Fresno State wins 37-10 in New Mexico Bowl, finishes 9-4 on the season

FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL TEAM. NATIONALLY RANKED AFTER AN 8-1 START... THE DOGS TRYING TO GET BACK TO THAT TEAM AFTER FINISHING THE SEASON ON A THREE GAME LOSING STREAK. TIM SKIPPER LEADING THE TEAM OUT WITH JEFF TEDFORD AWAY TO FOCUS ON HIS HEALTH. == AFTER FORCING A PUNT -- MIKEY KEENE FINDS THE FRESHMAN JALEN MOSS -- SETS UP A 32 YARD FIELD GOAL FROM DYLAN LYNCH TO GIVE THE DOGS THE LEAD. == NEXT POSSESSION -- DIEGO PAVIA'S BALL DEFLECTED -- INTERCEPTED BY KENT STATE TRANSFER DEAN CLARK. == THREE PLAYS LATER -- KEENE TO JOSIAH FREEMAN -- 26 YARD TOE TAP TOUCHDOWN. MAKES IT 10-0 STATE. == AFTER AN AGGIES FIELD GOAL -- THEY RESPOND WITH A SEVEN PLAY 82 YARD DRIVE CAPPED BY A 23 YARD TOUCHDOWN TO JAELEN GILL. == 17-3 THE SCORE AT THE BREAK... == AND THE DOGS LOOKING FOR MORE STARTING WITH THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF. DOGS HELD TO JUST A FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER... BUT FINAL PERIOD -- KEENE ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT -- DIVES IN FOR HIS FIRST RUSHING TOUCHDOWN IN A BULLDOG UNIFORM. SEE THE EMOTION FROM SKIPPER. == LATER -- KEENE TO JALEN MOSS... HIS FOURTH TD OF THE NIGHT. LEADS TO A GATORADE BATH FOR COACH SKIPPER... FRESNO STATE WINS 37-10... MIKEY KEENE WITH A CAREER HIGH PASSING DAY TO HELP THE DOGS FINISH 9-4 ON THE SEASON. ALEC NOLAN HAS MORE ON THE WIN TONIGHT -- IN ALBUQUERQUE. WELL STEPHEN THE DOGS MAY HAVE FOUND THEIR MOJO BACK HERE IN NEW MEXICO DEFEATING THE AGGIES 37 TO 10 AND COMPLETELY DOMINANT PERFORMANCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL MIKEY KEENE NAMED YOUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER THE GAME 31 OF 39 79% THROUGH THE YEAR THAT IS A FRESNO STATE BOWL GAME RECORD FOR TOUCHDOWNS THREE THROUGH THE AIR ONE ON THE GROUND. LEVELLE BAILEY THE SENIOR ENDING HIS BULLDOG CAREER AS THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME, AND THE ENERGY THIS WEEK, A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT WITH TIM SKIPPER AS ACTING HEAD COACH. WE WANTED TO PLAY BULLDOG FOOTBALL AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. JUST PLAY IT A LOT OF ENERGY WITH A PHYSICALITY PLAYING FAST AND JUST SHOWING OUR PERSONALITY AND WHAT WE WANTED TO BE THOSE PLAYERS. I LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM OUR SIDELINE WAS ELECTRIC. HE JUST BRINGS A DIFFERENT ENERGY THAN I'VE BEEN A PART OF AND IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. WE APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF COACH SKIP. I MEAN, HE'S MORE OF A MENTOR THAN A COACH. I CAN GO TO COACH FOR ANYTHING BEEN SHOWING LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO THROUGH IN AND THROUGHOUT. AND I FEEL LIKE HE'S BEEN A HEAD COACH WITHOUT THE TITLE SO FINALLY GOT THE TITLE AND HE SHOWS EVERYBODY THAT HE DESERVES TO BE A HEAD COACH. THE ENERGY HERE INFECTIOUS TIM SKIPPER 1-0 AS HEAD COACH OF FRESNO STATE, BUT NOW THE QUESTION BECOMES WILL JEFF TEDFORD MAKE A RETURN TO HIS ALMA MATER OR CAN SKIPPER CHANGE THE ACTING TITLE INTO A PERMANENT ONE? REPORTING FROM ALBUQUERQUE ALEC NOLAN, ABC 30. DOGS NOW 1714 IN BOWL GAMES. THIS THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN -- A STREAK THAT STARTED BACK IN HAWAII IN 20-17. THIS THE THE MOST CONVINCING OF THE BUNCH.... MIKEY KEENE'S HISTORIC PLAY A BIG REASON WHY... HE SETS A NEW RECORD FOR COMPLETION PERCENTAGE IN A BOWL GAME. TOM BRANDSTATER SET THE PREVIOUS MARK AT 73 PERCENT IN THE 20- 10 HUMANITARIAN BOWL.