Sons of Montezuma Podcast

The SDSU Aztecs suffered their first loss of the season in a grueling defeat at home to UCLA. The road only gets steeper from here as they must now travel to Corvallis to take on a strong Oregon State Beavers team.

The 2-0 SDSU Aztecs finish their 3 game homestand to start the 2023 season with the UCLA Bruins. Four years ago SDSU history was made when they defeated UCLA for the first time in program history. Today, Coach-C details for us how SDSU can turn that one time occurance into a two-game win streak over the Bruins.

San Diego State football is now 2-0 after holding on to beat Idaho State in a less than stellar performance. Despite QB Jalen Mayden's record breaking rushing performance, the Aztecs come into their Week 2 matchup vs UCLA in need of some momentum both on the field and in the Snapdragon Stadium stands.

Los Aztecas están 1-0 y esperan vencer a Idaho State para estar invictos para la UCLA en dos semanas. Cheke, Jorge, El Chino y Big O hablan todos Aztecas!

Welcome to the first episode of our new Hijos de Montezuma podcast—an all SDSU sports show in Español. Host Cheke joins Aztecs 4 Life Jorge, Andrew 'El Chino' and Oscar 'Big O'. Tell a friend you think may be interested! Bienvenido a nuestro primer episodio del podcast Hijos de Montezuma, un programa deportivo de SDSU en español. El presentador Cheke se une a Aztecas Por Vida Jorge, Andrew 'El Chi...

The Aztecs are 1-0 after beating Ohio. But the game left a lot to improve upon if they are to make this season a success. Coach-C joins the show for his weekly coaching clinic and today he takes aim at how important pass protection was for Ohio and will be for SDSU moving forward against Idaho State and the rest of the year.

San Diego State opened the 2023 football season with a gritty victory over the Ohio Bobcats, 20-13. The guys are back to talk all about the game, preview Idaho State and talk about how SDSU can better build their fan support at their new Snapdragon Stadium.

The Aztecs begin the 2023 football season with a brutal 6 game opening stretch. First up is the Ohio Bobcats at Snapdragon Stadium. Our resident coach and Aztec4Life Coach C details the gameplan how SDSU can be successful—but it will mean beating a legitimate NFL prospect in Ohio's QB Kurtis Rourke.

After beating Hurricane Hilary, Game Week is finally here and the Aztecs are ready for some football. First up for San Diego State, a week zero matchup vs the Ohio Bobcats. There's MACtion at the Snapdragon this Saturday and the guys are back to talk all about it and more.

Cody Galea is one of the most versatile defensive ends/linebackers to play for the Aztecs in the Rocky Long era. He left his mark on some of the most exciting teams from 2011-2014 and when his time at State was done he changed the way Rocky's 3-3-5 operated at his position. Cody joins the show to update us on his life now, his SDSU family Legacy, and gives some cold hard truths about the business...

San Diego State football is just over a week away from their first game. Senior Defensive Lineman #39 Garret Fountain joined the show as our next NIL team member. Garret is a punishing defender with a strong work ethic. The avid hunter explains how attacking on defense relates to hunting his prey and the guys share big news about a new podcast show in the Sons of Montezuma family tree.

The 2023 SDSU Aztecs Football Fall Camp is in mid swing. Running Back #23 Kenan Christon has been working hard all off season and is now expected to be the feature back to the new look offense. From his San Diego high school days, to USC, and now back home at SDSU, Kenan shares on what he expects of himself this year, how SDSU differs from other programs, and what influences him the most.

Fall Camp has begun and the 2023 SDSU Aztecs Football season is a little closer. From starting as a walk-on to earning a full ride scholarship, WR #83 Mekhi Shaw had a breakout season a year ago. Today he is the newest member of the Sons of Monty NIL team and he shares with us about his journey, his football family blood-lines, and what he and his teammates need to do to improve and be successful.

A new development in the College Expansion saga. Rumors began to take real shape that Colorado is close to going back to the BIG12 after over a decade in the PAC12. Does this make an invitation towards SDSU even more urgent to the PAC12 or is this another domino in the conferences demise? The guys freak out a little bit and discuss all the possibilities for our Aztecs.

SDSU Quarterback Jalen Moose Mayden our 1st Sons of Monty NIL Team member for the 2023 season joins the show. Moose Mayden has had quite the experience as a football player to get to San Diego State. Today Jalen details all about his journey, transferring in to SDSU, working with Coach Ryan Lindley and the upcoming season as QB1.

The Mountain West Media Days are underway in Las Vegas and with that came the official announcement that SDSU is once again back in the Conference. But for how long? The guys give their reaction to the news and discuss SDSU's prospects of joining a power 5 league now.

Happy Independence Day Aztec Nation! The Mountain West and SDSU continues to battle over semantics leaving the Aztecs potentially on the outside without a conference. But that may just be a blessing in disguise or perhaps orchestrated by the powers that be.

Coach Brian Dutcher and the SDSU Basketball staff are at it again. The Aztecs get a huge commitment from Magoon Gwath, a 6'11" big man who can do it all. The Kiss The Rings crew discuss all about the new commitment and also tap into the Swish League, a few more Aztecs in the NBA and how conference expansion affects SDSU.

The deadline for the Aztecs to leave the Mountain West Conference is in 9 days. With all the letters back & forth between SDSU and the Mountain West, it looks like both sides are digging in for perhaps a short & bitter battle for what they both feel are their rightfully earned revenues. The Sons of Montezuma Podcast dig in to all the craziness & more in this livestream!

It's 6-1-9 Day San Diego and Coach Ku, Founder & CEO of the Swish League ProAm is back for the third time to preview season #5 of San Diego's Premier Summer Basketball league. Coach Ku explains how SDSU's Final Four run inspired him towards new features of this years league and he also gives us an update on Nathan Mensah's draft progress after SDSU.

With the returning core of Darrion Trammell, Lamont Butler, Micah Parrish, and now Jaedon LeDee, the SDSU Aztecs team seeks to make another deep tournament run in 2024. The Kiss The Rings Crew discuss the outlook of next season's team and wether the hype is real or not.

The wait on the next basketball transfer is over. The Aztecs get their guy in 6'9" Campbell transfer, Jay Pal. The guys gather together to chat about the latest big man to come from SDSU's Omaha, Nebraska pipeline. The South Sudanese Pal, is an interesting fit to the Aztecs who needed frontcourt help. But is he ready to face the step up in competition?

SDSU can't build a stadium? Got that done. SDSU won't ever be invited to a Power Conference. On the edge of joining the PAC-12. MLS will NEVER bring a team to an SDSU owned stadium. MLS is on the verge of calling  Snapdragon home! K5James & Dirtball Dan are back with MatteoSanDiego to talk all about the off season topics of the week—including where SDSU is with expansion and the reports MLS is com...

Today we share a few different views of SDSU's Final Four run. We wanted to hear from you listeners and we spoke with two die hard fans who had very different experiences and reactions to the Lamont Butler shot. Also we spoke with former Aztecs guard Caleb Giordano about how SDSU's Final Four run inspired him to continue his basketball journey.

Another week goes by in the NCAA Basketball World and the transfer portal is on fire. Is NIL influencing the college hoops scene too much? And how does it affect SDSU? The Kiss The Rings crew gather to discuss it all.