A divided locker room. A bad reputation. A coaching change. A program mired in mediocrity and dysfunction.
Those are just a few of the things that Colorado State’s 2015 senior class entered into when the Rams came on campus between 2010 and 2012. Some, like sixth-year player Kivon Cartwright, came in during the middle of CSU’s darkest hours under Steve Fairchild, when the Rams were mired in the middle of three straight 3-9 seasons.
Others, like Jasen Oden Jr., joined the Rams under former head coach Jim McElwain, who took over in 2012 looking to reboot a program that had become one of the worst in the entire country.