If there’s not a lot of talk about the San Diego State football team’s next opponent, the University of South Alabama, that’s not an indictment on the level of competition the Jaguars pose.
It’s simply the obscurity around a team that only recently jumped into college football.
USA has only had full FBS status for two years after starting football operations in 2009. The Jaguars earned the program’s first bowl bid last season, but they only return seven starters this year and only one on defense.
But thanks to an influx of transfers from the formerly disbanded University of Alabama, Birmingham football team, the Jaguars remain competitive.