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Letdown threat lurks for Fresno State football
By DANIEL LYGHT
The Fresno Bee
FRESNO -- Back in August, many circled Fresno State's Sept. 20 football game at Toledo.
Not because the Rockets are a power. They were 5-7 last season -- the kind of team that has hurt the Dogs in the past.
This game settles into the schedule after Big Ten Conference power Wisconsin and before Pac-10 foe UCLA.
Besides their reputation of knuckling up to play any team in any stadium at any time in the schedule, the Bulldogs (1-1) are also known for having unexplainable losses to teams they should have beaten.
Coach Pat Hill put the onus on his 12 seniors to make sure Fresno State is ready to bounce back from Saturday's loss to Wisconsin.
"It's up to this team to understand that they need to play at the highest level every week," Hill said. "It wasn't about Wisconsin beating Fresno. It was our inability to finish it. And it's not going to be about Toledo in this game, it's going to be about us.
"That's the secret to being consistent. Taking care of your house."
