Two lively SDSU fans hold up signs and yell through their megaphones during SDSU's 34-28 win over Northern Illinois on Sept. 30.
San Diego football fans do not deserve the Aztecs.
Despite “One City, One Team” billboards speckling highways all summer as part of an immense marketing move to engender affection for San Diego State University football, no one seemed to care about the historic athletic program from the Mesa until it started winning.
The Aztecs Fan Fest in August had an embarrassingly low turnout. Even their opening night Sky Show had lower numbers than expected, especially given the very recent and still festering breakup with the Chargers that has left a football-shaped vacuum in the hearts of the city’s spurned sports fans.