Colorado State vs. Northern Iowa preview

This year’s season opener will be nothing like last for Colorado State.

With all due respect to Montana, the Rams were never supposed to struggle in the 2014 opener. This season is different. They are on the road against a team that won 34 games and did something CSU failed to do – reach the tournament.

Once there, UNI blew out Wyoming, the team that won the Mountain West tournament, and the only team CSU couldn’t beat in the regular season.

Both teams look completely different this year, but that doesn’t change the point: CSU won’t be favored. The Rams are expected to start the year on the wrong side of the win-loss column. That said, this isn’t quite like when an undermanned CSU team took on…