Talk of a championship is terribly premature, a victory of hope vs experience. To have watched the Rams playing Idaho, a program in its final year at the FBS level, and getting pummeled, scored on a will, isn't encouraging. Bono is 14-12 following a guy that did so well Florida offered him the Gross National Product of 18 European countries to work for them, meaning the cupboard was full and then some. Two 7-6 finishes against MW weak competition isn't a good thing. Yes, the MW that was 6-27 playing FBS teams outside the conference in 2015, only slightly better in 2016.
The Rams have played in 4 straight bowl games as every team winning 6 games got to do, with 3 consecutive losses bs Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. CSU needs to work for respect, other teams are not going to play dead because the Rams are someone's pre-season pick.