Navy Sports

GreatAmerican
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:37:24 +0000

San Jose State’s football team has filled most of its non-conference slots for the next seven years. There’s a nice mix of marquee opponents in prime recruiting areas and games SJSU could/should win - and a notable lack of so-called “body-bag games.”

“We wanted to make the schedule fair for the student-athletes and put ourselves in competitive situations,” Athletic Director Tom Bowen said. “The finances were not the driving force behind the schedule.”

For SJSU fans, the biggest names will undoubtedly be Nebraska (in 2008) and USC (2009), but the biggest story could be Navy.

That’s partly because of the allure of playing a service academy, partly because SJSU and Navy will play four times: twice at Spartan Stadium, twice in Annapolis. (Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo played for Dick Tomey at Hawaii, so there’s a natural connection.)

Other non-conference foes include Arizona State, UCLA, Utah, Colorado State, Minnesota and Iowa State.