2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

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Year=2008
Team=Fresno State Bulldogs


Conference=Western Athletic Conference
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Record=3-2
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HeadCoach=Pat Hill
OffCoach=Doug Nussmeier
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OScheme=Pro-Style
DScheme=4-3
Stadium=Bulldog Stadium
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The 2008 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs") represent California State University, Fresno and the Central Valley in the 2008 college football season. The team will be coached by 12th-year head coach Pat Hill, who has a contract lasting though the 2010 season. [cite web url= http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/011806aao.html | title= Pat Hill Gets Contract Extension to Stay at Fresno State| accessdate=2008-06-14] This season will be the Bulldogs' 28th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California.

Pre-Season

The Bulldogs have enjoyed success as one of the most highly regarded Mid-Major schools in the country in the past decade. The 2007 team finished with 9 wins, 4 losses, including a vicotry in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl. The annual spring game for the 2008 season took place on April 18, and the Bulldogs concluded spring drills on April 21st.

Going into the summer, the Bulldogs already begun to draw attention to their team in the post-spring preseason polls released by sports pundits, drawn to the large number of returning starters, along with the impressive finish, beating Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl to finish the season with a record of 9-4. Athlon has relesed their preseason 25 poll with the Bulldogs listed ranked #25 [cite web| url=http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/13428/no-25-fresno-state| title=No. 25: Fresno State| accessdate=2008-05-13] ; Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline has ranked the team at #24 [cite web| url=http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10813944| title=Stop us if you've heard this before: Buckeyes top Dawgs| accessdate=2008-05-13] ; and Mark Schalabach of ESPN placed the Bulldogs in the #21 spot [cite web| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3388100| title=Buckeyes rise to No. 1 in updated Top 25| accessdate=2008-05-12] .

Coaches

At the end of the 2007 season, former offensive coordinator Jim McElwain resigned to accept the coaching position of offensive coordinator at Alabama, replacing former Texas Longhorn Major Applewhite. On February 28, 2008, Fresno State announced the hire of Doug Nussmeier as the Offensive Coordinator at Fresno State. [cite web| url=http://www.cbs47.tv/content/sports/local_sports/story.aspx?content_id=07bf19cf-fb52-419f-ad97-c2fce37c6e46| title= Fresno State Hires New Offensive Coordinator| accessdate=2008-05-14]

chedule

CFB Schedule Entry
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opponent = Toledo
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date = 09/27/2008
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rank = 24
opponent = UCLA
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date = 10/04/2008
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opponent = Hawaiokinai
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date = 11/21/2008
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opponent = San Jose State
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date = 11/28/2008
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Rankings

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Offense

Rushing

Defense

Roster

Awards

Coaching staff

* Pat Hill - Head Coach
* Doug Nussmeier - Offensive Coordinator
* Dan Brown - Defensive Coordinator
* Jeff Grady - Tight Ends
* John Baxter - Special Teams/Wide Receivers
* Will Plemons- Linebackers
* Kerry Locklin - Defensive Line
* Tim Skipper - Running Backs
* Randy Stewart – Secondary
* Derek Frazier – Offensive Line
* Mike Kelly - Graduate Assistant
* Mike Schepers Graduate Assistant

Notes