San Diego State stops Rebels 14-10, but much more work remains to re-instill confidence among shaken fan base
The lingering question: Did they make real or lasting progress against a sub-.500 team while threatening to fumble away a second consecutive two-score lead in the second half?“Believe me, those guys who are out there every day and preparing every week, that’s who we’re playing for also,” said Hoke, when asked about what had been a rising crescendo of fan discord. “The way that they played tonight, you know, there was some ugly in there.
In the opener, a lopsided loss to massively retooled and now sub.-500 Arizona, the combination of that investigation and brutal heat of the day made the team and result the third storyline, at best. The new stadium buzz has been fading, far too soon. The honeymoon period imagined throughout the debut season had shifted from a meticulously planned month in Greece to a weekend in Palm Springs.
The fix? Win. Win again. Win some more. Push the early-season pain as far into the rearview mirror as possible. Beating UNLV kept calamity at arms-length, but is unlikely to reassure many about the path ahead in a real way. If there was any doubt this too often has felt like a season born under the unluckiest of stars for the Aztecs, consider a head-scratching pair of plays near the end of Saturday’s first quarter.
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