... seemingly on the upswing heading into the 2009 season, the lone non-BCS program in the Bay is predictably on the public spotlight's back burner.

As in years passed—especially the ones prior to when head coach Dick Tomey came aboard and resurrected the program—the Spartans of San Jose State are a near afterthought on the Bay Area football landscape compared to Cal and Stanford. Outside of their season-opener against mighty Southern Cal, local media doesn't seem to find the team too newsworthy.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Tomey to care, as he continues to go about his business as the Spartans coach that saved the program from dissolving when he joined in 2004. In that time, he has helped pull the team out o...

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