by Chris Ello on November 20, 2009
To say the least, it was a rather tumultuous day on Montezuma Mesa. The evening provided a nice respite from the craziness.
Playing at Viejas Arena, across the street from where it was announced earlier Thursday that Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel had resigned his post after he was caught using University money to help pay for weekend trysts with a mistress, the SDSU men’s basketball team pulled away from Santa Clara for an easy 86-53 victory.
San Diego State led by a comfortable 14 points early in the second half before embarking on an 18-0 run that turned the game into a blowout. Twice the Aztecs led by 40 in improving to 2-1 on the season.
On most nights, the story of this victory would be the bounce-back effort of a young, athletic Aztec team which just three nights earlier had been blown out 80-58 at St. Mary’s, which like Santa Clara plays in the West Coast Conference.
The Aztecs, no-shows Monday night in Moraga, definitely came to play. But the underlying focus of the evening was on who wasn’t there.
SDSU Coach Steve Fisher, no stranger to scandal while at the University of Michigan, addressed the Schemmel situation only briefly following the game.
“Jeff Schemmel is a good friend, he and (Schemmel’s wife) Lori are both good friends,” said Fisher. “I feel very badly. They’ve done a lot as a team Continue Reading →
by J.T. Rogan on November 4, 2009
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in a series of weekly columns about USD Toreros football by a six year veteran of the team, running back J.T. Rogan. J.T. ran for a season-high 130 yards last Saturday but it was not enough to avoid USD’s third straight loss, a 21-14 setback at Dayton.
When I was approached with the opportunity to write for 619Sports.net, I was flattered, excited and eager to contribute my journalistic “two cents.” As the season has progressed, I am still flattered by the opportunity to write for a hometown website. The privilege of informing people about our collegiate football program through a media outlet that covers the city where I was born and raised is something that I have truly enjoyed. However, I envisioned the opportunity to detail several different victorious outcomes throughout the season via 619Sports.
With our most recent loss to Dayton last Saturday our record has migrated south to 3-5. Simply put, I’m on “Let’s Make A Deal” and I am told that we have an 11-0 season behind one of the doors in the form of a light blue, mint condition 1967 Chevy Corvair, we have an 8-3 season behind a separate door in the form of a Maytag refrigerator, and we have a season around .500 behind another door in the form of a pot-belly pig.
The host, Monty Hall, picked door number two for me and now I’m stuck with a pot-belly pig. Worse yet, the pig might have swine flu.
However, there is a silver lining. We have three games left, and Monty Hall is still looking for random trinkets and collectibles in the audience. We might not have won the Corvair, or the fridge, but we can still get $50 for a sequined glove or for a white handkerchief. Continue Reading →
