1981_11 The Daily Collegian November 1981

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6 Dogs end home season Saturday
The Bulldogs
s playing for pride
First the shot at the Pacific Coast
Athletic Association crown and trip to
the California Bowl slipped away. Then
last week's loss to Utah State took away
the chance for a winning record.
All that is left is to play for pride and
respectability.
The Bulldogs are up against their most
formidable foe since San Jose State.
Ironically, Nevada-Las Vegas is the only
team Fresno has met to have beaten San
jose State, a 16-6 game in October.
'We're going to have to play nearly
flawless football,' head coach Jim
Sweeney said.
With strong safety Steve Cordle listed
as doubtful for the contest tomorrow
afternoon, the pass-happy Rebels can be
expected to find a great deal of success
in beating the Bulldog secondary. UNLV
comes in the top-rated passing team in
the country Quarterback Sam King has
thrown for 2,419 yards this season,
completing S8 percent of his throws. He
has single-handedly hit on more passes
than both Fresno's Jeff Tedford and
Sergio Toscano combined
About the only light in this tunnel
seems to be King's 13 interceptions
this season. Fresno has PCAA low nine
catches on opposition aerials, however
Cordle is the team leader with nine
King has tossed 13 scoring passes
Cordle stretched ligaments in his left
knee in last week' s shut-out at the hands
of Utah State Even if Cordle is able to
play tomorrow, it is d- i btful as to
whether he can play up to full strength
The Bulldogs, who have battled in-
luries all season, ?iso have linebacker
Bobby Stevenson un the doubtful list
He hurt a shoulder last week
Tedford is expected to be back in
action after sitting down the entire
second half last week He bruised some
ribs in that contest, but was not labelled
as seriously hurt.
'Jeff came out of there white as a
sheet — he had been really punched
out," Sweeney said of Tedford at half-
time in Logan, Utah.
Defensively, Nevada-Las Vegas has
been questionable. The Rebels opened
with a six-point performance with the
Spartans, a noted offensive power, but
their best since has been 21 \ points
against West Texas State. The last two
weeks, UNLV has been scored on for
126 points. Utah beat them 69-28 and
Hawaii used its strong running game to
pound the Rebels 57-21.
Fresno still owns the second best
offense in the PCAA. CSUF has been
rolling up 334 yards a game thus
far, a nationally ranked figure. UNLV, on
the other hand, has been surrendering
over 465 a game.
'It will be interesting,' Sweeney said.
UNLV is not a noted running team.
The yardage is divided among several
runners. Tailback Michael Morton has
run for 383 yards on 83 carries, while
fullbacks Ray Crouse and Mel Carver
have 350 and 255 yards this season.
"(Sam) King throws as well as any
quarterback we have seen,* Sweeney
said.   'They   have   a   lot   of   different
If the Bulldog play defense the way
they played in the second half of the
Utah State contest, Fresno should be
able to make it interesting. But, needless
say, CSUF will  need  more offense
than it
Fullback Ted Torosian is getting back
to full strength and that will help. Toro¬
sian is running harder up the middle
than he has since before his ankle
injury against Oregon State. He is even
getting some outside speed back.
Outside speed is the one thjng Fresno
still needs to find if the Bulldogs can get
their running attack uncorked, if Steve
Woods can get back in action it will
help. Terry Carter, playing while Woods
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■, but
Kickers top Cal Poly
face Stanford next
The Bulldog soccer team warmed up
Wednesday night for the big showdown
with San Francisco next week.
A chance of knocking off the top-rated
Dons looks slim, judging from CSUF's
performance Wednesday. But the Bull¬
dogs, playing aggressive soccer, took
advantage of a few of the openings the
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo team gave
them to take a 3-2 win in double over-
J im Solomon came off the bench and
moved the ball well for Fresno. He took a
feed from freshman Per Benjamisen with
only seven ticks on the clock to clip the
Mustangs.
"We played a mediocre game," CSUF
head coach Jose Elgorriaga said.
The Bulldogs had trouble getting on
the scoreboard early. Both teams started
off sluggishly, but it didn't take Fresno
long to gain control of the game. Action
was situated largely in front of the Cal
Poly goal. But Fresno failed to jump on
opportunities to score.
•We had chances in the first 10
minutes, but we didn't capitalize,"
Elgorriaga said.
Center-striker Mark Magdaleno was
all over the ball in the opening minutes.
He had several shots, including a sharp
header that was barely deflected by
Cal Poly goalie Randy Smith, but could
not get anything through.
