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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 5, UtO
F*f**ay, Deceaaber 5,1980
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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Bulldog cagers win fourth straight
By Jeff Reynolds
When a basketball team wins a
game by 22 points, as Fresno State's
men's team did Wednesday night,
you would think the coach would be
happy and full of praise for his
players.
But In spite of Fresno's 69-47
triumph over Cal State Los Angeles at
Selland Arena Wednesday, Bulldog
head coach Boyd Crant wasn't happy
stall
"I was really disappointed by our
overall execution, and in some cases,
I felt we lacked motivation,' Crant
fumed outside the locker room follow¬
ing the game. 'It was a horrible per¬
formance, and I hate to say it's a
comedown from the Arizona game.
"When someone comes to see us
play, we should play 100 percent all
the time.'
The win over the out-classed
Diablos gave the Bulldogs an unblem¬
ished 4-0 record going into tomorrow
night's non-conference matchup with
Boise SUte. Tipoff will be 7 p.m.
That 22-polnt margin of difference
in the final score could have easily
been much greater, but the Bulldogs
were forced Into LA State's run-and-,
gun game and made far too many
turnovers and mistakes.
The Bulldogs made it clear from the
start of the contest that they would
win, jumping to a 10-0 lead, but it
wasn't until Crant reinserted his
startefs with under five minutes left
in the half that the Dogs locked the
victory.
A pair of shots by Bobby Anderson,
two inside buckets by Pete Verhoeven
and a 20-footer by Bobby Davis gave
Fresno a quick 10-0 lead, and the host
Bulldogs never looked back.
LA SUte made a comeback late in
the first half, cutting Fresno's lead to
four points at 22-18, but when Crant
put his starters back In, the Bulldogs
expanded their lead to 34-21 at half-
time.
Fresno slowly added to IU lead in
the second half, taking a 20-point
margin with a big slam by Davis at 51-
31.  Early in the first half,  Davis
muffed an uncontested slam, and
redeemed himself with the two-hand¬
ed dunk.
The crowd of 6,342 fans were treat¬
ed to two other dunks by Fresno
players. Freshmen Bernard Thomp¬
son and Bryan Williams each added
slams in the late going of the second
half.
Verhoeven finished up as the Bull¬
dogs' leading scorer with 15 points
and was also the top rebounder for the
'Dogs with nine. Rod Higgins and
Anderson followed with 10 points
apiece, and JC transfer Dan Sezzi and
Thompson had eight markers each.
Nate Bellamy led LA SUte with 15
poinu and eight rebounds.
Reynolds raps-
Christmas lists
By JeH Reynolds
It's getting to be that time of year again. Yes, that season of the
v*>*r where families get together, eat, drink and exchange gifts'.
V« it's getting close to Christmas.
And since we won't be around here much longer, i thought I'd let
vou all know what the CSUF coaches really want for Christmas
Jim Sweeney, football coach: A sell-out crowd at five new football
sudium and an undefeated football team and a berth In the 1981
California Bowl.
Red Estes, track and cross country coach: A year's worth of free
hairstyles at Fantastic Sam's and a bottle of Grecian Formula 16.
Jeea Elgorriaga, soccer coach:    A first-class soccer stadium with
plenty of room on the sidelines and a 75-yard wide playing field.
Leilani Overstreet, volleyball coach:    a conference realignment
moving UOP to another conference, and a teamful of 6-5 frontline
players.
Make Watney, golf coach:  Five Tim Norris clones in his very own
i country dub.
Boyd Crant, men's l>asketball:  A PCAA basketball championship
and a trip to the NCAA tournament.
Bab Ban-wit, baseball coach:   An NCAA baseball championship
and nine alt-Americans.
BtWerPssiaw, weaaajn's swiramlng: A winning season and some in¬
dividual corrferencedumpions.
Plane M*mtkwik*, women's basketball: A starting five that >
ages 30 poirrts a game each and are all over 6-5 in height.
Photo bv Robert Gaut hler
FRESNO'S ROD HIQQIN8 AND BOBBY DAVIS KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE BALL
The Bulldog whipped Log AngBjei state 69-47 Wtdneadag night	
Well, that's enough Christmas presents for the coaches, and for
those who were left out, don't feel bad, I'm sure SanU will bring you
what you want, too.
The fall sports are all over now, and the winter sports are Just get¬
ting cranked up. For the most part, all of Fresno's fall teams had
fairly successful seasons. Only a couple of individual athletes had the
chance to go on to post-season action. Cross country runner Tim
Holmes finished 69th In the NCAA championships In Kansas a coup¬
le weeks back, and cornerback Anthony Washington has been chosen
to play in the East-West Shrine Came J an. TO at Stanford.
The foootball team wound up 5-6, winning a couple of more games
than most people expected them to, and with a good recruiting
vear coach Jim Sweeney can return Fresno to football prominance
nnn»*a, gin.
The volleyball team barely missed a berth In the Western Region¬
al!, winding up third in the Northern California Athletic Conference
behind UOP and Stanford.
