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MW in agreement to play games against Washington St, Oregon St

Damon Cook, Sports Editor

December 1, 2023

Collegian | River Kinnaird

Despite the loss, the Colorado State University Rams show some good work as they fall short to the Washington State University Cougars at Canvas Stadium Sept. 2. CSU lost 24-50.

Editors Note: This story will continue to be updated as more information is made available.

The Mountain West announced Friday morning that the entire conference would schedule games against Washington State and Oregon State for the upcoming 2024 football season.

Each team in the Mountain West will play one game against either Washington State, or Oregon State. The results of those games will not count towards the MW standings.

This announcement comes on the back of the break up of the Pac-12 conference, leaving WSU and OSU as the last two remaining teams in their conference. With some speculations from fans throughout the season of the two schools potentially joining the MW, or some of the teams from the MW joining the Pac-12, this is what the solution is for right now.

CSU will still play their regularly scheduled non-conference slate of games which is currently scheduled as following: Aug. 31 Texas, Sept. 7 Northern Colorado, Sept. 14 Colorado, Sept. 21 UTEP. However, they will replace one of their MW conference games and play one game against either Oregon State, or Washington State. CSU is currently scheduled for: Utah State, Wyoming, New Mexico, San Jose State, Air Force, Booise State, Fresno State and San Diego State.

CSU is currently 1-2 against the Cougars all time and 2-1 against the Beavers all time.

Reach Damon Cook at sports@collegian.com or on Twitter @dwcook2001.

About the Contributor

Damon Cook, Sports Editor

Damon Cook is returning as one of the sports editors for fall 2024 at the The Collegian. He's been at the paper since August 2022. After starting as a construction management major at Colorado State University, Cook quickly found out he didn't have a passion for it. After taking a year off, he realized he could work in sports — something he has always been passionate about. So with newfound aspirations, he switched his major to journalism and media communication to chase those dreams. After a year of working as a beat writer covering volleyball and women's basketball, Cook took over as sports editor in summer 2023. Since then, he has become established in reporting on football and men's basketball and looks forward to providing that coverage this upcoming season. Cook will begin his third semester as the sports editor before graduating in December, having borne witness to some of CSU's historic feats. His passion for bringing readers the best coverage has only grown. Having started in the wake of a complete overhaul of The Collegian sports desk, Cook has watched the desk grow considerably, thanks to the efforts of so many amazing people he gets the pleasure of working alongside. Having learned so many things from so many people, including to never wear a tie, Cook looks forward to helping The Collegian sports desk reach heights never imagined before. With a much greater understanding of the power of words, one of Cook's inspirational quotes for this upcoming year has been from Eric Cartman in South Park: "Respect my authoritah."

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