He wasnвЂ™t going home without his new coach, and the media coverage made the optics of McElwain and CSU reuniting so ugly that both parties had only one way out. (I later ran into Karen at a CSU-CU basketball game, and she joked with me by saying, вЂњIвЂ™m blond, but IвЂ™m not stupid.вЂќ) Later that night, Frei ordered the media circus along Riparian Way to Mama RoniвЂ™s Pizza - MacвЂ™s favorite the delivery guy didnвЂ™t even need the address, he knew the spot.Д«y the time pizza arrived, McElwain made national headlines, just the way Foley planned it. She looked over at us from the kitchen and laughed. Inside Jay NorvellвЂ™s $9 million deal as CSU Rams football coachДЇormer Denver Post reporter Terry Frei and I even rang the doorbell while McElwainвЂ™s wife, Karen, was filling a pitcher of water. If he delivers half of what he promised Tuesday, Fort Collins is about to become Fort Fun again.Д¬SU leadership explains how Jay Norvell hire happened so quickly: вЂњWe ran with speed like no otherвЂќ Keeler: Jay Norvell sees CSU Rams as new Cincinnati Bearcats.

Related ArticlesД¬SUвЂ™s Trey McBride wins Mackey Award for best tight end in college footballД¬olorado State football program expected to hire several Nevada assistants First to a Windsor gas station and then down a gravel road (unsafely stupid) before reaching McElwainвЂ™s home northeast of Fort Collins, where we waited outside for hours as negotiations began. By the time he landed at Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport, every news outlet north of Douglas County was waiting on the tarmac for his arrival, and as soon as he hopped in his Suburban, we chased him. 2, 2014, and didnвЂ™t block his private planeвЂ™s tail number (that was by design). He flew from Gainesville to Fort Collins on Dec. Jeremy Foley, FloridaвЂ™s former athletic director, really wanted McElwain and really wanted everyone to know. Everyone in Fort Collins adored him, until one December night when he decided he would rather pay $2 million out of his own pocket than stick around Colorado for another year. He took Colorado State to its first 10-win season since 2002 and the closest the Rams have come to a Mountain West championship since that same year.

But prior to him having seemingly fabricated death threats and striking an unfortunate resemblance to a naked man posing on top of a dead shark, McElwain was the hottest coach on the college market. In reality, this is a game fueled by car chases and a media circus that backed two schools into a corner and forced them to answer a nasty question.Д¬SU answered вЂњ$7 million.вЂќ To the University of Florida, Jim McElwain was valued at $5 million - that was, of course, before the school paid an additional $7.5 million to have nothing to do with him last October. On the surface, this is a standard nonconference game bound by a contract that pays the Rams $2 million for their trip to Gainesville to play their second Southeastern Conference opponent in a row - and third Power Five foe in three games.

Yes, how this game came to be is just plain dumb. Colorado State football's $2 million game at Florida built on car chases, pizza and stupidityДЇew college football games happen for reasons more stupid than what will bring Colorado State and Florida together Saturday.

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