Reeling from defections of its highest-profile teams, the 16 current and future members of both the Mountain West -- including Fresno State -- and Conference USA announced plans Monday to form a new league that will begin in 2013 and have as many as 24 teams located in five time zones.

Former Fresno State offensive line coach Derek Frazier has accepted a similar position at Colorado State.

Two former Fresno State standouts -- tight end Bear Pascoe and quarterback David Carr -- won a piece of football's ultimate prize Sunday as members of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

Three or four years from now, a more accurate judgment can be made about Fresno State football coach Tim DeRuyter's first signing class. All that's known now is that this year's class of 15 recruits, announced Wednesday, will mark the first step toward a new look for Bulldogs football.

Forced into accelerated mode with just one month to recruit, new Fresno State football coach Tim DeRuyter took a somewhat cautious approach in assembling today's signing class.

Former Fresno State coach Pat Hill returned to the National Football League on Saturday when he accepted a job as the offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons. It's a return to his roots for Hill, an offensive lineman in college who coached the position with professional and college teams before his 15 seasons as the Bulldogs' head coach.

A lot of athletes preach work ethic -- running, lifting, weight-room stuff. Bear Pascoe experienced an entirely different sort of sweat and grit, in Wranglers, boots and a 10-gallon hat.