Fresno State won its first four Mountain West games with some degree of ease, outscoring its opponents 133-38.
It was first or second in the conference in a bunch of key statistical categories – scoring and total defense, opponent first downs and opponent third-down conversions, tackles for loss allowed, turnover margin, sacks allowed.
But it took just 15 minutes of football to change the narrative, the fourth quarter of a loss to a UNLV team that was struggling and a 22-point underdog.
“It resets you a little bit,” linebacker George Helmuth said.