Aztec football

User interaction and blog updates

/ Hunter O. Hewitt / 4 Comments

Aztec fans –

Hope everyone is doing well and ready to move on to the next game against Fresno State.

Last week was a tough loss, but it’s behind us and we are ready to start our conference games. The road to the 19th conference championship begins on Friday!

As for the blog, I am still looking for ways to improve and enhance it. To help me with this, I would appreciate as much user interaction as possible!

Comments, suggestions, criticism, and whatever else you guys have to say would be very helpful for me. I want this blog to have material that the readers want, so let me know what you guys would like to see and I’ll try to accommodate to your requests.

Some things I am hoping to do to help add more to the blog include:

  • Feature Friday video interviews
  • “Aztecs in the NFL” Sunday recaps with stats and updates on SDSU players currently in the NFL
  • “Historical stat of the day” – post about a notable statistic in the SDSU history books

If you guys have any ideas, please let me know! I am always looking for new ideas, and your help is greatly appreciated.

I will also be posting a couple polls in the near future, to see who the fans would like to see featured in a story.

Thanks everyone!

GO AZTECS

 

Photo Credit: Ernie Anderson/SDSU Media Relations

Warrior Wednesday: Tom Ables

/ Hunter O. Hewitt / 3 Comments

“SuperFan” Tom Ables (Ernie Anderson/SDSU Media Relations)

In today’s world of sports, the term “diehard fan” is often misused. Many sports fans are content with casually supporting their team, and assume that wearing their jersey the day after a win makes them a major supporter.

These same fans typically have trouble naming more than a dozen players on their favorite team’s roster, and are quick to badmouth a team when losing streaks occur.

In a world filled with casual fans and bandwagoners, San Diego State supporter Tom Ables is the epitome of a diehard fan.

A graduate of SDSU, Ables has displayed what it means to truly support your team through thick and thin. Although his team has not always been the most successful program, he never turned his back on his alma mater.

Ables enrolled at SDSU in 1946, and since then has been to over 700 football games and over 1,000 basketball games. He attended his 700th football game in 2010, when SDSU defeated the University of Wyoming, 48-38.

Since 1946, Ables has only missed two Aztec football games. He missed a game in 1952 because of money concerns and one in 1964 because of an illness.

In 1993, Ables became the first non-athlete and non-coach to be elected into the Aztec Hall of Fame. He has also received national recognition, as he was listed as No. 3 in an ESPN story about the top 20 “super fans” before the 2010 season.

For his continued support of SDSU athletics, Tom Ables is this week’s Wednesday Warrior.

Tom Ables interviewed at his 700th Aztec football game

Feature Friday Update

/ Hunter O. Hewitt / Leave a comment

Aztec fans –

The Feature Friday series is currently in a transition stage, and there will not be a story today.

Starting next week, there will be a new series of Feature Friday stories.

This new series will include video interviews of current players. These will be similar to the stories, but will be in an interview format.

In these videos, I will talk with a current player about his background, his time at SDSU, and what he has planned for the future.

I also want to take this time to thank everybody for the support you have given me so far. Hopefully in the next couple of months I can continue to improve and enhance AztecsForLife.com.

Stay tuned for more stories and video interviews next week!

GO AZTECS

The new helmet design on the 50 yard line of Aztec Warrior Stadium (Ernie Anderson)