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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Thursday, December 4,1997
Playstation college football
game plays with the numbers
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
You arc sitting at home the week
hefore finals. You have several pa¬
pers due. areStruggling to maintain
a somewhat rcspectahlc grade point
average, and you seem to have
ahout half as much time as you need
to get your school work done.
So. obviously, there is only one
thing that you can do. You grab youry
Sony Playstation and decide you
want to sec if you can recreate the
1W7 Fresno State football season
and guide the Bulldogs to the na¬
tional championship.
As if that task was not already
difficult enough, the makers of
"NCAA Gamcbrcaker 98" seem to
have slacked the deck against you.
You look for quarterback Bill
Volck and find jersey number one
in his place. Jermaine Brooks? How
arc you going to win with a wide
receiver playing quarterback?
Well, you always have the ever-
dependable Michael Pittman at run¬
ning back, right? Wrong. Your start¬
ing halfback is number 22 - Corey
Fields - another wide receiver.
Gone too is your sure-handed
fullback Jamie Kimbrough. He has
been replaced by - hold your stom¬
ach now - the starting punter Jeff
RoberB>x <~^
' Courtesy Photo
Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost scans the field looking for star
running back Ahmad Green, sort of.
Before we get any more out of
hand, let's clear up a little embel¬
lishment of the truth. From all in¬
dications, the players are really in
their right positions. Number 22
runs like Pittman. not like a wide
receiver. Number one throws and
moves like Volek. not Brooks. And
your fullback certainly does not
perform like a punter.
But the problem is realism.
"Gamcbreaker" did not hit the
stores until very recently, with the
season all but finished, and you
would expect that the game would
be more accurate than its rival
"NCAA College Football 98" from
EA Sports. But that obviously is not
the case.
The problem could b« that
"Gamcbreaker" simply cHose to
pay less attention to the "smaller"
schools and did not do a good job
of coming up with the right jersey
Please see PLAY, page 5.
ACROSS
1 Hair decorations
' 8 Mormon letteis
11 Mediocre grade
14 01 !he Far East
15 Altar ol stars
16 Possess
17 Author of "Anna
Karen ina"
18 No longer drunk
20 Letters on els
21 Eucharist
offerings
23 Axlon or
Wilhelm
25 Large antelope
26 0»dsod
29 Dueling swords
31 Motorists'org.
32 Followed a
trajectory
33 Extreme panic
35 Mixtures
37 Fem.'sopp.
39 European river
40 Suicidal pilot
44 Consumers
48 Portents
49 Math subj.
51 Actor Williamson
52 Actress
Thompson
53 Kafka novel,
with "The"
55 Small nlet
56 Like
nonbelievers
59 El
60 SUdy anew
62 Overacting
64 Chemical suffix
65 Pension acct.
66 SMorten
67 Dr. Tim's drug
68 German film, *_
Boot"
