If Fresno State coach Jeff Tedford has a good Patrick Belony story, an anecdote or an aside, something or anything, he is keeping it to himself.
The senior defensive tackle chased a dream across the country, going from high school in Miami to a JC in Southern California before jumping at a chance to play for the Bulldogs, even as his scholarship offers started to pile up. He spent three years in the program playing some, but not much; last season, just four games. And when Fresno State most needed him to become a bigger piece to the puzzle he did, working his way onto the field with a defense that has been decimating its Mountain West Conference opponents.