We’ve seen this before, just not like this.
New football coach comes to Fresno State. New coach inherits someone else’s underperforming players. New coach takes them to a conference championship game playing defense with hair on fire.
That, ladies and otherwise, is where the comparisons of the departed Tim DeRuyter, circa 2012, and present seat holder Jeff Tedford go their separate ways.
Tedford’s defense plays as if a puppy dies every time the other team scores, just like DeRuyter’s first-year team. The difference is, Tedford runs an offense that does not require a Derek Carr under center.