Mike Brohard / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
FORT COLLINS — Marty English had to pause.
Quite clearly, he knew the subject was going to come up — the play of Colorado State's defense on third down — and no matter how much he might have prepared himself to be peppered on the subject, he wanted to make sure the words were right.
The Colorado State defensive coordinator has never been one to throw his players under the bus. But when your unit ranks 126th nationally in third-down conversions (53.8 percent allowed), there is no rosy outlook, no way on earth to be happy.