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It happened again. Another collapse. Another meltdown. But this time the San Diego State Aztecs have an entire off-season to stew.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:19 a.m. The reflexive response is cynicism. Two 4-5 teams meeting for the right to reach .500 is neither high drama nor low comedy, just another Saturday on the schedule.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:11 a.m. Charlie Neuman / Union-Tribune Wyoming tight end David Tooley scores a touchdown with 2:07 to play in front of the Aztecs' Brandon Davis .

San Diego State dropped to 14-17 all-time against Wyoming and lost to the Cowboys at Qualcomm Stadium for the first time in the MWC era, snapping a six-game win streak in San Diego.

With his third quarter touchdown to DeMarco Sampson, Aztec signalcaller Ryan Lindley has thrown for at least one touchdown in each of the last 15 outings, dating back to the New Mexico game in 2008 .

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:30 a.m. It's a theme that has become quite unsettling for the folks who create San Diego State's offensive game plan.

Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as No. 6 TCU won its 11th straight with a 55-12 win over San Diego State on Saturday.

Ryan Lindley threw a career-best six touchdown passes and DeMarco Sampson hauled in 15 catches for 257 yards, helping San Diego State rally for a 42-28 win over Colorado State on Saturday.

Ryan Lindley threw a career-best six touchdown passes and DeMarco Sampson hauled in 15 catches for 257 yards, helping San Diego State rally for a 42-28 win over Colorado State on Saturday.

Freshman halfback Walter Kazee rushed for 101 yards on 22 carries and scored a touchdown Saturday as San Diego State defeated New Mexico State 34-17. The Aztecs scored half of their points in final 7 minutes with the help of Kazee's TD carry and a scoring pass by Ryan Lindley to Willie Watters.

Aztecs Open MWC Campaign With Third Road Game in Four Weeks; Play at Air Force on Saturday San Diego State, which will conclude a season-opening streak that has seen the Aztecs play just one home game in the first third of the 2009 season, faces Air Force on Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colo., beginning at noon MT/11 a.m. PT.

After Saturday's 34-20 loss to Idaho, three San Diego State football players said in their post-game interviews "we need to find out what kind of a team we are." On paper, they are a 1-2 team, struggling to run the football, struggling to stop the run, struggling to avoid turnovers and struggling to overcome mental errors and excessive penalties.

This isn't the one that got away. This is the one that the Aztecs gave away. Idaho, aided by a pair of San Diego State turnovers and 85 bonus yards in penalties, dispatched the visiting Aztecs 34-20 in the Vandals' home opener at the Kibbie Dome.

Idaho's JoJo Dickson had a 74-yard interception return for a touchdown on San Diego State's first series, giving Idaho a 7-0 lead with 11:42 left in the first quarter in the first home football game of the 2009 season.

A few days before the season opener at UCLA, Ryan Lindley and some of his biggest buddies went out to dinner at Wings n Things on El Cajon Boulevard.

SDSU's Vincent Brown drags a defender on his 30-yard pass reception in the first half.

Thirty-eight different major college football teams opened the season last week with the same general idea.