Audio slideshow: SJSU gets first win over Cal Poly

Photos by Joe Proudman

Slideshow, audio and video by Dave Cabebe

Spartan Football Preview: Stanford

Sports editor Joey Akeley and senior staff writer Tommy Wright discuss the Spartan Football team and what they’ll face this weekend at Stanford.

Video by Joe Proudman

Spartans snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

I have been at SJSU since 2005 and have been following the sports teams every waking moment. What I have learned in four years is the Spartans never fail to disappoint. It does not matter what the sport is, every team has got my hopes up and failed to deliver.

Spartans’ Gilbert featured on ESPN.com

I walked into Spartan Daily’s newsroom today and noticed something odd on Executive Editor John Hornberg’s computer screen: An SJSU player was featured on ESPN.com’s Web site.

It’s not often that an SJSU athlete makes it to the front page of ESPN’s site, but Gilbert is worthy of the coverage.

New Spartan quarterback coach a mistake

Last year, the Spartans’ offense struggled from a lack of balance. SJSU could not run the ball, ranking 115th in rushing offense. It seemed like the Spartan offense stopped trying to run the ball toward the end of the season, making offense worse.
Since Marcus Arroyo started calling plays in 2007, the run game has disappeared. Now that Arroyo is gone, I was hoping the Spartans would go back to the balanced offense that was in place during the 2006 season that led us to a New Mexico Bowl victory.

Spartans 87th in signing day ‘crapshoot’

With its 2009 recruits, SJSU is hoping to get by the pass line.

“Personnel is a crapshoot,” said Spartans head coach Dick Tomey when asked how he thought his recruits ranked against the other teams in the Western Athletic Conference. “Let’s just wait and see.”

No bowl for SJSU

A couple solid weeks of hoping didn’t result in a bowl for the SJSU football program.

The 6-6 Spartans were not selected to play in a postseason game as an at-large team.