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####Fresno State Sets the Table for 2026 at Media Day

by Michael Mikita

After the Pac-12 elected to be the only conference this year not to hold a media event,, new member Fresno State made the call to host their own damn media day with blackjack and hookers at Table Mountain Casino Resort in nearby Friant, CA to promote the program, provide information, and articulate a narrative for the upcoming 2026 season.

#The Valley’s Media Day

Media events like this can often be a whirlwind, as teams bring a couple of players and a coach to sit before the media and answer a few (mostl

San Jose scored three goals in five minutes between the 53rd and 58th minute.

For all three goals the North End was butchering our way through “The City of Angels,” a down-tempo minor-key slog that spends half the time sounding like it was written by the Sherman Brothers to be played as part of the background music for Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.

It’s time to retire a song whose official lyrics are “OOOO, OOOO, EEHHH EHHH, EEHHH EHHH” that are set to sound like a funeral dirge.

At the very least, we need to have a conversation about how to switch up the song sung in the NE after a goal. It would be ideal to be more responsive to what’s happening on the pitch, and keeping the same goi

Countdown to Kickoff 2026: LAFC

#Basic info:

Club Name: Los Angeles Football Club

Stadium: BMO Stadium, formerly Banc of California

Head Coach: Marc Dos Santos, 1st year.

Assistant Coaches: Enrique Duran, Oka Nikolov, Andy Rose, Xavier Tamarit

Captain: Hugo Lloris, GK (Aaron Long, D, injured)

CEO/Majority Owner: Bennett Rosenthal

General Manager: John Thorrington

Designated Players: Denis Bouanga, Son Heung-Min

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*Preseason Roster

Predicted Starting 11

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By Michael Mikita

PASASDENA — The #1 Indiana Hoosiers earned a lopsided victory over the #9 Alabama Crimson Tide in the 112th Rose Bowl game on a gorgeous, partly-cloudy New Year’s Day. Indiana controlled the game in all three phases as their offense put up 407 total yards and five touchdowns, while holding the Tide to only 193 yards and a lone field goal. Indiana’s win advances them to the College Football Semifinals against the Oregon Ducks next week for a bid to the College Football National Championship.

Coach Curt Cignetti continues to lead Indiana to heights not seen by t

Utah State vs. Fresno State

When: Saturday, November 22, 10:30 PM Eastern

Where: Valley Children's Stadium, Fresno, CA

Watch: CBSSN

Odds: Fresno State by 3 pts.

Total Points: 50.5

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All-Time Series : Utah State vs. Fresno State

Utah State and Fresno State have met 33 times since 1952-10-18

These teams last met 767 days (~2 years) ago on 2023-10-14.

Series Wins: Utah State 13-1-19 Fresno State

Longest streak of continuous meetings: 14 (1978-1991).

Fresno State has won the last 2 meetings (2020-

This might’ve been the greatest World Series ever. What’s your ranking of the games from best to worst? Entirely subjective and open to debate, but that’s the fun part.

I’ll go first.

1. Game 3. 18-innings, Freeman’s walk-off, but what about Will Klein!?
2. Game 7. What a way to finish an epic World Series. Crazy moment after crazy moment, a benches-clearing brawl, and Yamamoto pitching the day after giving six innings in a game 6.
3. Game 5 Yesavage striking out 12 Dodgers and setting a Fall Classic rookie record
4. Game 1 A nine-run 6th inning featuring home runs by Barger, Varsho and Kirk lit up the scoreboard
5. Game 2 Yamamoto’s first WS complete game since 201

Southern vs. Fresno State

When: Saturday, September 13, 10:00 PM Eastern

Where: Valley Children's Stadium, Fresno, CA

Odds: N/A

Total Points: N/A

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All-Time Series : Southern vs. Fresno State

This is the first meeting between these programs.

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Through Week 2

Week	Southern 1-2 (1-1)	Result	Fresno State 2-1 (0-0)	Result
1	North Carolina Central	L 14-31	Kansas	L 7-31
2	Alabama State	L 7-30	Oregon State	W 36-27

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Southern Injury Report

No reported injur

by Michael Mikita

There are a lot of different kinds of football coaches.

All coaches are working to get the most out of their players by pushing them to achieve at the highest level, but there are lots of ways to accomplish this. Some of them are very gruff, or stern, or intense. They demand a lot of their players and push them hard, and some players respond well to this. Other coaches set winning as the only thing, and find ways to get each player to chase their goal.

But another group of coaches emphasize the personal, affective factors at work in their players. Their appeal is the culture they create based on personal and affective factors, on the relationships they've built and the

At Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas yesterday, Coach Lewis provided what is, in my estimation, the best response to the topic of tampering and poaching that I can really imagine.

Coach Lewis responds to a question that is in the forefront of mind of any fan who has watched a favorite player "chase the bag" and leave their team for another. Although long, Coach's comments are certainly worth reading in full for any fan of a mid-major like myself who is wrangling with the reality of poaching and tampering in our era.

u/The_H2O_Boy and I were workshoping a question for Coach Lewis that turned into the question I'd ended up asking all the players about poaching and tampering. But when i

r/CFB is reporting live from Circa Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas on Wednesday 7/16 and Thursday 7/17 as part of our 11th year of ongoing media day coverage.

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r/CFB @Mountain West!

r/CFB is reporting live from Circa Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas on Wednesday 7/16 and Thursday 7/17 as part of our 12th year of ongoing media day coverage.

Remember:

• Comments by correspondents will be highlighted orange in the desktop (old) view.

• Correspondents will be delayed given the time it takes to move from one spot to another, talk to people, then get around to a writing up the full comment.

• If you add questions for today's teams, it might not be read in time give how crowded some schedules are. Don't hesitate to username ping the corresponding reporters.

NOTE: We post a lot to Twitter as well, you can get that via @RedditCFB!

r/CFB @Mountain West!