Jeff Tedford felt anxious and tense. Not only during the final frantic moments of Saturday’s 13-7 victory over Wyoming at War Memorial Stadium, with the Cowboys threatening to score the go-ahead touchdown, but also 2 hours before kickoff.
Fresno State survived the Cowboys’ last-gasp drive when defensive end Robert Stanley tackled Wyoming quarterback Nick Smith (filling in for the injured Josh Allen) for no gain on the game’s final play at the 27-yard line.
But just getting to the stadium proved a challenge for the Bulldogs, who stayed 50 miles away in Cheyenne.
An overnight storm closed Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Laramie, forcing the team buses (and yours truly) to take an alternate route through the high plains known by the locals as Happy Jack Road.