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Post by fanhood on Dec 18, 2016 6:04:13 GMT -8
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Post by brianb82 on Dec 18, 2016 6:10:20 GMT -8
Yep! They are gone! Friday's interview on 1090 with Mayor Falconer sealed it for me on them moving.
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Post by fanhood on Dec 18, 2016 6:11:29 GMT -8
Yep! They are gone! Friday's interview on 1090 with Mayor Falconer sealed it for me on them moving. Thank you baby Jesus! |
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Post by bolt1963 on Dec 18, 2016 6:38:51 GMT -8
You guys better be shovel ready and announce an Aztecs stadium with locked in financing the minute the Chargers announce they're leaving. You've had years to have it figured out, I will be beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this. Qualcomm needs to be razed ASAP.
I don't subscribe to the theory it will necessarily help SDSU football. Might help attendance once people realize how nice it is to go to a football game that isn't played in a dump. But how else does it help? How else are the Chargers holding the program back? SDSU should dominate the mountain west year over year. Playing in Qualcomm wasn't preventing that
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Post by badfish on Dec 18, 2016 7:06:03 GMT -8
You guys better be shovel ready and announce an Aztecs stadium with locked in financing the minute the Chargers announce they're leaving. You've had years to have it figured out, I will be beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this. Qualcomm needs to be razed ASAP. I don't subscribe to the theory it will necessarily help SDSU football. Might help attendance once people realize how nice it is to go to a football game that isn't played in a dump. But how else does it help? How else are the Chargers holding the program back? SDSU should dominate the mountain west year over year. Playing in Qualcomm wasn't preventing that Aztec playing in giant, emotionless stadium kills attendance. Get fans and students closer to the action to get a better environment and they will continue to come back. Better game experience = more fans = better recruiting. So your entire statement is false. |
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Post by pbnative on Dec 18, 2016 7:17:12 GMT -8
You guys better be shovel ready and announce an Aztecs stadium with locked in financing the minute the Chargers announce they're leaving. You've had years to have it figured out, I will be beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this. Qualcomm needs to be razed ASAP. I don't subscribe to the theory it will necessarily help SDSU football. Might help attendance once people realize how nice it is to go to a football game that isn't played in a dump. But how else does it help? How else are the Chargers holding the program back? SDSU should dominate the mountain west year over year. Playing in Qualcomm wasn't preventing that Chargers Horde and squeeze every last penny they can from the advertising, concessions, parking, special events, you name it from the stadium, thier greed forces they City to pay them an extra cool Million to play in SD... AND THEY STILL ARE THE WORST TEAM IN THE NFL! Even if SDSU is only able to recieve the parking and concessions m9ney it generates, it will be a huge plus for the program right there. |
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Post by bolt1963 on Dec 18, 2016 7:18:20 GMT -8
Aztec playing in giant, emotionless stadium kills attendance. Get fans and students closer to the action to get a better environment and they will continue to come back. Better game experience = more fans = better recruiting. So your entire statement is false. Yes, I said it may help with attendance. You could argue that will help with recruiting, but it would be negligible. There has never been an excuse for SDSU not dominating the Mountain West. And I've always felt the Chargers excuse was especially weak in every regard. I assume most you Aztecs who can't wait for the Chargers to leave are either transplants or have convinced yourselves of the Chargers boogeyman. I get it. I am a born and raised San Diegan, but a Colorado Buffalo. I know all about a portion of the fan base blaming the NFL. We do it all the time with the Donkeys. But it's just a convenient excuse when we're not winning. |
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Post by bolt1963 on Dec 18, 2016 7:20:07 GMT -8
Regardless, get back on point. SDSU better have a plan to purchase or least the land and have shovels in the dirt within months of the Chargers leaving. You've better have been greasing the pols and hit the ground running.
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Post by jpaztec on Dec 18, 2016 7:23:06 GMT -8
Well, to us NATIVE San Diegans, this sucks. I support our school in every facet, but losing an NFL franchise is a ding to the city that I was born and raised in. I really hope that SDSU takes advantage and gets something done with the site, or else it's just a massive lose/lose.
