» Logan Hopkins

When Pat Hill was hired as Fresno State’s head football coach, his first stop before even coming to Fresno was in Bakersfield.

Saturday at Bulldog Stadium, the Utah State Aggies played a near-perfect first half of football.

Fresno State comes into this game on a three-game winning streak, its first three-game winning streak since October 2007.

It’s not Peyton Manning. It’s not Johnny Unitas. It’s not Broadway Joe Nammath or Joe ‘Cool’ Montana.

Quarterback Kellen Moore leads the nation in quarterback ranking. The Broncos haven’t lost a conference game since 2007 and are the class of the league until proven otherwise.

Saturday night’s football game was a new experience for me. Yes, I have seen Fresno State win a football game before.

And yes, I have seen Pat Hill call the same zone-blocking running play 17 times in a row before. Nothing noteworthy there.

Entering the 2009 season, Fresno State expected to run the ball more often than not with its stable of talented tailbacks.

It is about time. It has just become unavoidable at this point. I cannot keep my mouth shut any longer on this issue.

It doesn’t matter if it’s homecoming. It doesn’t matter if Fresno State is playing its oldest rival for the 74th time since 1921.