It’s tough to imagine how despondent things were in Fresno two years ago. The team was bottoming out at 1-11, the roster was barely FCS-level, and the proposed stadium renovations had to be shelved because funding dried up. The entire coaching staff was fired, and Jeff Tedford was brought back to Fresno to try to rebuild the moribund team. Everyone around the program pictured a long-term rebuild, based around small, incremental improvements. Maybe a bowl game in Year 2, and probably 4 years before we would be competitive in the conference. Apparently no one told Jeff Tedford and his staff that this was supposed to be a slow build.