Fresno State has not been right defensively for a number of years. Even in 2013, when it won the second of back-to-back Mountain West championships, it allowed 30.3 points per game.
It was marginally better a year ago, allowing 30.9 per game compared with 38.1 in 2015.
Orlondo Steinauer, hired by first-year coach Jeff Tedford out of the Canadian Football League to fix what obviously was broken, said the goal when the Bulldogs open spring practices Monday is more fundamental than functional.
“They will understand the expectations, the tempo of practice, how fast we’re going to play,” Steinauer said.