San Diego State’s six-game winning streak is bookended by a couple of lopsided losses.

There was the 36-13 loss at Washington State two months and the 38-6 loss to Hawaii two days ago.

The more recent defeat coming so soundly was a surprise to those observers who had watched SDSU (7-2, 4-1 MW) surge to the top of the Mountain West standings, where they are tied with Boise State (6-3, 4-1). The teams meet Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium.

Against the Aztecs, Hawaii was able to take charge on both sides of the line of scrimmage. In addition, Rainbow Warriors quarterback Micah Alejado and his receivers were able to effectively perform against the conference’s top defense.

“I was probably more surprised, more or less, by the things we can control that we didn’t control at that the leve

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