Fresno State after three games has just three sacks and 11.0 tackles for loss, ranking in a tie for 10th and last, respectively, in the 12-team Mountain West Conference.
But the Bulldogs are leading the conference in scoring defense, allowing just 16.0 points per game, and they just held Power Five opponents Minnesota and UCLA to an average of 288.5 yards and 17.5 points per game. Combined, the Golden Gophers and Bruins were 6 of 25 on third-down conversions.
Defensive coordinator Bert Watts said he is unconcerned by those sacks and tackles for loss numbers – they will go up.