by Chris Ello on November 16, 2009
For those who were there Saturday night at Qualcomm Stadium, Sunday’s late afternoon provided an eerie and uneasy reminder.
For those who weren’t there Saturday night, a quick recap of the unbelievable developments: San Diego State, needing a victory to keep alive its realistic hopes of playing in a postseason bowl game, has in the bag that victory, leading Wyoming, 27-6, heading into the fourth quarter.
The only even-remotely possible way the Aztecs can lose is if a freshman quarterback who has led his team to only one touchdown in the past four games suddenly starts shredding the SDSU secondary. On top of that, the Aztecs will need not only a complete meltdown offensively, but they’ll also need to mix-in a blocked, chip-shot field goal and a fumbled kickoff.
It all happens. And Wyoming scores 24 straight points to pull off a stunning 30-27 victory. The site on the stadium scoreboard showing “Wyoming 24, San Diego State 0” in the fourth quarter burns in the mind.
Now for Sunday, on the very same field with the very same stadium scoreboard lit up overhead. Playing one of their most-complete games of the season, the Chargers roll to a 28-9 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles heading into the fourth quarter.
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by Chris Ello on February 26, 2009
PROVO, Utah — If you thought it was tough to take SDSU’s loss to BYU on Tuesday night, imagine what I had to deal with….At least you got to wake up in San Diego the next morning.
I had to wake up here, amongst the celebrating Mormons…..the headlines in the morning newspaper saluting the virtues of Jimmer…..walking around town in my San Diego State gear, looking for a place to hide.
There’s no place I’d rather not be.
Provo, Utah….where it’s still tough to find a beer or light up a smoke….where a cup of coffee in the morning is a hassle, and a Diet Coke is like pulling teeth.
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