1981_03 The Daily Collegian March 1981

              CSUF shoots for ranking, PCAA
Th* CSUF Bulldog basketball team
will be the favorite when th* Pacific
Zoast Athletic A***d*bon pot
at an am path for th* Bulldog*.
S*v*nofth*
WW. their 23-3 season record, th* A tourn*m*nt ch*mplon»hlp vvouW dj~gh (untor Dan Sea* Tritely "*•
Dog,  are on the verge of  breaking almott **»ur. Fre*no a »pot in dw top the flrtt *^.^">^~* J^^
Into^oth th* UPI and AP Top 20 pollf 20 In next week's poll*, but for right up forward rnl**ed twodjfliof poetic.
'"••--Ji'. ~*Jng*, Fresno tied for now,th* 'Dog* have on* other goal- **^*^r^**^t*Lx^^^
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and each will b* out for on* goal -beating th* Bulldog*. Th* 'Dogs won th*
regular season..title with a sparkling
12-2 r*e   ^
In today's gam**, **cond-piac* San
Jose Stat* take* on **venth-plac Cal
State Fullerton at 4 p.m., third-place
Long Beach Stat* play* slxth-plac
UOP at 7 and fourth-place UC Irvin*
■meet* 'fffth-plao* Utah Stat* at 9. All
tourney games will be played at the
Anaheim Convention Center.
Fretno hat a by* In th* flrtt round
by virtu* of its regular seaton crown,
and meets th* lowest remaining seeded
team m Friday night's semi-final gam*
at 7 p.m.
Thiessen blast
beats Niners
in tenth inning
BrJefflteynoid.
Pinch hitter Tim Thie*»en smashed a
three-run home run to key a four-run
10th inning to power th* CSUF bate-
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Photo by Greg Trott
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DAN 8EZZI (L) AND BERNARD THOMPSON GO FOR TWO
Ttet Bulldog* era fgvorgd to win Uw PCAA tourngn»nt
It's not Hollywood and Vine, but.
That's why now is the time to talk football. Why discus* a *port when the
distraction of itt playing season gets In th* way of itt normal business of
contract di*put*», player *trik*» and lawtuits?
Which reminds me of the currant situation with the Oakland Raiders
"'Ah, th* Oakland Raider*, that mean little team from th* East Bay. The
team which wat supposed to finish last In the West and ended up first in
th* World. Th* team which got to th* Super Bow) wfth a. little-known coach
and an eccentric group of misfits, Including a quarterback given up for dead
|usta****onago.
It'* also th* team who** managing general partner, Al Davis, want* to
move It 500 miles down th* coast to Los Angel**, land of smog and sun-
shin*. Specifically, Davis want* to mate* th* Raider* the new tenants of
the place the Ram* vacated, th* L.A. Memorial Coliseum, which is |ust
a RayCuy punt away from USC and downtown.
Big Al want* to fry south because h* happen* to be fond of L.A. and what
it ha* tobftor. Th* only probiemis, th* NFL owner* ar*n't to fond of Davis,
and last year they voted 22-0 against his proposed change of address
That'* where th* fun begin*. Al wanted to leave Oakland anyway, so
he sued th. NFL. The the NFL sued Al. And then th* lawsuits started
getting passed around rrjore often than Dan Fbuts' football*.
The situation, is now to patently absurd that It is difficult to keep up
with. It's like watching a trashy soap opera. Or a *B* movie. Maybe they
could hire Ronald Reagan to reprise his role a* the Cipper
And there's certainly mor* yet to come. Who will be the next to fit*
suit? Pate RazeHef Georgia Frontier*? Red Orange? Michelle TrioU Marvin? Paul McCartney?
Stay tuned. Film at 11.
Actually, I think I have a compromise plan that will immediately put an
end to all the squabbling in the courts.
Both Los Angeles and Oakland have legitimate reasons for wanting the
Raiders. With the Rams' move down the Santa Ana Freeway to Anaheim,
L.A. County currently has no NFL franchise On the other hand, Oakland
fans are among the most loyal in the league and feel they are being abandoned after 20years of support. '
So why not give the Raiders to both cities? Come to think of it, why
not give the Super Bowl Champions to the entire state?
I suggest that the Raiders play their home game* in the heart of California—why, Fretno, of course.
Now before you suggest that Fresno is unworthy of an NFL franchise,
I should point out the fact that the Buccaneer* call Tampa Bay their home.
Nobody lives in Tampa Bay; it's a body of water. So, if an NFL team is
good enough for the Culf of Mexico, it' s good enough for Fresno.
