Jim Mora is trying to turn the Colorado State football program into a national power. The team got beaten badly in a 73-7 loss to Washington State on Saturday. Following the game, Rams head coach Mora made a bizarre comment about his team.
“It’s going to be revealing. I think our whole team will fight. I was about to fall into that old coach cliché of some guys will fight, some guys won’t. The character of these young men, they’ll fight. Hopefully we can get a couple wins so they can learn how to win, what it takes to win,” Mora said, per Fort Collins Coloradoan. “I think that’s a real problem here and has been for many, many years. The people here don’t know how to win. The place I came from (UConn), they’ve won (18) national championships in basketball, so the whole school knew how to win. We have to teach people around here how to win.”
Colorado State's loss was a bizarre one. The Rams allowed 535 rushing yards to a Washington State team that had just one win on the season, before Saturday.
Washington State had 35 first downs in the game. The Cougars also went 9-for-10 on third down, in one of the best offensive performances of any NCAA football team this season.
Colorado State fell to 3-7 on the campaign following the loss.
“You have two choices — you can quit and run and hide or you can keep fighting,” Mora said, per the school. “Some guys have identified that maybe they've already decided to run and hide so that's why guys like Kellen (Martinez) and Jaden (Cortell) and some of those young guys are going to play.
Article Continues Below“When I say run and hide, I don't think there's many at all, I just think that we need to get these young guys that got a real hunger that haven't gotten used to losing. They need a chance to play.”
Colorado State next plays Fresno State on Saturday. This is Mora's first season leading the Rams.