The Colorado State Rams entered Friday's game needing a win to stay alive in the race for the Mountain West Conference championship. They got it, outscoring Uta

Colorado State won't play for the 2024 Mountain West football championship. The Rams needed a UNLV loss to rival Nevada on Saturday night for CSU to get into the title game. It didn't happen. UNLV rolled to a 38-14 victory over Nevada. The Mountain West championship game will be UNLV at Boise State at 6 p.m. Mountain on Friday, Dec. 6 on FOX.

CSU now needs Nevada to upset rival UNLV on Saturday night in Las Vegas for the Rams to get into the Mountain West title game at Boise State. The Wolfpack are 17.5-point underdogs to the Rebels, who are 5-1 in conference play and own the tiebreaker over the Rams.

All that and more is a good way to start in describing Friday’s college football game at Canvas Stadium. Colorado State won 42-37 after erasing a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit. CSU outscored Utah State 29-7 in the fourth quarter as Utah State's only points came with 15 seconds left in the game.