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Column: Aztecs in need of improvement on special teams

As San Diego State football made preparations to begin the 2020 season back in October, Head Coach Brady Hoke said special teams would be one of the Aztecs’ biggest concerns.

Entering the season opener against UNLV, Hoke hoped the Aztecs’ attention and focus towards special teams would be enough to see their success on the field.

“Always in the first game, you see a lot of games won and lost by poor performance in special teams,” Hoke said. “We obviously have targeted that. Giving up big plays defensively, you can’t do that, we can’t have the ball going over our head.