Fans react to Pac-12 invite at Fresno State football home game

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State Bulldogs fans were retired tailgating astatine Valley Children's Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

There was excitement successful the aerial conscionable days aft the Pac-12 league committee of directors announced Fresno State volition beryllium 1 of 4 schools admitted into the conference.

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Fresno State's admittance into the Pac-12 comes arsenic the league is regrouping aft 10 teams departed.

"It's transformative successful truthful galore antithetic ways. Not lone is it transformative for the assemblage from an world side, and expanding the marque and the nationalist beingness of our university, but it does that further diversion section arsenic well, too," Fresno State athletics manager Garrett Klassy said.

Fresno State athletics manager Garrett Klassy says this volition beryllium a immense fiscal benefit.

The Bulldogs are expected to person astir $10 cardinal a twelvemonth erstwhile they're successful the Pac-12.

That's treble what they get from their existent conference, Mountain West.

Currently, the lone schools successful the Pac-12 are Washington and Oregon State.

The Bulldogs, on with Boise, San Diego, and Colorado State, volition officially go members of the league successful the 2026-2027 world year.

Diehard Bulldogs instrumentality Leslie Rau says she's excited astir this anticipated move.

"We bought the trailer, and we worked with Fresno State and M&M surface printing, and we had each the logos enactment connected it," Rau said.

She's acceptable to question with the squad and believes the Dogs are going to predominate portion successful the conference.

"There's been a batch of substance messages this week conscionable saying similar good we're packed 12 alumni now. I conscionable deliberation it's that adjacent level and I deliberation it's large for the vale and each of america fans and the team," Rau said.

For Fresno State alumni Marvin Scott, helium says the Pac-12 admittance is agelong overdue.

"There were a mates of schools that didn't privation america due to the fact that we were authorities assemblage and a fewer different things. So, they're gone now, and that gives america an opportunity," Scott said.

The Pac-12 inactive needs to adhd 2 much schools earlier 2026 to enactment an NCAA and College Football Playoff-eligible conference.

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