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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego State announced Wednesday, Dec. 16 it is withdrawing from bowl consideration to give its football players the opportunity to spend time with their parents during the Christmas break. The decision ends the Aztecs' streak of playing in a bowl game for 10 consecutive seasons, which equaled the nation's 11th-longest active streak. With a 4-4 record and 11 bowls canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic it was unlikely San Diego State would receive a bowl invitation. They were not among the teams...
CARSON (CNS) - Los Angeles County will play host to three college football teams next year, as San Diego State University announced Tuesday, Sept. 15 that the Aztecs will play their 2021 home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson while the university works on its new campus and stadium in Mission Valley. The decision allows the university continue its work on the construction site adjacent to SDCCU Stadium, with the new stadium scheduled to open in fall 2022. ``Once th...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego State University announced Friday, Sept. 4 that head men's basketball coach Brian Dutcher has signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Aztecs through 2025-26 season. The 2019-20 USA Today National Coach of the Year is entering his fourth season as head coach and beginning his 22nd year as part of the staff at SDSU. The three-year extension follows a season that featured a 26-game win streak and a Mountain West Conference-record 12th men's basketball championship with a 17-1 mark....
RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an hour after the Big Ten's announcement, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say its season would be postponed until the spring. The Big Ten's announcement comes six days after the conference that includes historic programs such as Ohio...
RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the players are safer because of their sport. There was speculation two of the five most powerful conferences - the Big Ten and the Pac-12 - might call off their fall seasons and explore the possibility of spring football. The Mountain West...
JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer The Pac-12 has become the second major conference to shift to a conference-only fall schedule amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came after a meeting of the Pac-12 CEO Group on Friday, a day after the Big Ten opted to eliminate nonconference games for all fall sports. "The health and safety of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports continues to be our No. 1 priority," Pac-12 Commissioner...
JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously that the plan would be applied only "if the conference is able to participate in fall sports." "As we continue to focus on how to play this season in a safe and responsible way, based on the best advice of medic...
DOUG FEINBERG and JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writers The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, leaving open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the coronavirus pandemic is better controlled by then. "We simply do not believe we can create and maintain an environment for intercollegiate athletic competition that meets our requirements for safety and acceptable levels of risk," the Ivy...
JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Stanford announced Wednesday that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men's and women's fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball, and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is eliminating 20 support staff positions. Stanford projected a deficit of more than...
RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State calls it the Buckeye Acknowledgment and Pledge, a two-page document the school asked its athletes to sign before they could begin using team facilities during the pandemic. The document SMU is requiring its athletes to sign is much more direct: Acknowledgment of Risk for COVID-19 Summer 2020. Across the country, universities have begun the process of getting ready to play through a public health crisis. As athletes return...
JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Five of the 12 schools in the Pac-12 expect to reopen their campuses this fall, a key step to the return of college sports. Many more steps still need to be taken before football or any other sport is going to played in 2020 as the world copes with the coronavirus pandemic. The football season begins Aug. 29 with a slate of games that include three Pac-12 schools. Both Arizona schools, both Washington schools and Oregon anticipate holding...
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Congress considers whether to allow college athletes to receive endorsement money, the NCAA and its allies spent nearly $1 million last year lobbying lawmakers to shape any reforms to the organization's liking. The NCAA last fall said it would allow athletes to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness" and is crafting rules to put in place for its 1,100 member schools in coming months. But the organization has turned to Congress to step in...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rocky Long is returning to New Mexico as defensive coordinator after recently retiring from San Diego State, where he coached the Aztecs to nine straight bowl games. New Mexico head coach Danny Gonzales praised Long on Monday, expressing excitement about the program's winningest coach returning to his alma mater. "Coach Long's teams at both UNM and San Diego State were known for their defense, and I don't think there is a better defensive coach in the country. We are lucky to have him back with our...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rocky Long is retiring as San Diego State's football coach after taking the Aztecs to nine straight bowl games, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The person spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move hadn't been announced. The school has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. PST to make what it said was a major announcement. The Aztecs were 10-3 last season, capped by a 48-11 victory over Central Michigan in...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State basketball is back to being the hottest ticket in town. Viejas Arena is hopping again because the undefeated and seventh-ranked Aztecs are playing as well as they did during their two Sweet 16 seasons during the last decade, including the one led by Kawhi Leonard. This time it's a trio of transfers — guards Malachi Flynn and KJ Feagin, and forward Yanni Wetzell — powering the Aztecs (15-0, 4-0 Mountain West Conference). SDSU and Auburn are the nation's only undefeated teams. Besides...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nearly 30 years after Hayden Fry last worked a sideline in San Diego, the No. 19 Iowa Hawkeyes will remember their former coach when they play No. 22 USC in the Holiday Bowl on Friday night. Iowa will remove the Tigerhawk decals from its helmets to honor Fry, who died on Dec. 17 at age 90. Fry introduced the logo during his 20-year tenure, which included trips to the Holiday Bowl in 1986, 1987 and 1991. The Hawkeyes will continue to wear the ANF (America Needs Farmers) stickers on their helmets, as well as...
