Team is warming up and looking very loose and relaxed, namely Malik Pope.

Worth noting that Matt Shrigley is dressed and warming up with the team but will not play against the Bulldogs.

The starting lineup remains: Hemsley, Kell, Shepard, Cheatham and Spencer.

Ramona edge rusher Grady Vasquez has committed to San Diego State as a walk-on.

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Looks like Jordan Chin got offered by Washington and judging by his twitter page he is excited about it

Today marks the draft deadline and I have confirmed that all the juniors considering the NFL are sticking with staying at SDSU for their senior year. There were some concerns about agents/friends/family that may have tried to get in the heads of guys like Kazee and Pumphrey but everyone is staying.

DJ Pumphrey
Damontae Kazee
Calvin Munson
Nico Siragusa
Malik Smith
Na'Im McGee
Alex Barrett

That's a very nice group of senior leaders heading into next year.

JJ signed a 10 day contract with the Utah Jazz. He played his first game over the weekend and had a rebound and a steal. Good for him!

Souther Utah 6-4 freshman offensive lineman Dominic O'Brien will walk-on to the football team this spring, joining quarterback Jimmy Walker from Cerritos and defensive lineman Michael Peoples from the 2015 class.

O'Brien: http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20100&ATCLID=210255231

Hudl profile: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1696040/dominic-obrien

Steve's way too early to predict two deep for 2016.
Will start with offense.
Quarterback.
Christian Chapman
Ryan Agnew

Running back
DJ Pumphrey
Rashard Penny.

X Receivers.
Micah Holder,
Eric Judge

WR Z
Who Knows??
Anderson
,Cheney
Fullback
Isaac Lessard
Nick Bowden

Left tackle
Ryan Pope
Kwayde Miller (needs to get healthy to return to top form)

Left guard
Nico Siragusa
Antonio Rosales

Center
Derek "Shaka" Achayo
Austin Maas

Right guard
Arthur Flores or
Sergio Phillips

Right tackle
Donnell Greene (Big If has to get in)
Joe Salcedo

Defense

Defensive end
Kyle Kelley
Jordan Watson

Nose Tackle
Noble Hall
Jondarius Gardiner

Defensive end
Alex Barrett
Dakota Turner

Linebacker
Calvin Munson
Ronley Lakalaka or
Kyahva Tezino

Middle linebacker
Ryan Dunn and
Randy Ricks
J Henderson

Linebacker
Austin Wyatt Thayer
Kyahva Tezino
Tyler Morris

CB
BIlly Vaughen Jr
Kalan Montgomery

Warrior
Malik Smith
Derek Babaiash

Aztec
Naim McGee
Parker Baldwin

Warrior
Kameron Kelly
Trey Lomax

CB
Demontae Kazee
Kalan Montgomery
newcomers who may make an influence Juwan Washington as a kick returner running back in slotback. Jerry Cheney or Jabril Lewis at wide receiver. Julian Rochelin will be bigger and better next year as well Myles Cheatum.

SDSU commit Jordan Chin received an offer from Kansas today. I mentioned in his commitment article that Kansas reached out to him moments after his commitment so it's pretty clear that they have been in his ear ever since.

2 1/2 weeks until LOI Day. "No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and steals our commits"...lets hang on to them boys. Go Aztecs!

I WISH HIM LUCK GRATEFUL what he did for us.

Ruben, What's the latest you've heard from Bell. I noticed that the UT said he was SDSU bound a couple of times in the Spanos Bowl articles. Hang in there, Matt

Wow! This is going to take awhile to get used to!!

Anyone we can poach?

SDSU leads 2-0 at the 16:40 mark.

Aztecs came out of the gates shooting 0-for-7 from the field (including ugly attempts by Spencer and Shepard) until Cheatham took on Webb for a nice post drive bucket at the 17:30 mark. Aztecs have also grabbed four offensive boards which is why BSU has only had three attempts.

I've posted in the past that Dwayne Johnson was considering a Fresno St official visit for this weekend but he has since decided against it (likely to hold his spot).

Trenton Thompson was pretty soft when he committed , saying at the time he would still take officials to Colorado State and Utah State, but he has also decided against it. Instead, he'll visit Wyoming on Jan 29 after his SDSU visit on the 22nd.

If he does end up flipping, that will only add space for Rob Awugnayi, Tayler Hawkins or Keoni Stallworth.

FYI , Parie Dedeaux, Will Stricklin and Kyree Woods all seem like firm DB commits.

Can you post them on the visitors section?

Looks like he is on the market again. Hopefully he can land a job. Timing sucks as the big coaching convention just ended and most college staffs are complete.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...ill-not-retain-qb-coach-kevin-oconnell-011416

There are none.

Sorry to lead you guys on but two recruits misinformed me about visiting this week (they are visiting later on). Maybe coincidental. Not sure. Any way, it looks like this year's recruiting strategy is to spend this week doing home visits with the committed prospects (like Lucas Johnson) and visitors set for next weekend (Jan. 22).

Now that it looks this way it means that SDSU will host up to 25 (!!!) visitors next weekend (mostly commits):

Lucas Johnson
Chase Jasmin
Parie Dedeaux
Tim Wilson
Isaiah Macklin
Parker Houston
Kyle Spalding
Kevin Staton
Yasir Durant
Keith Ismael
Donnell Greene
Douglas Tucker
Semisi Fakesiieki
Forrest Hanlon
Zach Thomas
Will Stricklin
Dwayne Johnson
Kyree Woods

There's about four more guys that I'm aware of (will be able to share names later) but like I said it sounds like the final group will be in the 25 range. Since it's that big, you'll be able to spot the group with the coaching staff during the first half of the basketball game next weekend at Viejas. It will be like a class reunion.

So, what do you guys/gals think Spanos is going to do? Play second fiddle to Kroenke, with Stan lording over him in Inglewood? Come groveling back to the Mayor's office to salvage the bridge burned by him and Fabiani? Pursue some kind of citizens initiative (Briggs or other...) for a downtown stadium?

As much as I was looking forward to some finality with this whole fiasco, the NFL owners did San Diegans NO favor with tonight's ambiguous decision that left so many possibilities on the table.

No matter the decision of Dean Spanos, these are interesting times for Aztec football with a lot of changes coming down the road. Excited, hopeful, sad, angry and frustrated all at the same time.

Another recruit that visited yesterday was 2017 Riverside (Calif.) Notre Dame QB Niles Harrell.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3965809/highlights/219

Late post but you haven't missed anything. 7 minutes in and the Azrecs have managed to score just 7 points. Trail 10-7.

Is the lure of a potential visit to Boise signals to you Ruben, that the recruit will automatically switch to Boise. Particularily you have written off Ishmeal (SP) as a potential Aztec signee going to drop SDSU with no other considerations such as SDS better academic ratings.

Thanks for your thouhts!!

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Kind of interesting that we will have a FB conference today.

Wonder why?

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/11/sdsu-basketball-steve-fisher-dave-rice-unlv/

The Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu recently announced its 2016 field. SDSU is in it, along with Utah, Tulsa, Stephen F. Austin, Southern Mississippi, Illinois State, USF and host Hawaii. The 2016 tournament will be played Dec. 22, 23 and 24.