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The Warzone: Bowl proves too big a hill for Bulldogs

By Marek Warszawski - The Fresno Bee

Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 | 09:36 AM

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Enter the Warzone, your personal 2-minute warning.

  • For all the flak Pat Hill took over his 4-7 record in bowl games, at least his teams were competitive in them. (The 2010 Humanitarian Bowl was the lone exception.)

    • At kickoff during Monday's Hawaii Bowl, these Bulldogs were still lounging poolside and sipping tropical drinks.

  • In their past two bowl appearances, the Bulldogs have been outscored 83-27.

    • That's one stat you won't find in next year's media guide.

  • Hard to believe Southern Methodist defensive end Margus Hunt has only been playing football for three years.

    • The 6-foot-8 Estonian made the Bulldogs offensive line look like it only learned to block last week.

  • Derek Carr fell on the sword for his O-line, which is just what you'd expect from a quarterback and team captain.

    • But there were times Carr couldn't drop two steps without getting swarmed.

  • Twenty-two yards on 13 carries? Hardly a fitting final memory for Robbie Rouse's record-setting career ...

  • There goes any shot of Fresno State starting off 2013 with a Top 25 preseason ranking.

    • But the Bulldogs should still be among the favorites in the Mountain West, whether Boise State stays, joins the Big East or moves to the AFC North.

  • Boise State reportedly asked the Mountain West and Big East to let them keep their home television rights as a condition for choosing a league.

    • Considering no team in any conference in college football has such an arrangement, we're just surprised President Bob Kustra didn't insist the Broncos get to travel with a blue field.

  • So long to Chris Ault, who stepped down following 28 seasons at Nevada.

    • By our count, this is the third time Ault has retired as a coach. And probably not the last.

  • A report by the Associated Press links extreme weight gain among college football players to performance-enhancing drugs.

    • Hope they factored in all the young men who pack on pounds taking nothing stronger than dorm food.

  • If Colin Kaepernick plays poorly today -- even if the San Francisco 49ers beat Arizona -- Jim Harbaugh should start Alex Smith in the playoffs.

    • Harbaugh won't, but he should.

  • Chuck Pagano's return to the sidelines after three months of chemotherapy treatments for leukemia ranks as one of the most inspiring sports stories of the year, if not ever.

    • Let's hope the Indianapolis Colts aren't a better team under Bruce Arians.

  • For no particular reason: Marcellus Armstrong

  • If Adrian Wiggins indeed winds up at Clovis East High (as has been reported and widely speculated), it'll be a long time before you should believe anything Clovis Unified says when it comes to coaching searches.

  • The Fresno State basketball team should end its four-game skid today against the Division II Sonoma State Seawolves.

    • Now if the Bulldogs were playing the Sonoma State Cossacks, we'd really be frightened.



    The Warzone doesn’t wish Happy New Year, he just assumes. Confirm or deny at marekw@fresnobee.com or (559) 441-6218.

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