1993_11 The Daily Collegian November 1993

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6—The Daily Collegian
Tuesday, Nov. 23,1993
FSU faces Spartak
By David Donnelly
Editor
Besides togetherness and hav¬
ing fun on the court, energy on
defense or E.O.D., is what Gary
Colson is stressing to his team as
the key to this season.
Colson would like to see his
players work on their "energy on
defense" in tonight's final pre¬
season tune-up against Spartak
MoskafromRu$siaat7:30p.m.in
Selland Arena.
After tonight's game, Fresno
State will open the season Sunday
against Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
at 2 p.m. in Selland Arena. Then
the Bulldogs will venture out onto
the road for the first time in 1993
- when they face Pepperdine Dec. 1
at 5 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse
on the campus of the Waves.
In their first exhibition game,
the Bulldogs defeated Race Ex¬
press 108-84 Nov. 16 at Selland
Arena. Seth Marshall scored 22
points while senior forward Travis
Stel had 20.
Stel had 16 in the first half
againstRace Express but he didn't
expect to get off to such a fast
stan.
"I wasn' t going in there to start
gunning it," Stel said. "But there
wasn't an Anthony Pelle in the
key like there was in practice so
everytime I looked over my shoul¬
der I had an open basket so I took
it."
Stel said it's important for the
Bulldogs to work on defense in
preparation for the season opener
against SLO.
"We) re stressing defense about
80 percent in practice," Stel said.
"Defense is really important for
us. If we can get that defensive
swing going into Sunday that's
going to set the standard for the
rest of the year! If we can have a
great opener and play a great game
Decision will
wait for Dilfer
j Ken Keller/Daily Collegian
Fresno State's Chris Koford returned tothe Bulldogs after an
ankle injury last season and scored nine points Nov. 16.
through and through that's going to
set tbe standard."
Colson said while the Bulldogs'
defense against Race Express was
pretty good, there was still room
for improvement.
"We have to try to play longer
periods with energy on defense,"
Colson said. "My goal is to play 40
minutes of EOD."
One area Colson was pleased
about alter the workout againstRace
Express was the performance of his
bench.    .
He thought junior guard Davon
Satterwhite, who scored lOpoints
against Race Express, did a good
job as did Brandon Bakke, Ted
Bull and Chris Koford.
Before the- contest, Colson
hinted he would only use seve n or
eight but said he might bring as
many as five players of f the bench
again against Spartak.
"When you sub, there should
See Spartak, page 7 \
Quarterback will
wait to announce
whether he'll enter
the NFL draft
By Brett Pape _
Staffwriter "~    ■
Despite a recent report that
Fresno State's quarterback Trent
Dilfer would forego his senior sea¬
son and make himself available for
the NFL draft after this season, the
junior from Aptos said that be has
yet to make a decision.
In last Friday's Fresno Bee, an
article by the Bee's Andy Boogaard
hinted that Differ had made his
decision to leave Fresno State.
Dilfer, in regards to FSU's last
home game, was quoted in the ar¬
ticle as saying "I'm treating this as
my last game I'll everplay atBull-
dog Stadium."
Dilfer, who was named to the
Football News third-team All-
American team last week, said he
wants to wait until the end of tbe
season to make tbe decision.
This season', Dilfer has broken
the FSU-season records for mast
passing yards in a season (3,276),
most total offense (3,212) and most
touchdown passes (28). lie also
broke tbe NCAA record for con¬
secutive passes without an inter¬
ception. He has not thrown an in¬
terception in his last 271 attempts
dating back to the second game of
tbe year.
I '1 haven't made my decision,"
he said after Fresno State's 63-37
win over San Diegoe State. "Tbe
Bee made it seem like I had made
my decision. There is a chance I' 11
come back and there is a chance I
will leave. I just don't know right
While Dilfer didn't come out
and say that he would be back, his
comments do give hope to tbe Bull¬
dog faithful.
With six minutes, 42 seconds
left in the fourth quarter, Dilfer left v
the San Diego State game, after
Anthony Daigle's 59-yard touch¬
down run gave the Bulldogs a 63 -
30 lead.   „
As Dilfer headed for the side¬
lines, tbe fa/id sitting behind, the
Bulldog bench began to chant 'One
more year, one more year!'.