69 Vain
DOWN
1 Toothed wheel
2 Form of an
element
3 Two-ply
4 _ -relief
5 Director
-Preminger
6 Tearful woman
Fill H I ill ffrfl
' fflj LH" m
140 Ul |«? 1 I p3^M**||P P l4' I
Pi ji hh^i [^ i~iT~i
P~i J ■rM irTH*i
■ i
O i»7 Ti»urw Ucd9 Srvfcov Ir
/ Partner of
Charybdis
8 Patronymic
9 Artoo Detoo.
eg-
10 Chris, the third
baseman
it Napoleon's
birthplace
12 Female sheep
13 Conclusion
19 Full of-vim .
22 Perfect report
card
24 End
27 7.72 letters
28 McBain and
McMahon
30 Drenches
32 Composer Berg
34 Pretoria's nat.
36 Pub preference
38 Former "hussian
rulers
40 Ringwtis
41 Docs' group
42 Got the gold
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43 Wallach and
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45 Environmental
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46 Wanderings
53_.cotta
54 Appendages
57 Actor Charles
58 Center
60 Fam. member
47 Winter vehicles 61 Annapolis grad
50 French cake 63 Up to. brefty
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Object Description
| Title | 1997_12 The Daily Collegian December 1997 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Description
| Title | December 4, 1997, Page 3 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Timeout THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Thursday, December 4,1997 Playstation college football game plays with the numbers By David Childers The Daily Collegian You arc sitting at home the week hefore finals. You have several pa¬ pers due. areStruggling to maintain a somewhat rcspectahlc grade point average, and you seem to have ahout half as much time as you need to get your school work done. So. obviously, there is only one thing that you can do. You grab youry Sony Playstation and decide you want to sec if you can recreate the 1W7 Fresno State football season and guide the Bulldogs to the na¬ tional championship. As if that task was not already difficult enough, the makers of "NCAA Gamcbrcaker 98" seem to have slacked the deck against you. You look for quarterback Bill Volck and find jersey number one in his place. Jermaine Brooks? How arc you going to win with a wide receiver playing quarterback? Well, you always have the ever- dependable Michael Pittman at run¬ ning back, right? Wrong. Your start¬ ing halfback is number 22 - Corey Fields - another wide receiver. Gone too is your sure-handed fullback Jamie Kimbrough. He has been replaced by - hold your stom¬ ach now - the starting punter Jeff RoberB>x <~^ ' Courtesy Photo Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost scans the field looking for star running back Ahmad Green, sort of. Before we get any more out of hand, let's clear up a little embel¬ lishment of the truth. From all in¬ dications, the players are really in their right positions. Number 22 runs like Pittman. not like a wide receiver. Number one throws and moves like Volek. not Brooks. And your fullback certainly does not perform like a punter. But the problem is realism. "Gamcbreaker" did not hit the stores until very recently, with the season all but finished, and you would expect that the game would be more accurate than its rival "NCAA College Football 98" from EA Sports. But that obviously is not the case. The problem could b« that "Gamcbreaker" simply cHose to pay less attention to the "smaller" schools and did not do a good job of coming up with the right jersey Please see PLAY, page 5. ACROSS 1 Hair decorations ' 8 Mormon letteis 11 Mediocre grade 14 01 !he Far East 15 Altar ol stars 16 Possess 17 Author of "Anna Karen ina" 18 No longer drunk 20 Letters on els 21 Eucharist offerings 23 Axlon or Wilhelm 25 Large antelope 26 0»dsod 29 Dueling swords 31 Motorists'org. 32 Followed a trajectory 33 Extreme panic 35 Mixtures 37 Fem.'sopp. 39 European river 40 Suicidal pilot 44 Consumers 48 Portents 49 Math subj. 51 Actor Williamson 52 Actress Thompson 53 Kafka novel, with "The" 55 Small nlet 56 Like nonbelievers 59 El 60 SUdy anew 62 Overacting 64 Chemical suffix 65 Pension acct. 66 SMorten 67 Dr. Tim's drug 68 German film, *_ Boot" 69 Vain DOWN 1 Toothed wheel 2 Form of an element 3 Two-ply 4 _ -relief 5 Director -Preminger 6 Tearful woman Fill H I ill ffrfl ' fflj LH" m 140 Ul |«? 1 I p3^M**||P P l4' I Pi ji hh^i [^ i~iT~i P~i J ■rM irTH*i ■ i O i»7 Ti»urw Ucd9 Srvfcov Ir / Partner of Charybdis 8 Patronymic 9 Artoo Detoo. eg- 10 Chris, the third baseman it Napoleon's birthplace 12 Female sheep 13 Conclusion 19 Full of-vim . 22 Perfect report card 24 End 27 7.72 letters 28 McBain and McMahon 30 Drenches 32 Composer Berg 34 Pretoria's nat. 36 Pub preference 38 Former "hussian rulers 40 Ringwtis 41 Docs' group 42 Got the gold s|s!3p|3js|nHs|v|aHa|s|ij 3iop i b8rlVtflH3Nrl 'nioIjoJiifslialHJiyppi ■to p i |n||o|i v|Is]n 3 n o] 1 ■ 11 a ehfipjpls v f\| ;3 3pMliW¥:vFpisJ3Kd,s |3 J 01 1 J 3 P^0| N |V| T f^P^jJ A ] 0! M j ja|3|b[3jeosllAOi|s|roji] "r rlTTl3 i !i v i Istvl ^ 1 ^ | o H s {a j ^ ■ s|n1oJs|sI i |u1 43 Wallach and Whitney 45 Environmental disaster 46 Wanderings 53_.cotta 54 Appendages 57 Actor Charles 58 Center 60 Fam. member 47 Winter vehicles 61 Annapolis grad 50 French cake 63 Up to. brefty Kennel Bookstore Get Ca$h for Your Books.. December 10-20 Wtoiw JCc«c£ Vaiw Dec. 10 Wed .8a.m.-7:p.m. Dec. 11 DecTl2 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 .Thurs 8 a.m.-7 p.m. .Fri 8a.rn.-4p.rn. .Mon ...... 8 a.m.-4 p.m. .Tues 8a.m.-8p.m. .Wed 8 a.m.-8 p.m. .Thurs. .* 8a.m.-8 p.m. .Fri 8a.m.-8p.m. .Morv. 8a.m.-4p.m. FRJESNO STATE Textbook Department 278-4278 /V. |
