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FB Contact: Steve Weakland December 12, 2010 Bulldog Football uDROVE HUMANITARIAN BOWL Fresno State (8-4, 5-3 WAC) vs Northern Illinois (10-3, 8-0 MAC) Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010 2010 Bulldog Virtual Team Guide: Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. MT www.gobulldogs.com Site: Bronco Stadium (34,000); Boise, Idaho Radio: KMJ (AM 580); Bulldog Live (Noon p.m.) Countdown to Kickoff (3 p.m.) 2010 Fresno State Schedule/Results Play-by-Play: Paul Loeffl er; Analyst: Jordan Christensen; Sideline: Ralph Wood Sept. 4 Cincinnati (ESPN2) W, 28-14 ESPN Deportes (1600 AM) in Spanish Sept. 18 • at Utah State (WSN) W, 41-24 Play-by-Play: Erwin Higueros; Analysts: Jose Salas and Jesse Beltran Sept. 25 at Mississippi (CSS) L, 55-38 ESPN National Oct. 2 Cal Poly W, 38-17 Play-by-Play: Justin Kutcher; Analyst: David Diaz-Infante; Sideline: Marty Cesario Oct. 9 • Hawai’i L, 49-27 Television: ESPN Oct. 16 • New Mexico St. (ESPNU) W, 33-10 Play-by-Play: Carter Blackburn; Analysts: Brock Huard and Mike Bellotti (Centennial Day/Homecoming) Oct. 23 • at San Jose State (WSN) W, 33-18 Dogs Makes 23th Bowl Appearance, Face NIU in Boise Nov. 6 • at La Tech (WSN) W, 40-34 Fresno State makes its 11th bowl appearance in the last 12 seasons and its’ third trip to Nov. 13 • No. 21 Nevada (ESPN) L, 35-34 Boise for a bowl game ... Fresno State is one of 18 programs in the nation to make 11 bowl Nov. 19 • at No. 3 Boise State (ESPN2) L, 51-0 appearances since 1999. Only six schools (Boston College, Florida, Florida State, Geor- Nov. 27 • Idaho (WSN) W, 23-20 gia, Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech) have played in the last 12 consecutive bowl games ... Dec. 3 Illinois (ESPN2) W, 25-23 this will be the fi rst meeting between the two schools since 1991 when the Dogs won 55-7 uDrove Humanitarian Bowl - Boise, Idaho Dec. 18 Northern Illinois (ESPN) 2:30 p.m. in Fresno ... the Bulldogs will take on a MAC opponent for the fi rst time since 2008 when Home games in Bold Times are Pacifi c they earned a 55-54 double overtime win at Toledo. They are 11-4 all-time against MAC Dates and Times are Tentative and Subject to Change schools ... this is the fi fth senior class under Pat Hill to complete careers with four consec- • - WAC Games utive bowl game appearances ... for the third straight year Fresno State will be playing on (WSN) - WAC Sports Network the fi rst day of bowl games ... the Bulldogs and Huskies have just one common opponent, Illinois. Fresno State defeated the Illini 25-23 in its last game. Illinois beat NIU 28-22 on 2010 WAC Standings WAC Overall Sept. 18 ... Northern Illinois is the fourth team Fresno State will play this season with 10 W L W L wins. Three of Fresno State’s losses have been to nationally ranked teams (No. 10 Boise Boise State 7 1 11 1 State, No. 13 Nevada, No. 23 Hawaii), each of which have won at least 10 games. Hawaii 7 1 10 3 Nevada 7 1 12 1 Fresno State 5 3 8 4 Bowl Bound Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 4 4 5 7 The Dogs are making their 23rd bowl appearance and stand 11-11 all-time. After consecu- Idaho 3 5 6 7 tive losses in the New Mexico Bowl the last two seasons, the 2010 senior class is looking Utah State 2 6 4 8 to go 2-2 in bowl games. The Dogs last bowl win came in 2007 at Bronco Stadium when New Mexico State 1 7 2 10 Fresno State defeated Georgia Tech 40-28. Fresno State is 2-0 in the Humanitarian Bowl San Jose State 0 8 1 12 and owns a win over Virginia, at the time ranked No. 18 in the nation, 37-34 in overtime in 2004. Fresno State is 4-1 against MAC schools in bowl games. The Huskies are mak- WAC Football Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 18 - uDROVE Humanitarian ing their sixth bowl appearance where they are 2-3. Their fi rst bowl appearance was in Fresno State vs. Northern Illinois 3:30 p.m. MT Bulldog Stadium in the 1983 California Bowl, a 20-13 victory over Cal State Fullerton. (ESPN) Northern Illinois played in the International Bowl last season in Toronto, losing to South Wednesday, Dec. 22 - Las Vegas Florida 27-3. Boise State vs. Utah 5 p.m. PT (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 24 - Sheraton Hawaii Against Northern Illinois Hawaii vs. Tulsa 3 p.m. HT Fresno State is 2-2 all-time against the Huskies, one of those losses was one of the most (ESPN) lopsided loss in school history, 73-18 in 1990 in Dekalb, Ill. The