San Diego Union-Tribune 3 hours ago
3 things we learned in the Aztecs' win over Air Force
Three things we learned from San Diego State’s 28-24 victory Saturday night over Air Force: 1. Overcoming adversity pays dividends. Miserable doesn’t begin to describe the game’s conditions. SDSU head coach Rocky Long and offensive coordinator Jeff Horton said they had never seen anything like...
San Diego Union-Tribune 12 hours ago
Aztecs move up in latest football rankings
San Diego State moved up in the national rankings Sunday morning, hours after winning a game for the first time in 40 years as a ranked team. SDSU jumped up three spots to No. 19 in the AP poll and moved up four slots to No. 21 in the Amway Coaches poll. (South Florida, the only other Group of...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 23, 2017
Comeback win continues Aztecs' charged season
There can be little doubt now about the electricity emanating from the San Diego State football team. This is what the Aztecs had to do. This is the proof required. A skeptical public, the preoccupied national media and provincial coaches who vote in polls. On a wet, windy and wild night, SDSU...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 23, 2017
Aztecs win thriller at Air Force 28-24
One week it’s not enough light. The next week it’s too much. Lightning struck again and again and again Saturday night at Air Force’s at Falcon Stadium. No. 22-ranked San Diego State was able to bottle up enough of it for a 28-24 victory over the Falcons that provided the Aztecs with their first...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 23, 2017
First play vs. Air Force moves Rashaad Penny past 2,000 career yards
It wasn’t a question of if San Diego State running back Rashaad Penny would reach 2,000 career rushing yards in Saturday’s game at Air Force. It was a matter of when. Penny, who came into the game leading the nation in rushing with 196 yards a game, needed only four yards to reach the milestone....
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 22, 2017
CBS analyst loves his hometown Aztecs
Aaron Taylor had some extra work to do this week before resuming his preparation for Saturday’s national telecast of one of his favorite team’s games. So it was that as he spoke about the San Diego State football program Monday afternoon, Taylor was standing in Grestides market on Columbus and...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 21, 2017
Faulk, Padres set for Celebrate San Diego Tailgate
The jumping off point for his football career, San Diego didn’t truly open Marshall Faulk’s eyes to all it had to offer until after he first moved away. After he piled up 62 career touchdowns at San Diego State. After he put the Aztecs in the national spotlight during three mind-boggling seasons....
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 21, 2017
Aztecs eye first win in 40 years as a ranked team when they go to Air Force
San Diego State initiated the “Rise to 25” campaign three years ago with the notion of SDSU football becoming a top 25 program on an annual basis. And, indeed, the Aztecs have risen into the national rankings each of the past two seasons. SDSU improved to 3-0 this year with Saturday’s 20-17 win...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 20, 2017
SDSU's Kameron Kelly is a model of supreme confidence
Kameron Kelly has never lacked athletic confidence. Not when he was a toddler tackling every pillow in his house. Not at Wylie High School in Texas, where in his senior season Kelly passed for more than 800 yards, ran for more than 560, caught another 950 worth, and recorded seven interceptions...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 19, 2017
SDSU coach Rocky Long and his staff don't have luxury of savoring big wins
While San Diego State fans were able to savor the Stanford victory over the weekend — and beyond — SDSU head coach Rocky Long and his staff had already moved on hours later in preparation for this week’s game against Air Force. Longtime Aztecs fans had endured 36 years between victories over ranked...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 19, 2017
Sleep on Aztecs quarterback Christian Chapman at your own risk
Certain college football players deserve to be measured by moments more than mountains of statistics. Contributions from some stubbornly defy being boxed in by analytics and good old-fashioned math. A 6-foot, 200-pound exception to the number-crunching rule wears No. 10 for the Aztecs, now ranked...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 18, 2017
Scouting report: Aztecs at Air Force
San Diego State comes off its biggest win of the year — of almost any year, for that matter — a dramatic 20-17 victory Saturday night over then-No. 19 Stanford. The Aztecs are looking to build on the momentum created with a 3-0 start. SDSU, now ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press poll, opens...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 18, 2017
SDSU basketball loses staffer, quickly hires another
Jay Morris left as director of player development for the San Diego State men’s basketball team after barely a month on the job, accepting a position last week as an assistant coach on the new staff at San Jose State. Aztecs head coach Brian Dutcher supported the move. You become director of player...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 18, 2017
Rashaad Penny, Kameron Kelly are Mountain West Players of the Week
San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny has been selected Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for the third straight week. Penny was joined this week by his rooomate, SDSU cornerback Kameron Kelly, who was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week. Penny and Kelly played significant roles...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 17, 2017
3 things we learned in the Aztecs' win over Stanford
Three things we learned from San Diego State’s 20-17 victory Saturday night over No. 19-ranked Stanford: 1. Christian Chapman rises to the occasion. SDSU quarterback Christian Chapman has bene labeled as a game manager, but he did more than manage the Aztecs’ game winning drive against Stanford...
