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Around the non-BCS conferences and independents

By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com

Friday, May 2, 2008

Cattle Call Fresno State's coaches have solved the recruiting riddle. Forget about staking out local high schools. Want top-shelf talent? Find the nearest cattle ranch. That's what Bulldogs coach Pat Hill did in 2000 when he landed offensive lineman Logan Mankins, who grew up on a 10,000-acre cattle ranch about 70 miles from Fresno in Catheys Valley, Calif. Mankins was an All-WAC standout for the Bulldogs before moving on to the New England Patriots, for whom h ...

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