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Fatal crash kills freshman
Bulldog sousaphone player dies after debut at Bulldog Stadium
By Tara Albert
The Collegian
Fresno State Freshman
Nathan Ray died in a car
crash early Sunday mor ning, just hours after playing
in the marching band at his
first football game in Bulldog
Stadium.
Nathan Ray was traveling
east on Highway 168, west
of Shepherd Avenue around
12:48 a.m. Sunday when his
2002 Subaru Forester drifted
off the road, rolled over and
smashed into a telephone pole,
the California Highway Patrol
reported. He was taken to
Community Regional Medical
Center in Fresno where he
later died.
Nathan Ray, a sousaphone
player, was driving home from
Double Play Pizza in Clovis
after celebrating the Bulldog’s
victory over the Cincinnati
Bearcats Saturday night, his
family said.
N a t h a n R ay ’ s m o t h e r,
LouAnne Ray, said she is heart
broken that she will never get
to see where life would have
led her son. She said Nathan
Ray’s family will miss his
great sense of humor, pure
heart and quick wit that made
him a joy to be around.
“I don’t know what we are
going to do without him,” she
said. “There’s a lot of hurting
hearts right now.”
Nathan Ray was born on
July 2, 1992 in Fresno. A little
more than a year later, his
family moved to their Clovis
home, where Nathan Ray was
living while attending Fresno
State. His room was filled with
the things he loved: Posters
of Star Wars characters;
shelves teeming with thick
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Ray was also involved in band at Sierra High School his senior year, playing in the orchestra, jazz, and concert bands.
his was the happiest time in his whole life.”
books; music instruments; a
German flag and a large map
of Germany.
Nathan Ray was a music
education major and a
Ger man minor at F resno
State, aspiring to become a
music teacher in Germany,
said his father, Jim Ray.
Friends and family remember Ray as a pure-hearted man
with a passion for music.
“I think Nathan really
found his direction in life and
his joy in life when he started
being involved with music,”
he said.
Nathan Ray was thrilled to
attend Fresno State because it
has a strong music program,
Jim Ray said. He said Nathan
Ray could not be persuaded to
apply to any other college and
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parking
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Father
was ecstatic about receiving
an education that would prepare him for his ideal career,
Jim Ray added.
“This was the happiest time
in his whole life,” he said.
Fresno State Bulldog
M a rch i n g B a n d D i re c t o r
T i m o t hy A n d e r s o n s a i d
Nathan Ray was looking forward to playing the tuba at
his first football game. He
said Nathan Ray worked hard,
never complained and always
strived to improve his playing.
“Nathan was a wonderful young man,” he said. “He
always had a wonderful attitude.”
Anderson said the marching band planned to gather in
the Music Building Tuesday
Photo courtesy of Noah Ray
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Nathan Ray’s brother, Noah, said he had a heart of a lion and a mane to
match.
Throughout campus, people
can be seen on scooters, skateboards and bicycles heading to
their class. But for bicycle riders at Fresno State, available
parking has become an ongoing issue.
With approximately 20,000
students this semester and
5,194 parking spaces as of
2009, many students seek out
other methods of transportation, bicycles being among the
most popular alternatives.
“Riding a bike used to be
a lot more convenient for me,
and not to mention cheaper,” said Karen Ard, a public
health major at Fresno State.
“Now I even have a problem
finding a place to park my
bike.”
Ard said she thinks more
students ride their bikes
because of the tuition increases. Ard said a student’s budget
isn’t as big as it used to be.
“Many students want to
save money by riding their
bikes, but the school needs
to do something to meet the
demand of these students,”
Ard said. “It’s really annoying
when I can’t find a spot for my
bike and I have to park it some
other place on campus, usually not where my class is.”
Ard is not alone in her
frustrations with the lack of
parking for bicycles. Jennifer
Wright, a business entrepreneurship major, said she rides
her bike to class four times a
week because it’s cheaper and
she enjoys helping the environment.
“Bike parking never used
to be a problem, but now it is,
especially at the recreation
center,” Wright said. “ When
I can’t find a rack to park my
bike, I usually find a pole or
fence, but then I found out
about the bike parking policy.”
Wright said she saw parking enforcement officers leave
tags on different bikes that
said: “bikes may be impounded or ticketed for failure to
park on a bike rack.”
Wright feels the policy is
unfair.
“The school should invest
in more bike racks, and until
then stop penalizing those
who cannot find a parking
place for their bike. We don’t
have all the time in the world
between classes so its not like
we can go biking around campus looking for more racks.”
