Where does Pat Hill’s courageous scheduling end and Pat Hill’s detriment to the team begin?
This question should be asked more often. Playing “anyone, anywhere, anytime” is a good motto if you never want to be successful in college football. The true formula for success is playing “the right teams at the right places at the right times” (see Boise State’s 2006 schedule for proof). Pat Hill is systematically screwing his team over year in and year out by giving them an impossible schedule. The players give it their all in non-conference play, never going undefeated, then they have the inevitable letdown once the WAC schedule rolls around. Come on, Pat. Be like everyone else and just schedule Cal Poly and MAC schools. Tell me a Fresno State weakness that does not rhyme with Schmandstater. The Bulldogs’ front seven was hit the hardest in the offseason, and it remains to be seen how the team will recover. People forget that Fresno had the WAC’s defensive player of the year last season in Marcus Riley, which probably means he shouldn’t have been WAC defensive player of the year. N