1993_01 The Daily Collegian January 1993

              Monday, Jan. 25,1993
The Daily Collegian
Sports — 7
Fresno honors its conquering heroes
By AdatfrtBracJy
Soff writer	
Nearly i month after the Fresno State football
\learn trounced USC untie Freedom Bowl on Dec.
27 .jhQuaaadiof Red Wavers turned out on a chilly
Saturday moming for a parade and rally honoring
the Bulldogs' 24-7 victory over the Trojans, along
with the team's outstanding 1992 season.
The parade, which began at Manchester Center
and carried down Blackstone and Shaw Avenues to
Bulldog Stadium for a rally, included Bulldog play¬
ers, coaches, cheerleaders and marching band mem¬
bers, who were follwed by the many red-dad fans
who had supported lhe football team throughout the
season.
Preceded by a caravan of classic Corvettes and
. FresiH>-«rc*publiconicials,thcpIaycQ)andcoachcs
rode through the sea of red on fire engines that were
loaned by Valley departments for the parade.
Then the participants of the parade along with
about 3.000 fans filed into Bulldog Stadium, whose
Freedom Bowl champs recognized
with parade, spirited stadium rally
scoreboard read a familiar site: "FSU 24. USC 7".
'The several brief speeches during the event were
ledoff by KMJ's Ray Applet on. who was thcGrand
Marshal or the event Appleton expressed to the
crowd his gratitude toward the Bulldog team for
what they did for the city of Fresno.
- "My eternal thanks for lifting us out ofthe little
cow town image and into the real world I appreci¬
ate it." said Appleton to the players and coaches
who were seated on benches on the held in front of
the stage. "Even more satisfying was witnessing
the 'little guys' coming into the big strange city,
only to kick some big strange bun."
Applet on' s monologue was followed by speeches
from several public officials, including FSU Presi-
dentJohn Welty. athletic director Gary Cunningham.
Assemblyman BUI Jones, and Fresno Mayor Karen
Humphrey
Tne highlight of the rally was provided by bead
coach Jim Sweeney, who spoke lo the crowd and
even sang. Sweeney thanked the fans, his coaches
and his players for ine season and then led the crowd
in a rendition of "I've Got That Bulldog Spirit''
Sweeney also noted Fresno State's successful first-
year in the Western Athletic Conference, in which
it won a share of the title. J •
'The WAC is going to rue lhe day they let Fresno
State in the league," said Sweeney, drawing yet
more cheers.
The rally was concluded with a presentation of
the Freedom Bowl trophy followed by the fans
flowing onto the held lo get autographs from play¬
ers and look at the award.
Janice Perrigo. t Fresno resident for more than
40 years, thosghtthat the parade was well worth the
wail and that the Freedom Bowl victory did a lot for
civic pride.
"I think we can look everybody in the eyes and
just feel real good aboul ourselves and about our
city." said Perrigo
Kevin Sweeney, former FSU quarterback who
played for the Bulldogs from 1983-1986. said be
never expected that to happen in Fresno.
This is a pretty awesome growth." said Sweeney.
I whowas an All-American in 1985 and 1986 "It's
been tremendous. We're always had to put up with
the Fresno mystique as not being a great town This
brings a lot of pride to being in Fresno "
Quarterback Trent Dilfer felt the festivities were
a fining end to the Bulldogs' season. "
"It's a great reward to work hard for a bowl this
season, toaccomphsh it. and then to be rewarded by
the support like we're having right now."
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Wrestling
From page 6
iato the loser's bracket They beatPurdue,
19-12 and lost 10 No. 11 Ohio Slate. 18-
14. In the seventh-place match, the' Dogs
lost to No. 3 Iowa State, 24-17.
The win over Northern Iowa avenged
Fresno Stale's only blemish to a 19-1
dual record last season, a 30-15 humili¬
ation at the North Gym.
Leading the way tor Fresno State was
sophomore Gerry Abas, the NCAA's
seventh-ranked 142-pounder. He won
all five of his matches, raising his season
mark to 26-4. Midway through his sec¬
ond collegiate season. Abas has 67 vic¬
tories, and is oa pace to challenge Allen
Richburg'j school recoflfori25 by the
end of his junior season.
Senior IM pounder Harold Zinkin.
fifth on FSU's career win list with 93.
lost twice, ending his string of 19 con¬
secutive victories to open the season.
Zinkin, ranked fourth in the nation, is
how<21-2 this year. _     *^
Despite the con l i r ma t io n that his pro¬
gram has taken another step on its rise
toward top-level national respectability.
DeLiddo has lo wonder what would have
happened if his team's spiritual leader
Neal would have competed.
"We were the talk ofthe tournament
Everybody I talked to said that if we had
Lorenzo, we would have won our two
matches today (Sunday against Ohio
State and Iowa State)," DeLiddo said.
"Thaf^woiild have put us in the lop five
■rams in the tournament. There's no
question we would have done better if he
was wrestling. But now his football is
over. I hope he can get excited about
wrestling."
Men's Hoop
From page 6
tive note at Selland on Jan. 2 and 4 for the
Bulldogs. Marshall led the Bulldogs with
19 points In a win against Wyoming and
then Da von Satterwhile led the 'Dogs to
a win over Colorado State, pouring in 18
points.
Fresno State hit the road Jan. 7 and 9
for games at New Mexico and UTEP.
The Lobos and the Miners were any-
AIR FORCE 71, FSU 51
thing but gracious hosts as the Bulldogs
fell behind early and never recovered.'
After those two games, the 'Dogs stood
at 2-2 in the WAq. BYU and Utah vis-
hed Selland on Jan. 14and 16 and showed
why they arc lhe class ofthe WAC Utah
showed it is a notch above the rest ofthe
conference. Through Saturday, the Utes
were 7-0 in the WAC and 14-2 overall.
Their only two losses came at the hands
of Arizona and Utah State.
Fresno Stale ranks near the bottom of
the WAC in most statistical categories.
Entering Saturday night's coolest, the
Bulldogs were last in rebounding mar¬
gin, being outrcbounded by an avenge
of six boards per game.
MONDAY MUSE
-SPORTS TRWIA-
SUBJECT: SUPER BOWL
1   Name the most valuable players ofthe last five Super Bowls
2. Beside the 49ers and Steelers. what team has the most Super Bowl victories?
3. Who has the most career catches in Super Bowl history?
4. Who has the most career rushing yards in Super Bowl history?
5. What two players are tied for most catches in a single Super Bowl?
6. What teams played in the first Super Bowl?
7. Who was the last Super Bowl champion not to qualify for the playoffs?
8. What four teams have beaten the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowls?
9. How many Super Bowls have featured the Buffalo Bills or Dallas Cowboys?
10. What was the final score" of last season's Super Bowl?
(Answers below)
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