"Gould will be taking over for George Kliavkoff after he and the conference agreed to part ways last week. Gould is set to become the first female commissioner of an Autonomy Five conference."
Apparently when signing a short-term partnership deal with the MWC, the PAC 2 agreed to not poach a portion of the MW conference. They either merge with the whole conference, or heavy penalties follow.
Gould is locked in for a couple of years. The above agreement seems to limit PAC 2 options.
Offense has been stagnant for some time at SDSU and I don't remember there being any lights-out backs on the roster last year the way there were in years past (like when Davis played them). I can totally believe Gould was getting the most out of the RB corps, blocking, and field position he had to work with, and that the Rams could see that.
I believe Gould was hired by San Diego State in January or February of 2023 but hired by the Rams about a month later in March of 2023. The Aztecs then hired Jimmy Beal as running backs coach in April of 2023. Beal coached the SDSU running backs in the 2023 season.