Building a champion
By Oscar Acevedo: After the hiring of coach Brent Brennan, a breath of fresh air can be felt at practices and players have bought into Brennan as their leader. But there is only so much a coach can do with Read more
Category: Football
Friends? No.
By Ernie Gonzalez: The San Jose State-Fresno State rivalry isn’t on the same level as an Ohio State-Michigan or a USC-UCLA clash, but for the players, the results of these games define their legacy as a Spartan. To Spartans, it’s Read more
Don’t Sleep on Josh Oliver
By Ernie Gonzalez You’ve probably only heard of Josh Oliver a few times, or maybe you haven’t. That’s because former San Jose State Spartan and current Detroit Lion Billy Freeman has been dominant at the tight end position since 2012. Read more
A “six-portion-plate” for coach Carter
By Ernie Gonzalez The Mountain West Conference revolves around running the football. Just last season, San Diego State’s Donnel Pumphrey set the all-time FBS career rushing record. On top of that, three of the nation’s top-6 leading rushers last season Read more
Signal caller situation remains a mystery
By Ernie Gonzalez: Now that quarterback Kenny Potter is gone, it poses a challenge for coaches, but a competition for players to fill his role. Last week’s spring game was an early opportunity for four quarterbacks to showcase their talent Read more
The voice of the Spartans
By Hannah Moore As a kid, Justin Allegri and his brother played sports video games such as Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball for Nintendo 64 and called the games for fun. Little did the young Santa Cruz native know at the Read more
O’Line and DB’s are Stacked
By Ernie Gonzalez: The Spartans’ offensive line and defensive backs are as solid and mature they come in college football. Four of the five offensive linemen who will likely start the 2017 season will be fifth-year seniors. Here are just Read more
California Fingerprints Blanket The Stat Sheets
By Ernie Gonzalez Head coach Brent Brennan made it clear that he believes there is enough star power in the California to construct a winning team. This belief was put on full display Saturday at CEFCU. “To build the program Read more
The hype for Spartan football is real
By Ernie Gonzalez The San Jose State football program hosted its annual Spring Game Saturday afternoon at CEFCU Field, but not before fans, families, and children got a chance to enjoy the morning with food trucks, a Spartan apparel sale, Read more
The 4 can’t miss games this season
By Kavin Mistry With the recent spike in popularity surrounding the San Jose State football team and the upcoming spring game this Saturday, it is only fitting to look ahead to the 2017 season. There are a few games you Read more
From the Stage to the Gridiron
By Jessica Stopper Is coach Carter too legit to quit? San Jose State’s newly appointed running backs coach Alonzo Carter has been coaching a large part of his life from the high school to college level. His career did not Read more
From hardwood to gridiron
By Luke Johnson With one year of eligibility left as a San Jose State athlete, Brandon Mitchell is rolling the dice and changing sports, but his gamble is not as inconceivable as it was 15 years ago. There are currently Read more
Former SJSU coach added to NFL staff
By Ryan Vermont: The San Francisco 49ers announced seven new acquisitions to their coaching staff — one being a familiar face to the corner of 7th and Alma. Adam Stenavich was named an assistant offensive line coach for the 49ers Read more
Strong on the Outside, Humble on the Inside: Future SJSU running back gears up for new era of Spartan football
By Ernie Gonzalez It was a Saturday afternoon barbecue at his father’s house in Compton, California. Seven-year-old Tyler Nevens was next door at the time, throwing around a football with a next-door neighbor. Moments later, gunshots rang out, killing Tyler’s father Read more
New front line signees can aid in Spartans defensive woes
By Oscar Acevedo: One of the oldest mantras in football is “Defense wins championships.” If the San Jose State Spartans hope to jump back into Mountain West title contention, then having young, skilled players who are determined to make a Read more