San Diego State’s defense this week faces a situation similar to the second week of the year when the Aztecs suffered a lopsided loss at Washington State.

Last time, SDSU responded with a shutout victory over Cal that included a pair of defensive touchdowns.

It remains to be seen how the Aztecs (7-2, 4-1) respond to last week’s 38-6 loss at Hawaii in Saturday night’s Mountain West game against Boise State (6-3, 4-1), which will be starting backup quarterback Max Cutforth for the first time.

“What’s big for us is to look at that tape and reset,” SDSU defensive coordinator Rob Aurich said, “humble ourselves and get back to some fundamentals that weren’t executed as well as they had in previous weeks.

“One thing that stood out to me was our pursuit angle and tackling was the worst game w

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