Spring Break
CSU safety carousel stops with Smith, Galusha
Matt L. Stephens
Issue date: 11/21/08 Section: Sports
"Whenever I come off the field, they're telling me 'these guys do this and that'," said the Los Angeles native. "With everything, they've helped so much-they've helped me out tremendously."
For the Rams, this season is one that shows glimpses of what may be a great future in CSU football. For the Cowboys, it had been a disappointing season until three weeks ago when redshirt freshman Chris Sutzriem was inserted into the starting quarterback role, finally sparking the Wyoming offense with wins at San Diego State and Tennessee.
Fairchild believes his defense is ready for Stutzriem and the rest of the Cowboy offense, but any quarterback, young or old, gets better the more he plays.
"I think they've settled on Chris Stutzriem, and he's got good size and he's like any new guy, he's going to have some growing pains and he's always going to be a victim of what's around him," Fairchild said, who is revisiting the Border War for the first time since 2000.
"But again, anytime you can put a good defense and running game around a quarterback, it's going to make him look pretty darn good. I've always felt that way about quarterbacks. You don't want to force an issue and name somebody too early if you're not sure, and we didn't do that here. But eventually you'd like to get a guy and start grooming him because experience is a key factor at that spot. The more a guy plays, the better he's going to be."
Saturday at noon, the world will see which former backup talent prevails, the safeties or the quarterback.
Football beat writer Matt Stephens can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
For the Rams, this season is one that shows glimpses of what may be a great future in CSU football. For the Cowboys, it had been a disappointing season until three weeks ago when redshirt freshman Chris Sutzriem was inserted into the starting quarterback role, finally sparking the Wyoming offense with wins at San Diego State and Tennessee.
Fairchild believes his defense is ready for Stutzriem and the rest of the Cowboy offense, but any quarterback, young or old, gets better the more he plays.
"I think they've settled on Chris Stutzriem, and he's got good size and he's like any new guy, he's going to have some growing pains and he's always going to be a victim of what's around him," Fairchild said, who is revisiting the Border War for the first time since 2000.
"But again, anytime you can put a good defense and running game around a quarterback, it's going to make him look pretty darn good. I've always felt that way about quarterbacks. You don't want to force an issue and name somebody too early if you're not sure, and we didn't do that here. But eventually you'd like to get a guy and start grooming him because experience is a key factor at that spot. The more a guy plays, the better he's going to be."
Saturday at noon, the world will see which former backup talent prevails, the safeties or the quarterback.
Football beat writer Matt Stephens can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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