fi rst time the two teams Sunday, Jan. 9 - Kraft Fight Hunger Nevada vs. Boston College 6 p.m. PT met Fresno State’s Darryl Rogers was in his fi nal season as head coach. Rogers, a Fres- (ESPN) no State graduate, moved on to coach at Arizona State, Michigan State and the Detriot Lions. A Bulldog player on that 1972 team was end Mike Martz, former head coach of the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl Events St. Louis Rams and current offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears. Tuesday, Dec. 14 Date Result Site Travel Day - Arrive at Grove Hotel 1 p.m. Nov. 11,1972 Fresno State 9, NIU 6 Dekalb, Ill. Certifi ed Angus Beef Bowl 3-5 p.m. Oct. 6, 1973 NIU 24, Fresno State 15 Fresno, Calif. (Ratcliff Stadium) Wednesday, Dec. 15 Oct. 6, 1990 NIU 73, Fresno State 18 Dekalb, Ill. Practice at Bronco Stadium 9-11 a.m. Sept. 7, 1991 Fresno State 55, NIU 7 Fresno, Calif. (Bulldog Stadium) Winter Sports Day at Bogus Basin 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 Carter and Harrell Top 10 in NCAA Sack Race Media Conference Noon Fresno State’s Chris Carter and Logan Harrell are among the top players in the nation in Practice at Bronco Stadium 2-4 p.m. quarterback sacks. Carter leads the WAC and ranks No. 7 nationally with 11 sacks, while Awards Dinner Boise Center 6:30 p.m. Harrell is second in the league and No. 10 nationally with 10.5 sacks. As a team, Fresno State has 37 sacks this season which ranks sixth among NCAA teams. Friday, Dec. 17 Walk Through at Bronco Stadium 10:30 a.m. Bulldog Storylines heading into Northern Illinois... Head Coach Pat Hill • The Dogs announced their 2011 non-conference this week, which fi gures to be the best in school history: All of the credit for the resurgence of Bulldog football Cal at Candlestick Park on Sept. 3; at No. 15 Nebraska on Sept. 10; vs. North Dakota on Sept. 17; vs. Ole can be traced to head coach Pat Hill. Hill took over Miss on Oct. 1, vs. No. 10 Boise State on Oct. 8; at San Diego State on Dec. 3. a declining program and within three years won a championship and guided his team to a bowl game. • Fresno State’s most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) saw the Bulldog football team post an all-time More importantly, Hill infused academic integrity to the high of 89 percent. program. In Hill’s third season, the Bulldogs earned a share of • On August 18 Fresno State accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference. The MWC extended a WAC title and made their fi rst bowl appearance since offers to Fresno State and Nevada, and last week to Hawaii, and those schools accepted and will join MWC 1993. In addition, Fresno State led the WAC in academic in 2012. Two months earlier Boise State agreed to join the league. The Mountain West presently consists of: scholars with 14 and produced the school’s fi rst Academic Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV, San Diego State, TCU, Utah and Wyoming. Utah will All-American. That was just a start. Since then, Fresno depart the MWC for the Pac 10 in 2011. Four future Mountain West Conference members are currently in the State’s NCAA Academic Progress Rate ranks in the top Top 25 (TCU, Boise State, Nevada and Hawaii). 10 percent of all Division I FBS public schools and is the 10th-highest of all schools in the west. Under his direction, Fresno State built a new football • Senior end Chris Carter was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year and joined four other Dogs on the practice facility that rivals any NFL franchise. One of All-WAC fi rst-team (DT Logan Harrell, K Kevin Goessling, LB Ben Jacobs, OT Kenny Wiggins). Four others the most visible signs of improvement has been in the were named second team: LB Travis Brown, OT Bryce Harris, CB Desia Dunn and WR Jamel Hamler. Duncan Building training room, offi ces and locker room, which was modifi ed providing all student-athletes with a state of the art complex. Fresno State’s Bowl History FS has been in bowl games in 10 of the last 11 Fresno State is 11-11 all-time in bowl games. The Bulldogs have won four of their last seven seasons, one of the most consistent bowl participants bowl games. in the West. He has done it playing one of the most aggressive non-conference schedules in the nation. Bowl Date Opponent Results Since coming to Fresno State, Hill has continued his –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– reputation as an outstanding recruiter.