Shots Fired, or Spring Boredom?
Rocky Long has thrown down the gauntlet: he doesn’t much care for Boise State’s blue field, saying during the Mountain West’s spring conference call that Boise “ought to get rid of” the turf, due to...
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No. 44: San Diego State
Year one: lay the groundwork, increase depth, show progression on both sides of the ball. Year two: make a substantial improvement in the win column, leading your team into bowl play and, for a time,...
View ArticleBoise State’s “Competitive Advantage”
Welcome to the Mountain West. Now leave your jerseys at the door. Boise State’s new conference has made the following decree: the Broncos cannot wear their all-blue-on-blue uniforms during home games...
View ArticleMidseason Grades for the New Guys
There are 24 first-year head coaches doing work on the F.B.S. level, not counting the three interim coaches keeping seats warm at Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina. It’s hard to imagine a scenario...
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Meanwhile, In Albuquerque…
Notre Dame fired Bob Davie on Dec. 2, 2001, one day after his Fighting Irish beat Purdue in a game rescheduled by the Sept. 11 attacks to finish 5-6, outside of bowl play for the second time in three...
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A Long “Short List” For Washington State
Say hello to Bill Moos, pitchman. As Washington State’s one-man search committee, Moos, the school’s athletic director, spent the latter half of yesterday’s press conference announcing Paul Wulff’s...
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First-Year Coaches on Display in N.O.
Leaving New Mexico wasn’t the best choice of Rocky Long’s career, though his tenure with the Lobos only looks stronger and stronger with hindsight: U.N.M. has gone 3-33 since his departure following...
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The Year in Review: S.D.S.U. (8-5, 4-3)
San Diego State hired Rocky Long for the purpose of continuity, that catch-all word that works only for winners, not losers. Because who wants to continue a program’s losing ways, right? Long...
View ArticleThe Aztecs Get Help From the Pac-12
Consider the losses that San Diego State has experienced on the offensive side of the ball over the six months. Push it back to the last 12 months, in fact, and take into account the loss of...
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No. 74: San Diego State
Rocky Long knew what he was doing when he traded in one head coaching job, at New Mexico, for an assistant job in the same league. In Long’s estimation, he’d topped out with the Lobos; if he wasn’t...
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