San Diego State's second year under head football coach Brady Hoke should start with a win.
The Aztecs released their 2010 schedule on Monday. It starts at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Q against Division 1-AA Nicholls State (I still can't bring myself to call it the Football Championship Subdivision). The Aztecs then play two road games, at New Mexico State and Big 12 power Missouri, before finishing the non-conference schedule at home against Utah State.
After a bye week, the Mountain West Conference schedule starts in Provo against BYU. Then it's Air Force at home, on the road against New Mexico and Wyoming, host Colorado State, travel to TCU and finish with back-to-back home games against Utah and UNLV.
They'll need six wins to earn bowl eligibility. Below is the full schedule, and an extremely, extremely early prediction of how they'll do.
Date Opponent Time Derek's Prediction
Sept. 4 Nicholls State 5 p.m. PT W
Sept. 11 at New Mexico State 6 p.m. MT W
Sept. 18 at Missouri TBD L
Sept. 25 Utah State 5 p.m. PT W
Oct. 9 at Brigham Young 4 p.m. MT L
Oct. 16 Air Force 5 p.m. PT W
Oct. 23 at New Mexico 8 p.m. MT W
Oct. 30 at Wyoming Noon MT L
Nov. 6 Colorado State 7 p.m. PT W
Nov. 13 at TCU 3 p.m. CT L
Nov. 20 Utah 7 p.m. PT L
Nov. 27 UNLV 5 p.m. PT W
That makes them 7-5 and a berth in the New Mexico Bowl. Sweet!
