News Summary

• Western Colorado is off to a 5-0 start and ranked fifth in the D2 Football Top 25.
• The Mountaineers have ripped off four straight winning seasons, including three years of 10 victories or more.
• The program’s facilities were arguably the worst in the RMAC when head coach Jas Bains took over in 2011.
• The $44.9 million renovation of the Mountaineer Bowl is a project paid for entirely by private donors..
• The team once bused 25 hours to Humboldt County, Calif., to play a game.
• On another road trip, the team got stranded in Lusk, Wyoming, due to a snowstorm.
• They ended up sleeping on the gym floor of a middle school, using clothes for pillows and blankets and eating Subway for four meals straight.