This might be hard to believe now, with Fresno State winning the Mountain West Conference football championship, the Las Vegas Bowl and a school-record 12 games this season, but the whole thing started with a little bickering, which led to a little in-fighting, which led to a meeting on the practice field right after a conditioning run.
This is back in the summer, with the Bulldogs coming off a 10-4 season and with a team that returned 17 starters.
“It was odd to have that, because we were so close,” said linebacker George Helmuth, who at the start of the season was voted a team captain along with quarterback Marcus McMaryion.