A conference in danger brings on two of FBS’ newest members. It’s looking like a battle between Louisiana Tech and Utah State.
2012 Louisiana Tech Football: Depth, Experience And #FreeLaTech
When you run a Google News search for Louisiana Tech, auto-fill gives you the following options:
Football trumps university, and football’s uncertain future trumps football. Sounds about right.
Read Article >2012 Utah State Aggies Football: Timing And Identity
For all intents and purposes, the WAC, as currently constituted, is a AAA affiliate. Louisiana Tech sits in the shadows of LSU. San Jose State is down the road from Cal and Stanford. Idaho will forever be attempting to play catch-up with Boise State. Texas State and UTSA are in the shadows of any number of Texas schools. Utah State is not far from Utah and BYU.
(The analogy begins to fray with New Mexico State, so we’ll ignore them for now.)
Read Article >2012 San Jose State Spartans Football Preview: Baby Steps And Pass Rates
Despite our own attempts at narratives, rarely does a single game encapsulate a team’s season like we want to say it does. There are too many plot twists in a given season, too many odd bounces from an oddly-shaped ball, too many instances of inconsistent 19- to 22-year-olds acting inconsistently. But “rarely” is not “never.” And if ever there were a legitimate “game as full season” narrative to push, it came on a Friday night in mid-October, when Tessitore Magic struck and San Jose State beat Hawaii, 28-27.
We were just getting warmed up, however. San Jose State missed a 50-yard field goal that would have brought the Spartans to within two points, then Johnson blocked another kick, a 42-yard field goal attempt. San Jose State lost a fumble on the very next play, and with a chance to ice the game on fourth-and-1 from the SJSU 44 with 1:31 remaining, Hawaii elected to punt instead of going for the jugular. Six plays and 87 yards later, SJSU scored with 36 seconds left and won, 28-27.
Read Article >2012 Texas-San Antonio Football Preview: Larry Coker And Feasibility Studies
In 2006, an average of 41,908 Miami fans attended the Orange Bowl to watch Larry Coker’s Hurricanes, five years removed from the national title, take on a home slate of ACC squads. On September 3, 2011, 56,743 UT-San Antonio fans filled the AlamoDome to watch their Roadrunners, replete with zero all-time wins, play Northeastern State.
One has to wonder how long it took Carr Sports Associates, Inc., to complete the “Will football work at UTSA?” feasibility study it was assigned in 2006. One also has to wonder how much they charged for it.
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