Category: San Diego State
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A Bunch of Amateurs
Featured photo by Ernie Anderson – link What a bunch of f*******g amateurs! March 1, 2016 – The Pit, Albuquerque A fan yelled this at players last week in disgust. His team, the University of New Mexico, were in the closing minutes of a blowout loss to San Diego State. [In fairness, an Aztec fan…
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Kingdom of the Trolls
In 2010, just as I was getting into San Diego State sports, I posted a video of the Aztecs taking the field on YouTube. To my surprise it got a lot of traffic. Like, there were maybe 3,000 people in the stands for this game and 1,000 people watched my video in 24 hours on…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 6
Let’s start by offering a tip of the cap to Charlie Weis. Charlie is still getting paid by Notre Dame about $5 million per year through 2015 and after getting fired; on Sunday he got fired from Kansas with 2 years left on his $2 million per year deal. In other words, he’s getting paid…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 5
Last weekend was the “big upset that wasn’t” weekend. Auburn, Alabama, Florida State, and Oregon all had near misses. In fairness, the Alabama game wasn’t that close at the end but Florida sure had them nervous in parts of that game. And let’s all admit that every non-Alabama fan wants to see them drop 4…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 4
It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of the college football season is already in the books! It’s a reminder that the senior league (aka NFL) drags on ad nausaem whereas every game counts in college. San Diego State Last week was their bye. This Saturday they play their toughest opponent of the year,…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 1
A new season has dawned in college football. Off-season storylines fade into the past as new storylines emerge on the field. All of the hype about who is the best without playing a game gets set aside now that we’re at full-contact and full-speed. Some questions going into the season: Will Florida State maintain? Will…
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College Basketball Rankings – Week 19
This is basically my last week of doing the rankings. Next weekend I’ll do much the similar background work but turn my attention to individual NCAA match-ups and team stats. Week 19 Rankings Florida Wichita State Villanova Arizona Duke Virginia Wisconsin San Diego State Louisville Kansas Creighton Michigan Syracuse Cincinnati Iowa State New Mexico North…
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College Basketball Rankings – Week 18
Week 18 College Basketball Rankings Florida Arizona Wichita State Duke Villanova Kansas Syracuse Virginia San Diego State Louisville Wisconsin Michigan North Carolina Cincinnati Creighton UConn New Mexico Iowa State Michigan State Kentucky Memphis SMU Gonzaga Green Bay Saint Louis
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College Basketball Rankings – Week 16
Week 16 College Basketball Rankings Syracuse Florida Wichita State Arizona Duke San Diego State Cincinnati Vilanova Kansas Creighton Saint Louis Louisville Michigan State Virginia Texas Iowa State Iowa Kentucky Wisconsin UConn Ohio State Memphis UCLA Michigan Stephen F. Austin Week 15 Results
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College Football Thoughts – The Bowl Predictions
2013 was a memorable season. Without a truly dominant team we were all left to wonder who’d survive to the national championship. Outside of a few Alabama fans, everyone in the country thinks Florida State and Auburn are the two teams most deserving to play for the the trophy. Meanwhile, nearly half of the schools…