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Colorado State football heads into conference play an improved team

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MINNEAPOLIS — Amazing what a month can do for a football team.

After getting blitzed by Colorado to open the season, Colorado State fans were wondering what the season had in store. September closed in the same fashion as it opened — a loss to a Power 5 team — but the path to the results couldn't have been more different.

In a 31-24 loss to Minnesota on Saturday, the Rams did not look like a team that was outclassed. They gave up size, as they did to the Buffs, but were not pushed around.