Show Utah Faces Challenge From Colorado State The showdown battle for the Skyline leadership takes place this Thursday at 8 p.m. in the University of Utah's Einar Nielsen Field-house when the Redskins take on the Rams of Colorado State As far as the Utes are concerned this is their game of the year up to this point of the A loss by the Utes on their home floor to front running Colorado State would just about knock them out of any chance for the Skyline The Rams sport a record in league play and Utah is in second place with a made Once again it will be an offense defense battle which has been the case in the Redskin's past two The Utes took on the nation's ranked defensive club and knocked them off by a score and then just last Saturday faced the country's number one Santa and edged the Broncos in a titanic Now it's Colorado State and the Rams lead the Skyline on defense in league games by holding their foes to just points per THE UTES lead the league in offense with an average of a The hold the edge in point spread over opponents however since they have beaten their foes by an average of a game and the Utes hold a point Not only will there be the offense and defense battle going on but two of the league's top point producers vill also be against each Billy Utah's sensational post man has an average of 32 points a game in league and Bill Green of Colorado State is averaging and is third in Green has been sensational for the Rams this year and will give McGill a real test According to LaDell Utah's assistant Green is a great After scouting the Rams Andersen is undoubtedly the best sophomore in the He's a great scorer and good on the We'll have our hands full covering IT'S A MUST for the Utes to win Thursday against the Rams since Utah still has to make the trip to Fort Collins and winning there will be In fact the Rams have been tremendous at home this Coach Jack Gardner have to win Thursday or we're probably out of it We can't go to Fort Collins trailing the Rams or we're in deep Colorado State is plenty tough and especially at We can't drop this one at The Utes also have another tough chore this Saturday when they take on Wyoming at Salt The Cowboys have been coming along like wildfire in recent weeks and are capable of knocking off any club in the They have already defeated Utah State and BYU at Laramie and knocked off a good Air Force Academy club at Colorado Springs two weeks Coach Bill has brought his club along and they are still in contention for the title and will come to Salt Lake gunning for an |