"It was flattering," Dilfer said
ofthe crowd. 'It's so nice to know
that you are cared about. This place
has been great to me. Hopefully I
have been able to give something
back. ,
"I still have a football game to
play, hopef i j lly in the Holiday Bowl
against Penn State."
The win over the Aztecs en¬
abled theBulldogs tp clinch at least
a tie for the WAC championship
for the second staright year. FSU
still has legitimate chance of repre¬
senting the WAC in tbe Holiday
Bowl against the Big Ten's third-
place team.
Dilfer has made it known that
' one of his goals before leaving was
leading the, Bulldogs to the Holi¬
day Bowl. In order for that to hap¬
pen, the Bulldogs must rely on San'
Diego State to beat Wyoming thsi
weekend.
The two teams square off UjiS
Saturday at Sari Diego's Jack
Murphy Stadium.
"Winning the WAC title out¬
right was my No. 1 goal when I
came [to FSU]," said Dilfer after
Fresno State's win over Hawaii two
weeks ago. "Wc have been unable
to do that so there's still some busi¬
ness left undone."
Before the season, Dilfer said
See Dilfer. page 7
Fosters desire is much greater this season
WAC long jump
champion starts his
second season at FSU
By Bobble Miner
Staff writer
He's only been al Fresno State
for one year, but already Robert
Foster has earned a reputation as
one of tbe greatest athletes, to wear
an FSU track uniform.
"Robert has the most natural
talent of any athlete I've ever
coached at Fresno State," said
. hurdle coach Hugh Adams.
■ That's quite a statement com¬
ing from * man who's coached 14
years for one of tbe most prolific
track and field schools in die na¬
tion, but for anyone who's ever ^points for the Bulldogs. His re-
seen Foster run, such words are^ markableperformanceseamedhim
hard to debate.
Foster joined the FSU program
last year as a sohomore transfer
from PoRerviUe, JC, where he
posted a time of 13.4 intbellOHH
and caught the attention of every
big name track school in the NCAA.
*;i was planning to go to Florida,
but their hurdle coach left for North
Carolina and Nebraska was too
cold, so 1 decided to stay in Califor¬
nia," said Foster. Jif
Foster began his first season at
FSU in record-setting style; shat¬
tering the school record, in the 55-
meter hurdles at the WAC Indoor
Championships and capturing the
conference title. Also in that meet,
Foster won the WAC long jump
championship and racked up 24
the prestigous WAC Male Athlete
of the Year Award.
Once the outdoor season be¬
gan, Foster continued to headline
the FSU track record book. On two
different occasions Foster sprinted,
to times of 13.77 in tbe 110 HH.
replacing former All-American and
world record, holder Ancel
Robinson on ihe top ofthe FSU 110
HHHsl
Tbe Forterville JC transfer
wouldlaterbetterhis HOtfflmark
with a time of 13.65 at the Modest
Relays. Since the wind factor that
day was above tbe level of what's
considered legal conditions, tbe
time was marked as wind-aided
and therefore Foster's mark of 13.77
remained the school record, but
nevertheless, it automatically quali¬
fied him for the NC A AChampion-
ships.
At nationals, Foster matched
his season best of 13.77 in tbe 110
HH, despite being hampered by
nagging shoulder injuries. Foster
would fall just hundrendths of a
second short of advancing to the
finals.
'I should have placed no less
than third at that meet," said a de¬
termined Foster.
"Tie's. (Foster) starting to re¬
dly push himself this year," said
Adams. "Not to say that Robert
didn't want it last year, but his
desire is much stronger this year."
Foster's 77.5 points led the
men's track team in outdoor com¬
petition and in addition to winning
team MVP, he captured the WAC
Athlete of the Year award in out¬
doors.
"Robert can help tbe team in
so many ways," said Adams. "We
can put him in both hurdle races,
tbe long jump, triple jump and tbe
relays in an important meet and we
know"be'II get us points. With a
Hole training Robert could even be
a decathlefe and scare alot of
people?*
This season Foster will be con¬
centrating mostly on the 110 HH
and tbe long jump with die pros¬
pect of a national championship in
mind. ■ i   «•"
"'"m concentrating right now
on winning the NCAA Indoor
championship, and once that's over
I'll worry about the outdoor sea-
' See Foster, page 7