Fresno St. Vs. R.U. Labor Day on ESPN

Hey Bulldog fans,

I know a bunch of you are disappointed at not playing K-State but I really think R.U. will give you a better game and will be ranked higher than KSU when the season ends.   Plus, you get some east coast exposure with the media.

For those of you traveling, would you rather visit Manhattan, KS or Manhattan, NY?  Ask your wives and girlfriends that question and just make sure you put a cap on your credit cards before the ladies go shopping.  

Ya know, you just may be right about RU being ahead of K-State when it is all said and done.  I'll take that as a garantee Desertcat. 

And about the credit cards, I just may have to go shopping with her.  What are some good shops in Manhattan anyway?  Say good bye to the college fund.

I was in Manhattan, NY last summer.  And I drove through Manhattan, Kansas to get there.  I'll take the former any day.  But it will definitely be a lot more expensive for any Bulldog fans wanting to travel.

Marcus my friend,

You can just take her to 5th avenue in midtown - enough shopping to last you for the year. If you want something edgier, than you can head downtown to SoHo and the village. Heck, you probably will want to skip shopping and just hit the pubs.

In any case, you'll have a good time. You can stay in Manhattan and get down south to the Rutgers campus in 40 minutes by train. Shuttles from the train station take you right to the football stadium.

I think this is a way better game for Fresno State.  We beat K-State at K-State and at home...they did not want to go 0-3 against us.  Rutgers will be ranked ahead of K-State at the beginning, middle and end of next season...K-State stinks.

Unfortuneately, Fresno State has a ridiculous schedule next season -- Rutgers away, Wisconsin at home, UCLA away, Toledo away and you can't forget Boise away...we have to win at least 3 of those five to have a shot at being ranked by year's end.  If we have any chance of being BCS bound, we probably can't afford to lose any.  I like the fact we moved UCLA to later (after they play Tennessee).

Best of all, as a 'Dog fan living in Maryland -- this is an easy road trip to NJ.  Should be a great game!!!

You are correct my man. I am Bulldog Born and bread. I thought that if we got this game that it would be a lesser game than Kansas St would've been. However I wuld have to say that after reveiwng all the info that this game is actually a great ame. It pits two up in coming programs against one another and to kick off the season on national television s going to be great. What a game its going to be much respect to Rutgers hopefully th game  labor day wil be a good one. Go Dogs.

Traveling east is always hard not only do have to deal with the time change now you the Dogs have to deals with the Big City getting caught up in all the site seeing.  Should be a good hard hitting game.

Traveling won't be an issue at all, and neither will the distractions.   Pat Hill has been known to have his teams stay in hotels at home, sleep/practice at different hours days in advance to acclimate his players to time changes, and even leave for road trips early to give his players more time to adjust.

Fresno constantly plays 7 road games each season, as opposed to the 5 that most competitive teams schedule. 

Last year Fresno went to Texas A&M, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho over a 5 week stretch.  And a road trip to Hawaii is farther than any east coast team ever makes.

Playing in Rutgers 41,500 seat stadium will feel like a scrimmage compared to road games we've played at Ohio State (101,000), Wisconsin (80,000, twice), Texas A&M (82,000), LSU (92,000), Tennessee (104,000), USC (92,000), Oregon, Washington (72,000).

There's a reason Kansas State payed $250,000 to get out of this game. 

Should be an interesting game.

One can never underestimate FRESNO STATE. I remember them even playing USC in 2006 and barely losing to Reggie Bush in a shootout.

Rutgers hopefully wins but should be a very fun game.