The Fresno State football team will be an improved football team next season. That much should be abundantly clear.
How can I be so confident the Bulldogs will be better than they were a year ago? Mostly because it’s nearly impossible, just from a pure probability standpoint, to be any worse.
Even if we rebooted 2016 – same players, same coaching staff, same schedule – in all likelihood the Bulldogs win more than one game. They’d finish off that last-minute drive against Nevada with smarter play calls. The winning field goal against Hawaii, from a kicker who’d made 15 straight, doesn’t get blocked at the line.