The Mustangs drew first blood mid¬
way through the first half. Cal Polys
Curtis Apsey intercepted a bad pass
from Mitch Rioera and went on a fast
break. Apsey drilled the left corner of
the goal, just past the outstretched Kirk
Shermer to give SLO a 1-0 lead.
Cal Poly goal keeper Smith showed
good reactions at numerous Bulldog
shots. CSUF had 24 shots on Smith
during the evening.
With less than 14 minutes remaining
in the half. Keith Thomas faked a
Mustang defender out of his socks and
then centered the ball to Brett Stoner.
Stoner, tied with Magdaleno as the
team's leading scorer coming in, kicked
one through the empty net, vacated by
Smith to draw CSUF even.
In the second half. Fresno was able to
get more shots on the Cal Poly goal.
Smith was tested severely and even¬
tually failed as Thomas drew him out of
the net while charging with the ball.
Thomas blooped one over his head
for the score.
The Mustangs Jed the score with less
than 14 minutes to go. Tony Browne in
front of the net tried to get the back to
the midfield, but a Cal Poly forward
looped one over Shermer and into the
Cal Poly had a chance
later in the half. Shermer was drawn out
to defend and the action got away from
him. A Cal Poly forward drilled the
ball toward the empty goal, but the shot
just missed wide.
The teams played scoreless for
19:53 in overtime, until Solomon's ball
found the Mustang goal.
Cal Poly only took eight shots on
Shermer. The Bulldogs, once the
opening jitters were worked out, played
a good ball-control game.
-I don't think we tackled well
enough,"  Elgorriaga mused after the
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University of Nevada-Las Vegaa' Sam King—en awesome force.
^—Sports briefs	
Volleyball team whips Broncos
The CSUF women's volleyball team gained a bit of revenge Wednesday
night as they whipped Santa Clara in three straight games at the Men's
Cym.
The Bulldog spikers beat the Broncos 15-11 in the opener and then con¬
tinued to breeze in the next two games, winning 15-7 and 15-6. The Nor-
Cal conference victory was even more satisfying for Coach Leilani Over-
street's team since Santa Clara had beaten the Bulldogs the first time
The win boosted the Bulldogs to 4-5 in conference play and 6-11 overall.
Kim Eisenhart led the winners with 14 kills while teammate Ruth Lawan-
son recorded seven kills and four service aces. Cathy Handcock chipped in
five kills and three service aces for the Bulldogs, who will spend today and
tomorrow at the National Invitational Tournament at UCLA.
CSUF will join 23 other major alleges in the ninth annual event which
will feature the nation's no. 1-ranked team. University of Hawaii, No. 2
UCLA and defending national champion, USC.
In the Bulldogs' pool are ranked teams Washington (15th), San Diego
State (3rd), Arizona (12th), Brigham Young (7th) and Southwest
Missouri State (16th).
Next Wednesday, the Bulldogs will travel to San Jose State for their
second NorCal meeting with the Spartans.
Poloists will play two
The CSUF water polo team will be home for two games this weekend.
The Bulldog poloists will take on UC Davis at 8 o'clock tonight and will
then face Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at 4 p.m. Both matches will be
held at the Clovis West Swim Complex.
Coach Terry Ciffen's Bolldogs take a 16-12-1 overall record and an 0-3
PCAA mark into today' s contest and will be coming off two victories.
Last weekend CSUF trounced Santa Clara University, 11-2, and out¬
lasted Hayward State, 23-15.
Dan Lyons sparked the Fresno offensive attack in the first game with
four goals and Bulldog Matt Winheimer lit up the scoreboard in the second
game with eight goals.
Today's matchup between the Bulldogs and Aggies will be their first
meeting of the season. Earlier in the year, CSUF fought to a 5-5 tie with
Fullerton in the UC Irvine Tournament.
Speaking about last weekend' s success, Ciffen said, "I think we are start-
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Football power struggle in NCAA
Staff Writer
Some football schools in the nation
face a slightly cloudy future with the
fourth National Collegiate Athletic As¬
sociation special convention looming
in December. '
Among many other proposals before
the NCAA member schools to the criteria
for belonging to Division l-A football
'There could be a
dramatic impact
or no impact at all'
may put some Pacific Coast Athletic As¬
sociation schools in jeopardy.
The NCAA has set regulations for be¬
longing to Division l-A. The'division
consists of the major football schools,
including Southern California, Georgia,
Penn State, Alabama and CSUF.
The NCAA requires for membership
that:
• the institution must sponsor at least
eight men's  varsity  sports,   including
'football.
• the school must play at least 60
percent of its football schedule with
other Division l-A schools.
• and that it must either a) average
17,000 home paid attendance over the
immediate past four years, b) play
home games in a stadium with at least
30,000 permanent seats, or c) sponsor
at least 12 men's varsity sports, includ¬
ing football and basketball.
