Four Interceptions Sink San José State Against Fresno State
Four interceptions. San José State's Luke Weaver threw 38 passes, completed 21 for 244 yards, and handed Fresno State the ball four times, and the visitors won 26-10.
It was a field goal contest for most of the way. San José State kicked one from 45 yards in the first quarter, Fresno State's Manaki Watanabe answered from 52 and again from 51 with 50 seconds left in the half, and it was 6-3 at the break. Josiah Freeman caught an 18-yard touchdown from Jayden Mandal early in the third (11:56 left) to make it 13-3, and that was the score entering the fourth.
San José State got within three when Weaver threw a 1-yard touchdown to Carson Clark with 12:36 to play. Watanabe kicked a 44-yarder at 6:38 and a 40-yarder at 1:54 to push it back to nine, and Bryson Donelson ran 36 yards for a score with 1:09 left to finish it. Watanabe finished with four field goals. Fresno State had two touchdowns all night. The Bulldogs won on kicks and takeaways.
Fresno State was no juggernaut by the numbers. It had 357 total yards, 186 through the air, and Mandal was 15 of 29. It did have five sacks to San José State's one, and it never gave the ball away. Without the four picks, that is a game I would not bet on.
Fresno State moves to 2-1, San José State is 2-2. For fantasy, the best score of the day belonged to a Spartan receiver on the losing side.