Fresno States upsets #13 UCLA at the Rose Bowl
In what is arguably game of the year so far, Fresno State upsets UCLA on the road after scoring the go ahead touchdown with 14 seconds left in the game. FSU QB Jake Haener was playing in very obvious pain while slinging accurate throws to take the Bulldogs 75 yards in less than a minute at the end of the 4th quarter. What a game! Definitely watch a replay or some highlights when the opportunity presents itself.
September 19th, 2021 at 3:16 AM ^
And only lost to Oregon by 7 @ Oregon. They'll be ranked ahead of us.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:12 AM ^
They had more 1st downs and yds than Oregon, but also 3 turnovers
September 19th, 2021 at 3:18 AM ^
Fresno State maybe the second best team west of the rockies. They play SDSU later this year for Arizona's spot in the PAC12. Poor damn Arizona. Not good shit Jed. You play for a lumberjack trophy you dont lose to them.
September 19th, 2021 at 6:56 AM ^
“They play SDSU later this year for Arizona's spot in the PAC12.”
Wut
September 19th, 2021 at 7:21 AM ^
The Pac12 voted 8-4 for relegation.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:33 AM ^
I can't tell if you're serious or just engaging in snark.
September 19th, 2021 at 1:27 PM ^
Oh its real. Brady Hoke back in a Power 5 coaching position. Isnt it crazy how he does much more with less at SDSU. Its so very nice to be a big fish in a small pond in college football. Rich Rod, Hoke, Dan Hawkins, Scott Frost, Fleck etc. Its funny but even in down years the Big Ten is just much harder to win at then any other conference with the SEC being the exception.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:00 AM ^
Sports fan fiction at it's finest.
Let me know when he writes the Twilight vampires into the story.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:45 AM ^
Uh, Manti Teo’s girlfriend?
September 19th, 2021 at 3:23 AM ^
Very very good game. UCLA played well. Fresno state simply played better.
UCLA is still going to make some noise in the pac-12.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:45 AM ^
Still early in the season. Let's see how things are in early Nov for UCLA. Like Michigan in the past, UCLA can see the wheels come of very quickly.
September 19th, 2021 at 3:32 AM ^
UCLA's greatness seems to have been somewhat exaggerated, still a good looking team but not the world beaters they were made out to be.
I love the way Michigan is looking, if we keep it up, that PSU game is gonna be something to watch.
September 19th, 2021 at 5:37 AM ^
Was thinking this very thing while watching the PSU v Auburn game.
Penn State looked really good. Solid defense and a very balanced offensive attack. The Clifford to Dotson connection has me concerned.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:38 AM ^
Out whole division looks good, especially MSU. Kenneth Walker III looks legit.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:00 AM ^
On gameday they were talking like Chip invented pin and pull.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:47 AM ^
but not the world beaters they were made out to be
Who was making them into world beaters? Was that on Los Angeles sports radio?
September 19th, 2021 at 5:16 AM ^
Upset only if you go by the rankings. Fresno St. is a better team than UCLA.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:29 AM ^
Or ya know… we can go by the double digit point spread…
September 19th, 2021 at 8:29 AM ^
Point spreads are put out to make money. Perception is not always reality.
September 19th, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^
Yep, upset only if you think upset means the team the vast majority of people thought would win actually lost. Lol at those sheeple, amiright!
September 19th, 2021 at 5:19 AM ^
Does that mean Charbonnet's Heisman bid is over? Asking for Ezekiel creatures.
September 19th, 2021 at 5:34 AM ^
Zach Charbonnet had 6 carries for 19 yards. Two of the carries were for TD's.
September 19th, 2021 at 6:54 AM ^
Charbonnet’s Heisman hopes are dead and buried. You can’t carry the ball just six times for a paltry 19 yards in a big upset loss at home against a non-P5 school and expect to be in Heisman contention.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:18 AM ^
Blake Corum is looking fantastic with every carry. When have we had a back with 10 yards a carry for 3 games?
September 19th, 2021 at 8:44 AM ^
I never once used the word Heisman when talking about Zach Charbonnet.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:57 AM ^
A down vote? You can look through my comment history. If I said he could win the Heisman then link the comment, and I will stand corrected. I said all he does is score touchdowns. He had 2 more last night.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
"I never once used the word Heisman when talking about Zach Charbonnet."
