1986_12 The Daily Collegian December 1986

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Friday, Dec. 12, 1986.
Year had a little bit of everything
Sting Like
A Bee
Just likeevery one preceding it. the
yeSr 1986 was an unusual one in
just about all areas. The world of
sports was no exception; to say the least, a
bunch of people did what they weren't
supposed to, some didn't do what they
were supposed to. others didn'r know
what they were supposed to do. but did it
anyway.
Things actually started off in typical
fashion as the Big Ten Conference
(represented by Iowa this time) again got
devastated in the Rose Bowl by the Pac
Ten and UCLA. A little while later, the
Chicago Bears 46'd the underdog New
England Patriots in the Super Bowl by
about that number of points, proving
once more that close games- in the third
week of January are rarely seen.
All we kn?w that thc chances of things
staying uniform were very slim and nobody
was terribly surprised when word spread
that the Patriots had a drug proiilem.
Something definitely had to happen and
thc Patriots, who played like they were on
drugs in the Super Bowl, were a perfect
team for something to happen to. It didn't
matter that the Pats showed real character
even making it to the Super Bowl, they
became the year's first media victims.
Another big story took place in the
courts. The USFL won a grand total of S3
in its antitrust suit against the NFL and
finally began to die its much-hoped-for
death. As a result, Herschel Walker, Jim
Kelly and others got to make the jump
from triple-A to the majors.
in another landmark decision, the N FL
installed the instant replay into its
officiating. U nfortunately. the players and
fans received little more than an instant
replay of bad calls made the season before.
At first, nothing too unusual happened
in the world of basketball. The Bosf-pn
Celtics — led by all-galaxy Larry Bird -
waltzed, then fought their way to an NBA
title; and the Louisville University Car¬
dinals, making a typically strong finish,
made off withthe NCAA finals. Then.the
ugly Drug Monster reared Us head once
more, claiming thc life of Len Bias, an
All-American at Maryland, a recent Celtic
signee. and an NBA sure-shot.
This led to an all-out media blitz. Going
through the sports pages began to resemble
.a drive through a street full of pharmacies
(you look around and see "drugs.""drugs"
and "drugs" labelled all over the place).
Television then engulfed us in a wave of
sports-oriented anti-drug commercials and
even though these spots were well-inten¬
tioned and probably effective, they were
tiresome to all of us who aren'L coke
sniffers. '      ,
Baseball season came and went with tjhe
Boston Red Sox giving New England
another winner by clinching the American
League and nearly upsctting'the powerful
New York Mets in the World Series. On
the West Coast. Giant and Dodger fans
were both in lor shocks; thc loi mer because
their team actually fielded a contender,
and thc latter because their team fielded
something that played like a compilation
of C,"harlie Brown's All Stars and ihe Bad
News Bears.
Strange happenings also occurred in
boxing. An aging Larry Holmes managed
to win nine of 15 rounds in his attempt to
regain the International Boxirjg Federation
Heavyweight Title from Michael Spinks,
yet still managed to lose the whole fight
(due to a combination of late-round fatigue
and all-around incompetence on the part
of the judges).
Tim Witherspoon took the WBA (I
think) crown from Tony Tubbs. but then
had to give it back (to the WBA. not
Tubbs) when his urinanalysis revealed an
intake of marijuana. Now. Witherspoon
has to fight Tubbs again for a shot at Mike
Tyson (if Witherspoon and  Tubbs are
BULLDOGS
Continued from page 6
her debut at the point position, and Agent
in her first start. He also believed that the
partisan crowd in the South Gym played a
role in the game's outcome.
"I think we handled the pressure (of a
close game) extremely well."Spencer said,
"but it makes a lot of difference when you
HAWAII
Continued from page 6
white coud create problems for FSU's
front line.
On Saturday. Fresno State will lace
either Hawaii (2-2) or Santa Clara (3-
1) The last time FSU faced Santa
Clara was in the 1985 NIT. when the
'Dogs needed three overtimes to gain
the win.
BARK
smart, they'll fight to a draw).
Sugar Ray Leonard, meanwhile, showed
dedication when he announced his return
to his favorite trade(boxing)and stupidity
in selecting a maniacal mass of bloody
murder (Marvelous Marv in Haglef) as his
opponent.
On the local scene, Fresno State
basketball was a disappointment in its
final year under Boyd Grant, failing to
win more games than it lost. The Bulldog
football team was also a disappointment
because it failed to win all of its games and
by 35 or more points.
FSU's  soccer  team   became   a   butt-
kicking national power by making it to the
Final Four. Our volleyball team, though,
got its butt kicked by a bunch of national
powers (this was not totallyXinexpected -
the 'Dogs played iirohe'of the toughest
conferences in any sport).
Summing up the year in sports with
such few words is extremely difficult. A
bunch of thiryps''happened that weren't
supposed to, some things that were
supposed to happen didn't. Still, this stuff
always (and sometimes doesn't) happens
jft\ the world of sports. The best way 1 can
describe the athletic year is "typically
atypical."
have a home crowd and it gets fired up. In
the latter stages of the game, the home
crowd made a lot of difference.
"What we've got to start doing now is
playing a good first five minutes of every
ball game."said Spencer. "In the last two
games, wc haven't done that."
The Bulldogs (3-1) next go into action
on Saturday at Nevada-Reno and they
may again have to play without Martell
who is out indefinitely.
Continued from page 6
would be sheer delight.
So go Gilbert. Perez. Liggins
and all those defensive beasts.
eat up those Miami of Ohio Redskins;
Go'have a feast.
Cal Bowl VI will be played without FSU.
but still, that's no reason to be blue.
San Jose will be representing
our conference, the PCAA^,
and it looks as if they really do have
something to display.
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