The Rocky Mountain Showdown between the Colorado Buffaloes and Colorado State Rams is getting an early start in 2018.
The longtime football rivals will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday on Aug. 31 at Mile High, it was announced on Thursday in conjunction with the release of the Mountain West football schedule. The game will be televised by CBS Sports Network.
For a second-straight year CSU opens the season with a Week Zero home matchup, this time against Hawaii, before facing the Buffs. CU will begin its season against the Rams. The Buffs earned a controversial 17-3 win against CSU last fall that included several highly debated offensive pass interference calls against the Rams.