Gary Wilson, senior director of Facilities Management,
said the university is considering placing new bike racks
between the University Center
and the Madden Library
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Remembering Wooden
wrote letters to her every month thereBut that wasn’t the best part. Not
after, telling her how much he loved
even close. I got to meet the legendary
her. He did it up until a few months
coach.
before he died, only stopping when he
I may have only been eight years old,
was physically unable to do it anymore.
but I was a huge sports buff and could
But his faith sustained him.
reel off UCLA’s stats from the Wooden
“Losing Nell has cured me of any
Era in rapid succession, even at that
fear of death,” Wooden wrote, “because
age. So I knew the legend when I saw
I believe that when I’m called, when
him. When I ran up to him to say hello,
the Good Lord beckons according to
he could not have been more gracious.
his plan, I will go to heaven and be with
He offered his autograph, his lap to
her. Knowing this gives me peace.”
sit on, even conversation—with me, a
Rest in peace, coach.
small, pale blonde kid.
Later, Wooden spoke at a meeting
where all the coaches convened. Of
course, I went with my father. The
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TONY PETERSEN
happier.
Later that summer, I was hit in
the head with a golf club, requirn June 5, college basketball
ing emergency surgery. It was a
legend John Wooden passed
miracle that I lived, much less that
away at Ronald Reagan UCLA
I kept my mental facilities intact.
Medical Center, just a few
While I was recovering at home, I
months shy of his 100th birthday.
received a letter in the mail. It was
Now, admittedly, this doesn’t have
from John Wooden.
much to do with us in Fresno, and it
“It was bad news to learn that
isn’t very timely, but I feel that coach
Wooden’s story is one that must be told. you had been hurt in an accident,” wrote
coach Wooden,
“but good news
to hear that you
are getting well
quickly. I enjoyed
he coach made it a point to seek me out
seeing you at the
when he saw me, hugged me and took a
basketball camp
picture with me, wrapping his arms around me. I
and hope that I
will see you again
could not have been happier.”
next year. Do what
the doctor and
— Tony Petersen
your parents say
and help them to
help you. Love,
sincerely, Coach
Wooden.”
Needless to say, that picked my
John Wooden coached for 29 years,
spirits up in a mighty way.
two at Indiana State and 27 at UCLA,
But even legends need their
amassing 664 wins and winning more
than 80 percent of his games. He won 10 spirits picked up sometimes. In
1985, Nell, Wooden’s wife of 53
national championships, four of them
years, passed away. It crushed
in undefeated seasons, seven of them
him. Friends feared for his life. He
consecutively. At one point his UCLA
teams won 88 games in a row, a record
that is almost inconceivable.
By any measure, Wooden had an
incredibly successful career. The coach
defined success as “a peace of mind
which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to
become the best that you are capable of
becoming.”
His “Pyramid of Success” is used
throughout the world as a tool to teach
young men and women the virtues
that lead to a successful and fulfilling
life. Its values are the ones that helped
make John Wooden a man of impeccable character.
In the summer of 1997, my dad, a basketball coach at Buchanan High School
at the time, took his team to a basketball camp at UCLA. Being a coach’s kid,
I tagged along.
The camp was amazing. I got to walk
around UCLA’s beautiful campus, play
basketball in Pauley Pavilion, where
the Bruins played basketball, and met
Photos courtesy of Tony Petersen
Bill Walton, the Hall of Fame basketJohn Wooden with Tony Petersen, in 1997 (top) and 2006 (above). Wooden was not only a great
ball player who played for UCLA from
coach; he was a great man.
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evening to share pictures
and stories of Nathan Ray.
He said the band is planning
to dedicate the rest of the
season to Nathan Ray.
Likewise,
Bruce
Weinberger, a music teacher at Sierra High School,
said the high school band
is planning to get together
Thursday night to share stories about Nathan Ray.
Weinberger said Nathan
Ray was a very generous and
kind person who was friends
with everyone he met. He
the kind of disposition that
was obvious to “everyone
and anyone who knew him.”
Wulf said the last time he
saw Nathan Ray was Friday
night at a mutual friend’s
party. Wulf said he has been
struggling to understand the
tragedy and cried for nearly
five hours Sunday morning
after learning his friend had
died.
“It’s very difficult,” Wulf
said. “I guess I’m coping as
well as people do when someone they’ve known and loved
for all their life just died.”
The cause of the accident
“H
e lived for music. That’s what he did — music
was his thing.”
— Bruce Weinburger,
Music teacher, Sierra High School
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said Nathan Ray genuinely
cared about his fellow students.