A proposal by the NCAA Council will
drop the 12 sport option and make the at¬
tendance and stadium size figures a
requirement.
To make matters a bit more confusing,
several power schools, including Geor¬
gia, Arkansas, Penn State and Okla¬
homa, are behind a proposal to leave
Division l-A alone and create another
division with higher standards of mem¬
bership. The new division. Division IV,
will require:
• institutions sponsor at least eight
men's varsity sports, including football.
• schools to play at least 70 percent
of   their  schedules   with   current   l-A
• an average paid attendance of
20,000 for the past three years, home
and away.
• and a stadium with at least 30,000
permanent seats.
The division will also allow that
schools which plafln a conference where
at least half of the schools qualify,
all the schools in the conference qualify.
The NCAA Council proposal allows
the half-the-conference portion.
What does all this mean to CSUF and
the PCAA?
"It is difficult to do an intelligent job
of speculating what will happen* CSUF
athletic director Russ Sloan said last
week. 'It is difficult to pre ..1. There
could be a dramatic impact or no impact
at all.'
San Jose State and Fullerton State
appear to be two of the schools facing
possible 'impact" as a result of the pro¬
posed changes. The biggest problem for
those schools is in the area of attendance
and stadium size figures.
But that does not necessarily mean the
two will be forced out of the PCAA into a
lower division, as was feared by SJ5 ath¬
letic director Dave Adams in a recent
interview with the San Francisco Chroni¬
cle. CSUF, Long Beach State, Utah
State and Pacific all meet the standard
for the 30,000-seat stadium, which
should allow all the teams in. The ques¬
tion mark arises when the attendance
requirement goes through.
Playing in 22,000-seat Spartan Stadi¬
um, SJS has drawn only 18,529 spec¬
tators per home game this season.
Fresno leads the PCAA in home at¬
tendance with an average of 22,762 peo¬
ple. That is up from last year's mark of
14,113. But, needless to say, CSUF has
not drawn much better than 14,000 in
recent years at Ratcliffe Stadium.
'It is a power play on the part of the
major football universities,' CSUF ath¬
letic representative Allen Agnew said.
"It gives the USCs, Penn States, and
Ohio States a different set of rules and
regulations to abide by. It gives them
more freedom of operation.'
Agnew said Fresno should be able to
meet the criteria, although he cautioned
that more amendments could be thrown
out on the floor and alter' the whole
"The NCAA is a very complex organi¬
zation,* he said. "But the PCAA should
come out in pretty good shape, if every¬
thing comes up like it's supposed to.*
The 12-sport option, the so-called
"Ivy Amendment," was designed to get
schools that do not play in big stadi¬
ums to play big-time college football.
The Ivy League schools, which do not
draw against many of the larger Eastern
powers like Penn State and Pittsburgh
but sponsor many smaller sports,
pushed for it a few years ago.
PCAA commissioner Lew Cryer said
the major schools want a little more of
the major college football pie.
"They narrow the numbers and their
percentage grows," Cryer said last
week.
Agnew said CSUF and many of the
other medium-sized schools, such as
Long Beach State, Tulsa, Southern Illi¬
nois and Drake, are pushing for more
parity among the football powers.
Football
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is second in the PCAA in rushing. He
has run for 322 yards this season with a
PCAA-leading six yards per carry.
Torosian has 372 yards on the year,
averaging 53.1 per game.
Tedford is the second best passer in
the PCAA. He has thrown for 1119
yards this year on 85 completions. His
Soccer
Elgorriaga will not turn down a win,
however. CSUF needs momentum going
into the Nov. 14 clash with USF at
Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs play
Stanford tomorrow afternoon. Action will
start at 1 p.m. on the Farm.
Fresno will take a 13-5-1 record and a
five-game win streak into the contest.
The Cardinals are 9-5-2. Fresno has a 4-1
mark in Pacific Soccer Conference play.
efficiency rating is 113.7, and has been
intercepted only seven times with six
touchdowns.
Tedford also is second in total offense,
averaging 141.2 yards a week.
UNLV has defensive linemen Brian
Weisbarth and Steve Eisenbarth and
linebacker Craig DeCristo who have
been hurt and play tomorrow without
practice this week. The Rebels have lost
several of their defensive starters to
injuries during the course of the season.
Defensive back Alex Williams is out for
the rest of the year with torn knee
ligaments. Williams has intercepted two
passes for the Rebels.
Split end Jim Sandusky is King's
favorite receiver. Sandusky has caught
46passes for 981 yards this season. Five
of those passes have gone for UNLV
touchdowns. King also likes to throw to
tailback Morton and tight end Jeff Spek.
