Colorado St. was also SDSU's first game of the season, not the second away game in six days where the first game was also played at the same altitude. The delayed start was also a disadvantage to UND, contrary to what the analysts said during pre-game. Who prepares for a game to start at 9:30 pm internal clock time?
I know some of you on here will chastise these comments as making excuses, but I'm simply pointing out our situation against USU is not the same as SDSU's against CSU so we should not expect the same outcome.