Where have I seen this before? The Aztecs open with a win over Labor Day weekend, then beat a PAC-12 team on a hot night in Arizona, and return home to face another PAC-12 opponent in a blackout game. If you said 2017, you are correct!

The last time the Aztecs played in the state of Arizona, Rashaad Penny had one of the best games of his record-setting career, at Arizona State in 2017. 

So it was ten years ago that the head coaching position was open and up for grabs … well sort of. The head coach job was offered to defensive coordinator Rocky Long.

When news broke that legislation had passed in California allowing student athletes to receive compensation from use of their name, image and likeness, it was only a matter of time that the rest of the country would follow … So, it was exciting to see Aztecs running back Greg Bell take to social media to open his NIL partnership availability. 

When SDSU President Walter Hepner challenged then music major Frank J. Losey to write the SDSU fight song back in 1936, it was an instant hit. “Fight on and on ye Aztec Men, Sons of Montezuma we will win again!”… The lyrics were full of energy and perfectly suited for the game on the gridiron.