San Diego State has played eight games in a row that have been decided by one score, eight points or less, and is 6-2 in those games, a quirky stat that could become more meaningful when Fresno State and the Aztecs play on Saturday night at Bulldog Stadium.
The eight-game run is the second-most of any team in the nation going back to 1980, and the Aztecs’ record is better than any other around them. Texas Tech played in nine games in a row that were decided by eight points or less in 1998 and was 5-4, and UCLA played in eight games in a row in 2000 and was 3-5.