If Fresno State played in the American Athletic Conference or Conference USA – the two other FBS leagues that don’t stage their football championship games at neutral sites – the Bulldogs wouldn’t be boarding a plane this week.
Because the conference championship would be settled right here in Fresno, at a re-energized Bulldog Stadium, instead of in Boise, Idaho, on that hideously hued field.
Of course Fresno State doesn’t play in the AAC or C-USA. The Bulldogs play in the Mountain West, which marches to the beat of its own drummer. Often with a cheap-sounding snare drum.