SJSU football mailbag: Bowl eligibility and replacing Elijah Cooks
Will SJSU football survive the “realignment rodeo?” Who’s poised for a breakout season? Find out in Matt Weiner’s mailbag column.
Category: Football
Q&A with SJSU football strength and conditioning coach Cullen Carroll
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via Titus Wilkinson While watching SJSU football practice this year, it’s easy to think that there’s no been no personnel changes. Head coach Brent Brennan is returning along with both coordinators and Read more
A new era begins: SJSU Athletics unveils $70 million athletic facility
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via SJSU Athletics Before San Jose State unveiled the Spartans Athletic Center [SAC] – a state of the art $70 million facility – a few wisecracks were made. Back in 2018, senior Read more
Brent Brennan weighs in on conference realignment
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via Titus Wilkinson of The Spear From coaches to athletic departments to players to fans, seemingly everyone on the West Coast spent the last few days sweating out conference realignment. San Jose Read more
Nick Nash transitioned from QB to WR and never looked back
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter San Jose State football’s Nick Nash was introduced to a mental health tool known as the “Flush Technique” last offseason. “[You] clench your fist for 10 seconds and then release,” said Nash, a Read more
Cordeiro Named MW Preseason Player of the Year
By Nicholas Orozco (@nickorozco03) – Spear Reporter Quarterback Chevan Cordeiro, safety Tre Jenkins and head coach Brent Brennan attended the Mountain West Conference media day in Las Vegas, Nev. this week. At the start of the media day coverage, Cordeiro Read more
Boogie Roberts, former Spartan, shines in USFL
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
SJSU football, men’s basketball and baseball made history
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
Meet SJSU’s Cullen Carroll and his new sports science initiative
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
How Junior Fehoko’s upbringing, mom prepared him for NFL Draft
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
SJSU legend Cade Hall has “retired” from football
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 is back in the Bay after committing to SJSU
Jay Butterfield, a former Oregon QB and Bay Area standout, committed to SJSU, marking the program’s biggest splash of the transfer portal era.
SJSU’s Isaiah Hamilton hits portal after electric bowl performance
Fourth-year wide receiver Isaiah Hamilton entered the transfer portal just two days after dominating in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: A place for fans of old and new
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.
Bowl loss sends SJSU football’s 2018 class off on sad note
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