By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo by Emilee Chinn/USFL/Getty Images Boogie Roberts used to love being asked if he played for his hometown Los Angeles Rams. “Think of the pinnacle. The top of the top,” recounted Roberts, Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter Following a blow-out win over Wyoming, head coach Tim Miles playfully tapped San Jose State broadcaster Justin Allegri’s arm and cracked, “Is that what we’re doing, the first again?” after Allegri noted it Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter // photo via Titus Wilkinson of The Spear Brent Brennan happily found Cullen Carroll, San Jose State’s newly hired Head of Strength and Conditioning, schmoozing with a group of Spartans while they each Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter // photo via SJSU Athletics While training for the NFL Draft, Viliami “Junior” Fehoko’s mind was on his mom. Even when she was out of sight. “Especially during combine training, I’m getting around Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo courtesy of SJSU Athletics It was a subtly bizarre scene. Cade Hall in comfy Adidas flip flops and an SJSU hoodie with his hands in the pockets of a pair of Read more
Jay Butterfield, a former Oregon QB and Bay Area standout, committed to SJSU, marking the program’s biggest splash of the transfer portal era.
Fourth-year wide receiver Isaiah Hamilton entered the transfer portal just two days after dominating in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
You might’ve wondered, ‘Who would go to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl?’ Well, if you talked to Tim Farnham and Amy and Sean Triggs, it makes total sense.
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter SJSU football head coach Brent Brennan took the podium with eyes flush crimson. His voice sounded froggy, and as defeated as his Spartans (7-5, 5-3) after the 41-27 loss to Eastern Michigan (9-4, Read more
By Nathan Canilao (@nathancanilao)- Spear reporter BOISE, ID–The San Jose State football team was defeated by Eastern Michigan University 41-27 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Tuesday afternoon at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro went Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter Before the 2022 season started, SJSU football head coach Brent Brennan scribbled a simple goal on a flash card and taped it to a wall in his office. “In 2022 we listen to Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter SJSU football will be participating in bowl season for the second time in three years as they’re set to face Eastern Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 20 at 12:30 Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter When three-star recruit Junior Fehoko committed to SJSU football in 2018 over Cal, Hawaii and Arizona he was taking a leap of faith. The Spartans were coming off a 2-11 season, each loss 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 painful small talk. You don’t have any interest in it Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Football Beat Reporter SJSU football head coach Brent Brennan took the podium brimming with joy. The Spartans (7-4, 5-3) had just defeated the Rainbow Warriors (3-10, 2-6) to complete a perfect 6-0 season at home. A Read more