For a school—and a city—constantly trying to come up with a sports tradition, the San Diego State Aztecs had a pretty good idea on Saturday night against 13th ranked BYU. On “Blackout Saturday” at Viejas Arena, the 12,414 fans in attendance came dressed all in black.
Then the SDSU mens’ basketball team came out on the court. Dressed all in white.
It was the first bad sign for an Aztecs squad that came out backward, recovered, and then surrendered a 15-0 second-half run, succumbing to the Cougars 71-69.
Jimmer Fredette, the likely Mountain West Conference player of the year, battled through mononucleosis to score a game-high 33 points, leading BYU (20-1, 5-0 MWC) to a road victory. The Aztecs (14-6, 3-3) saw their 14-game home winning streak come to an end.
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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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