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Jordan Schakel and KJ Feagin each drained a 3-pointer late to help San Diego State get past BYU 76-71 on Saturday. Schakel hit 5 of 7 from deep and finished with 19 points and Malachi Flynn added 17 points while dishing out five assists for SDSU (2-0) which halted a six-game losing streak in Provo. Feagin finished with 12 points. Nathan Mensah had seven points to go with 11 rebounds. SDSU was up 36-29 at the break. The Cougars started fast in the second...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego State jumped into The Associated Press Top 25 after a close road victory against UNLV and then moved up a spot after a bye weekend. That certainly caught coach Rocky Long's attention. "It's always nice to be ranked but it's really funny that you don't play and you get to move up," Long said. "That's an interesting deal. So I'd just as soon not play this week and move up again, eventually move up into the top 10, right?" Nice thought, but the No. 24...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ethan Dedeaux had a 49-yard catch-and-run touchdown for the first of 17 unanswered points to start the game and San Diego State hung on to beat UNLV 20-17 on Saturday night. SDSU led 20-10 at the end of the third quarter but UNLV used a 12-play, 77-yard drive to get within three points with 5:57 to go. SDSU went three-and-out and UNLV went on another double-digit-play drive but Daniel Gutierrez's 42-yard field-goal attempt hit the post. Ryan Agnew passed for 185 yards with one touchdown and one...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego State's basketball program has gotten to the point where it's a big deal if the Aztecs don't make the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs failed to live up to their lofty expectations last year. That will provide plenty of motivation as third-year coach Brian Dutcher molds a new-look team that has plenty of experience thanks to three key transfers and could be better than his first team, which did make the NCAA field. "It's not acceptable," Dutcher said of...
California and Arizona State moved into the AP Top 25 college football poll to give the Pac-12 six ranked teams, the most for the conference in almost four years. A weekend filled with blowouts left the top half of the AP media poll presented by Regions Bank mostly unchanged. Clemson remains No. 1, with 57 of the 62 first-place votes, as the top nine held their spots Sunday. Alabama was No. 2, receiving five first-place votes, followed by Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Auburn and Florida. The ninth-ranked...
The first step toward Southern California making a coaching change that seems inevitable occurred earlier this week when athletic director Lynn Swann stepped down. USC will hire an experienced AD it can trust to hire a new coach if necessary. On Saturday, the 24th-ranked Trojans (2-1) lost in overtime at BYU and replacing coach Clay Helton looked more necessary. The Cougars have beaten once-great programs the last two weeks, taking down flailing Tennessee and floundering USC, both in OT. Good for BYU, but the Cougars are...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Now it's time to see how the Kedon Slovis show plays on the road. The freshman made a big splash last week in his first start for USC as he helped lead the No. 24 Trojans past Stanford and back into the rankings heading into their first road game of the season, at BYU on Saturday. "My guys came out there and did a great job for me, and when the guys do a great job up front, it's not really that difficult," Slovis said. "You're practically playing 7-on-7 out there. But it's good to keep our eyes forward...
SACRAMENTO — Athletes at California colleges could hire agents and sign endorsement deals under a bill the state Legislature sent to the governor Wednesday, setting up a potential confrontation with the NCAA that could jeopardize the athletic futures of powerhouse programs like USC, UCLA and Stanford. Gov. Gavin Newsom has not said whether he will sign the bill. But the NCAA Board Of Governors is already urging him not to, warning that if he does California colleges and universities would eventually be banned from NCAA...