No. 24 Fresno State outlasts No. 19 Boise State in snow

BOISE, Idaho -- Ronnie Rivers didn't find many open holes while running the ball for Fresno State in a snowy Mountain West championship game. And he didn't have one on his final run Saturday night. But it didn't matter. Rivers took an option pitch and shredded a tackler before scampering into the end zone to give No. 24 Fresno State a 19-16 overtime victory over No. 19 Boise State for the Bulldogs' first conference title since 2013. His score came after Haden Hoggarth hit a 23-yard field goal on Boise State's opening possession of overtime. Fresno State (11-2, No. 25 CFP), which was 1-11 two years ago before Jeff Tedford arrived to right the ship, has completed its return to college football relevance and seems poised to challenge Boise State for conference supremacy in the near future. Boise State (10-3, No.