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Game Recap: Whenever you close your eyes from this point forward, Jamaal Franklin will be still standing there. Dribbling. As the clock winds down. Forever.

Scene: An early-October practice at Peterson Gym. SDSU head coach Steve Fisher calls for his players to gather round. Fisher: OK men, here’s the scenario. We’re putting 17 seconds on the clock. First team, you’re down by one with the … Continue reading

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Game Recap: Any chance Deadspin can do some digging and prove today never existed? Cause that would be swell

Some day, huh? It all started with the revelation that San Diego State had sealed its college sports serfdom by returning to the Mountain West Conference and eternal poverty. It ended with a home court loss to UNLV (yuck) that … Continue reading

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Tens of Hundreds of People Watch as Aztecs Become Bowl Eligible

I guess AztecsKillingHim is going to be mad at all of you. Don’t worry though, I have it on good authority* that he barely followed the game and instead watched the World Series. The announced attendance didn’t quite reach 24,000 … Continue reading

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Where is the excitement?

You can see, based on the amount content we created this week, how much interest there is in Saturday’s football game. Coming off such an exciting win it is really a shame the next game has to be at home … Continue reading

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A postgame conversation with UNLV fans via cakes

At first we were all like: Then UNLV was like: So we were all like: Then UNLV went and got all butt-hurt: So we decided to lighten the mood with a little joke: But it turns out that is a … Continue reading

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Montezuma Memories: Fisher’s first banner at SDSU

Ten years ago today something happened that took everyone by surprise. Steve Fisher, he of national title and Fab Five fame, having been left to toil in obscurity after scandal at University of Michigan led San Diego State, who had failed … Continue reading

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‘Tec-nical Difficulties Episode 19.5

Our podcast for the week of February 14th. Topics: Mini-episode to get you through to our real episode coming this weekend. UNLV, UNM, Tony Gwynn. Nuff Said. View our show notes. Subscribe on iTunes, or download. Help us pay to host … Continue reading

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Game Recap: Rebels survive scare, their fans’ underpants not as lucky

Every so often, there are victories that don’t feel like victories. They are horrible efforts that — regardless of the score — make you want to write really a nasty blog post after throwing an empty bottle of Shiner Bock at … Continue reading

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Pregame Poll: Aztecs at UNLV

Viejas East beckons. The pressing question heading into tomorrow’s clash of the titans or Malice at the Imperial Palace or whatever it’s called:

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Montezuma Memories: The Aztecs haven’t always been UNLV’s daddy (it just seems like it)

The posts on Twitter are hilarious — and not just mine either. Follow the hash tag #LasttimeUNLVbeatSDSU and you’ll find a multitude of references meant to disparage the Runnin’ Rebels’ recent attempts at slaying the Mighty Aztecs. Some may say … Continue reading

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