California State University, Fresno NCAA News

Most of the time, it's a good thing when the other team shoots an air ball. Monday night at the Save Mart Center before an announced 8,041, the opposite was true.

The Fresno State football team celebrated the 2009 season Sunday afternoon with the annual football awards banquet at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Fresno.

Fresno State running back Ryan Mathews will miss his first game all season this weekend against Louisiana Tech after suffering a concussion against Nevada.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech may have lost a defensive back on this week, but there was some good news.

PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Monrovia High School's football team will play for a state championship for the first time after the No.2 Bulldogs defeated No.3 Paoli 30-13 on Friday night.

Cervante' Burrell scored on a baseline reverse with 8.3 seconds left, then came up with a steal on the final Fresno State possession, and Seattle capped a night honoring Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor with a frantic 85-84 win over the Bulldogs on Thursday night.

Fans showered senior Luke Lipppincott with a familiar call following a fourth-quarter touchdown Saturday in his final game at Mackay.

Sylvester Seay had had 22 points and Paul George added 15 points and 10 rebounds as Fresno State beat Northern Arizona 65-59 in the West Coast Classic on Tuesday night.

A day after suffering a concussion that startled many Fresno State fans, Bulldogs running back Ryan Mathews said he is doing fine and does not expect to miss much time.

Saturday's game features two of the WAC's most explosive offensive teams. Ryan Mathews is the nation's top rusher at nearly 1,500 yards.

Fresno State defeated Idaho 31-21 Saturday night at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

At Winston-Salem, N.C., Jermaine Thomas rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown, E.J. Manuel was effective in his first career start quarterback, and Florida State kept its bowl hopes alive with a 41-28 victory over Wake Forest .

Even as TCU and Boise State march toward unbeaten regular seasons, the Mountain West Conference - home of the Horned Frogs - and the blue-turf Broncos still have BCS problems.

Junior guard Jaleesa Ross scored a career-high 25 points and Fresno State beat host UC Santa Barbara 84-56 tonight in a season opener for both teams at the Thunderdome.

Prairie View A&M clinched its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division title with a 34-14 victory over Alcorn State on Saturday as K.J. Black threw for three touchdowns.

Hamler 57 pass from Colburn . Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:13. Key plays: QB Ryan Colburn was 2-for-2 for 73 yards and the TD on third-downs, one on third-and-8 and the other on third-and-5. N - Taua 50 run .

Two of the nation's best running attacks meet tomorrow.A They are two teams with winning streaks and a real shot at a conference title.

Paul George scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Fresno State opened its season Friday night by defeating San Francisco State 65-59. Greg Smith, a 6-foot-10 freshman from Fresno, added 17 points and 10 rebounds in his first game for the Bulldogs, who trailed 32-31 at the half but opened the second half with 12 unanswered points and led ...

The national spotlight continues to shine brightly on Ryan Mathews; the sensational Fresno State tailback has been named one of ten semi-finalists for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the nation's best running back.

The best game Fresno State running back Ryan Mathews ever had -- that is, before he started putting up silly numbers on nearly every team the Bulldogs have faced this season -- was the 171 yards and three touchdowns he put up as a freshman in a 49-41 win at Nevada two years ago.