Aztecs' Long should see in UNLV what change means
Nov. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A football program does not endure its first 10-loss season in history without repercussion. Stand pat and you risk being gored by a vented spleen. Hold the door for exiting members of your coaching staff and you risk having an outline of your facial features permanently etched in a pane of glass.
Such is the situation facing San Diego State coach Chuck Long, who has indicated that staff changes will be forthcoming after the Aztecs' season finale Saturday against UNLV.
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Nov. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Today's college basketball – SDSU women at No. 1 UConn:
Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU bedeviled in the end: If this was a game by which San Diego State's men's basketball team could measure itself, shoe lifts are in order.
Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Summary – Arizona State 59, San Diego State 52: Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Coach Long's plan: to stay the course: The 2009 football season already has been established as a do-or-die test for San Diego State football coach Chuck Long. Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Wade's court hearing postponed: While the rest of his team prepared to play Arizona State, San Diego State basketball standout Lorrenzo Wade spent part of yesterday afternoon in Superior Court, where his preliminary hearing was postponed to Dec. 3.
SAN DIEGO, 10:22 p.m. Nov. 18 (AP)
Late rally leads No. 15 ASU over SDSU 59-52: James Harden scored 18 points and helped No. 15 Arizona State take control late in a 59-52 victory over scrappy San Diego State on Tuesday night at Cox Arena.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Guiding a turnaround: It was a scrap heap, a wasteland of unwanteds. Ideal for a junk-yard dog, irrelevant to a basketball junkie.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The Fisher File :
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Wade's prospects might be boosted: An initial reading of the fingerprint analysis in the Lorrenzo Wade felony burglary case is inconclusive and doesn't show definable prints – a development that would be good news for the San Diego State basketball standout.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Today's men's college basketball (ASU at SDSU):
Nov. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long hints changes will come on staff: In giving his football coach a vote of confidence through the 2009 season last month, San Diego State Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel said he wanted to see what Chuck Long was capable of when afforded a full deck, alluding to a season in which 19 of 22 starters have missed at least some playing time due to injury.
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Utes take it to Aztecs: With San Diego State having never beaten a Top 10 opponent in 40 years of Division I football, coach Chuck Long deemed his team's meeting with No. 8 Utah a “rare opportunity.”
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs-Utah football summary:
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
One more win, Utes likely in BCS:Never in the 10-year history of the Mountain West Conference has there been a game bigger than this.
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Aztecs fall back on 2nd-half run to beat Tritons: “We played against a well-coached team that made you guard them for 35 seconds every possession,” Fisher said yesterday after his Aztecs defeated the Division II Tritons 59-40 at Cox Arena in the season opener for both teams.
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs-UCSD basketball summary:
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Winning like Utes is foreign to Aztecs: What Chuck Long has preached, No. 8 Utah has perfected. While Long's San Diego State football team has found myriad ways to collapse this season with inferior performances, it also remains a neophyte in the art of closing the deal.
MEN'S BASKETBALL, Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Aztecs open without Wade: It's a hole so big it demands the attention of a backhoe, a missing piece of the puzzle that might never be found.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Duffy scheduled for court appearance:
Suspended San Diego State women's basketball player Allison Duffy is scheduled to appear in Superior Court next week on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police officer.
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Today's college basketball :
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU men's basketball roster, schedule:
Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Aztecs women suspend forward: SDSU women's basketball player Allison Duffy has been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules, head coach Beth Burns said last night.
Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Talks in overtime between city, SDSU: San Diego State's distressed football program has tested the patience of many local fans and alumni over the past 10 years, especially recently with 12 losses in its past 13 games.
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU win over Utah would be cash loss: Call it crazy, but the San Diego State athletic department has about 500,000 reasons to root against its own football team Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium.
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Basketball recruits sign letters with SDSU:
Malcolm Thomas may be late in arriving, but San Diego State men's basketball coach Steve Fisher is convinced the wait will have been worthwhile.
Nov. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Unbeaten Utes pose daunting opportunity: Though the pulse is undeniably faint, there is still the matter of pride. Left with little to savor save the dregs of one of the most dismal seasons in recent memory, San Diego State hosts No. 8 Utah on Saturday in its first home game against a Top 10 team since dropping a 63-17 decision to No. 1 Miami in 1992.
Nov. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Spain drains 19 for SDSU: If Lorrenzo Wade's absence was obvious, Kyle Spain's return served as a reminder that all is not lost.
Nov. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
San Diego has makings of a hardwood hotbed:Conspiracy theorists of San Diego, here's one for you. Beth Burns, Cindy Fisher, Steve Fisher and Bill Grier are conspiring, with a host of enthusiastic youthful followers, to drag San Diego – screaming and kicking if necessary – into being a college basketball town.
Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Local Division I exhibition – Point Loma Nazarene at SDSU:
Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Little big men: San Diego State coach Steve Fisher was speaking at a news conference recently, just weeks before Friday's official start of the college basketball season. Someone asked him about his team's prospects. Fisher started to talk about the particulars of offense and defense, then stopped and said: “If you're not excited about your team right now, you're in the wrong business.”
Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ten things to watch in college hoops this season :
Nov. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU can't find big play: San Diego State's inability to go deep is proving more than a bit detrimental. The Aztecs, who managed just 280 total yards in Saturday's 41-12 loss at BYU, have scored 13 or fewer points in seven of 10 games this season.
PROVO, Utah, Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Familiar scenario as Aztecs fall hard: In working out the kinks for the upcoming season, Brigham Young's men's basketball team last week hosted Concordia University, a liberal arts school in Montreal whose nickname is the Stingers and whose cheer squad, naturally, is known as the Queen Bees.
PROVO, Utah, Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Team injury stats are unbeatable: There's no truth that a fleet of ambulances and a mobile triage unit accompanied San Diego State's team buses to LaVell Edwards Stadium yesterday, but it may be something to consider in the future.
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs-BYU game summary:
PROVO, Utah, Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Young Aztecs key to bright future: With the present well on its way to taking its place alongside a sordid past, San Diego State coach Chuck Long is casting his lot with the future.
Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
What to watch for :
Pick your poison. SDSU, which ranks 113th in total defense among the nation's 119 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, is about to get tested by the 17th-best offense in the country. Though more efficient with the pass, the Cougars offer a running-back tandem in Fui Vakapuna and Harvey Unga, who rival the size of any SDSU defensive lineman.
Nov. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU unable to secure stadium lease with city: Despite negotiations that have dragged on for almost a year, San Diego State and the city of San Diego have failed to reach a new long-term agreement for the Aztecs to play football at Qualcomm Stadium.
Nov. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gwynn to helm SDSU for three more years: Tony Gwynn was on the field that bears his name yesterday for San Diego State's fall baseball practice. He made his way around the field to observe, among other things, a baserunning drill, a pitching drill and to throw batting practice.
Nov. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Putting it on the (defensive) line, SDSU can't size up: Imagine that San Diego State's defensive line was intact, that knees knitted as fast as they folded and foot injuries were cured with the wave of a wand.
Nov. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Weighty disadvantage :
Nov. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Prints on TV could hurt Wade: San Diego State basketball player Lorrenzo Wade may have touched the television set that police say was taken out of a woman's apartment in a burglary near SDSU on Sept. 21.
Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU defense trying to 'survive': Jonathan Soto's dream couldn't have been more indicative of San Diego State's nightmare.
12:05 p.m. Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Fingerprint analysis may show Wade touched TV: San Diego State basketball player Lorrenzo Wade may have touched the television set that police say was taken out of a woman's apartment in aburglary near SDSU on Sept. 21.
Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU early goal holds up in victory over No. 7 Cal:San Diego State junior Jamel Wallace (Oceanside High) scored 23 minutes into yesterday's men's soccer match against Cal, providing the difference in the Aztecs' 1-0 victory over the seventh-ranked Bears at the SDSU Sports Deck.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU falls to fellow league doormat: If surrender isn't an option, perhaps secession is. San Diego State, which was predicted by at least one national publication to finish winless in the Mountain West Conference this season, took a sizable step in fulfilling that forecast yesterday when it was pummeled by punchless Wyoming 35-10 at War Memorial Stadium.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Another defensive lineman injured: One by one they topple, the numbers ever growing, the crisis ever deepening.
Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Cross country title to Lobos:San Diego State's Kristin Glen led the Aztecs yesterday with a 6K time of 23 minutes, 23 seconds but SDSU was the last of nine teams in the Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships at Mission Bay Park.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Coaches face different fates as teams battle to avoid bottom: In a world defined by instant gratification, Chuck Long and Joe Glenn are doing their utmost to peddle patience.
Nov. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Struggling, to say the least : Today's SDSU-Wyoming game matches two of the worst teams in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision, as evidenced by the following statistical rankings. The Aztecs rank in the bottom 20 among the 119 teams in 12 of the 16 categories below, Wyoming in 8.
Oct. 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Good season for the Aztecs – in practice: San Diego State football coach Chuck Long recently made a rather bizarre observation. This season, Long said, the Aztecs “really have done well from Sunday through Friday.”
CHEYENNE, Wyo., 6:05 a.m. Oct. 31 (AP)Uncertainty at QB as Pokes try for conference win: Both San Diego State and Wyoming are in pursuit of their first Mountain West Conference wins in their matchup this weekend in Laramie.
