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San Jose State Football: How the Spartans Can Win: How to Watch, Odds, Predictions

Preview of SJSU vs. SDSU.

San Jose State Football: How the Spartans Can Win: How to Watch, Odds, Predictions

Guide to winning for San Jose State

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How San Jose State Can Beat San Diego State

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Week 12: San Diego State at San Jose State

When: Saturday, Nov. 18 – 8:30 P.M. MT/7:30 P.M. PT

TV: CBS Sports Radio

STREAM: FuboTV — Get a free trial

Radio: KTRB

Websites: San Jose State | San Diego State

Odds: San Jose State (-690)

With a 5-5 record, San Jose State has an opportunity to become bowl eligible with a win over San Diego State on Saturday night. In Week 11, San Jose State is coming off a massive 42-18 upset win over Fresno State. That win kept San Jose State alive in their bowl eligibility quest and it ruined Fresno State’s New Year’s Six bowl bid.

San Jose State has the momentum to get past a struggling San Diego State team. Earlier this week, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he will retire at the end of the season. The Aztecs have added motivation to pick up at least one win for their head coach in the final two games of the regular season.

San Jose State’s Offense Needs To Produce Similar Results 

San Jose State was on a roll against Fresno State in Week 11. The Spartans will need to replicate that production in Week 12. For that to happen, quarterback Chevan Cordeiro will have to lead the charge on offense. Against Fresno State, Cordeiro passed for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Kairee Robinson rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns. If San Jose State can find a way to balance its passing and rushing attacks, it could be another blowout win for the Spartans.

Prediction 

San Jose State 37, San Diego State 20

If San Jose State can score points, San Diego State’s offense will have a hard time keeping up. The only way San Diego State can win is if it is a game that does not exceed the 30-point threshold. During San Jose State’s current five-game winning streak, the Aztecs have scored at least 30 points. Expect another high-scoring game from the Spartans.

 

Could Nebraska’s Tony White be a candidate at San Diego State?

Huskers’ defensive coordiantor Tony White could be a name to know for the opening at San Diego State.

On Monday, it was announced that San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke has decided to hang up the headset at the end of the season.

The 65-year-old Hoke will retire after a 40+ year coaching career that dates back to being a defensive coordinator at Yorktown High School in Indiana in 1981. Hoke, during his career, made head coaching stops at Ball State, San Diego State, and of course Michigan from 2011 through 2014. He’s collected a career record of 104-90 including a 39-30 record at San Diego State over two stints and a total of six seasons with the Aztecs.

With the San Diego State job opening up, it will become one of the more intriguing Group of Five opportunities this offseason, alongside fellow Mountain West Conference rival, Boise State.

All-time, the San Diego State program has had considerable success over its 55 seasons with a record of 359-283-8. They’ve won nine conference championships and have appeared in bowl games in 12 of their last 13 seasons. At 3-7 this season, the Aztecs are expected to miss a bowl game.

While Washington Huskies’ offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb has quickly become a potential favorite to land the job, another name that could draw interest from San Diego State is Nebraska defensive coordinator Tony White.

The 44-year-old White spent nearly a decade with San Diego State from 2009 through 2017 under head coaches Brady Hoke and Rocky Long.

After leaving San Diego State in 2017, White has gone on to be a rising defensive mind in the sport, spending time at Arizona State, Syracuse, and now Nebraska as each program’s defensive coordinator.

In his first season with the Huskers, White has led the Huskers to a top-20 scoring defense nationally, allowing just 18.2 points and 306.9 yards per game.

With the news of Hokes’s retirement just over a day old, no reports have yet connected White to the San Diego State job but don’t be surprised if the Huskers’ defensive coordinator’s name pops up for the San Diego State opening or other potential head coaching opportunities this upcoming offseason.

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Former Vols’ interim head coach announces retirement

Former Tennessee football interim head coach announces retirement.

San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced his retirement on Monday.

He will coach the Aztecs in the final two regular-season games this season.

“I am proud of what we accomplished at San Diego State,” Hoke said. “I am grateful to all the great student-athletes I’ve had the chance to work with, molding them into men, husbands, fathers and pillars in the community. I will always cherish my time leading this program. I’d also like to thank the wonderful staff I’ve worked with and wish them the best in the future.”

Hoke served as the Vols’ defensive line coach in 2017. He was interim head coach for the final two games in 2017 after head coach Butch Jones was relieved of his duties.

