Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
FORT COLLINS — These are the games that bring definition to a career.
Can a coach be successful in big games? Do the players rise to the occasion, walk to the sideline and triumphantly carry away the trophy?
So far, Izzy Matthews knows no such joy when it comes to the Centennial Cup, the prize given annually to the victor of the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Friday marks the 90th time in their history Colorado State and Colorado will play football (7:34 p.m.; CBSSN) and the ninth consecutive year at Mile High Stadium in Denver.