That would be, to use the technical term, baloney. You used it in one of your initial posts about Charbonnet:
"Oh, and BTW, the Charbonnet Heisman train has already pulled away from the station:"
While your followup comment was "Let's see what things look like in the middle of October and talk about Heisman's then" your implied message about Charbonnet was pretty damn clear.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:06 AM ^
Boom.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:33 AM ^
My message was clear, as I said let's wait until the middle of October. You made of it what you wanted to see.
I said this:
If I said he could win the Heisman then link the comment
Try again.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:55 AM ^
E.C. is Charbonnet’s mom.
September 19th, 2021 at 12:11 PM ^
Your exact assertion was:
"I never once used the word Heisman when talking about Zach Charbonnet."
I showed irrefutable evidence from your own comment that your assertion was wrong.
September 19th, 2021 at 6:34 AM ^
I guess Fresno brought their ass on in their lil sissy red shirts.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:06 AM ^
Brady Hoke and SDSU also upset Utah!
September 19th, 2021 at 9:12 AM ^
There were rumblings when Hoke was here that the real problem was Dave Brandon trying to micromanage his program. Maybe they were correct.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
Dave Brandon --- what a colossal mistake he was. The bad old days.
September 19th, 2021 at 12:22 PM ^
Or maybe Hoke is just a coach that maxes out at “feisty group of 5 team”?
September 19th, 2021 at 7:11 AM ^
Arizona with Jed Fisch and Don Brown lost to Northern Arizona for the first time since 1932.
NAU had lost their previous 2 games by over 20 pts each.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:16 AM ^
It sounds like Arizona is solving its problems with regression.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:51 AM ^
Funny thing is, the defense really wasn't the problem in that game. Gave up under 250 yards of total offense, forced 3 turnovers, only gave up 14 points. But the offense yet again failed them, scoring only 19 and not converting on a game-tying 2-point conversion. And Arizona hasn't cracked 20 points all year. Again, that Fisch season was fine offensively but this place's love affair with the guy never seemed to match his production as an OC and I'm not sold he's grown all that much as a HC.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:08 AM ^
I don't have argument with your post, except that the offenses he put together with Harbaugh in 2015 and 2016 were beautiful! Except for a middling QB, 2016 was a steam roller with its varied lineups, blocking schemes, and play calling cadence. The Iowa game is the head scratcher... WTF happened there???
September 19th, 2021 at 8:14 AM ^
Fisch is what he is…
And if the rumors are true of a potential (false) choice presented to Harbaugh of keeping Drevno or Fisch, regardless of future successes or failures, Drevno will always have been the wrong choice.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:43 AM ^
While I've never been on the Jedd Fisch hype train, Arizona averaged only 17 points a game last year in the COVID season. Of the two quarterbacks they had with the most playing time, the more successful one transferred to Memphis; the one who stayed, Will Plummer, threw 0 touchdowns and 3 interceptions last year. I don't think Nick Saban would have made this team good (and Nick Saban managed to lose to Louisiana-Monroe in his first year at Alabama).
Having said that, Fisch is not looking good so far. We'll see if he can make this team look better by the end of the year or more likely next year.
September 19th, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
Jed Fisch is the HC at Arizona?? I could've sworn it was Lute Olsen.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:44 AM ^
If we're talking about former coaches ... Rich Rodriguez is now the OC at University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM; in the Sunbelt conference), and they are now 1-1 after beating Jackson State by the score of 12-7. ULM scored four field goals. They had 94 yards rushing, 156 yards passing, and their QB (who is RR's son) went 17 for 35. The team went 5 for 19 on 3rd downs, and 0 for 1 on 4th.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:55 AM ^
Damn. Poor RR. Here is another guy who doesn't want to evolve as the game grows and still use your basic philosophy on offense. For all the crap people say about Harbaugh, he has evolved and adjust each year. It just hasn't panned out but I expect it to one of these years (Crossing my fingers for Cade to be the next Andrew Luck LOL)
September 19th, 2021 at 9:29 AM ^
Good shit, Jed.
September 19th, 2021 at 7:11 AM ^
To quote the eminent 8%MattDamon (1 of 12), “college upsets are cool.”
As long as Michigan is the upsetter and not upsettee.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:33 AM ^
I literally can't remember the last upset Michigan pulled off.
I don't really count when it is +3 or less
September 19th, 2021 at 9:45 AM ^
Capital One Bowl in the 2007 season?
2008 vs Wisconsin?