Pick 6 & penalties doom Fresno State, 'Dogs with short week to prep for Nevada

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It was a trio of errors that led to a 25-17 nonaccomplishment to Washington State. Junior backmost Mikey Keene threw a fourth-quarter pick-six for the 2nd clip this season. "We'll beryllium alright," interim caput manager Tim Skipper said Monday. "He'll beryllium fine. He's played a batch of ball."

It's the 4th multi-interception crippled this play for Keene, the astir for a Bulldog backmost since Tom Brandstater successful 2006. "I conscionable talked to him this morning. He's successful bully spirits, acceptable to roll," Skipper said. "It's not similar helium played a wholly atrocious game; helium had a mates of atrocious plays."

Offensive coordinator Pat McCann said determination are astir apt immoderate things the portion tin bash arsenic a full to instrumentality the unit disconnected QB1. "He's astir apt getting deed excessively overmuch conscionable successful general," McCann said. "You get deed a bunch. It's going to impact however you play."

Error 2 was connected the ensuing 4th 4th kickoff erstwhile sophomore wide receiver Jalen Moss tripped implicit his feet connected the catch, starring to a thrust starting astatine the one-yard line. "You can't fto a play bushed you twice," McCann said of the play. "I deliberation successful his situation, the footwear instrumentality led to the driblet connected the two-minute drive."

Error 3 resulted successful 12 penalties, the astir Fresno State has had since a 2016 nonaccomplishment to Toledo. "Three of them were what I telephone anserine penalties aft the play benignant stuff," Skipper said.

Defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle was besides upset Monday, saying, "I'm truly disappointed that we had those due to the fact that that's not the benignant that we play, and those guys person got to recognize however it's impactful to the team."

There were agleam spots, including a reddish portion prime from Dean Clark that Coyle called "probably 1 of the astir acrobatic interceptions I deliberation I've ever seen."

Elijah Gilliam besides crossed the period people for the archetypal clip successful his career. The Merced autochthonal ran for a career-high 120 yards successful spot of the injured Malik Sherrod.

Now the 'Dogs are acceptable to look a Nevada squad that's 3-4 connected the play and coming disconnected a 42-37 implicit PAC-12 foe Oregon State. "It ever seems similar it's a precocious kickoff erstwhile you spell implicit there," Skipper said. "It's ever a small windy. It ever seems similar it's midnight, and you gotta spell retired there, and you person to spell play."

Kickoff successful Reno is acceptable for 7:30 PM connected Friday with temperatures expected to beryllium successful the mid 40's

INJURY UPDATES
Senior RB Malik Sherrod: week to week (ankle)
Freshman DL Mordecai Hines: retired for the play (undisclosed)
Sophomore WR Josiah Freeman: volition miss aggregate games (Foot)