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San Diego State will play University of Texas, San Antonio on Dec. 21 in the Frisco Bowl

Trying to win a conference championship is hard enough when your team is at full strength. Trying to do it without a third of your roster increases the degree of difficulty exponentially. San Diego State met Utah State in the Mountain West Conference championship game missing about 20 players due to COVID-19 protocols, including their top three tight ends and…

Entering their game on Saturday afternoon, San Diego State and Michigan were both having all kinds of trouble shooting from 3-point land. One of those teams figured it out. It was not the Aztecs. The 24th-ranked Wolverines found their range while SDSU continued to struggle to score points in a 72-58 Michigan win. The first half was competitive. Matt Bradley…

Trey Pulliam scored 16 points, including the first four in an 18-2 run in the first half that gave San Diego State control en route to a 72-47 win against Long Beach State on Tuesday night. Matt Bradley had 12 points and Keith Dinwiddie scored 12 off the bench for SDSU (5-2), which beat Long Beach State (2-5) for the…

They were the best team in the Mountain West during the regular season, and it showed when the league handed out its end of season awards Tuesday. Brady Hoke took Mountain West Coach of the Year, while Matt Araiza grabbed Special Teams Player of the Year and Cameron Thomas claimed Defensive Player of the Year. For Hoke its his second…

Patrick Ewing stands 7 feet tall and weighs 250 pounds. Literally and figuratively, he is a giant of the game. Ewing was arguably the most famous college basketball player of the early to mid 1980’s, and yes that includes Michael Jordan. From 1981-85 Ewing was a 3-time All-American, Most Outstanding Player of the 1984 NCAA Tournament and national college player…

San Diego State has had a couple of off shooting nights early in the season. With a bunch of players still trying to figure out their roles and learning the offense they’re, understandably, having some trouble finding consistency. However, one thing that never changes is the free throw line. It’s always 15 feet from the rim with nobody standing...

Trey Pulliam made a go-ahead floater in the lane with 1:05 left and San Diego State held off Arizona State 65-63 Thursday night. Lamont Butler scored 14 points for SDSU (2-1), which beat the Sun Devils (2-2) for the second straight year. Matt Bradley scored 12 and Keshad Johnson and Nathan Mensah had 10 each for the Aztecs. Pulliam’s floater…

Twice this season the #22 Aztecs have played a top-10 passing offense. The first time they lost to Fresno State because they couldn’t match the Bulldogs firepower. The second time they made sure not to let the game get out of reach. San Diego State edged out Nevada and superstar quarterback Carson Strong 23-21 on Saturday night, improving to 9-1…

San Diego State is a very good defensive basketball team so they can usually win a game even if they’re not shooting the ball very well. But, there are limits. The Aztecs made just three of their 22 shots from 3-point land (a rough 13.6%) at BYU in a 66-60 loss to the Cougars to suffer their first loss of…

An upset, a blowout and an all-time Aztec debut highlighted the opening day of the college hoops season. San Diego State 66, UC Riverside 53 Matt Bradley has wasted no time establishing himself as the focal point of San Diego State’s offense. After an impressive showing in their exhibition win over Saint Katherine, Bradley poured in 23 points to help…

Cal transfer Matt Bradley was the game’s high scorer, and Nathan Mensah dominated down low. But San Diego State’s struggles shooting the three presented cause for concern in their 65-44 win over St. Katherine.

It took just one night for San Diego State to lose its perfect record, its place in the Top-25, and likely a spot in the Mountain West Conference championship game. The Aztecs lost to Fresno State 30-20 in Carson, ending their quest for an undefeated record and a chance for a spot in a lucrative New Year’s Six bowl...

Entering their Saturday night showdown San Diego State was 6-0 ranked 21st in the nation while Air Force was 6-1 and receiving votes, just a few steps outside the Top 25. The Aztecs had the nation’s number one rushing defense (61 yards a game) while the Falcons had the country’s top rushing offense (336 yards an outing). As it turns…

On Saturday night, San Diego State heads to Air Force. The 22st-ranked Aztecs are 6-0. The Falcons are 6-1 and receiving votes in the national polls. Then consider Colorado Springs is 6,035 feet above sea level and you understand why this trip is no picnic. “This is definitely, definitely, our biggest challenge of the year,” says Aztecs head coach Brady…

For 60 minutes the Aztecs offense was truly horrible. Then they remembered they have Jesse Matthews, and everything changed. Matthews caught a pair of touchdown passes in overtime, the 2nd one a walkoff job, to lead San Diego State to a 19-13, double overtime win at San Jose State. The 24th-ranked Aztecs go to 6-0 on the season and are…

When a college football team goes undefeated through four games, then has a bye week in which it enters the Top-25, then opens conference play with a team that’s lost three straight and is obviously not as good, one of two things happens: A) The undefeated team has a huge letdown and either loses to or barely survives the...

San Diego State didn’t get off to a great start against Towson, an FCS program with a 1-2 record. The good news is they didn’t let the bad beginning last very long. The Aztecs fell behind 7-0 before rolling to a 48-21 win. At one point they led by 34 points. Towson quarterback Chris Ferguson dropped a snap and...

Historically, rookies don’t win two points on the first day of their inaugural Ryder Cup appearance. Shoot, it’s rare that a rookie will get to play both the morning and afternoon sessions on Friday at the Ryder Cup. Xander Schauffele is no ordinary rookie and he doesn’t lose when he’s playing for the USA. The Olympic gold medalist showed...

San Diego State is undefeated, despite having already had to start two different quarterbacks due to injury and having really no passing game to speak of. The Aztecs are 125th in the nation in passing offense (keep in mind there are just 130 FBS programs). Their saving grace has been a tremendous rushing attack (14th in the country) and, perhaps…