Weinberger said music
was one of the most important things in Nathan Ray’s
life—especially the tuba,
which he had been playing
since fifth grade. Nathan Ray
was in the Concert Band,
Jazz Band and the Orchestra
his senior year, playing the
tuba, trombone and upright
bass in each band, respectively. He was also a member
of the Chamber Choir and
Concert Choir.
“ H e l ive d fo r m u s i c, ”
Weinberger said. “That’s
what he did—music was his
thing.”
A.J. Wulf said he immediately became friends with
Nathan Ray when the two
first met in kindergarten. He
said Nathan Ray was always
a joy to be around because he
had a positive attitude and
is being investigated, but
alcohol was not considered a
factor in the crash.
Nathan Ray is survived
by: his parents, Jim Ray and
LouAnne Ray; and his siblings, Amber Tucker, Jessi
Marshall, Noah Ray and
Jonathan Ray.
A memorial fund has
been set up at Central Valley
Community Bank, and a
memorial service will be
held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday
in the gymnasium at Sierra
High School at 33326 Lodge
Road in Tollhouse.
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itself and it’s surroundings.
Wilson acknowledged that
more bike racks are consistently in demand.
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marketing major, said she usually has no problem finding an
open spot on a bike rack when
she rides her bike to class.
“I have only had to park my
bike on a pole or fence when I
go to the Student Recreational
Center,” Schantin said.
S ch a n t i n s a i d s h e w a s
unaware of the policy forbidding parking bikes on fences
or poles and considers herself
lucky to have not gotten a ticket or her bike impounded.
“I understand the policy
because they don’t want a
bunch of bikes just parked
everywhere, but they should
have more bike racks and
fix the ones that are broken
because half of the available
ones can’t be used,” Schantin
said.
The infor mation regarding the policy is available on
the traffic operations website
under Bike Laws, Safety and
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suspect had
previous conviction
as adolescent
The Fresno Bee
Fresno County prosecutors say a Clovis man
accused of fatally stabbing
his mother was convicted
of killing a 19-year-old man
while still a minor.
Forty-nine-year-old Eric
Tidrick is being held without
bail on suspicion of murdering his 77-year-old mother
Ladonna Tidrick in a Clovis
apartment last week.
Tidrick was scheduled
to be arraigned Tuesday in
Fresno County Superior
C o u r t , bu t h i s a r r a i g n ment was postponed until
Thursday because he is in a
psychiatric unit.
Prosecutors say Tidrick
was 17 when he was convicted of murdering Larry
Eugene Smith, a McLane
High School graduate whose
bludgeoned body was discovered near Millerton Lake in
1978.
Tidrick faces a specialcircumstance alle g ation
because of that previous
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FEATURES EDITOR, JANESSA TYLER • [email protected]
The ringtone that bites
Cell phones are becoming a
significant part of our culture
as users are increasingly customizing their smartphones
with personalized ringtones.
Most cell phones have the
technological ability to download ringtones.
Professors often ask students to turn off or put their
cell phone on silent before
class starts to avoid distractions. But what if you had a
ringtone that your professor
couldn’t hear?
The Mosquito Ringtone
is creating a stir among students across the world as their
curiosity to test the product
increases.
British inventor Howard
Stapleton created the ringtone in 2005 after he wanted
to repel young people from
loitering in front of stores.
In order to avoid disturbing
older customers, Stapleton
had to develop an annoying
ultra high frequency sound
that only teenagers could
hear. Alternatively, students
have been using the ringtone
for their benefit inside the
classroom.
According to a CBS article
by Lloyd de Vries in June 2006,
one of the ways the ringtone
works is by taking advantage
of a hearing loss that happens naturally as people age.
A 19-year-old student can
hear their cell phone ring in
a classroom, but their professor wouldn’t be able to hear it.
The ringtone used by the student is designed to prevent the
professor from hearing high
frequency sounds associated
with their age group.
Broadcast jour nalism
major Suzie Gutierrez said
her older brother Richard
Carlos, 32, showed her the
ringtone last year when he
couldn’t hear the one designated for his age group.
“He was surprised I could
hear it so well and
d he
couldn’t,” said Gutierrez.
rez.
The website offers the
ringtone for different
nt
age groups, including
g
39 and younger, 30 and
d
younger, 24 and younger and 18 and younger.
These age g roups
specify who is more
likely to hear the high
frequency sound. The
ringtone can be down-loaded for free through
ugh the
Mosquito Ringtone website.
bsite.
The ringtone is interestnteresting and can be helpful,
l, but it
isn’t for everyone. Hairstylist
irstylist
Danielle Hollman, 23, tried
ried the
ringtone and didn’t like the
results.
