Fresno banker Norm Clark worked a lifetime behind a desk to get his seat at college football’s big-shot table.
Looking relaxed in Fresno State red, blue and gray, Clark and his wife, Lee, enjoyed a third-row view from the 35-yard line of Bryant-Denny Stadium, where the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide were about to apply the woodshed treatment to the well-meaning Fresno State Bulldogs on Saturday.
“Beautiful,” Lee Clark said as she took in the panoramic view under the wind-kissed skies.
The prime real-estate seats – so close, you almost can’t see over the players’ heads on the sideline – were a retirement gift from Rabobank, where Clark followed his Bulldogs locally but longed to see them on a grander stage.