Fresno State Sports Blog

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, the fresnobee.com Web site will launch its latest reincarnation. Click on the image at left to see what it will look like. (See also: section-level page and story-level page.) Over the past 10 years,... Will http://fresnobeehive.com/will

The Humanitarian Bowl announced today that Ball State will not play in Boise this year, an arrangement that was being brokered in order to pit undefeated Ball State against undefeated Boise State. In the process, a quote from the press... Daniel Lyght

New Mexico State fired coach Hal Mumme after he won just 11 games in four seasons. What I didn't realize was that, shoot, five of those wins came against Div. I-AA teams ... that's kind of shameful. It's time for... Daniel Lyght

Fresno State can make a statement on the women's basketball landscape by beating No. 22 Texas Christian Thursday at the Save Mart Center. To do that, the Bulldogs needed to rediscover their 3-point shooting touch. They made only 5 in... Jeff Davis jdavis@fresnobee.com

Fresno State's football team will resume practice Thursday, according to team spokesman Steve Weakland. The team will practice Thursday-Sunday the next two weeks, he said, for two and a half hours on Thursday and Friday and for one an a... Daniel Lyght

One name that would be interesting to see return to Fresno should Pat Hill leave for Washington is Jim McElwain. The former Fresno State OC was a big part of the success here last season and has been successful this... Daniel Lyght

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly today told reporters today that he is staying put at UC, which means Pat Hill has one less obstacle in his way for the University of Washington job. Kelly is 21-5 in two-plus seasons at UC... Daniel Lyght

The WAC announced its all-conference awards today and not many Bulldogs were named. The only first-team player was senior offensive tackle Bobby Lepori, who was named the O-line MVP at the Bulldogs' awards banquet last night.... Daniel Lyght

Fresno State football finished the season at 7-5 and is bowl eligible, but do you think the team should get an invite? Why or why not?... John Mincks

Fresno State coach Pat Hill had hoped it'd be discrete. That if he ever moved out of Fresno State or applied elsewhere, no one would know. But that's not going to happen. And Hill had to admit Sunday that he... Bryant-Jon Anteola

Pat Hill confirmed he interviewed with Washington officials Saturday about the Huskies head coaching job. More to come later.... Bryant-Jon Anteola

Fresno State coach Pat Hill flew to Seattle out of the Fresno Yosemite Airport on a Horizon Flight that left at 7 a.m. this morning, according to a pair of airport employees. He passed through the security checkpoint wearing a... Bryant-Jon Anteola

Tonight is Week 12 and semifinal rounds in Divisions I and VI, and quarterfinals in Divisions II-V. Check in throughout the night for score updates and summaries as they become available. 10:38 p.m. and we're buttoning up tonight's blog. Be... John Mincks

Today is senior day for the Broncos so they'll have senior Bush Hamdan start at quarterback in front of redshirt freshman Kellen Moore and senior linebacker Dallas Dobbs start at middle linebacker in front of sophomore Derrell Acrey. No word... Daniel Lyght

Reports say that Lane Kiffin, the former Fresno State player (that's the way we like to remember him), is headed to Knoxville to take over the Tennessee Vols program left in shambles by Phil Fulmer.... John Rich

Brian Murphy is the columnist at the Boise paper, the Idaho Statesman. And he's talking about a possible Boise State-Ball State matchup in the Humanitarian Bowl. Murph also runs a pick-the-score contest; uh, shock, most folks think the Broncos are... John Rich

Hey, we all remember watching "The Waterboy" when Dan Fouts kept on saying Adam Sandler's team was laying it all on the line, not holding anything back and pulling out all the stops. Then I think it was Al Michaels who just kept on getting annoyed. Well, I need a win to get in the playoffs, and drastic times call for drastic measures. (Hey, this is a cliche-driven Fantasy Buzz today.) So what, you might ask, did I do? For the first time in Delton Lowery's history in fantasy football, I do NOT have a player from the Seattle Seahawks on my team. Find out who I've added to my roster that might help you out by reading on. (IT'S LIKE I'M IN NEED OF TACKLIN' FUEL, AND CAPTAIN INSANO SHOWS NO MERCY!!!) Delton Lowery

Hey, the Central Section is just like college football now -- they're playing on Wednesday night! Kingsburg has bolted to a 13-0 26-0 halftime lead over Taft. QB Tyler Bray is the hero with a 6-yard TD pass to Caleb Fink, a 10-yard TD run, a 24-yard TD pass to Jason Linman and an 11-yard TD pass to Linman with 6.3 seconds left in the half. They're playing in a steady rain, but the refurbished Kingsburg stadium looks great. Kingsburg and Taft took advantage of first-round byes in Division IV to schedule the Wednesday game. The winner gets a little more rest before the semifinal next Friday night; the loser gets to salve the pain with a turkey leg. Keep up with all the Central Section playoff action this week at The Bee's high school football page. Spotted in the crowd: Ryan Phelan, coach of the top-seeded Central Valley Christian Cavaliers. His team hosts Arvin on Friday; get past the Bears, and CVC gets a semifinal date with the Taft-Kingsburg winner. ... Which will be Kingsburg after the Vikings finished off a 39-0 rout. Bray added another TD on a 40-yard pass to Johnathan Alcala, and London Lacy came on to throw a final TD pass. Oh, and the Vikings held on to the shutout when Taft fumbled at the Kingsburg 1. Ouch. John Rich

The playoffs are upon us, and we'd like to know if you're in or out, and how you wound up in that position? Did you draft well, make good trades/waiver moves, or were or weren't you able to recover after having a star player such as Tom Brady get hurt? Your answers could help all of us become better fantasy owners next season, so please enlighten us with your stories. Leave your input on this blog or e-mail sports@fresnobee.com and you might see them in Sunday's edition of The Bee. As for me, I'm either: A. A win from making it in the playoffs as either my division champion (we have two six-team divisions, with the champs in each getting a first-round bye) or one of the four wild cards. or B. A loss from being one of several 7-6 teams, and I don't think I'll have enough points to get one of the wild cards. Delton Lowery

The idea seemed like a good one when I pitched it to the editors. I'd run the inaugural Eye-Q Two Cities Marathon and write about it. In my head, it was going to be more than the usual participatory journalism. I was going to interview a different runner on every mile. The column would be one quote from each person and the reader would get an idea of what it's like to run a marathon through the eyes of 26 different participants. As you might expect, there were several problems with the plan, some obvious, some not so obvious, but what fun is life if you can't nearly get yourself nearly killed now and again? Matt James http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/james/