For three-plus quarters in the Mountain West Conference football championship game, Fresno State had the plays. A big sack, a tackle for loss. Four times the Bulldogs forced Boise State to punt when on their side of the field. They built a lead on two big red-zone touchdown runs by quarterback Marcus McMareyion.
But the Bulldogs ran out of them at the worst time and it cost them a championship in a 17-14 loss to Boise State that went down to a bitter end.
The Broncos, starting from their 10-yard line and down by four, hit on a 59-yard pass from Brett Rypien to Cedrick Wilson and pushed their way to a touchdown with 4:42 to go, Ryan Wolpin going the final 2 yards for the score.