For one sweltering Saturday evening in early September, all was right at Cedar & Barstow.
Fresno State swatted around an overmatched opponent 66-0 in Jeff Tedford’s head coaching debut.
The largest Bulldog Stadium crowd in three years (39,447) braved 109-degree temperatures and smoky air from the nearby Railroad Fire, conditions that seemed to dampen the volume but not the enthusiasm or anticipation.
“I tried to get the crowd going when (Incarnate Word) had the ball, but I think they were too busy fanning themselves to clap,” Tedford quipped afterward.
They stopped long enough to applaud Derek Carr during a halftime ceremony to retire his college jersey.