A fellow named Longfellow famously said nearly 200 years ago that “into each life some rain must fall.”

Which is fine. And true.

But did it have to fall here. And now?

The stage was set for San Diego State’s biggest football game in four years, a first-place Mountain West showdown with Boise State, on Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium. The winner would have a direct path to the conference’s regular season title as well as hosting its title game.

A sizeable crowd at the 32,500-seat stadium was expected after SDSU moved more than 5,000 tickets with a two for $40 promotion and had a donor purchase another 3,000 tickets that were given to members of the military.

Then the rains came. Showers began Friday, continued Saturday morning and into the afternoon. The rain was reasonable, thoug

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