Photos: CSU Fans Care a Lot About Beating CU Footballers, CU Fans Just Want to Party

At Friday's Rocky Mountain Showdown, I was decked out in CU attire, since my daughters are students there. And when passing through the Rams' section of the parking lot, I tended to get one of two reactions. The first was: "Fuck you! Fuck CU!" And the second was "FUCK YOU!...

At Friday’s Rocky Mountain Showdown, I was decked out in CU attire, since my daughters are students there. And when passing through the Rams’ section of the parking lot, I tended to get one of two reactions. The first was: “Fuck you! Fuck CU!” And the second was “FUCK YOU! FUCK CU!”

Astonishingly, most CSU boosters maintained this level of passion throughout the game, during which CU blew a 17-7 third quarter lead by giving up 24 unanswered points to lose 31-17. The contrast between them and CU fans was illustrated by a series of Jumbotron juxtapositions. Shot of CSU section: Everyone going crazy! Shot of CU section: Bro looking at his phone.

Jake Shane captures some of these differences in photos on view below. Check them out here — and click to see the complete CSU and CU Face Off at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Showdown slide show.

Continue to see more photos from the 2014 CSU-CU Rocky Mountain Showdown.

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Photos: CSU Fans Care a Lot About Beating CU Footballers, CU Fans Just Want to Party

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