Three thoughts after San Diego State’s 23-0 Mountain West win over Fresno State on Saturday at Valley Children’s Stadium.

1. Shutouts and shoutouts

There have been 33 shutouts this season in college football.

Top-ranked Ohio State has two shutouts, and the other nine teams in the top 10 have combined for two shutouts.

San Diego State has three shutouts, with the one against Fresno State added to those against Stony Brook (42-0) and Cal (34-0). There was nearly a fourth when the Aztecs won 6-3 at Northern Illinois.

Among all the impressive accomplishments so far by SDSU’s defense, it is the the zeroes that stand out most. It’s just not that easy to keep an opponent off the scoreboard.

Three shutouts in a season is a school record for the Aztecs during the Division I era (dating to 19

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