FCS

"If You Don't Grind, You Don't Shine" — Looking Back at USD's 12 PFL Titles

Little came easy for San Diego football in 2021. The strange, COVID-19-altered spring campaign dealt the program its first conference losses in years. The fall season offered no immediate reprieve as matchups against three scholarship programs to begin the year dug the Toreros an 0-4 hole as they entered Pioneer Football League (PFL) play. But as they stared down a long slog back to .500, USD didn't quit. It merely set its sights higher, embodying head coach Dale Lindsey's "If you don't grind, you don't shine" mantra as it rattled off gritty PFL win after gritty PFL win to put another conference title within reach.