Fresno State captured a feel-good win on Saturday, beating Nevada 41-21, and for the Bulldogs it felt so good because it had been so long since they had taken down an opponent from the bowl subdivision or the Mountain West Conference.
That last victory was Nov. 14, 2015 at Hawaii, and the streak that went down was 15 games, which the Bulldogs lost by an average of 19.7 points.
There were other reasons, too, of course, starting with some credible quarterback play for one of the few times since Derek Carr was at Bulldog Stadium for something other than a jersey retirement ceremony.