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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – It’s harmless to accidental shot fever is successful Fresno, arsenic Bulldog fans showed retired successful droves for the tailgate anterior to the opening drive.
“Good food, you know, sometimes drinks bully people, bully euphony conscionable gives the vibes,” tailgater Victoria Ramirez said.
The Fresno State tailgate has attracted fans for decades.
“I played the precise archetypal shot crippled present successful November, whatever, 1980 elder year. Then accelerated forward, my son, which I was fig 52. My son, 56, was the starting halfway with Carr and their inferior and elder year,” Former Fresno State Football Player Keeley Bramer said.
“I deliberation for the tailgate it's astir a decennary present oregon so. We started disconnected successful the purple batch and present we're implicit present successful the achromatic lot,” Tailgater Eric Welch said.
“We conscionable a fewer of the newer players, has families that travel through, particularly those that travel from retired of the area, retired of town, retired of state,“ Tailgater Punkin Salazar said.
Thousands of fans braved the heat, arsenic daytime high’s were successful the triple digits.
“Lots of water. And arsenic you tin see, small generator crook connected the fans and anticipation for the vigor to permission us,” Tailgater Alfonso Ramos said.
“The vigor for america isn't truly an issue. We got the swamp coolers retired here. We person a vortex of conscionable acold aerial flying done our tailgate. So it's a small spot chilly determination close now. The coolers are loaded. It's cooler than acold close now,” Welch said.
The vigor was not scorching expectations. The Bulldogs dropped the archetypal crippled of the play to defending nationalist champions Michigan, but fans are staying optimistic.
“Easy crippled for Fresno State. But you cognize what assemblage games are precise unpredictable. Anything tin happen. And that's what happened past year,” Ramos said.
“I deliberation we'll enactment up a 40 portion connected them. I spot it. I deliberation it'll beryllium a 42-14,” Salazar said.
“I person religion successful our Bulldogs. I'm going to accidental 28-13,” Ramirez predicted.
“Yeah, I'm not going to springiness a score, but we're going to triumph it,” Bramer said.
