Английская Википедия:2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

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The 2008 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs") represented California State University, Fresno in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 12th-year head coach Pat Hill, who had a contract lasting through the 2010 season. This season was the Bulldogs' 28th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California.

Preseason

The Bulldogs has enjoyed success as one of the most highly regarded BCS non-AQ conference schools in the country in the previous decade. The 2007 team finished with 9 wins, 4 losses, including a victory 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 21.

Going into the summer, the Bulldogs already began 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 the Georgia Tech in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl to finish the season with a record of 9-4. Athlon has released their preseason 25 poll with the Bulldogs listed ranked #25; Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline has ranked the team at #24; and Mark Schlabach of ESPN placed the Bulldogs in the #21 spot.

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.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Fresno State	Alma Mater
Pat Hill	Head coach	12th as HC; 18th overall	UC Riverside (1973)
Doug Nussmeier	Offensive coordinator	1st	Idaho (1994)
Dan Brown	Defensive coordinator	11th
Jeff Grady	Tight Ends	2nd
John Baxter	Special Teams/Wide Receivers/Assistant Head Coach	12th	Loras College
Will Plemons	Linebackers	1st
Kerry Locklin	Defensive line	9th	New Mexico State (1982)
Tim Skipper	Running backs	2nd
Randy Stewart	Secondary	2nd
Derek Frazier	Offensive line	2nd
Mike Kelly	Graduate Assistant	1st
Mike Schepers	Graduate Assistant	1st

Depth chart

Defensive starters FS Marvin Haynes Jake Jorde WLB MLB SLB Qaadir Brown Ben Jacobs Nico Herron Ricky Pemasa Nico Herron Nick Bates SS Mosses Harris Lorne Bell CB Damion Owens Will Harding DE DT DT DE Wilson Ramos, Jr Cornell Banks Jon Monga Ikenna Ike Chris Carter Bryce Harris Mark Roberts Chris Lewis CB A.J. Jefferson Sharrod Davis

Offensive starters WR Chastin West Jason Crawley LT LG C RG RT Bobby Lepori Cole Popovich Joe Bernardi Andrew Jackson Kenny Avon Kenny Wiggins Pierce Masse Richard Pacheco Adam McDowell Devan Cunningham TE Bear Pascoe Isaac Kitner WR Marlon Moore Seyi Ajirotutu QB Tom Brandstater Ryan Colburn FB Anthony Harding Reynard Camp RB Ryan Mathews Lonyae Miller

Game summaries

At UCLA

1-6 all time. Last meeting in 2003. (17-9 in San Jose in the Silicon Valley Bowl) A Derrick Coleman fumble in the redzone in the fourth quarter took away the Bruins' hope of keeping the Bulldogs from winning a game in the Rose Bowl stadium. Fresno State won its first game there by five points, taking control of the final 8 minutes and 55 seconds and not allowing a UCLA comeback.

Awards

First Team All WAC

Bobby Lepori- Sr. OL

Second Team All WAC

Bear Pascoe- Sr. TE- 2007 1st team

Chris Carter- So. LB

Ben Jacobs-So. LB

Moses Harris- Jr. DB