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Fresno State is 1-0 after drilling Idaho in its opener 79-13, which doesn’t mean much with the Bulldogs headed this week to Minnesota in what is viewed as a winnable matchup against a Power Five conference opponent.
They are a 2-point underdog and given the Bulldogs history against Power Five opponents that puts them all in the spotlight, the starters down to the scout team..
Coach Jeff Tedford has a mountain of evidence in front of him, from the program that he inherited and from across the Group of Five conferences, not only this season, but last season and the season before that.
There is a significant divide there, between the Group of Five and the Power Five.
The opening week of college football, the record was 1-19.
Tedford doesn’t care.
“I don’t really look at it as an issue,” he said, when the subject was first broached last spring. “I don’t even think about that, to tell you the truth, how we can overcome it or whatever.
“I never go into anything looking at a Power Five or a Group of Five or whatever the things are. I think we have enough good players here to compete with anybody that we play. I think we have the mindset to do that.”
But until the Bulldogs break through and beat a Power Five opponent, it will always be a question. How has that mindset changed, and is it to a point they can take down a middling Power Five program? This appears to be their chance, taking on a Minnesota team that will be playing a true freshman quarterback.
Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/co...-football/article217767280.html#storylink=cpy
They are a 2-point underdog and given the Bulldogs history against Power Five opponents that puts them all in the spotlight, the starters down to the scout team..
Coach Jeff Tedford has a mountain of evidence in front of him, from the program that he inherited and from across the Group of Five conferences, not only this season, but last season and the season before that.
There is a significant divide there, between the Group of Five and the Power Five.
The opening week of college football, the record was 1-19.
Tedford doesn’t care.
“I don’t really look at it as an issue,” he said, when the subject was first broached last spring. “I don’t even think about that, to tell you the truth, how we can overcome it or whatever.
“I never go into anything looking at a Power Five or a Group of Five or whatever the things are. I think we have enough good players here to compete with anybody that we play. I think we have the mindset to do that.”
But until the Bulldogs break through and beat a Power Five opponent, it will always be a question. How has that mindset changed, and is it to a point they can take down a middling Power Five program? This appears to be their chance, taking on a Minnesota team that will be playing a true freshman quarterback.
Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/co...-football/article217767280.html#storylink=cpy