In preparation for this Saturday’s football game in Hawaii, Fresno State coach Matt Entz was host to the word-association game.

“I quizzed our team (Monday) morning and asked them all: ‘If I said the word Hawaii, what do you think of?’” Entz told reporters in a news conference. “It’s amazing. No one said ‘football.’ Our emphasis this week is to make sure we’re thinking about football and not … the beaches, the sand, all the other things that you can become distracted with, I’m sure, what looks like paradise.”

Entz said his staff have formulated a plan to deal with the potential challenges of travel and a kickoff at 9 p.m. Pacific time.

The Bulldogs are expected to depart Fresno for Honolulu on Thursday.

“We’re going to make sure we practice before we leave and try to get as much done a

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