During his career, Hoke served as head coach at Ball State (2003-08), San Diego State (2009-10, 2020-23) and Michigan (2011-14).

Hoke lost to LSU and Vanderbilt as interim head coach at Tennessee.

San Diego State vs. Colorado State: Game Preview, How to Watch, Odds, Prediction

The Rams host the Aztecs as they hope to get to bowl eligibility. Here’s how the Rams can start that journey on the right foot.

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San Diego State vs. Colorado State: Game Preview, How to Watch, Odds, Prediction

The Rams start their journey to bowl eligibility

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Can the Rams get start fast and finish strong?

WEEK 11: San Diego State Aztecs (3-6, 1-4 MW) vs Colorado State Rams (3-6, 1-4 MW)

WHEN: Saturday, November 11th — 5 p.m. MST / 4 p.m. PST

WHERE: Canvas Stadium; Fort Collins, CO (36,500)

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 50 degrees at kickoff

TV: CBS Sports Network (Stream CBS Sports on Fubo and click the link here for a free trial)

RADIO: K99-FM 99.1 / ESPN 1600 AM

SERIES RECORD: This will be the 36th all time matchup between these two schools. San Diego State leads the series 22-14. Aztecs won 29-17 in San Diego in the last matchup in 2020.

WEBSITES: GoAztecs.com, the official San Diego State athletics website | CSURams.com, the official Colorado State athletics website

GAME NOTES (PDF): San Diego State | Colorado State

ODDS: Colorado State -3.5

OVER/UNDER: 46.5

SP+ PROJECTION: Colorado State by 1.5

FEI PROJECTION: Colorado State by 3.5

PARKER FLEMING PROJECTION: Colorado State has a 58.85% win probability (27.03-24.07)

Now to the keys to victory for the Rams.

Keys to a colorado state victory

1. Spread the ball around

Everyone knows Tory Horton and Dallin Holker are going to get the ball at some point. But Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and Jay Norvell need to call plays for other receivers. Justus Ross-Simmons and Louis Brown have shown they can be playmakers. Dylan Goffney and others provide depth when needed and have also shown they can make plays when asked.

2. Start the third quarter strong

The Rams have been outscored 51-10 in conference play in the third quarter. Colorado State needs to make a change if they want to get to a bowl game. The Aztecs haven’t been the same Aztecs this year on both sides of the ball. The Rams need to come out with fire on both sides of the ball if they want to win.

3. Stay home on defense

San Diego State isn’t as run happy as they have been in previous seasons. They are more balanced. However, QB Jaylen Maden is their leading rusher. He can take off when needed. The Rams need to stay home, set the edge, and contain the QB. They also need to spy the QB. Letting the QB run has cost them in a couple games this season.

Prediction

It’s military appreciation night in Fort Collins. The Rams want to get to bowl eligibility and the fight starts this game. The Rams will play tough punch them in the mouth football. The Aztecs will have their moments, but the Rams will finish this one strong to earn their fourth win of the season.

Final Score: Colorado State 27, San Diego State 21

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Does Colorado’s exit bring San Diego State back into the fold?

The Pac-12 might need to move swiftly to replace Colorado, USC, and UCLA.

Prior to the announcement that the Colorado Buffaloes would become the prodigals and return to the Big 12, there was plenty of buzz surrounding San Diego State joining the Pac-12.

The only problem was that an official invite never came and the Aztecs had to go crawling back to the Mountain West. It cost them legal fees but they avoided paying a huge exit fee. But as we all know, college realignment is a fluid situation and it can change in an instant.

Take Colorado for example, it seemed as though they would wait on a media deal before determining their future. The deal still hasn’t come and now the Buffs head to the Big 12, which is suddenly more stable despite losing both Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC.

Does the Pac-12 and George Kliavkoff dare go back to the Aztecs now that they are staring at just nine teams for the 2024-25 calendar year? Do the Aztecs even entertain the idea? The answer to both of those questions is an emphatic yes. The conference needs to do something and a school like SDSU should certainly want to jump up a level to the Power Five.

The hitch in this plan has to revolve around Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. These five schools have been in contact with the Big 12 at some point over the last year since the conference announced they were “open for business.” If one or more of these schools opts to join the Big 12, we could be talking about a potential Pac-12 and Mountain West type of merger.

