Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter After an hour-long meeting, you walk over to the water cooler for a little chit-chat with coworkers. Immediately, you find yourself waterboarded with brutal small talk. I present to you: Water Cooler Talk. Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Wide smiles and celebratory bear hugs welcomed SJSU football head coach Brent Brennan when he stepped off the podium following the Spartans’ (6-2, MW 4-1) bowl eligibility-granting win over Colorado State (2-7, 2-3). Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns as SJSU football (6-2,4-1) clinched bowl eligibility with a 28-16 win over Colorado State (2-7, 2-4). It will be the Spartans’ first Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Prepare for all SJSU football tailgates and watch parties with Matt Weiner’s “Get Smart” column. If you bring up any of these topics and no one’s intrigued, find some new company to keep. Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Welcome to “Coach’s Corner,” a safe space for three ridiculous observations made by beat reporter Matt Weiner from SJSU head coach Brent Brennan’s weekly press conference. Edible Arrangements Third-year tight end Dominick Mazotti Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter After an hour-long meeting, you walk over to the water cooler for a little chit-chat with coworkers. Immediately, you find yourself waterboarded with drivel and personal tragedies. I present to you: Water Cooler Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Before San Jose State kicked off against Nevada, the team gathered at midfield to honor the recent passing of teammate Camdan McWright by forming a six, McWright’s number. Rather than a moment of Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Chevan Cordeiro threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, helping San Jose State rally back from two second half deficits to hand Nevada its seventh-straight loss. The win comes on an emotional night Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Matt Weiner’s “Get Smart” column is here to prepare you for SJSU football tailgates and watch parties with three tidbits, bound to make you sound smart, sophisticated and interesting. If you bring up Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter There is no easy way to start VOL 6 of Coach’s Corner. That’s because there’s nothing easy about an unexpected tragedy that took a son away from two loving parents, a brother from Read more
Spear Staff San Jose State football freshman running back Camdan McWright passed away at age 18 on Friday morning. He would have turned 19 in December. “We lost an amazing young man tragically this morning,” said SJSU head coach Brent Brennan. Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Spartans’ first-year cornerback’s coach Chip Viney heading to New Mexico State serves as a mini-reunion. Although Viney doesn’t really see it that way. “It’s literally just a trip back to Las Cruces, N.M. Read more
Brent Brennan gives his thought process behind the absence of the run game against Fresno State and some valuable perspective.
In this week’s Water Cooler Talk, SJSU football endured a hard-to-swallow, 17-10 defeat to rival Fresno State.
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan was deflated following the Spartans’ 17-10 loss in the 85th meeting of the Battle for the Valley. “I feel awful. I’m disappointed. I let our team Read more