The San Diego State Aztecs will say goodbye to yet another Mountain West team when it hosts the San Jose State Spartans in another key late-season game at Snapdragon Stadium.
The Spartans are among the teams staying behind in the MW while SDSU, Boise State , Fresno State, Colorado State and Utah State move into the reinvigorated Pac-12 next year.
Niumatalolo ditched the triple-option he favored all those seasons at Navy and went with a passing attack that led the MW with 321.8 yards per game (the Spartans were fifth in total offense at 409.3 yards and fifth in scoring at 28.4 points).
There are some big losses to deal with, for sure. The Spartans lost All-American wide receiver Nick Nash (104 catches, 1,382 yards, 16 touchdowns) to the NFL and quarterback Emmett Brown (1,621 yards,