Fan Interest

The Ram football coaches pose with a few RamNationers in the hotel lobby in Pasadena. Just minutes prior, RamMan and other RamNationers presented gifts to the staff. From left to right (back row) Jesse Williams, John Benton, Mick Delaney, Sonny Lubick, RamMan, Good SHEPHERD, Dan Hammerschmidt, Brian Schneider, Matt Lubick; (front row) Tom Ehlers, Marvin Sanders, WEB, Doc.

Athletic director Jeff Hathaway stops by the 2002 RamNation Tailgate party to meet JoeybtheAD. Hathaway called it a highlight in his life.  

This is the same picture as above, except with RamNation's No. 3-ranked poster, JoninLA, posing in the middle (white shirt, tie).

From left to right: JoeybtheAD, Good SHEPHERD, and Three Ram Night stop for a picture during the 2002 RamNation Tailgate Party.

Ram football coaches admire their personalized, engraved photos/frames, given as gifts courtesy of RamNationers. From left to right: defensive line coach Tom Ehlers, co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach John Benton, receivers coach Matt Lubick, defensive backs coach Marvin Sanders, and runningbacks coach Mick Delaney.

Ram fans tend the grille, with the last of the bratwursts. Three Ram Night is on the left, Doc is in the back with his traditional Ram construction helmet, and BearRam is on the right.

Sonny Lubick shakes hands with RamMan after learning that RamNationers have given he and wife Carol Jo a golf/spa weekend at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Runningbacks coach Mick Delaney looks on from the left; Good SHEPHERD is on the right.

This is the gift RamNationers gave to each paid assistant on the football coaching staff. This particular picture was given to co-offensive coordinator Dan Hammerschmidt. Each coach received a different picture, taken during recent practices, and each was in its own personalized frame. The text on the right side of the frame read: "Colorado State Rams Football 2002 The Fans of RamNation.com Salute Dan Hammerschmidt, co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks. Presented with gratitude and thanks for 7 years of outstanding contribution and achievement to the Colorado State Football Program."

Matt Lubick, Marvin Sanders, and Mick Delaney wonder what they're going to do with fragile, glass frames during their stadium walkthrough on the eve of the CSU/UCLA game.

RamT (#9), Eddie Schwalm (#4), and Rams17 (#27) snap a shot from the club level at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium prior to the Rams' 2002 beating of the Buffs.

This car was adorned with special messages for CU fans prior to the 2002 Rocky Mountain Showdown, a 19-14 Ram win.

From left to right: Jamie, Kara Schwalm, and Amber Pfister smile for the camera while tailgating in the Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium parking lot.