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CSU Rams vs. Utah State football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

Colorado State (2-2) at Utah State (2-3, 0-1 MW)When/where: 6 p.m. Saturday/Merlin Olsen FieldTV/Radio: Mountain West Network/1600 AM, 104.3 HD2BetMGM Line: CSU -3, 62.5 over/underWeather: 69 degrees, clearFive storylinesFireworks show: If ever there was a game to take the over, this is it. Not only do CSU and Utah State enter Saturday with two of the top 50 scoring offenses in FBS, they also sport two of the bottom 20 scoring defenses. While CSU has shown improvement on the defensive side of the ball, particularly in the second half at MTSU, the Rams are still 116th in scoring defense at 34.0 points allowed per game. That’s just one spot behind Utah State at 33.8.Finishing strong: Of course, there is some context behind those defensive numbers. Since giving up 93 points combined in losses to No. 13 Washington State and Colorado, CSU has allowed just 43 in wins over Middle Tennessee State (31-23) and FCS Utah Tech (41-20). In those two wins, the Rams allowed just nine second-h...

CU Buffs vs. Arizona State football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

Colorado (3-2) at Arizona State (1-4)When/where: Saturday, 4:30 p.m./Mountain America StadiumTV/Radio: Pac-12 Networks/850 AM, 94.1 FMBetMGM Line: CU -4.5, 59.5 over/underWeather: 90s at kickoff, mostly sunny.Five storylinesPac-12 Breakthrough: After the banner 3-0 start, Deion Sanders’ Buffs came back down to earth with a 42-6 shellacking in Oregon and then a 48-41 loss, however promising, to USC at home last week. This Saturday presents a golden opportunity for Coach Prime to get his first Pac-12 win against a program that is playing under a self-imposed bowl ban coming off the tumultuous end of Herm Edwards’ regime in Tempe. ASU’s lone win is against Southern Utah. This is a conference gimmie.On the ground: The Buffs finally got the run game going in the loss to the Trojans, breaking the 100-yard mark for the first time this season with a 193-yard output. Anthony Hankerson led the way with 74 yards, and Dylan Edwards added 49 yards. That duo needs to continue to...

Deion Sanders, CU Buffs can’t play underdog card at Arizona State. So what tricks does Coach Prime have up his sleeve to get season back on track?

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

BOULDER — How long has it been? The Broncos were only a year removed from a winning record. Taylor Swift was still dating actor Joe Alwyn.How long has it been? Shedeur Sanders was 15 the last time CU was a road favorite in a Pac-12 game that fans were allowed to attend.“This week is more about expectations than many of the other weeks,” first-year Buffs football coach Deion Sanders said a few days back when asked about his 3-2 squad’s visit to 1-4 Arizona State on Saturday. “Because that’s the expectation that we have of ourselves, to go in and win this game. You want to win every game. But, I mean, you really expect to win some games a lot more than others.”Vegas expects Coach Prime to seal the deal. Oddsmakers have tapped CU as a 3.5-to-4-point favorite in Tempe — and if that feels unusual, well, that’s because it is.It’s the first time the Buffs have been listed as a favorite on the road in a conference game since December 2020 (at ...

Opinion: Young voters want to see U.S. unity to fight climate change

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

“Polls consistently show that young people’s number one issue is climate change,” said young conservative Alexander Diaz in a video shown to the Republican presidential candidates during the first primary debate late August.College students Anna Novoselov, a Democrat, and Adrian Rafizadeh, a Republican, both from the Bay Area, warn that the GOP is making a mistake by refusing to acknowledge the science of climate change. Yet when asked if they believe in human-induced climate change, only former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said climate change “is real.” Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the climate change agenda a “hoax,” which invoked boos from audience members.Climate change wasn’t even mentioned at the second GOP debate on Sept. 27.Refusing to acknowledge the science is a political mistake for the Republican Party. Climate change is no longer the partisan issue it was before: 74% of adults support U.S. participation in international efforts to mitigate global warming, and 80%...

Review: Jamie Foxx is fantastic in courtroom drama ‘Burial’

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

By Lindsey Bahr | Associated PressJamie Foxx deploys his movie star charm judiciously and skillfully as a litigator with swagger to spare in ” The Burial,” a very entertaining courtroom drama.Foxx is one of those actors, blessed with an allure and glamour that runs so deep that it’s almost tempting to dismiss a performance like this as one that’s natural. It’s one of those compliments that’s rotten at its core — of course he, or Clooney, or whomever, is good at being slick and appealing, right? If it looks effortless, we assume it is, denying them the work that goes into every role.The same could be said for “The Burial,” which is glossy, appealing and goes down suspiciously easy. Is there a catch or did director and co-writer Maggie Betts just prove her commercial chops in her sophomore feature? (It’s the latter.) Just take a look at the poster used for its marketing campaign —- a little retro, a little cheesy, and a lot self-aw...

Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for fighting women’s oppression

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

By JON GAMBRELL and MIKE CORDER | Associated PressImprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy and against the death penalty.Mohammadi, 51, has kept up her activism despite numerous arrests by Iranian authorities and spending years behind bars.“This prize is first and foremost a recognition of the very important work of a whole movement in Iran with its undisputed leader, Narges Mohammadi,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who announced the prize in Oslo.She said the committee hopes the prize “is an encouragement to continue the work in whichever form this movement finds to be fitting.” She also urged Iran to release Mohammadi in time for the prize ceremony on Dec. 10.For nearly all of Mohammadi’s life, Iran has been governed by a Shiite theocracy headed by the country’s supreme leader. While women hold jobs, academic positions and even...

Calmes: Trump’s words incite violence. Why don’t more Americans care?

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

There is something even more frightening than how freely Donald Trump gives license to political violence by his toxic rhetoric. It’s that we Americans have become inured to his poison.The nation collectively shrugs — “It’s just Trump being Trump.” And I’m not just talking about his millions of supporters, who laugh, clap, ignore, or, in too many cases, act on his provocations, or threaten to. How can this man be the overwhelming favorite of one of our political parties to be president again?Trump won’t change, but we voters and the media must, and before the 2024 election. We must stop normalizing nasty; our detachment is dangerous. If Trump could ever credibly deny that he was not fomenting violence by his bilge, he lost that excuse on Jan. 6, 2021. Numerous other incidents attest to the perverse power of his words. He knows what he’s doing.Take just the last few weeks. Disparate news stories — about a Republican senator, a four-star gener...

Review: ‘Exorcist’ sequel thrills but misses the original’s terror

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

By Jake Coyle | Associated PressThere may be no holier ground in horror than “The Exorcist.” As endlessly as William Friedkin’s 1973 film has been ripped off and resurrected, its power remains unalloyed, its place in movie history consecrated.Why is it that, after we’ve seen seen so many heads twist around, “The Exorcist” can still turn heads? Much, surely, is owed to its patient, restrained approach, icy atmospheres and and evocative, uncluttered imagery — all conjured in the dawning dread of post-1960s America.But the possession of young Regan MacNeil still haunts, I think, for its absolute belief in good and evil. It’s a supernatural movie that treats the supernatural as straightforwardly natural. The devil is as real and present as all those concrete steps.There were flop sequels that followed and plenty of spinoffs that failed to grip. But now, just two months after the death of Friedkin and a few months shy of the original’s 50th...

Cyclist Primož Roglič confirms Jumbo-Visma exit to focus on 2024 Tour de France with Bora-Hansgrohe

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

COMO, Italy (AP) — Cycling superteam Jumbo-Visma is losing one of its trio of Grand Tour winners this season with Primož Roglič announcing Friday his transfer to join Bora-Hansgrohe. Roglič’s move, despite a Jumbo-Visma contract through 2025, will let him focus on the 2024 Tour de France as a team leader and was confirmed at a Bora-Hansgrohe news conference ahead of the Tour of Lombardy race.The Tour is the only Grand Tour title the 33-year-old Slovenian rider lacks after winning the Giro d’Italia in May and the Spanish Vuelta each year from 2019 to 2021.Roglič’s Giro win started a season sweep for Jumbo-Visma before Jonas Vingegaard retained his Tour title in July and American Sepp Kuss won the Vuelta last month.The Vuelta podium sweep by the Dutch team – Vingegaard was runner-up and Roglič third — suggested what its priorities might be next season.Explaining his transfer, Roglič said: “The decisive factor was that the team is really motivated to work with me, and that we hold the ...

Can a spotlight on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce help the NFL draw more Gen Z and female fans?

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:45:42 GMT

Eager as the National Football League has been to cater to the recent public fixation with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, it’s certainly not taking any credit for creating the outsized storyline that has emerged around the pop superstar and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.“Not orchestrated by the NFL,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy assured The Associated Press with a chuckle during a chat on the phone about what is becoming known as “ Tay Tay and Trav,” a topic few seemed to be able to get enough of initially, whether football diehards or Swifties, whether via TV or TikTok. The protagonists have remained mum about their actual status since Swift began attending Kelce’s games 1½ weeks ago. The sport providing the backdrop, and its TV partners, have not been shy about trying to capitalize on the “situationship” and gain new fans, particularly members of Gen Z and more women — although marketing experts are skeptical there will be much of a bump in the long run.“There is not going t...