FORT COLLINS — When camp opened, Colorado State coach Mike Bobo was hopeful his Rams could get in three scrimmages, the finale being the spring game.

But after running 114 plays the Sunday before with limited numbers, it became clear the plan was going to get scrapped. So a week later, the Rams ran half as many plays and will likely do about the same when they close camp on Saturday.

CSU didn’t keep any stats from the few series they ran when offense were moving the ball, and the group showed much better than in the full scrimmage, taking care of the ball and Justice McCoy leading the first offense to a touchdown on the initial drive. The score was aided by a big play to Preston Williams, and the unit was able to overcome the setback of a holding call.

“I thought it was a pretty good day,” CSU coach Mike Bobo said. “It was better execution by the offense. there were zero turnovers, we had a couple of explosive plays, and the 1 defense did a good job after the first series.”

He called it competitive, and there was energy. He’s pretty sure his players would have loved to scrimmage more, but the reality is they just can’t. For a team that graduated 23 seniors, having double-digits in players healing on the sidelines hasn’t helped. The first-team corners are the extent of the depth there, and the offensive line is not in much better shape in terms of numbers.

Cutting it down and focusing on situational work was still telling. The first team defense limited the offense to two field goals, and in the 1-minute drill, Tre Thomas blocked the field goal attempt. The second-team offense had a pair of touchdowns in the red zone, but the defense won the 1-minute drill and held firm on both 2-point attempts.

Overall, the quarterback play was better, and Bobo felt the execution was crisp — outside of three holding calls and some pockets collapsing — working with the offense they have in place.

With one week remaining, just two practices, the Rams will continue to move forward without a quarterback who has taken charge of the offense, even the huddle, and a defense learning the new system. The installation on both sides has not kept the ideal pace, with more needing to take place in the summer when the players meet on their own.

“I’d say maybe 70 percent of the offense is in,” Bobo said. “Defensively, I know they’ve slowed down their install quite a bit, so there’s a lot of things that we are maybe installing for walk-throughs to get on tape but not necessarily calling when we’re going the good-on-good stuff, just because I don’t think we’re ready; we don’t have the numbers to do some of that stuff.

“I feel like we’re in a good spot, and it’s going to be a big summer for us. The large majority of our team that will play next fall is not practicing. We’ll have an install package for this summer, and then basically it will be the same install package when we start fall camp. They’re getting it this spring, they’ll get it again this summer and we’ll get it in the fall. I think we’ll get there. We’re not where we need to be right now, but I don’t know who is really in spring ball.”

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