Category: San Diego Toreros
PFL Announces Fall 2009 Academic Honor Roll
The Pioneer Football League announced that 395 football student-athletes from its 10 member institutions were named to the league’s Academic Honor Roll for the Fall 2009 semester.
Four member schools boasted 40 or more student-athletes on the honor r… more »
QB Trujillo leaves San Diego team; stepfather cites school costs
USD senior starting quarterback Sebastian Trujillo has left the team because he couldn't afford the cost of attending the school, his stepfather said.
Trujillo, 23, leaves school less than a year after being named the Toreros' offensive MVP and a fi… more »
Pioneer League offers NCAA football on a budget
Campbell University's football team will spend plenty of time in airports and on buses this season, with trips scheduled to Iowa (Des Moines), upstate New York (Poughkeepsie) and Indiana (Valparaiso).
And that's just its conference schedule.
Toss… more »
After strong run, USD reloads
Ron Caragher enters his third season as USD's head football coach with a little more certainty than he did his second. He knows who his quarterback is going to be. He knows he has a cadre of running backs — all with legitimate game experience — plus an… more »
San Diego picked to win 2009 Pioneer Football League race
For the fourth consecutive season, the Pioneer Football League’s coaches have tabbed San Diego as the preseason favorite in the PFL Preseason Coaches’ Poll, receiving only five of 10 possible first-place votes.
While San Diego was picked to win, the… more »
Sinisi heads up final group of Payton candidates
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Monmouth's record-setting running back, David Sinisi, is one of four players who have been added to the 2009 Payton Award watch list, bestowed annually upon the top player in FCS.
Sinisi, a 2008 Payton Award candid… more »
Trujillo or McGregor: Who will lead team to PFL title?
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Will it be the cagey and elusive senior at San Diego, the strong-armed sophomore from Jacksonville, or some other quarterback that lifts his team to the 2009 Pioneer Football League crown?
Few FCS conferences put a… more »
Pioneer Football League Announces Fall 2008 Academic Honor Roll
A league record 398 student-athletes from nine member institutions were named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll for the Fall 2008 semester.
Six member schools boasted 40 or more student-athletes on the honor roll this season. Dayton… more »
Former FCS Stars on the 2009 Texas vs. The Nation Roster
17 former FCS studs to be featured in the all-star game this Saturday.
Texas Team
Offense
Jersey Pos. Player School Affiliation
8 WR Dominique Edison Stephen F. Austin
39 FB Marcus Mailei Weber State
66 OT/OG Cornelius Lewis Tennessee St… more »
NFL's Bucs Like USD's Johnson's Role-Playing
As soon as he picks up a football and begins throwing it around the park to his pals, every kid immediately assumes the identity of his favorite quarterback. Favre. Brady. Roethlisberger. Romo. Brees. McNabb. Rivers. Manning. Pick one.
Josh Johnson g… more »
Flyers Head To West Coast to Play San Diego
The Dayton Flyers football team (7-1, 4-0) is on the road this weekend to take on this year's preseason favorite to win the Pioneer Football League, the San Diego Toreros (6-1, 4-1). Dayton comes into this 9 p.m. game on quite a tear, winning its first… more »
USD taps Trujillo to be starting QB
USD has picked its starting quarterback for next week's season opener – and it's not the guy head coach Ron Caragher had in mind when camp opened earlier this month.
Junior-college transfer Sebastian Trujillo gets the nod over Ben Hannula and Andrew… more »
San Diego's Bakhtiari Shoulders Duties of Being a Chargers rookie
Former USD star seeks a roster spot.
SAN DIEGO ---- The long list of accolades and gaudy statistics that are part of Eric Bakhtiari's college football resume doesn't preclude him from being assigned tasks that remind him of his NFL status.
As a ro… more »
Doubts Add Fuel to Fire of Rookie LB's Desire
The words of encouragement Eric Bakhtiari heard as a football player were relayed to him by a friend.
“I was a junior in high school and had just gone in for an injured teammate,” Bakhtiari recalled this week. “My friend on the bench overheard our co… more »
Toreros keep plugging away
USD's defense already had a significant void with the graduation of Eric Bakhtiari, a midmajor All-America defensive end now a free agent in Chargers camp.
And with standout defensive back Ben Hannula locked in a competition for the starting quarter… more »