Zack Greenlee had come off the bench to throw three fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a loss to Utah, a definitive forward step for the Fresno State quarterback, who has been in and out of the starting lineup and at this point is one of only two healthy scholarship quarterbacks on the roster.
But on Saturday, in a loss at San Diego State in which the Bulldogs generated only 89 yards of total offense, the third-year sophomore took one, three or five steps back to throw the football and the most perplexing thing about it, whether dropping back and to the left or back and to the right, there were times that he ran right into the Aztecs’ pass rush.