The 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season coached by Chuck Long, a former professional football player with the Detroit Lions and what other team?
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2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were coached by Chuck Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. The 2008 season was expected to be rough for the Aztecs after losing several key offensive players to the National Football League (NFL). The team looked to redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Lindley to replace star quarterback Kevin O'Connell. The team also lost two of its leading wide receivers in Brett Swain and Chaz Schilens along with four starting offensive linemen.
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Chuck Long Charles Franklin Long Jr. (born February 18, 1963) is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. After his professional career, Chuck became the head football coach of San Diego State University, but was fired on November 23, 2008. Long also held a position as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks under head coach Turner Gill before Gill was fired in 2011. Later, Chuck became an analyst for the Big Ten Network. On September 11, 2014 Chuck was named the CEO and Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, the organization that runs the Iowa Games, the Senior Games and the Live Healthy Iowa challenge.
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2008 New Mexico Bowl The 2008 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2008 at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. The two teams were rivals when Colorado State was in the WAC from 1968-98.
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2008 Houston Cougars football team The 2008 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 63rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by first-year head football coach, Kevin Sumlin whose previous position was as co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners. He replaced Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston. Competing against the Air Force Falcons in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, the Cougars won their first bowl game since 1980, and broke the longest current bowl game losing streak in Division I FBS football at that time. In addition, Houston defeated two nationally ranked opponents, which the Cougars hadn't achieved since their 1984 season.
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2008 Poinsettia Bowl The 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The game, simulcast on ESPN and ESPN Radio with Rece Davis, Mark May, and Lou Holtz announcing, pit the Boise State Broncos against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. In the game, TCU overcame a 13–0 deficit to pull off an impressive 17–16 win over Boise State.
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1990 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 1990 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
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List of San Diego State Aztecs football seasons This is a list of seasons completed by the San Diego State Aztecs football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team began competition in 1921.
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New Mexico State Aggies football The New Mexico State Aggies football team represents New Mexico State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Although New Mexico State remains a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for other sports, the WAC ceased to offer football as a sport after the 2012 season due to a realignment in which most of its football-playing members left for other conferences.
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1986 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 1986 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
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2007 USC Trojans football team The 2007 USC Trojans football team (variously "Trojans" or "USC") represented the University of Southern California during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, winning a share of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship and winning the 2008 Rose Bowl. The team was coached by Pete Carroll and played its home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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List of Detroit Lions head coaches The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are currently a member of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise has had a total of 26 head coaches in team history, which includes its existence as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (1930–1933). In the 1934 NFL season, the franchise moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions.
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1994 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 1994 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
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1968 Long Beach State 49ers football team The 1968 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State College, Long Beach during the 1968 College Division football season. The 49ers competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
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1958 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 1958 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State College during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season.
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1960 Detroit Titans football team The 1960 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1960 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 181 to 136 and finished with a 7–2 record in its second year under head coach Jim Miller.
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2004 San Diego Toreros football team The 2004 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Harbaugh, the Toreros compiled a 7–4 record and outscored their opponents 397 to 266.
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Rocky Long Roderick John "Rocky" Long Jr. (born January 27, 1950) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the San Diego State University. Promoted on January 12, 2011 from defensive coordinator, he succeeded Brady Hoke. Long was the head football coach as his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, from 1998 to 2008. He played professionally with BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Detroit Wheels of World Football League (WFL).
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Claude &quot;Hoot&quot; Gibson Claude "Hoot" Gibson (born May 26, 1939) is a former American football player and coach. A defensive back and kick returner, he played college football at North Carolina State University, and professionally in the American Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.
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Dante Hughes Daymeion Dante Hughes (born August 21, 1985) is a former American football cornerback who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley, and received consensus All-American honors. The Indianapolis Colts selected him in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft, and he also played for the NFL's San Diego Chargers.
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Jacob Hester Jacob Troy Hester (born May 8, 1985) is a former American football running back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University.
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2001 Holiday Bowl The 2001 Culligan Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2001, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Washington Huskies against the Texas Longhorns. Texas won 47–43 after a dramatic comeback in the 4th quarter, scoring the winning touchdown with 38 seconds left. Earlier, Washington had carried a 36-20 lead into the 4th quarter.
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Chuck Cecil Charles Douglas Cecil (born November 8, 1964) is an American football coach and former player who last served as defensive secondary coach of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is also a former NFL Pro Bowl safety. He currently serves in a non-coaching position as Senior Defensive Analyst at the University of Arizona.