PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[SteveAztec]

The Aztecs play on natural turf. The same turf that the Charges play on at Qualcomm Stadium.

[montysdsu]

Hea guys, Aztec here. Congrats on a bowl game. As pointed out above, we play on grass (same stadium the Chargers play in), and actually most of the other teams play on turf in the MWC.

A little about us: run pro set. Ronnie Hillman is a super soph that has over 3k yards in 2 years, smaller back but quick and can battle a little for extra yards, explodes through holes. Our Sr. qb holds basically every passing record but is wildly inconsistent and inaccurate, we lost two wrs to the nfl last year and that hasn't helped. But, we're a balanced offense, lots of power-0 and play pass. Lost Brady Hoke to Michigan and maybe more importantly Al Borges as OC to michigan so playcalling has suffered a bit.

Defense: 3-3-5, Rocky long the head coach basically created the defense and it's predicated on blitzing most downs, corners are physical and on an island. Haven't created a lot of turnovers the last few weeks after creating a lot the first 3/4 of the season

Special teams: punter has a big leg, place kicker is god awful, 5-12 on the year, missed a pat and 2 chippies vs WYoming in our most disappointing couple point loss

Last 10 weeks we've started absurdly slow, spotting teams 3 scores before rallying back. Defense is quick, but rocky sometimes over blitzes particularly early, o-line is experienced but maybe not as good as last year, dropped a lot of bombs for tds.

Good luck, a lot of us are trying to get flights together, so hopefully we'll have a decent turnout.

Go Aztecs

[Just1More]

The Aztecs play on natural turf. The same turf that the Charges play on at Qualcomm Stadium.

Are your fans going to travel well to NO?

[SteveAztec]

We are 8-4 for the season and lost most of our games against real tough competition. Lost at Michigan, at home vs TCU and Boise State.

We averaged 41,000 per game and lead te MWC in attendance. Yes, more than TCU or Boise State.

Ronnie Hillman is the real deal. One of the very best running backs in the nation.

We know very little about your team, but 8-4 tells us you are fairly tough and will have a home field advantage. The Aztecs do not travel well (or haven't in the past) to Bowl games on the road. In fact we have only been to about 4 D1 Bowl Games ever and have been playing D1 football since 1969 or so.

This should be a real good game.

Hey, is this the school that "Bo" Lamar attended? That guy could shoot lights out.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Sweet, I like the UL reference.

[03cajunalum]

AssTech, lol. I will make a poster and bring it to New Orleans!

[SteveAztec]

Hard to tell. Usually we don't travel very well. We are coming off of 20 years of bad football and the fan base is starting to come back with last years 9 win season and this years 8 win season. I think we will have a decent amount of fans there, but certainly not enough to say we travel well.

[Cajun90]

Hard to tell. Usually we don't travel very well. We are coming off of 20 years of bad football and the fan base is starting to come back with last years 9 win season and this years 8 win season. I think we will have a decent amount of fans there, but certainly not enough to say we travel well.

Sounds like us but add a few more bad years in there. Week before Christmas is tough to spend the money and make it half way across the country but its a fun destination. At least your not playing in the Potato Bowl on the smurf turf at twenty below zer.

[Just1More]

We are 8-4 for the season and lost most of our games against real tough competition. Lost at Michigan, at home vs TCU and Boise State.

We averaged 41,000 per game and lead te MWC in attendance. Yes, more than TCU or Boise State.

Ronnie Hillman is the real deal. One of the very best running backs in the nation.

We know very little about your team, but 8-4 tells us you are fairly tough and will have a home field advantage. The Aztecs do not travel well (or haven't in the past) to Bowl games on the road. In fact we have only been to about 4 D1 Bowl Games ever and have been playing D1 football since 1969 or so.

This should be a real good game.

Hey, is this the school that "Bo" Lamar attended? That guy could shoot lights out.

Yes to Bo Lamar. I forgot that he played at San Diego (Conquistadors?)

[RaisingCajun08]

We are 8-4 for the season and lost most of our games against real tough competition. Lost at Michigan, at home vs TCU and Boise State.

We averaged 41,000 per game and lead te MWC in attendance. Yes, more than TCU or Boise State.

Ronnie Hillman is the real deal. One of the very best running backs in the nation.

We know very little about your team, but 8-4 tells us you are fairly tough and will have a home field advantage. The Aztecs do not travel well (or haven't in the past) to Bowl games on the road. In fact we have only been to about 4 D1 Bowl Games ever and have been playing D1 football since 1969 or so.

This should be a real good game.

Hey, is this the school that "Bo" Lamar attended? That guy could shoot lights out.

Welcome and congrats on the NO Bowl! Make sure your fans know to come here for any New Orleans questions. Hope you guys bring a large contingent of fans. Honestly, many of us have our doubts about how well San Diego will travel.

Anyway, good luck! We are all looking forward to having a good time and watching a good game in New Orleans.