This was some good info from a Fresno Bee article:

Around the horn ...

It's not really a word, but Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier wants Bronco Stadium turned into an "orange-out" for the Oct. 18 game against Fresno State, which will be televised on ESPN. Blue and orange are the school's colors. ...

The shine is gone from Fresno State's offensive statistics. One year after topping all of these lists, the Bulldogs are 95th in the country in total offense (313.0 yards per game), 94th in scoring (20.0 points) and 38th in passing (244.8 yards). ...

After Hawaii coach June Jones benched quarterback Timmy Chang in the second quarter, backup Shawn Withy-Allen ignited a 31-6 romp over Texas-El Paso by passing for two touchdowns and running for another. The Sun Bowl had been lights out for the Warriors since 1992. ...

Luke McCown threw for 406 yards in Louisiana Tech's 49-17 loss to Penn State, the most since 1992 against Joe Paterno's club. The junior owns eight career 400-yard games. ...

Talk about giddy-up: With No. 25 Colorado State riding into town Saturday, Nevada is riding a two-game winning streak for the first time since 1999. ...

Rice entered Saturday's game with the Wolf Pack ranked 46th in the country in pass defense. After Zack Threadgill hung 408 yards on them, the Owls dropped to 103rd. ...

San Jose State is cornering the Western Athletic Conference player of the week market. The Spartans have collected four such honors in four weeks. Nevada and Fresno State have two apiece. ...

For the second straight year, Southern Methodist is 0-4. The 2001 Mustangs avoided a five-game skid by defeating San Jose State. This group (at Hawaii) probably won't be as lucky. ...

Since defeating Rice on Nov. 11, 2000, to clinch the school's only WAC championship, Texas-El Paso is 3-14 under third-year coach Gary Nord. Two of the victories have come at the expense of I-AA Texas Southern and Sacramento State. ...

Tulsa, the other victim on the Miners' list, achieved season highs in points (25) and total yards (321) against Baylor with a shotgun-heavy offense.

Game of the week

Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M

Twice a road blowout victim, Tech looks for nonconference credibility against an upper-echelon Big 12 program. Second-half scoring sure would help. The Bulldogs were outscored 44-7 during the third and fourth quarters against Clemson and Penn State.