It's electric here at Chukchansi Park for the No. 1 Bullard vs. No. 2 Edison showdown

There were 9,000 presale tickets in what will be one of the best-attended football games involving Fresno Unified schools in 30 years.

I wrote in today's column of the drawbacks playing at this Triple-A baseball facility, mainly because of the dirt infield that's part of the playing surface and the distance fans sit from the action. And I compared it to Sunnyside High, which Edison uses as its "home" field. It's a traditional football field, creating a much-more intimate environment.

Interestingly, the 6,000-seat Sunnyside facility wouldn't have come close to accommodating tonight's crowd, which will exceed 10,000. Only 15,000-seat Ratcliff Stadium would have.