If not San Diego State, there are several other schools that the Pac-12 should be gauging interest on. Just look to the Mountain West if they want to get back to 12 teams, where they can potentially add Boise State, Fresno State, or UNLV as CBS Sports discussed. And don’t forget about the Pony Express either.

College Sports Roundup: San Diego State staying in the MWC, Pac-12 media deal still not ready, and more from the College Wires

San Diego State’s future in the MWC has been decided, the Pac-12’s media deal is still not ready, and more from the College Wires.

San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West Conference. On Tuesday, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported, “The Mountain West has informed San Diego State that the school will remain a member.”

The report comes a few weeks after San Diego State looked to stay in the Mountain West Conference after their potential move to the Pac-12 did not come to fruition due to the Pac-12’s ongoing media rights deal not being ready by July 1.

The school initially asked for a one-month extension of its official departure and exit fee payment due to “unforeseen delays involving other collegiate athletic conferences.” The Mountain West Conference denied that request, and the university eventually chose to return to the conference on June 30.

That being said, it was not an automatic yes from the Mountain West Conference to accept San Diego State back to the conference. Leading to uncertainty for the university regarding its future after the 2023-2024 collegiate athletic year.

Additionally, on July 7, it was reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune that the conference was withholding a $6.6 million distribution payment that was owed to the university as the conference was determining the university’s status.

Per Dellenger, San Diego State will also be responsible for covering fees for the conference’s legal work that was needed over the last several weeks.

Beyond San Diego State’s future being decided, other major stories include the latest update on the Pac-12’s media deal, an amateur sumo champion joining an FBS program, and more from the College Wires.

The big question the Pac-12 will soon need to answer

Why are #Pac12 insiders so confident about the media rights deal if San Diego State isn’t joining in 2024? What are we missing?

The Pac-12 won’t have a media rights deal to unveil at Pac-12 media day on July 21. The conference fell short of its best-case scenario. Yet, if you read the reports from ESPN and Jon Wilner and other outlets which have been following this ongoing story, you will note that Pac-12 sources are “super confident” of the deal they claim they are about to reach.

Wilner, at The Wilner Hotline, quoted a Pac-12 source as saying, “The patience the presidents have shown is about to pay off. The longer we wait, the more bidders there are and the better the outcome.”

Another source told Wilner that the Pac-12 presidents were willing to “wait it out for people to come back to the (negotiating) table. They locked arms and fought through the last nine-to-12 months.”

Pac-12 sources are speaking like people who have already won a victory. Either everything is being lined up properly, or this is the most disingenuous, prolonged set of shameless smokescreens in the history of conference media rights negotiations.

The question the Pac-12 will ultimately have to answer is this: What is giving the Pac-12 such confidence that it will arrive at a deal with a price point and overall terms which will make its member schools happy, even though San Diego State — remaining in the Mountain West — won’t be part of the first year (at minimum) of this media rights deal in 2024?

Industry insiders have generally believed the Pac-12 would need added inventory — meaning a 12-member conference with over a dozen more football games per season — to reach a price point which would be sufficiently competitive with the Big 12. Unless a last-minute flip-flop is in the works with San Diego State — which would bring the Aztecs to the Pac-12 by July of 2024 and have them on board for the 2024 college football season — what has the Pac-12 done behind the scenes to inspire such total confidence that its deal will be successful?

We can’t wait to see how this question is answered.

Wilner projects that the Pac-12 will take four to six more weeks to ultimately disclose details of its media rights package, meaning the reveal will occur before the end of August.

The answers aren’t here yet, but it might not be that much longer before we learn the deeper details of this seemingly neverending story.

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Trojans Wire previews Pac-12 media day on national YouTube show

Monday, we talked to @MarkRogersTV about #Pac12 media day. News broke on Tuesday, but this is still a relevant conversation.

Pac-12 media day is Friday. On our weekly show with Mark Rogers at The Voice of College Football, we previewed what might happen. Since we recorded the show on Monday night, fresh news has emerged. It slightly changes the parameters of the preview, but not dramatically.

Let’s catch up before we lead into our show with Mark on his USC YouTube channel.

On Tuesday, two important stories broke, three if you want to parse them more finely.

The first story is that the Mountain West Conference accepted San Diego State as a member school without demanding a $16.5 million exit fee. This resolved (temporarily) the confusion surrounding San Diego State officially leaving the Mountain West.