The soccer team was second in the Pacific Soccer Conference
behind national power USF and barely missed a spot In the NCAA
playoffs. Another team to finish second In its conference race was the
cross country squad, which trailed UC Irvine in the PCAA champion¬
ships last month.
' And last but not least, the water polo team finished fifth in the
PCAA and then followed with a fifth place effort in the PCAA Tourn¬
ament recently.
While the fall season was successful for the most part, the winter
season may prove to be even better with the men's basketball team off
to Its best start in several years with a 4-0 mark.
The women's hoop squad is 1-4, but looks to improve in the coming
weeks. The wrestling ream dropped a dose decision In the season
opener, and should come on strong later in the season.
And rounding out the fall/winter sports season is the women's
swimming dub, which competes in the Northern California Champ¬
ionships this weekend.
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A Rose Bowl preview:
Huskies vs Wolverines
- By Tony BnifWHi
On the shores of the Pacific Ocean
and Lake Washington in Seattle,
the University of Washington Huskie
fans are bringing out their 'Beat
Mich-egain* buttons, shirts and hats
Thanks to a 'small* violation of
players receiving credit for classes
they did not attend, next 'year's
'Crandaddy of All Bowl Carries*
the Rose Bowl, will feature a rematch
of the 1978 game between the Uni¬
versity of Washington Huskies and
the Michigan Wolverines.
The-1978 contest, won by the Hus¬
kies In dramatic style, was the last
meeting between the Pacific-8 and
the Big-10 For the last two years It
has been against the Pac-10 (with the
addition of Arizona and Arizona
SUte into the 'Conference of Champ¬
ions*) and the Big-10.
' 1981 will, however, bring about
another change.
For all practical purposes, It will
be the Pac-5 vs. the Big-10 when
over 105,000 people cram the Rose
Bowl-paying $20 each for tickets to
a game that has been dominated by
Southern California teams in the
fast 15 years.
USC and UCLA have been in the
Rose Bowl 12 times In the last decade
and a half, winning nine of those.
Since the series started In 1947 be¬
tween the Pac-10 and Big-10, USC
or UCLA has been involved in 20 of
the games, winning 12.
But Washington comes into the
game with hopes of starting its own
dominance.
With*the victory in 1978, and now
another shot in 1981, the Huskies can
surt a trend that would shut down a
USC team that has been victorious
six times in the last 10 years and
UCLA which has won once. Other
than Washington, only Stanford has
been to the Bowl-twice in succession-
since the Southern California domi¬
nance began in 1966.
But the question Is, even though
Washington won the Pac-10 outright,
with a 6-1 conference mark, would
things have been different for UCLA,
5-2, and USC, 4-2-1, If they had not
been ineligible?
A MOMENTO FROM THE MICHIQAN-WASHINQTON GAME
The 1978 program shows the opponent! of the 1961 game
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THE QRANDDAODY OF THEM ALL
The tWcetsfor the 67th Rote Bowl say it all
quarterback. But he does have
QB Tom Flick and Ullback Toussaint
Tyler.
All Bo Schembler brings with him
to Pasadena Is five straight Rose
Bowl losses without a win. «
The people in Ann Arbor are
hungry also for a Rose Bowl win, but
there Is little support to the fact that
a running team will upend a well
balanced pass-run team.
UCLA had a fanUsk start at the
beginning of the season and finished
strong after a lapse In-the middle of
the season, with a victory over cross-
town rival and defending Pac-10
champion USC.
USC's season will come to a
dose tomorrow against no. two
ranked Notre Dame at the Coliseum in
Los Angeles. The Irish will go to the
Sugar Bowl to Uke on No. 1 Georgia
while USC will sit at,home on New
Year's Day.
None of this has any bearing on the
fate of the Huskies, though. Wash¬
ington is a team of strength and
power if not the size of USC. It is
a hungry team. It Is a team of dis¬
ciplined players led by coach Don
James.
What James brings to Pasadena is
a following of Huskie faithful who, In
the 1978 game, yelled at a frenzied
peak from the minute the Huskies
took the field for warm-ups to the time
they boarded their bus to go back to
the hotel.
James is also known for his all-out
play selection. Washington was a
heavy underdog In that 1978 game,
but that did not stop James from
faking punts on fourth down, going
long on fourth down and playing
stingy defense when the game was
on the line.
James is short a Warren Moom,
who was the MVP of the 1978 game at
The real battle-as far as close,
fierce competition is concerned-
may  well  come  from  the  bands.
Washington's band is led by Wil¬
liam Bissell and Is 150 members
strong. Blssell's philosophy is to be
entertaining.
"We've got a musical forum that
is unique to our art form. It's no sin to
smile and have fun. I Just tell them
to entertain, project an image,*
he said:
On the other side of the field, will
be George Cavender's Michigan
band with 250 members. More of the
massive, traditional typaV pUylng
the "Victors*.
although the game has no bearing on
the outcome of the national champ¬
ionship, pride on both sides will be
at stake.
Come January 1, look for the 2
p.m. game to be full of excitement,
loud, cheers from the Washington
side, and a Huskie victory.
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