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LAS VEGAS -- CSU's football team reached deep into its bag of leftover Halloween tricks and even changed quarterbacks twice Saturday night in an effort to snap its losing streak.

Most of the time, Zac Pauga is a lineman playing in the backfield for the CSU football team.

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If a five-game losing streak wasn't bad enough, the CSU Rams got some more bad news Monday afternoon.

CSU's football team, down three defensive starters at kickoff, lost a fourth in the first quarter Saturday when linebacker Michael Kawulok suffered what coaches fear could be a season-ending knee injury.

Ryan Lindley tossed six touchdowns vs. CSU in Fort Collins Saturday to defeat the Rams 42-28. Photo courtesy of the AP.

CSU's football team got off to another quick start today, taking a 21-7 halftime lead on San Diego State before about 23,000 fans at Hughes Stadium.

Running back Lou Greenwood tries to shake a tackle at Hughes Stadium Oct. 10 against the Utah Utes.

The eyes of the college football world will be on the Mountain West Conference for a change this weekend.

Leonard Mason ran for more yards Saturday than TCU's defense has given up to any team other than Air Force since the middle of the 2007 season.

3. COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m., Friday, FIU The questions lingered all last week following Northwestern's loss to Booker T. Washington.

As CSU's football team was winning its first three games of the season, coach Steve Fairchild kept warning everyone who would listen that the Rams were far from a finished product.

The CSU football team insists that it didn't overlook the Idaho Vandals. But the Rams returned from Idaho with the nasty taste of a 31-29 loss in their mouths and staring into the face of a more daunting schedule --A east, non-conference games a thing of the past.

QBs Grant Stucker and Nathan Enderle will try to pass their teams to victory. The CSU Rams comes into Week Five as the fifth ranked Mountain West Conference team , as the No.

John Mosure rush for 2 yards to the ColSt 20. 0 0 3rd and 2 at CSU 26 Grant Stucker pass intercepted by Brian Logan at the ColSt 35, returned for 20 yards to the ColSt 15.

TCU had an easy time dismantling Texas State on Saturday but now must represent the conference after a hard-luck weekend when the Horned Frogs play at Clemson.

CSU vs. BYU Sunny. High of 84 degrees Colorado St. at No. 19 BYU Today, 4 p.m. ? Edwards Stadium Grass ? Provo TV: The mtn.

Riding the momentum of two first-half interceptions and a blocked punt, the BYU Cougars finally got their offense clicking in the second half and held on to defeat the Colorado State Rams 42-23 Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.

Although the Mountain West Conference's partnership with The Mountain West Sports Network has led to more televised games than ever before, that deal actually is keeping CSU's football team off the air today.

Bounced from the ranks of the unbeaten and dropping all the way down to 19th in the national rankings, the BYU Cougars try to rebound this weekend as they open their 2009 Mountain West Conference schedule against the Colorado State Rams in Provo.