SOURCE: www.fresnobee.com

November 18, 2017

The crowd went wild, all 6,840 of them, celebrating what could go down as the greatest victory in program history.

Fresno State beat Illinois? Of course they didn't. The Bulldogs lost to the 15th-ranked guests 33-10 in a dual meet that was long on feisty where it was short on back points Friday night at Save Mart Center. But that's not the score that counted, not when taking the long view of history.

The Bulldogs won by wrestling again in the first place, something they haven't done in this town in the 11 winters since the previous school administration killed the program.