Just over a year ago, Fresno State announced the hiring of coach Jeff Tedford. At the time, some people questioned and outright denounced the move. Long-time readers may remember one writer calling it “the dumbest move in Mountain West history.”
Fast forward to a year later and that claim appears to look rather silly. Tedford inherited a team that stumbled to a 1-11 2016 season(their lone win coming against Sacramento State) and pulled a complete 180. At the time of this article, the new-look Bulldogs find themselves at 8-3. 2 of those losses came at the hands of top-25 teams from the P5 conferences; Alabama, who in case you haven’t heard is pretty good at playing football and can usually be found in the top two of any rankings, and Washington, who has developed into one of the premiere programs out west (the third loss was to UNLV).