Colorado State football schedule plays nice

After facing a couple of spread teams the past two weeks, Colorado State's Arjay Jean and the rest of the Rams defense will turn the page to two straight option attacks. (David Zalubowski / The Associated Press)

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FORT COLLINS — The schedule maker may very well have given Colorado State's football team a break. Possibly two.

In putting Air Force and New Mexico on the Rams' schedule in consecutive weeks, the defense gets a chance to stay in the same frame of mind against a difficult task for a longer period of time. Add to it CSU had a bye week two weeks ago — giving them 45 minutes (15 minutes in each of the…