But it was during that 4 game skid he established himself as the unquestioned starter.

The ND loss follow the UCLA embarrassment. Walsh left the game very early with injury and the fans cheered (they didn't know he was injured, just happy he was out).

Steve Clements and Tom Young stunk up the first half of Fresno State. Young threw three passes 2 were intercepted. Walsh got a shot. Though not 100%, he took BYU down for a TD on the final drive of the half. He passed for 435 yards and almost led a comeback.

The next week at USU he passed for 619 yards on just 27 completions, which set an NCAA record.

The streak was snapped at SDSU largely because of Walsh's 400+ passing yards on 19-35 passes.