TNT Sports and the Mountain West Conference announced a multi-year agreement Monday to broadcast some of the league’s football games beginning this season.
Two of the Rams’ 2024 home contests at Canvas Stadium will be broadcast on TruTV, with the kickoff times for those games being announced as well. They are the Sept. 21 matchup against UTEP, which will kick off at 3 p.m., and the Oct. 12 game against San Jose State, that will kick off at 1:30 p.m.
That leaves three games with times still to be announced: the Sept. 7 home game against Northern Colorado, the Oct. 26 home game against New Mexico and the Nov. 29 (Friday) game at Utah State. Although no time has been announced for the season finale against the Aggies, it will be broadcast on FS1.
Kickoff times and broadcast assignments had already been announced for the season opener at Texas on Aug. 31 (1:30 p.m., ESPN), the Rocky Mountain Showdown against Colorado at Canvas Stadium on Sept. 14 (5:30 p.m., CBS) and the Oct. 5 game at Oregon State (4:30 p.m., The CW).
Previously announced kickoff times for Mountain West games include the Oct. 19 game at Air Force (6 p.m., CBS Sports Network), the Nov. 2 game at Nevada (6 p.m., CBS Sports Network), the Border War against Wyoming on Friday, Nov. 15 (6 p.m., CBS Sports Network) and the Nov. 23 game at Fresno State (8:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network).
Horton earning preseason recognition
CSU wide receiver Tory Horton has earned a pair of preseason All-America selections ahead of the 2024 season.
Phil Steele’s College Preview named Horton to its preseason All-America second team. Horton led CSU in 2023 with 96 receptions for 1,136 yards and eight touchdowns. His 94.7 yards per game was good enough for second in the Mountain West.
Steele also included several Rams on his All-Mountain West/Pac 2 preseason teams. On the first team were quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Horton, center Jacob Gardner, linebacker Chase Wilson and safety Jack Howell. On the third team were guard Drew Moss, defensive tackle Cam Bariteau and Horton as a punt returner. On the fourth team were offensive tackle Saveyon Henderson, defensive end Nuer Gatkuoth, safety Henry Blackburn and punter Paddy Turner.
Horton was also named a third-team preseason All-American by Athlon Sports and included on its preseason all-Mountain West/Pac 2 teams.
On Athlon’s first team were Horton, Gardner, Moss, Howell and Wilson. Gatkouth, Blackburn and Horton (punt returner) were on the second team. The third team included Fowler-Nicolosi, running back Justin Marshall, Bariteau, cornerback Dom Jones and kicker Jordan Noyes while the fourth team included receiver Dylan Goffney, linebacker Buom Jock, Turner and kick returner Kobe Johnson.
Rams add future games to schedules
CSU announced Wednesday that it has added a home-and-home series against UTSA (Texas-San Antonio) and BYU to future schedules.
The Rams will face the Roadrunners next season (2025) at Canvas Stadium before traveling to San Antonio in 2026. CSU will host BYU in 2026 before traveling to Provo in 2029.
CSU lost one opponent for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. The Rams had scheduled Texas Tech for a home-and-home series, but both teams have mutually agreed to void the contract. The Rams will face Vanderbilt in Nashville in 2025 make up for the canceled game during the 2020 season. The teams will forego the home-and-home they had scheduled for 2025 and 2026.
The Rams also added a game against Oklahoma in 2028. The schools agreed to it back in 2023.
Mountain West media days set for next week
The Mountain West Conference will hold its annual football media days next week in Las Vegas.
Held at Circa Resort & Casino, the two-day event will take place Wednesday and Thursday. The first day will feature one-on-one interviews with two players from each of the league’s 12 schools, while the second day will showcase the league’s head coaches.
Howell and Horton will represent the Rams at the event as the school’s two players. In addition, the league will release its preseason poll as well as preseason all-conference teams.
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