San Diego State coach Tom Craft was able to enjoy his team's victory against Wyoming for about
five hours. Then, disaster struck. The first-year head coach and his family
were evacuated from their San Diego County home at 3 a.m. Sunday morning, as
Southern California's wildfires raged on. Craft's house was still intact as
of Tuesday afternoon, but many others in his neighborhood had been destroyed
and it was still a "50-50" chance the coach would eventually return to a
standing home.
"It's a catastrophic situation for everyone here," said
Craft. "A number of our players have also been evacuated from where they
live. There is fire all around our home. The fires are out of control."
It's a blessing that SDSU has a bye this week before returning to action at
UNLV on Nov. 8. The air quality in San Diego is 10 times what would be
considered poor and schools at all levels have been off since Monday. The
Aztecs did not practice Monday or Tuesday and Craft was unsure when the team
might resume workouts.
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