The second story from Tuesday with relevance for the Pac-12 and its media day was the report by ESPN that a Pac-12 media deal will be completed in the “near future.” That report was accompanied by widespread reports that the Pac-12 won’t announce any media rights deal on or before Pac-12 media day.

Many will say that the Pac-12 not having an announcement on Pac-12 media day is a defeat for the conference. However, ESPN reporting complete with Pac-12 sourcing suggests that ESPN has proximity to the situation, which means a delay in the finalization of a deal is unlikely to hurt the Pac-12’s relationship with ESPN and any other TV or streaming partners.

Yes, we said it would be ideal for the Pac-12 if it finalized its media rights package by Pac-12 media day, but the absolute requirement was to be close enough on a deal — with agreeable terms or clearly positive progress — that member schools would be happy with the situation and therefore disinclined to bolt for the Big 12 or anywhere else.

It appears that is the case. However, the lack of finalization offers the possibility that an unexpected plot twist could throw a monkey wrench into everything.

Let’s go back to our show with Mark Rogers. The one thing we said on the show which seems particularly noteworthy after Tuesday’s news developments is that the Pac-12 is probably going to emerge with a media rights deal which does not have San Diego State or SMU football inventory in 2024. The Pac-12 will have 10 schools in 2024 and split media rights revenues 10 ways, so that the 10 schools get a larger cut. The plan is likely for SDSU and SMU to join in 2025 and provide the increased inventory the Pac-12 will need on a long-term basis.

Here’s our show with Mark, previewing Pac-12 media day and more at The Voice of College Football:

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Mountain West accepts San Diego State as a member school

Yahoo! was first. ESPN confirmed it. It appears the #Aztecs will be in the Mountain West for the 2024-2025 college sports cycle.

As soon as San Diego State did not leave the Mountain West by the June 30 deadline, this outcome seemed likely. Now it appears to be coming true, though another plot twist might still await: The Mountain West has accepted San Diego State as a member school. Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports was first. ESPN’s Pete Thamel and others confirmed the report.

This decision by the Mountain West would seem to lock San Diego State into the Mountain West for the 2024-2025 college sports cycle. Notably, the Mountain West did not demand a $16.5 million exit fee for leaving the conference before June 30. There had been some confusion earlier this summer about whether San Diego State’s mid-June letter to the Mountain West represented an actual departure from the conference or merely a statement of intent. The MWC’s decision to not demand the large exit fee seemingly puts San Diego State in a position where staying in the conference for one more cycle is the Aztecs’ most reasonable and least costly move under the circumstances.

The Pac-12 has not extended an invitation to San Diego State. This fact is accompanied by breaking news from Tuesday in which the Pac-12 said it would not have a media rights deal done this week. Whether this means San Diego State could re-enter the picture for the Pac-12 once the media rights deal is finalized remains to be seen. That is the lingering point of uncertainty in all of this.

The odds are good that San Diego State will be in the Mountain West for the 2024-2025 college sports cycle, but whether the Aztecs will be a long-term member of the Mountain West is an entirely different question.

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The Mountain West had a meeting on Monday, but nothing was announced

The conference said nothing about its Monday board meeting. Mountain West media days are Wednesday and Thursday.

The wait continues. We are all waiting for a final, definitive announcement from someone about the fate of the San Diego State Aztecs. Where will they be in the 2024-2025 college sports cycle? Will the Pac-12 expand to 12 teams after the departures of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten? Will there be an announcement of a Pac-12 media rights deal?

These questions linger in the summer before the start of the new college sports cycle and the 2023 college football season. Everyone in the industry, and all the fans at various schools, would like this business to be concluded before college football begins. No one wants games to be interrupted by realignment news.

Beyond that, however, it would seem to be in the best interest of all parties to have clarity and closure before football begins. Realignment is volatile enough as it is; adding to the uncertainty of this process by dragging out conference membership dramas and media rights negotiations doesn’t seem to help anyone.

Yet, the lack of news — and the lack of announcements from anyone in the San Diego State-Pac-12-Mountain West triumvirate — remains conspicuous as we head into Mountain West media days on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by Pac-12 media day on Friday.

The Mountain West held a board meeting on Monday in which San Diego State was presumably a top agenda item.

The conference did not make any announcement about SDSU coming out of the board meeting, leaving us all to continue to speculate about what might happen later this week.

Stay here for continuing coverage of this San Diego State story, accompanied by coverage of Pac-12 media day this Friday.

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