Fresno State opens Mountain West Conference play Saturday against Nevada, a winless team that would appear to be an easy mark but is capable of posing problems for the Bulldogs.
The Wolf Pack has lost at Northwestern (31-20), to Toledo (37-24), to Idaho State (30-28) and at No. 16 Washington State (45-7), and Idaho State is a championship subdivision program.
But Nevada, under first-year coach Jay Norvell, plays a 3-3-5 defense, which has confounded the Bulldogs for years. Though the Nevada defense is in the early stages of development, the Wolf Pack has caused some havoc at the line of scrimmage.