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Post by chris92065 on Dec 18, 2016 7:23:06 GMT -8
Aztec playing in giant, emotionless stadium kills attendance. Get fans and students closer to the action to get a better environment and they will continue to come back. Better game experience = more fans = better recruiting. So your entire statement is false. Yes, I said it may help with attendance. You could argue that will help with recruiting, but it would be negligible. There has never been an excuse for SDSU not dominating the Mountain West. And I've always felt the Chargers excuse was especially weak in every regard. I assume most you Aztecs who can't wait for the Chargers to leave are either transplants or have convinced yourselves of the Chargers boogeyman. I get it. I am a born and raised San Diegan, but a Colorado Buffalo. I know all about a portion of the fan base blaming the NFL. We do it all the time with the Donkeys. But it's just a convenient excuse when we're not winning. Blaming the NFL is a lame excuse. Blaming a stadium is a lame excuse. Decades of poor play The power 5 conferences Crappy opponents Bad marketing Is why attendance suffers |
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Post by fanhood on Dec 18, 2016 9:35:02 GMT -8
Yes, I said it may help with attendance. You could argue that will help with recruiting, but it would be negligible. There has never been an excuse for SDSU not dominating the Mountain West. And I've always felt the Chargers excuse was especially weak in every regard. I assume most you Aztecs who can't wait for the Chargers to leave are either transplants or have convinced yourselves of the Chargers boogeyman. I get it. I am a born and raised San Diegan, but a Colorado Buffalo. I know all about a portion of the fan base blaming the NFL. We do it all the time with the Donkeys. But it's just a convenient excuse when we're not winning. Blaming the NFL is a lame excuse. Blaming a stadium is a lame excuse. Decades of poor play The power 5 conferences Crappy opponents Bad marketing Is why attendance suffers Our attendance is not bad. For playing in G5, it is one of the best. Comparing SDSU to USC is silly. A new stadium for SDSU will raise attendance, and will make it a hot ticket. Should we expand Viejas to 15,000 since we sell it out? Nope, it is perfect. A 35,000 to 38,000 seat on campus stadium is perfect. We would sell it out every week. We averaged about 37k this year. |
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Post by david110 on Dec 18, 2016 10:24:24 GMT -8
This is the same stuff Jason LaCanfora has been rehashing all year. Same article, same source.....
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Post by Area51 Aztec on Dec 18, 2016 10:29:11 GMT -8
I'm a born and raised San Diego native and lifetime Charger fan, but will not be sorry they left and I would be glad to help them load their $#!+ to get the hell out. Spanos is a maggot and has treated the city like crap with the ways he's handled all this. Secondly I'm not a fan of public monies supporting billionaire owners and millionaire players. NFL tix, parking, food, drink, merchandise prices are stupidly overpriced only a fool would pay. Just turn on the TV and watch for free.
If and when SDSU West is built in partnership with a soccer team I'll be first in line to get season tix for both.
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Post by MontezumaPhil on Dec 18, 2016 10:30:08 GMT -8
You guys better be shovel ready and announce an Aztecs stadium with locked in financing the minute the Chargers announce they're leaving. You've had years to have it figured out, I will be beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this. Qualcomm needs to be razed ASAP. I don't subscribe to the theory it will necessarily help SDSU football. Might help attendance once people realize how nice it is to go to a football game that isn't played in a dump. But how else does it help? How else are the Chargers holding the program back? SDSU should dominate the mountain west year over year. Playing in Qualcomm wasn't preventing that This, word for word. |
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Post by MontezumaPhil on Dec 18, 2016 10:40:54 GMT -8
How sad. A metropolis of 3.3 million can't find a way to accommodate SDSU and keep the National Football League too.
A city is as good as its people, and this city is pathetic.
Oh, and so long, Holiday and Poinsettia Bowls. I'm sure the same hotel gods who hated Measure C will wish you well on your way out.
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Post by Spud on Dec 18, 2016 10:42:56 GMT -8
Funny, Spanos does have an option to stay in San Diego...use his own damn money to build the stadium. How convenient he forgot that option.