Oct. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long still waiting for recruits to deliver: On the day he was hired in 2005, San Diego State coach Chuck Long told his new players he considered them all to be “my recruits” – regardless of the fact they were recruited by the previous coaching staff.
Oct. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Craft's recruits still prominent :
One of the arguments in support of keeping SDSU coach Chuck Long for a fourth season in 2009 is that he's still building his program with his recruits.
Oct. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Henderson shows inside skill:
Don't call him a power running back or anything quite yet. He's still just 5 feet 9 and 180 pounds. But there's definitely more of a physical, bruising quality these days in Atiyyah Henderson's running style. And so far it's worked.
Oct. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU's 2008 "coulda" been record is 4-4: Chuck Long's rose-colored glasses have gained a new perspective this week. As Long told reporters yesterday, his San Diego State football team easily could be sporting a 4-4 record right now instead of its actual record of 1-7.
Oct. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long defends conservative decision in latest defeat: If his gut told him to go for the throat, his head told him to hang onto the lead.
Oct. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs unable to close deal vs. Rams: In announcing his intention last week to retain coach Chuck Long for the 2009 season, San Diego State Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel was opting to put stock in the Aztecs' future.
Oct. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs run out of gas in 2nd half:To give his battered defense a break last night against Colorado State, San Diego State football coach Chuck Long planned to run the ball more on offense, eating up the game clock so his defenders could rest.
Oct. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Rams-Aztecs game summary:
Oct. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Unproductive offense keeps Aztecs down: It has become the easiest of targets, a Joe Palooka with a glass jaw. The unwitting freshman on the first day of school with a “Kick Me” sticker affixed to his backside.
Oct. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
What to watch for: After three weeks of torture against the top three rushing offenses in the league – Air Force, TCU and New Mexico – SDSU may have identified an opponent it can cope with on the ground. Colorado State is tied for 100th among the nation's 119 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in rushing offense.
Oct. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Aztecs boosters growing dismayed: In December 2005, San Diego State Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel held a news conference to announce the firing of football coach Tom Craft. The biggest reason for the firing, he said then, was that the football program lacked “a positive energy that the community could get excited about.”
Oct. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long: Team plan built without any 'short cuts': Now that he's been assured of keeping his job through 2009, San Diego State football coach Chuck Long said he feels good about not having taken “short cuts” in previous years.
TENNIS, Oct. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs staying alive:
Three SDSU players, Julia Trunk, Roxanne Ellison and Holly Bagshaw – won yesterday in the singles main draw of the Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships as the five-day event began at Barnes Tennis Center.
Oct. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs AD: Long safe through '09 season: It may be perceived as a roll of the dice, but San Diego State Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel is convinced he's making a safe bet.
3:51 p.m. Oct. 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Schemmel: Long is SDSU football coach through '09: San Diego State Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel said Wednesday that Chuck Long will remain the school's football coach through at least the 2009 season.
Oct. 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Rival coaches feel Long's pain: Of all the emotions spilling out of San Diego State's 70-7 loss at New Mexico last week, remorse would seem the ranking sentiment.
Oct. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Have Aztecs hit the bottom? No, it may get worse: In opting out of a scheduled home date this season with UCLA, an opponent that drew more than 50,000 to Qualcomm Stadium three years ago while simultaneously infusing desperately needed cash into a frequently depleted vault, San Diego State was trading a bloody nose for an ego boost.
Oct. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long states case for keeping his job: With the jury seemingly already having passed sentence, Chuck Long said yesterday that he feels it would be an injustice if he were fired as head football coach at San Diego State.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs hit with low blow by Lobos: Likely a splash on the comedy circuit now that he's retired, former Colorado State football coach Sonny Lubick unleashed a corker last year when analyzing his team's matchup against San Diego State.
Oct. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Westling performs well – for one half:From Orange County to Oklahoma to San Diego State, Drew Westling has been looking for a chance like this for the past three years.
Oct. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU out of step in terms of rushing: In an attempt to tailor its attack to a redshirt freshman quarterback who cut his teeth on the spread offense, San Diego State's approach in 2008 has been to pass first and run second.
Oct. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Aztecs get big win, shut out Stanford: The San Diego State men's soccer team, playing without starting midfielders Daniel Steres, a freshman, and Jamel Wallace (Oceanside High), a redshirt junior – both of whom had red cards against UCLA last Sunday – pulled out a 1-0 win over Pac-10 rival Stanford last night in Palo Alto.
Oct. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU fee hike would aid athletics: San Diego State is proposing a student-fee increase that would fund two new women's sports teams – lacrosse and beach volleyball – and provide enough additional funding to wean the athletic department off of controversial subsidies from the president's office.
