1993_12 Insight December 1993

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December 8,1993
The Whole 9 Yards-^-w^ifesWrf**
Slammin', Jammin'
Dogs open season
By Jason Gibbs	
StaffWriter
Selland Arena packed with fans
cheering for their WAC Champion
Fresno State Men's Basketball tcam.
The team began their journey toward reaching that goal by defeating
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 88-58 on
Sunday, Nov. 28. They lost to
Pcppcrdinc on Dec. 1.
The Bulldogs unofficially began
thcirscason Nov. 16, when they played
an exhibition game versus Race Express, an amateur tcam from the Bay
Area.
The crowd turnout, although announced as more lhan 7,000, was less
than inspiring, as most of the scats
were empty.
Although Race Express isn't a well-
known team, it's possible lhal the
disappointing crowd threatens to be
ihc usual if a winning tcam doesn't
appear this year.
In three years as head coach of ihe
Bulldogs, Gary Colson has yd to produce a winning season and some fans
are gelling frustrated.
Dave Johnson, 22, who came to
Fresno S late i n the hope of play i ng for
Colson sympathized with Colson's
position saying, "It takes time to build
a quality program."
However, Johnson also said, "If he
doesn't win ihis year, he's in trouble."
Fresno State's Brian Santiago drives down the lane with San Jose State's Lossle Mitchel in hot
pursuit at Selland Arena Saturday night. San Jose State beat the 'Dogs 69 — 67.
"plays well together as a leam all    is his heart,
around."
Ted Bull, a senior forward for the
'Dogs.saidofthe team's performance
against Race Express, "For the first
lime since I have been here, wc really
worked well as a team.
"Nobody was worried aboul who
scored the most points, or who looked
Bul that's thinking negatively and
ihc Bulldogs can'i afford lo be negative.
They have a winning attitude and
they plan to keep iL
Reasons why the 'Dogs could win
this year arc many.
They will have all five starters from
last year's tcam returning this year.
Carl Ray Harris, ihc offensive star   the best,
from two years ago, is back for his       "We were all just happy for every
senior year, returning from a red-shirt    point wc got and for the win."
season. And as for the addition of Harris,
And this year, Colson has a team    Bull said, "Carl Ray's ability makes
ihat, in the words of a leam member   this tcam better, but his best attribute
Bull said a big difference in this
year's tcam is ihat Colson has pul
emphasis on defense and free throws.
And as Bull put it, "Defense wins
games."
The Bulldogs have a lol to be hopeful for ihis year.
A WACchampionship would mean
a birth in the NCAA tournament,
where Fresno State hasn't been in
almost a decade.
"The NCAA loumamcnt is our
goal," Bull said, "After that, we'll
take il one day at a time."
Timeout keeps
crowd howling
By Kelley Scott
StaffWriter
He runs around at every sporting
event with colorful shorts and an
enthusiasm that just won't quit.
Fans loves him.
He's Timeout, our lovable mas-
col.
"Itscems thai whenever the crowd
the field and do somcihing and the
crowd goes wild," said Jason
Sanford. 19, member of the pep and
cheer squad.
It is a common custom here at
Fresno State that wc keep ihc identity of the one who dawns the suit of
ourmascotanonymous. Thispcrson
will be referred to as 'ihe Dog' in ihis
article for personal quotes.
He remains the No.l representative of this campus.
"The requests for him arc numerous," said Joyce Duncan, adviser for
the mascot and pep and cheer squad.
The Dog gels requests for appearances from the athletic depanmeni,
the administration. Valley Children's
Hospital, elementary schools. Red
Ribbon Week, Welcome Week and
Christmas panics for deaf and homeless children.
Becoming the school's mascot is
not like trying out for the cheer or
pep squads. Il involves an imaginative mind mat can create an exciting
personality that would entnrall a
crowd of thousands.
"Creativity! You have to get the
pcrsonalitydown,"saidihcDog. You
have to observe and listen to what
people say."
Each person who tries out must
come up with a minutc-and-a-half
routine to be performed in the suit.
They arc then drilled by the judges
aboutccnain situations that may come
up and ho w ihcy would handle them.
They arc judged by previous mascots
"They have to be a very personable individual and handle children,
as well as adults," Duncansaid.
Thcrcarcccnaincligibility requirements lhal the Dog must mcci every
semester io slay in uniform.
"They arc just like athletes,"
Duncan said. They have to be full-
time."
They also must keep a 2.0 GPA.
Each year the person who fulfills
the mascot duties receives a $400
scholarship.
It takes a lot of time, energy and
creativity to fulfill the bulldog duties.
"You have to put yourself in a
different frame of mind," said the
dog. "You can'i be yourself. You
have to be Timeout,"
One of the best parts aboul the job
for the Dog is ihc fans' reception.
"He helps inspire the crowd," said
Rccd Bimbaum, 19, pep and cheer
squad member. "He really gets into
Bul the Dog has one warning for
Bulldog fans:
"Don't pull my shorts down!
"It pisses mc off." said the dog.
For years, Woodward still The Voice of the Bulldogs'
By Kevin Adler
Staff Writer
Few people could recognize him
on the street. But listen to any given
Fresno State athletic event on the
radio, and one can immediately distinguish his slow, booming voice as
he paints a picture of a game ihrough
his precise selection of words.
Bill Woodward, 44, "The Voice
oflhc Bulldogs," has been as much a
pan of Fresno State athletics as the
athletes themselves, some would say.
Woodward is ihc sports director ai
KMJ radio (580 AM), and for the past
22 years has brought listeners play-byplay coverage of Fresno Slate athlcu'cs
from nearby Bulldog Stadium to Madison Square Garden in New York Cily.
His prodding, maneuvering voice
calls every lackle, every basket, every
home run, as thousands of listeners in
ihc West tunc their radios to KMJ lo
keep up with Bulldogs sports.
He has called the narncs of such
Bulldog greats as Ron Cox, Henry
Ellard, Tom Goodwin and Rod
Higgins, just to mention a few,.
Currently he is prepanrlg for a
Christmas Day date at ihe Alpha Bowl
in Honolulu, Hawaii, where the football leam will battle Colorado. Doing
this, as well as announcing the men's
basketball team as ihcy begin their
new season and maintaining a family.
He and his wife Sheila have two
sons, Billy and Scan.
It'safar cry from where Woodward
stancd his broadcasting career.
"I dropped out of speech class iwo
limes," Woodward said. "I was scared
to death. If I didn't graduate from college, it would have been because of
speech."
Woodward's CSUF speech professor finally talked him into giving a
speech, andliitlc did heknow he would
soon be talking to a much larger audience.
He got his first taste of sports broadcasting behind the microphone after
being invited to visit the press box at a
local high school football game.
Woodward watched radio an
nouncer Dick Shcppcrd broadcast ihe
game. Then out of ihc blue, Shcppcrd
asked Bill if he could read a commercial live over the air.
"It was a commercial for Jack
Haley's Tire Center," Woodward said.
"The worst commercial or announcement I ever did."
Shcppcrd would later hire
Woodward ai KMJ.
After graduating from college.
Woodward did radio sports both in
Oregon and Montana before returning
io Fresno.
The station was looking for someone to replace An Dove, and was accepting tapes and resumes, wanting
on-air samples of announcers calling
both basketball and football.
"I didn't have any football experience, besides in front of the television
and in my head. Only basketball,"
Woodward said.
So he called up his dad, grabbed a
tape recorder and headed io San Francisco to watch the only football game
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