Free Dupree!

The old Dean Smith-Michael Jordan joke lives in FoCo now, shaking its head as it quaffs a cold IPA.

But it’s true, isn’t it? The only man who could stop CSU running back Jalen Dupree late Saturday night in Seattle was Jay Norvell — Dupree’s coach.

In the Rams’ 38-21 loss to Washington at Husky Stadium, Dupree, a 6-foot, 210-pound hammer from Arkansas, was the best back on the field. A field, by the way, that he shared with the Huskies’ Jonah Coleman.

Dupree didn’t just run past a Big Ten defense (albeit not a great one). He ran over it. He ran around it. He toted the ball 11 times in the first half for 85 yards and a score.

He carried it just four times in the second half. For seven yards.

Unlike a year ago, CSU (0-1) walked away from a road opener at a Power 4 school

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