Both have over 435 yards in catches.
The patcbed-up Bulldog defensive
front should come together by tomorrow.
They had Utah State quarterback Doug
Samuels on the run in the second half
last week. Against Pacific two weeks
ago, Tiger passer Harley Miller was
running for cover.
The move of linebacker Morris Brown
down front as a result of injuries has
proven to be a smart one. Brown, with
some help from ends Kevin Johnson and
Chris Shipp and Tony Vegas coming off
the bench has put pressure on most
passers the Bulldog have met. The run
has been difficult for Fresno to stop this
season. Fresno is last in the conference
in that department
The gelling of the line and finding
the right combination at linebacker
should tell the tale for Fresno. With the
run shut down and pressure on King,
that will make the CSUF secondary's
job a lot easier.
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ing to come together as a team. We are wort
Ciffen also cited Ron Myer-Hagen and B
their standout performances last week.
Harriers set for Santa Barbara
After taking last week off, the CSUF cross country team will return to
action Saturday in a PCAA dual meet against UC-Santa Barbara at Wood¬
ward Park.
The four-mile race Is set to start at 11 a.m.
Santa Barbara has a 3-1 dual meet record and has also participated in
two 10,000-meter races this season, the all-Cal Invitational at UC Irvine
and the Stanford Invitational. The Cauchos finished fourth and 12th respec¬
tively in those meets.
'UC-Santa Barbara has a good young squad that might be a year away
(from reaching its potential),' said CSUF coach Red Estes earlier this week.
"We saw them face-to-face earlier this year-at the Stanford Invitational,
where we placed fourth as a team. They have some good, young freshmen
who should be coming along now that we're approaching the end of the
Two years ago, Santa Barbara was the PCAA cross country champion
The Cauchos finished third last season.
CSUF will take a 6-0 dual meet into tomorrow's race. It will be the Boll-
dogs' first competitive running since Oct. 24 when they ran in the 5.3 Mile
Road Run in Porterville.
"We would like to see it stay as it is
now,* Agnew said. *We've already re¬
duced the number of scholarships so
you can't stockpile (outstanding) play¬
ers like USC used to.*
Sloan and executive vice president
Bill Holmes will represent CSUF at the
convention in St. Louis. Agnew said each
member institution gets one vote at the
convention. The convention; slated for
Dec.   3-4,   marks  the   fourth   spedal
'It is a power play on
the part of the major
football universities'
convention for the NCAA. The last one
was in 1976 in St. Louis. The first was in
1973 in Chicago.
Cryer said while 'it is real early in the
hunt," the NCAA schools would be lean¬
ing toward the NCAA Council proposal
(new criteria for Division l-A) rather
than the Division IV idea. But that was
"It could be entirely different next
week," Cryer chuckled.
Cryer said if the council proposal
goes through, the conference should re¬
main intact The schools in the PCAA
should all qualify to stay in Division
l-A, since many of them will be meet¬
ing the standards, although average at¬
tendance could cause problems.
If the Division IV proposal is passed,
the PCAA remains okay because l-A is
unchanged.
UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara are
also PCAA members, but do not par¬
ticipate in football. Irvine is a strong
basketball and water polo team while
UCSB is also a water polo power.
Intramural
Roundup
Final flag football
rankings
MEN'S TOP 10
1. Expect No Mercy 4-0
2. Rim Attendants 4-0
3. Club Feet 5-0
4. Sigma Chi 4-1
5. Last Chance 3-0-1
6. Baker 2nd *B* 4-1
7. SAE 4-1
8. Lambda Chi 3-2
9. CSUF Engineers 3-*
10. Cophers No. 1 4-1
WOMEN'S TOP5
I.Homan 3rd East 4-0
2. Back In Action 44
3. Sequoia Scheemers 5-0
4. Baker Brats 4-0-1
5. TCI Football 3-1
EARL Y-ROUNO PLAYOFF RESULTS
MEN'S FIRST ROUND
Clocks 35, IV Leaguers 0
Up the Middle 32, EOP Aztecs 31
Coatheads 20, Five Apples 12
Aints20,Homan'B*6
Lambda Chi "B" 20, Cophers No. 213
MEN'S SECOND ROUND
Expect No Mercy 20, docks 7
Baker 2nd "B* 27, Cophers No. 126
Last Chance 25, CSUF Engineers 12
WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND
7. Cr.11.
s Gators 0
The championship gimc> will be held
next Thursday at 8uildog Stadium. The
women's title contest will be held at
7 p.m. and the men's game will be at
8 p.m.