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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Athletic director John David Wicker says San Diego State is prepared to build a new football stadium on its own if it isn't involved in a billion-dollar development that would include a stadium for an MLS team. Continue to Article

March 21, 2017 8:50:pm EST

Donnel Pumphrey broke the NCAA career rushing record Saturday in his college finale, running for 115 yards and a touchdown in San Diego State's 34-10 victory over Houston in the Las Vegas Bowl. Pumphrey passed former Wisconsin star Ron Dayne's mark of 6,397 yards on a 15-yard run early in the fourth quarter, with teammates swarming him on the sideline, and wrapping up his sensational career in his Nevada hometown with 6,405 yards. ''It means the world to me,'' Pumphrey said as his father wiped away tears before hugging him. Continue to Article

December 17, 2016 6:53:pm EST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Appalachian State tailback Marcus Cox has topped 5,000 yards in career rushing. Continue to Article

December 17, 2016 6:38:pm EST

When Donnel Pumphrey arrived at San Diego State from Las Vegas, even head coach Rocky Long was concerned he was too small to play running back. Returning home for his final college game in the Las Vegas Bowl against Houston on Saturday, Pumphrey has more than put those doubts to rest as he needs 108 yards to pass Wisconsin's Ron Dayne for most career rushing yards in NCAA history. Pumphrey is listed at 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, leading Aztecs offensive coordinator Jeff Horton to joke that ''two Pumphs would equal one Dayne.'' Horton would know, having coached the bruising Dayne during his Heisman Trophy-winning senior season in 1999 as he finished with 6,397 career yards rushing, though the NCAA did not include statistics from bowl games at the time. Continue to Article

December 16, 2016 3:58:pm EST

In three years' time, Craig Bohl has revived a Wyoming football program that last had a winning season in 2011, putting together a team that nearly won the Mountain West Conference title this season and earned a trip to a bowl game. ''The program that coach Bohl has built here has really just completely changed the culture around here,'' senior center Chase Roullier said Tuesday. After winning just two games last season, Wyoming (8-5) earned a trip this season to the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 21 against former rival BYU (8-4). Continue to Article

December 13, 2016 6:17:pm EST