We kick off the podcast with the GoFundMe campaign for Doug Max (www.gofundme.com/dougandcindymax), and then break down how the Rams can improve even after their dominant win over Utah State. Followed by that, we have the first ever "My girlfriend watches football" segment, and a whole host of other news.

Colorado State and Utah State play in likely the best game the Mountain West has to offer this week, in Logan, Utah. We comprehensively preview the game, from both sides of the ball, as well as special teams.

Hughes Stadium will be demolished, we go Around the Mountain West and tell fans about Hooptoberfest, too.

Colorado State football, led by Nick Stevens, Michael Gallup and Jamal Hicks, dominated Hawaii 51-21 in a game which went into Sunday morning this weekend. It was a quality, first conference win of the season, but there were a few things the Rams could correct in order to win that elusive Mountain West Championship they've been chasing since 2002.

We also discuss again Clavell lighting it up in preseason for the Dallas Mavericks and address fan questions in this podcast.

In this edition of your CSU Rams Cast, we look at Mike Bobo going against Nick Rolovich in the rusty arm challenge, what the FBI investigation into college basketball has already unearthed and we answer a lot of fan questions as we comprehensively preview Colorado State vs. Hawai'i. That game kicks off at 10 p.m. MT Saturday night and can be seen on the Stadium App if you have IOS.

In the latest Rams Cast, could Joe Parker leave CSU? His name has come up for the Nebraska job. Speaking of Parker, he's done well to promote CSU, the stadium and to get fans to buy tickets as he announced another sellout today. And we go around the Mountain West to check in on how teams did this week.

We look at where CSU sits after non-conference, grading key players on each unit and the team in general. We look at takeaways from the loss to Bama, both good and bad, and address a ton of fan questions.

We talk CSU - CU hoops as the game time and date have been decided upon, we look at which Rams players landed on the PFF College edition's MW Team of the Week, and we look at MW Conference games this weekend.

Of course, the meat of the podcast is the preview of Colorado State - Alabama with Ryan C. Fowler, who covers the Crimson Tide on a daily basis. He brings a wealth of information to the interview.

Colorado State defeated Abilene Christian 38-10, but even the players weren't satisfied with that outcome. While there were plenty of positives to come from the game, there were many negatives which the Rams can work on, especially with the No. 1 team in the world, Alabama, this week.

It's Ag Day week! That means a Bar-B-Que and much more, benefitting the College of Agricultural Sciences, as well as CSU Volleyball playing at Noon and then CSU Football hosts Abilene Christian at 1:30 p.m. MT.

How will the Rams rebound after that loss to CU? Well. We go into that, give you some standout ACU players and then go around the Mountain West before previewing how well CSU could do this season.

We look at the Rocky Mountain Showdown, and how the officials affected the outcome, how Mike Bobo responded and then, how the Pac-12 then responded to his request that they review some 25 plays.

After that, we look at the many missed opportunities CSU had to win the game, we look at a tough cut-day weekend for Next Level Rams, go Around the Mountain West and share some quick hoops news.