The Raider* could play their games in the nice, bright, shiny new stadium right here on campus. Sure, it seats only 30,000, but that would moan
th* games would always sell out, insuring local TV coverage. And all right,
perhaps the sideline drainage ditches are located too dose to the field,
but hell, it's better than playing football on a baseball dirt infield. Just
watch your ttep when you run out of bounds, guy*.
"The move could be particularly beneficial to CSUF Who knows, maybe
the camput could generate enough money from rent to keep all of its sports
programs intact (are you listening, Russ Sloan?).
Admittedly, it will be difficult to convice Davis that Fresno is at exciting
at Lo» Angeles. Okay, At, to Shaw and Cedar Isn't Hollywood and Vine,
butwhocares?
If Davis looks carefully enough, he'll find plenty of *xcitint
things to do here. There's always th* Tower Theatre, for instance. Or he
March J, i*gi -the Mr* Ctafcgtan -Pag* tl
Continued from page 10
Long Beach State Tuesday
atB.
tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 10th frame
with Fresno runners at first and third.
The soprwenore, who starred in high
school at Rootevelt High, belted the first
pitch by Long Beach relief pitcher Jeff
Kaub over the left field fence to drive
home John Gibbons and Rick Ragazzo.
The victory
improved Fresno's
record to 10-9
Earlier In the
inning, Fretno began
I rally whan catcher
the
John   Westmoreland   singled   to   left.
Bulldog coach Bob Bennett then put
pinch-runner  Russ Williamson in for
Wettmoreland and Gibbons  promptly
singled to right, moving Williamson to
third.
Ragazzo then lined a run-scoring
single to center off Long Beach relief
pitcher Chuck Detzar, tying the score at
3-3. The 49ers then brought in Kaub to
stem the tide, but Thiessen lifted the
' Dogs to victory with hit blast.
to 10-9 overall this season, and was
just the second non-conference win in
seven game* thi* season The triumph
also avenged an earlier loss to th* *9ers
thitsMton.
Fretno pitcher Tony Herron went the
distance In picking up his third win of the
season on the mound. Herron i* 3-3 this
year, and with Tuesday's performance,
appears to be regaining the form he
displayed last year when he potted a
12-2 record at a sophomore.
Herron gave up eight hits, walked
four and struck out four in 10 innings of
work. Ho will get the starting nod for
the first gam* of Saturday's non-
conference doubleheader againtt Cal
State Fullerton.
The Bulldogs fell behind In the flrtt
inning at Long Beach tallied a run,
but came back in the fourth and sixth
innings to pull ahead 2-1. Kevin Coughlon smacked his second homer of the
seaton In the fourth inning.
The 49*rs tied it up in th* seventh
thankt to a Bulldog error. The game remained knotted at 2-2 until the up of
Willie Cooley stroked hit third hit of the
afternoon, a Solo home run that put the
49er* ahead 3-2.
Westmoreland led the 'Dog* with two
hit*, white Cooley paced Long Beach
with three hit*.
Fresno hosts Fullerton Friday evening
at 7:30 p.m. In a non-conference game
and then again on Saturday with a 1 p.m.
doubleheader.
f Raiders
could drop by The Bucket on a Friday night. Or if he wants a real thrill,
he can spend all day trying to find a tide street from which he can make
a left turn without having to go three mi let out of hit way.
He II also find that apartments are cheaper here than in LA. And In the
summer, he can get a sunburn here, too.
There may also be a problem rooting for a team called the Fretno Raiders,
particularly after they've been called the Oakland Raider* for to long. Perhaps they thould name them something that whould better represent the
state and the Central Valley as well. Something dignified. Something
macho.
Call them the California Raisins.
The Raisins would have to change their uniform*, of course, from silver
and black, to, say, brown and purple. And instead of the famous logo of the
raider with an eyepatch, they could ahvayi use the Sun Maid lady.
The nickname •Raitint* it one the media could really eat up, If you'll
pardon the expression. I can hear them saying it on TV now: 'Well, Howard, it looks like the Raisins have addedanew 'wrinkle' to their offense.*
And just remember, with the new NFL team, the dty of Fretno would
hott an occasional Monday Night Football game, with plenty of sports
celebritiet. Like Frank Cifford. Or Fran Tarkenton. Or Don fvteredith.
Or Howard Cotell.
On second thought, mayb*th*y thould ttay in Oakland.
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Gymnastics team
beats Pomona
Coach Melva Irvin'* CSUF gymnastic* squad captured a trl-meet victory
last- Friday night, edging Cal Poly
Pomona, 125.5-124 and Northern Colorado, 12S.5-121.2S.
The win boosted the Bulldog tumblers
to&-3 forthe»eason.
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Terri Engstrom and Diane Ashlock. The
two tied for first-place In the vaulting
event both earning 6.4 points. Ashlock
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