Donnel Pumphrey isn't quite "lost between two shores," as Neil Diamond famously sang about New York and Los Angeles, but in that song, Diamond was anguished because couldn't call either city truly his.
The opposite is true for Pumphrey.
He spent his early childhood in San Diego before moving to Las Vegas in eighth grade, going on to star for Canyon Springs High School.
UNLV wanted him to stay home. San Diego State wanted him to return home.
In the end, it was San Diego State that won out, and now Pumphrey and the Aztecs will be in Las Vegas, facing the Rebels at 7:30 p.