Notes from Colorado State football's spring game

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Colorado State coach Mike Bobo liked the way his team progressed through spring camp despite limited numbers of available players on the roster. (Javon Harris / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

FORT COLLINS — Mike Bobo was laughing as he was giving the answer.

"Y'all watched today," Colorado State's head football coach started, "We've got a long way to go. There's a lot of missing pieces, but it's spring ball."

Missing indeed.

The program lost 23 players to graduation and started spring camp with 11 too injured to fully participate. That number didn't get better; it only became worse. There were 86 players on the roster for…