The Fresno State football team isn’t No. 1-ranked Alabama good, it’s not even close, and no one ever suggested as much.
But if Saturday’s 41-10 loss to the Crimson Tide explained anything, it’s that these Bulldogs already are supremely better than last year’s 1-10 unnatural disaster, and the differences are staggering.
A Fresno State offense that could not score a point at Colorado State last November actually found the end zone against Alabama’s vaunted defense. And a Bulldogs defense, that saw the this-worldly likes of UNLV, Toledo and Tulsa drop 45-plus points on them last autumn, held Alabama’s offense to 13 points in the second half.