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All good things …

Stunning news, guys. It looks like San Diego State’s long, storied tenure as a proud member institution of the Big East/West conferences has come to an end. It’s just so hard not to get misty when I think of all … Continue reading

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Game Recap: Aztecs Defeat Cal State Bakersfield in Forgettable Basketball Game

Our beloved and bloodthirsty Aztecs hung around on campus during winter break; bitter, sad and looking to pick a fight. Some hillbillies rolled up like tumbleweeds on a highway and were all, We got next, and the Aztecs were like, it’s … Continue reading

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SDSU’s Big East dream gets traced in chalk on a Baltimore corner. It’s all in the game, yo.

There’s a pivotal scene in season four of The Wire where Bodie — a weathered drug gang lieutenant who had seen his aspirations and ambitions crushed by the ruthlessness and greed of the new kingpin — sits in a park … Continue reading

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It’s Not Like Losing a Bowl Game in Your Own Stadium Against Your Biggest Rival Hurts Or Anything

I don’t have a clever narrative to weave on the Poin Bowl. False-bravado predictions notwithstanding, the outcome was surprising to none of us. When the Dingwell implosion unfolded I simply leaned over, stared at the concrete and shook my head, … Continue reading

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Big East commissioner Mike Aresco pulled into emergency meeting with football school presidents

So we’ve all seen the news. The Big East is exploding, meaning we’re all going to die a slow and painful death with the rest of the football castaways. Or just go back to the Mountain West (sorta the same … Continue reading

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AKH’s new official position on the Big East, the Mountain West, and full steam ahead

For weeks, we’ve been hearing that San Diego State is “full steam” to the Big East and Big West conferences. I, for one, feel lucky that we have that type of certainty in this topsy turvy time in college athletics. … Continue reading

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Big East appears set to add UNLV East

According to the CBS Sports blogger who broke the SDSU to the Big East thing, the Memphis Tigers are looking likely to join the Aztecs in the Big East in 2013. This makes sense in the context of the Big … Continue reading

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Red and Blacklisted: Getting to know our future conference mates

Well, it’s now official. After several years of effort and achievement (two counts as several, right?), the San Diego State football team is finally good enough to be in a league that used to have Temple in it. Boom. Take … Continue reading

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Please excuse me while I take a moment to slobber all over Jim Sterk

Two of San Diego State’s previous three athletic directors resigned in disgrace amid scandal. Real trashy stuff involving allegations of all-expenses-paid booty calls and pilfered university property. The other guy fled for a job at Colorado before the plastic wrap was even … Continue reading

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Aztecs reportedly Big East bound tomorrow

Oh please let this be true: The move would be made starting in July 2013 and is part of a Big East survival-and-expansion plan that includes adding Boise State, Houston, Southern Methodist and Central Florida. Air Force and Navy might … Continue reading

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