You can understand why Tim Walsh might have sounded a little defensive. He has heard questions like this so many times, questions about the quality of football that teams play at Cal Poly's level. They get a pat on the back for even keeping a game close with one of college football's big boys.
On top of that, Walsh, Cal Poly's coach, was a little tired after he and his team had just spent the day Sunday cramming into a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles, then taking a 3 1/2-hour bus ride home.
"We get overlooked at the FCS level," he said.