San Diego Toreros NCAA Football News

The USD football team didn't dwell on its first losing season in nine years. Instead, the Toreros focused on a strong finish by challenging themselves last night against a Division I opponent in Southern Utah.

Colin Pretlow intercepted a pass with 25 seconds to play to end San Diego's upset hopes and give Southern Utah a 37-32 win Saturday night in the season-finale for both teams.

USD running back JT Rogan has become such a fixture on campus that it is difficult to imagine not seeing him in the Toreros backfield or hearing his voice echo through the stands at other USD athletic events.

San Diego scored on a 69-yard pass with under 10 minutes remaining to slip past Morehead State 13-7 Saturday afternoon at a Pioneer League game at Jayne Stadium.

Thomas More College won a battle of football teams ranked in NCAA DivisionIII, whipping host Mount St.Joseph 42-17 Saturday.

Malcom Thomas scored 20 points for San Diego State in its 77-52 win over UC San Diego Saturday.

San Diego running back Justin Fontenberry threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Eric Fiege in the fourth quarter to seal the Toreros' 13-7 win over Morehead State on Saturday.

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:23 a.m. USD's game against Davidson - and the Toreros' entire season, really - could be summed up with one play in yesterday's 34-27 Pioneer Football League loss at Torero Stadium.

Blanchard replaced Matt Heavner a4 quarterback in the second quarter with the Wildcats trailing 17-14. He led two scoring drives with rushes of and 0 0 0 0 05 yards to put Davidson ahead for good.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:46 a.m. USD wide receiver John McGough was an observer for much of his freshman year last season.

USD head coach Ron Caragher is in the unenviable position of playing his third starting quarterback of the season - in this case, true freshman Bo Stompro - for today's Pioneer Football League game at Dayton.

Steve Valentino ran for more than 100 yards for the third time in four games in the San Diego win.

If University of Dayton football coach Rick Chamberlin questioned whether his players could keep their composure in tense situations, he has no doubts anymore.

After dismantling Valparaiso last weekend, the Dayton Flyers football team looks to continue its momentum Saturday against San Diego.

The University of Dayton football team is back home this Saturday as the Flyers host San Diego at Welcome Stadium.

Jacksonville University won a Football game on the West Coast for the first time Saturday.

QUARTERBACK MIKE PIATKOWSKI looks to pass the ball downfield in the Bulldogsa 34-14 victory over Valparaiso, Oct.

Josh McGregor threw three touchdown passes to lead Jacksonville past San Diego 34-16 Saturday.

The USD football team ranked first in the nation in scoring average among Football Championship Subdivision teams last season, amassing 44.3 points a game.

This is the latest installment in a series of weekly columns about USD Toreros football by a six year veteran of the team, running back J.T. Rogan.