The question was fired at Brady Hoke the same way so many questions have been fired at so many San Diego State football coaches after so many tough losses over the last so many years.
In The End, All SDSU Could Do Was Watch BYU Pick Up Another Victory
“Does it feel better to lose a close game,” came the query following the Aztecs’ 38-28 loss to BYU Saturday evening at Qualcomm Stadium, “rather than to be embarrassed?”
Said Hoke, who fell to 2-4 in his first season at SDSU: “I don’t know anything about that, because I was embarrassed.”
The question itself said a lot about the basement-low expectations for San Diego State football. After all, perhaps a program seemingly on its way to an 11th-consecutive losing season should be somewhat proud of the way it played against the 18th-ranked team in the nation.
Hoke’s answer, however, carried far more importance than any of the three-plus hours of football that preceded it — his point being that moral victories will no longer be tolerated around the Montezuma Mesa.
Amen.
Sure, at this point and time, BYU is still far and away the better football team and the better football program. But one of the reasons they are is that SDSU has settled for “hey, at least we played pretty well,” for far, far too long.
At some point the Aztecs need to feel good about themselves only after a victory. And that is precisely why — despite watching his team hang with Continue Reading →
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