Fresno State has for the past few years been loading up on football games on the road that come with seven-figure guarantees, taking the quick money even if it comes with a potential loss in order to help balance athletic department budgets.
But new athletic director Terry Tumey said that he will be ditching that strategy, banking instead on coach Jeff Tedford and the football program to continue a winning run as well as their San Joaquin Valley fan base to fill Bulldog Stadium and help generate the revenues required to keep afloat a department loaded down by 21 sports programs.