Fresno State has three games remaining, and each will put more ground between the Bulldogs and 2013, the back-to-back Mountain West Conference championships, the promise of a football program that was starting to right itself through greater investment by the athletic department and the university.
After the Bulldogs (1-8, 0-5 Mountain West) play at Colorado State on Saturday and finish with games against Hawaii and San Jose State, there will be fewer links to that team and that atmosphere. If nothing else, the few who do remain would like to do what they can to make sure it is not all lost on a team that at this point has more ability than confidence.