Pool parties, fights, stabbings, canned athletic directors and a $200 million on-campus stadium. What a year. This past year has been a rollercoaster ride for the athletic department, and the football program especially, full of sharp left turns and gut-wrenching drops. Apr 10, 2012 | 12:34 am

CSU football still learning under new coach Jim McElwain

The Rams took to the field at Hughes Stadium for the first time in the Jim McElwain era for the team’s initial scrimmage during spring camp and stunk up the joint offensively or played out of their minds defensively, depending on how you look at it. Apr 9, 2012 | 12:07 pm

CSU athletic director Jack Graham’s future rests on two hires

Athletic director is a strange job in the sports world. Few people truly understand what exactly an athletic director does on a daily basis, and the position, unlike others, is completely reliant on the performance of others. New CSU athletic director Jack Graham was hired for his grand ideas and vision for the future. Apr 3, 2012 | 10:58 pm

Tim Miles falls to the lure of Big Ten, Nebraska

There’s something you have to understand about the Midwest and the people who call it home. Midwest people are blue collar, hard working and they love their sports. It’s this mentality which bonds the region’s inhabitants with the Big Ten Conference unlike any other conference and its fan base. It’s a connection that lasts a lifetime. Mar 25, 2012 | 11:32 pm

CSU basketball leaps forward in 2011-12

This year proved to be a giant leap in the right direction for CSU basketball, and I know I didn’t see it coming. Ask any fan with reasonable expectations for the past season and I bet they’d say they didn’t foresee it either. Mar 19, 2012 | 1:56 pm

CSU basketball's season a success despite NCAA Tournament loss

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—In a town nestled alongside the Ohio River, the journey came to an end for CSU men’s basketball. The season had its lows and its fair share of highs, but the ending was anything but fairytale. Mar 19, 2012 | 5:06 pm

Colorado State’s NCAA Tournament hopes lay with selection committee

Some say CSU needed one win in the Mountain West Tournament to secure its spot in the Big Dance, others said two. Coach Tim Miles and his team now hope it just needed one following a 79-69 loss to San Diego State. Mar 12, 2012 | 9:05 pm

Colorado State basketball uses past failures for future success

For the second straight season Fort Collins has contracted NCAA Tournament fever. The Rams finished 2011-12 on a hot streak, winning four of their past five games including two home upsets over top-20 teams. But the groundwork for this season’s success was laid long ago. Mar 5, 2012 | 4:04 pm

Colorado State basketball senior Kaipo Sabas’ incredible journey

“So many things are going through your head,” senior Kaipo Sabas said. “And then they announce your name and you start to walk out there and you’re starting to feel it now. All the Crazies start going nuts, and then you’re sitting there waiting for the ball to get tossed in the air and you’re like ‘Oh my God, I’m staring against Duke, and this is on national television.’ ” Feb 29, 2012 | 1:14 pm

Colorado State men’s basketball not yet an elite team in Mountain West

He amassed a winning record, 212-132, after 12 seasons at the helm of small programs. At North Dakota State he went from 11 wins in year one, to two 20 win seasons and upsets of ranked opponents. He garnered a reputation for taking struggling programs and spinning them into winners. Feb 26, 2012 | 10:02 pm

Moby Arena has untapped potential in the Mountain West, NCAA

On a Saturday evening 8,745 orange-clad fans piled into a small gym at the heart of town and cheered on 13 young men. Feb 22, 2012 | 8:33 pm

Colorado State men’s basketball suffers critical loss for NCAA Tournament chances

There was no room for error. CSU men’s basketball had to win all of its games against lesser opponents in the conference, plus earn a victory or two versus the upper-echelon teams in the Mountain West if it had a chance to earn an NCAA Tournament berth. Feb 13, 2012 | 12:08 pm

New on-campus football stadium is the right idea for Colorado State

Right now, CSU doesn’t have a well-defined identity to the outside world. The CSU community can argue how great an academic institution we are with programs like the veterinary school, but the truth is, unless you want to be a veterinarian, you don’t care. Feb 6, 2012 | 9:27 pm