You’ve seen Pat Hill coach Bulldogs football. How about him commentate a hot dog race?
For Fresno State fans who’ve stuffed themselves with turkey and/or ham from Thanksgiving, you can’t be done thinking about food just yet.
It’s time to turn your attention to ... hot dog condiments.
Especially if you’re going to Saturday’s football game between Fresno State and San Jose State at Bulldog Stadium.
And if you don’t make it out to the Bulldogs’ regular-season finale, you just might miss out.
On the hot dog condiments. And the laughs.
That’s because former Fresno State coach Pat Hill plans to once again provide play-by-play action of the in-game hot dog race.
Yes, a hot dog race.
It’s an animated video that pits three contestants — ketchup, mustard and relish — and is shown on the Bulldog Stadium videoboard during intermission.
Hill has become quite popular locally since his time coaching the Bulldogs (1997-2011), serving as a radio analyst for Fresno State football games and showing continued support of Bulldogs football since he stopped coaching.
And there was Hill during last week’s game, getting the crowd excited on the public address system to watch a hot dog race.
“Everybody on your feet!” Hill said. “This is going to be a big one, folks!
“Look at them. They’re jockeying for position.”
Fresno State’s official athletics Twitter account stated that Hill would do the play-by-play of the hot dog race again Saturday if its tweet got retweeted 250 times.
The tweet, which shows Hill standing in the radio booth and describing the animated race, got retweeted almost 900 times as of Friday night.
Then, Fresno State athletics followed with a tweet about the possibility of making T-shirts to honor Hill and the hot dog race.
One has a photo of Hill’s head saying, “All I see is Buns.” Another T-shirt has a hot dog and says, “Oh, it’s mustard.” That tweet generated almost 200 likes.
Guess it’s safe to say the Valley loves its hot dogs, as well as Hill.
This story was originally published November 23, 2018 at 9:27 PM.