You have to give this to the band of ill repute Fresno State outfits as its basketball team: It has impeccable timing. One day after coach Jerry Tarkanian delivered another of his heartfelt defenses of his wayward players on “60 Minutes,” and just hours after a victory sent them into the third round of the NIT, two Bulldogs were charged with holding up a guy, reportedly by pointing a gun at him and poking him with samurai swords. The players have finished the job “60 Minutes” and others have tried to accomplish on their moral high horses. In a couple of parries, they stripped away the last Boys Town wallpaper Tarkanian likes to hang on his program and have made it impossible for apologists to speak out without looking like hypocrites. And admit it, they gave you a good laugh. Samurai swords?
