Ouch!!!!

    Fresno State 48 Air Force 17......That's a big ouch.....The Bulldogs handled the Falcons easily last Saturday to win a share of the Mountain West regular season title. If you blinked you missed 3 touchdowns by Fresno State in the 1st quarter and you knew Air Force would have a tough time coming back.
    But to me the big "Ouch" came in the 4th quarter. The Bulldogs had built a big lead and on a 4th quarter drive used two defensive players to run the football. Then they ran the "Fumblerooski" followed by coming out in a wishbone formation, and throwing a halfback pass off of it for a first down. It had all the earmarks of Tim Deruyter taking a shot at Troy Calhoun. Deruyter is Fresno States head coach. He graduated form the Air Force Academy in 1986 and spent several seasons as Defensive Coordinator under Troy Calhoun. After Deruyter left to take the Defensive Coordinator job with Texas A&M there seemed to be a falling out between he and Calhoun. Look, you can't blame anybody for wanting to move up to a bigger program, especially when that program doubles your paycheck. And Deruyter wanted to be a head coach. You get those jobs by moving around the country and coaching at larger schools. Calhoun, when asked last week about Deruyter, talked more about the guy he replaced, Pat Hill. There is friction between Calhoun and Deruyter despite what both may say about the relationship. So to see Fresno State run Fumblerooski, and then line up in the wishbone and throw a halfback pass was, in my opinion, Deruyter taking a shot at Calhoun. I like both men, and Deruyter could not say enough good things leading up to the game about how much Calhoun has helped him in his career. But it was an odd way to end Saturdays game. And Calhoun won't forget.