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Post by Spud on Dec 18, 2016 10:44:36 GMT -8
How sad. A metropolis of 3.3 million can't find a way to accommodate SDSU and keep the National Football League too. A city is as good as its people, and this city is pathetic. Oh, and so long, Holiday and Poinsettia Bowls. I'm sure the same hotel gods who hated Measure C will wish you well on your way out. Those bowls are a minor blip for the hotel industry...they won't even know they're gone...especially the Poinsettia bowl. Please leave us your forwarding address when you leave this pathetic City. KTHX! |
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Post by aztecnails on Dec 18, 2016 10:46:53 GMT -8
it is time for a stadium where Aztec football fans can join the team on the field/for winning conference championships and bowl games. was it the 2002 mwc basketball title or the oklahoma state win where basketball fans stormed the court for the first time? Aztec football fans on the field was a good sight in vegas yesterday. sadly, there is no place on campus for a football stadium without taking something out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 10:51:58 GMT -8
You guys better be shovel ready and announce an Aztecs stadium with locked in financing the minute the Chargers announce they're leaving. You've had years to have it figured out, I will be beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this. Qualcomm needs to be razed ASAP. I don't subscribe to the theory it will necessarily help SDSU football. Might help attendance once people realize how nice it is to go to a football game that isn't played in a dump. But how else does it help? How else are the Chargers holding the program back? SDSU should dominate the mountain west year over year. Playing in Qualcomm wasn't preventing that "Us guys" better be ready? Or what?? The misplaced anger here is comical. If the chargers leave it is not because of anything anyone here has done or anything SDSU has done. If the chargers leave it will be because of how the people of SD feel about the people who own the chargers. After reading the many posts debating the chargers situation on an Aztec fan board over the last year plus, I have actually developed some compassion for the charger/aztec fans who post here. If the chargers leave I will truly feel bad for them as fans of that team... on the other hand, I still do not understand why a non-SD resident who is not an Aztec fan continually posts here and actually posts the type of stuff you post... you will be " beyond pissed if SDSU drags their dicks on this."? Huh? Sorry to tell you my "Enterprising" former falcon it is not SDSU's fault if the chargers don't get their stadium and move closer to you in LA. Now, you can get all upset at my comment to you but it is completely true... it's not SDSU's fault nor is it any of ours. |
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Post by whitehawk on Dec 18, 2016 11:05:24 GMT -8
Sorry, but I was born and raised in San Diego, and born an Aztec For Life. I have never, and never will have any loyalty to the Chargers. They've never done anything to help the program or the city, and they were stupid enough to fire Don Coryell. To say that the Chargers being in San Diego or the Aztecs playing at Qualcomm doesn't hold this program back as opposed to an on-campus stadium without the NFL to compete with is complete BS. All the local media covers the Chargers, all week, on TV and radio, whether they win or lose. That is attention taken away from Aztec football. That stadium doesn't hang banners of championships, it sprays over the Aztec helmet minutes after the game is over to turn it into an ugly Charger helmet, and has the seats so far from the action that even field seats require binoculars.
To think San Diego State Aztec basketball would have achieved the success it has if they were still playing at the old Sports Arena far from campus and competing with a lousy San Diego NBA team for attention is absolutely absurd, and Fisher would be the first to admit it. In fact, being able to land Fisher as a coach most likely would have never happened. Fisher saw a brand new on-campus arena to start a program in, and the students, and those of us who sat through 100-200 people at games the whole season at Sports Arena couldn't believe what we were seeing.
People who watch the NFL are going to watch the NFL with or without the Chargers. However, with the Chargers gone, San Diego will have only one choice to see competitive football, and that will be Aztec football, in their own house, on their brand new western campus. A new stadium on a western campus brings a college atmosphere, while bringing in MLS to the city to help share the cost of paying for the new facility. It will also increase total enrollment at San Diego State University, which in my opinion, makes it a no-brainer to get the Chargers out and San Diego State implanted into Mission Valley. Goodbye and good riddance, Chargers. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Morgan Freeman split ya.
GO AZTECS!!! GO WEST!!! #WON21
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