BULLDOGS GIVEN BATTLE BY TECH FRESNO ST. 38, LA. TECH 28.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer FRESNO - Oregon State couldn't do it. Neither could Wisconsin, Colorado or Tulsa. Turns out unheralded Louisiana Tech gave Fresno State its biggest - and most unpredictable - scare of the season. After posting victories over college's elite, 10th-ranked Fresno State struggled with Louisiana Tech on Saturday at Bulldog Stadium Bulldog Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of California State University, Fresno in Fresno, California. It is the home field of the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Western Athletic Conference. . Not to worry. It was just for a half. It wasn't Fresno State's passing game, rather its running game - surprisingly - that stole the show Saturday. Fresno State led 31-21 after three quarters at Bulldog Stadium. Parris Gaines scored on a 58-yard run on the third play of the second half to ignite the Bulldogs' crowd. Gaines, who had his first 100-yard rushing game of the season, ran up the middle and cut back to his left, outrunning three defenders along the sideline sideline See on the sidelines. . He was hit but was able to keep his balance, just long enough to dive into the end zone and give Fresno State a 28-21 lead. It was the spark the Bulldogs needed. Asen Asparuhov kicked a 45-yard field goal for a 31-21 lead. Fresno State's highly touted, hard-hitting secondary had two interceptions - both by Kendall Edwards - in the third quarter. Fresno State must finish 13-0 to even have a chance at a Bowl Championship Series game. Its first-half performance didn't impress anyone. Quarterback David Carr For the former AIDS sufferer, see . David Carr (born July 21, 1979 in Bakersfield, California) is an American football quarterback in the National Football League. An accomplished alumnus of Fresno State, Carr entered the National Football League as the first overall pick of , a Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach candidate, threw six consecutive incompletions to start the game before connecting with Bernard Berrian Bernard Berrian (born December 27, 1980) is an American football player currently with the Chicago Bears. The Bears drafted him in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft from Fresno State University. near the end of the first quarter. Carr led the Bulldogs on an impressive seven-play, 64-yard drive just before halftime. He ran it in from 1 yard out with 1:04 left to tie the game 21-21. It was a dismal start for Fresno State, which had just 18 passing yards and was held scoreless in the first | Past_members = | Notable_instruments = }} Scoreless in the first is a Vancouver based sketch comedy group, formed in the summer of 2005. They have traveled to shows in Vancouver and Seattle, and are currently working on a series of shorts on youtube.com. quarter. Gaines scored from 1 yard out to tie it 7-7 early in the second. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Fresno State quarterback David Carr scrambles for yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. . Gary Kazanjian/Associated Press |
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