FORT COLLINS — The kick was good. The game was tied. But a penalty made Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell change his strategy.

Backup quarterback Jackson Brousseau, who replaced starter Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi early in the fourth quarter, had just thrown a 4-yard touchdown pass to Rocky Beers to pull the Rams within a point of UTSA, at 17-16, with 34 seconds left in the game late Saturday night at Canvas Stadium.

Isaiah Hankins kicked the extra point to tie the contest, but the Roadrunners were called for offsides, moving the ball half the distance to the goal line. Norvell decided, with the short-yardage situation, to go for the win.

“I felt like we had a really good play that we could score and win the game,” Norvell said. “That was a gut feeling that I had.”

That play did not in

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