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(08-05-2022 09:21 PM)Aztecgolfer Wrote:  

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(08-05-2022 04:50 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(08-05-2022 03:31 PM)bullet Wrote:  They haven't done enough in basketball to offset that Boise is heads above them in football. Boise has been better in football than most of the P5. So best resume is clearly false. And they stunk in football prior to 2009.

Against the whole G5, SDSU doesn't clearly stand out. One of the top 10 pretty clearly I would agree, but not a standout among those 10 who would all have pluses and minuses.

SDSU is 4-3 head-to-head against Boise State. They never played in a game against each other until 2011, when Boise State joined the MWC. Boise State has won four conference championships in 11 years, SDSU three in 11 years. Clearly in football for the past 11 seasons, Boise State is not head-and-shoulders above San Diego State in football.

The "stunk in football" prior to 2009 can easily apply to a school like Baylor. From 1996 through 2009, Baylor had 14 straight losing seasons, a record of 43-117. No one today cares about what Baylor did from 1996 through 2009.

As for basketball, they have been the best program in the MWC. Even their baseball program went to the NCAA Tournament five times from 2009 to 2018, and had a No. 1 pick overall in the MLB draft in pitcher Stephen Strasburg. Boise State does not have a baseball program. Boise State needs to fly to Southern California to find football talent. SDSU lives in Southern California. In the MWC, SDSU is the best G5 candidate for the PAC and it is not close. We could debate the other G5 schools back east, but they are back east, so it is pointless.

After Fischer got them to the Big Dance in his 4th year, they have missed the big dance 3 times (3 in the last 5), gone out in the 1st round 4 times, 2nd round twice and only made the sweet 16 twice, never the elite 8. They are part of the reason RPI is being discredited. Good RPI, flameout quickly in the tourney. Good program, but just haven't gone far enough to outweigh Boise football.

You sound like a ridiculous homer trying to say SDSU is the equal to Boise in football. Call back when you have a top 10 finish. Boise has 4 + 9 other top 25 finishes. Call back when you have been to a major Bowl. Boise has 3 Fiesta Bowl wins.

And yes, people do care that Baylor was awful from 1996-2009. Its a black mark on their resume. They don't get to pretend that time or Dave Bliss or Art Briles don't exist.

Gee, the year that was cancelled by COVID (2020) we would have been no lower than a 2 seed in MM. And we would have had our center, Nathan Mensah, back at the time of the tourney. He missed much of the year due to a lung embolism. That was one hell of a team even without Mensah.

Both times we have made the "Sweet Sixteen" we lost to the eventual champion. Last two years we have drawn Syracuse (who plays a 2/3 zone) and Creighton in the first round. Currently, we are projected as a 14-15 rating. I think that is low but we will see in the Maui Tournament. We have a redshirt by the name of Jaedon LeDee who has been really good in his redshirt practice (another "best player on the floor" like Xavier Thames and Malachi Flynn) and in our local "Swish" league. Not only did we bring in some very good players, we brought back 3 "super seniors."

Our BB has done pretty good despite being in the MWC.

Boise St. had a good run in football, but they are nothing special now. Again, we are 4-3 against them since we started playing them in 2011. Yes, BSU has a storied history but that is well in the rear view mirror now. They were just 7-5 last year under Avalos who is is twice removed from Chris Petersen. I'd say SDSU is currently a better football program than Boise St., at least viewing current recruiting stats. After that, we are much better in BB as well as budget numbers. And the latter is going to significantly increase with the new stadium.

Would I be against BSU tagging along with us to either the PAC or B12? Nope. Right now it appears that one reason the PAC hasn't already taken us is the lack of an equal partner.

Shame 2020 got cancelled. SDSU and Dayton both had outstanding teams. But you don't get to put on your resume tournament appearances that never happened.

So you are saying SDSU cannot say it was a tournament qualifier much less one that would be seeded highly despite being ranked 6th at the end of the season? I guess that year never happened then. <sarcasm>