“It works, but it’ss really
annoying when you can
an hear
it,” Hollman.
High school students
nts who
have older teachers generally use the ringtone,
e, but it
wouldn’t be helpful forr college
students who have a graduate
d t
student as a professor.
The ringtones also don’t
effectively diminish the hearing of every person in the
designated age group. This
is because every individual’s
hearing declines at varying
rates.
Reedley College Professor
Cheryl Lock encourages people of all ages to try the ringtone even though it didn’t
affect her.
“It can't possibly
be accurate,” said Lock. “I
couldn't hear the one that’s
for under 49 and I am
only 46.”
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University Press gives unique material
for Fresno State professors and students
By Maddie Shannon
The Collegian
Fresno State has a well-kept secret.
University Press, a small academic
program run through the College of
Arts and Humanities, assists professors by selling books and other instructional materials that often times aren’t
available anywhere else. The program
publishes history, literature and folk
tale books specific to the culture of the
Central Valley.
“I’ve been using materials from
University Press for at least 15 years,”
said Barlow Der Mugrdechian, a professor of Armenian studies at Fresno
State. “I can get materials that I’m not
able to get anywhere. There are only
two professors in the department, and
we both use University Press texts.”
University Press offers 27 printed
materials, including literary magazines and other academic publications,
including art, autobiographical and
architecture publications.
“We’ve had music professors use
one of the resources in the collection,
Flamenco body and soul which is now
out of print,” said Carla Millar, assistant to the dean of the College of Arts
and Humanities. “Professors from different subjects use the publications we
have available as the textbook for the
class they teach.”
Millar said the most recent project for University Press is collaboration with the Tokiwa International
Victimology Institute, based in Japan.
The collaboration resulted in the
online journal called International
Perspectives in Victimolog y. The
English version of the publication can
be found on the University Press website.
“We have the collection located in a
couple of storerooms,” said Millar. “We
also have a new room in the library.”
Fresno State’s University Press is
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Wall
5 John of “Good Times”
9 “Last of the Red Hot ___”
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15 Take one’s turn in chess
16 Cockamamie
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18 Ovine utterance
19 Sort of, sort of
20 Port in the southern U.S.
23 Air pressure meas.
24 Be incorrect
25 Slow musical passage
28 Electrical pioneer Nikola
30 “There’s more ...”
32 Biblical verb ending
33 Takes for granted
36 Approximating words
37 Traffic jam causes,
sometimes
39 Mothers in woolly cotes
41 Rating for a cheap hotel,
perhaps
42 Long-jawed fish
43 Bygone orchard spray
44 Door fastener
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muffler
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component
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12 Pair’s connector
13 Hemingway novel setting
21 Path of ___ resistance
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29 Country abutting Vietnam
30 Muslim prince (Var.)
31 Shutterbug’s attachment
34 Like some kisses and
bases
35 Bone parallel to the radius
36 Creole cooking pod
37 Disease caused by vitamin B deficiency
38 Pac. state
39 Party in a “which came
first” debate
40 It can cause a draft
43 Passion’s opposite
45 What a comb undoes
46 Make up your mind
47 Mooring rope
49 Land maps
50 Ticket taker’s givebacks
51 Trees bearing valuable nuts
54 On an even ___ (stable)
55 “First Lady of Song”
Fitzgerald
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57 Con’s confines
58 Dweller on the Mekong
River
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well as the longest running
academic press. It was instituted in 1982 to give Fresno
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specific text and material that
I can provide to my students,”
said Der Mugrdechian. “It’s
better material than a less-specific textbook, but there is no
perfect textbook in the field,
unfortunately.”
Included in the University
Press collection are some new
additions, including “The
Artist and His Mother,” a non-
tions in the collection, a new
short fiction, narrative jourfiction book by Pete Najarian
issue of the organization’s
nalism, poetry and cultural
about him and his mother,
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well. “The Normal School: A
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sale is a collection of William
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“Warsaw Visitor and Tales
from the Vienna Streets,”
which is a compilation of the
last 150 plays he wrote during
his time in Paris, and “Where
the Bones Go,” a book he
wrote to ease his mental pain
during the last months of his
life, a time he spent in Fresno.
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SPORTS EDITORS, BEN INGERSOLL AND VONGNI YANG • [email protected]
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The Sport’s Desk
Saturday’s Standouts
Saturday’s Standouts
Game-changing moment: Logan
Harrell’s first sack
With five minutes to play in the first half,
Bulldog defensive tackle Logan Harrell
did what the Bulldogs’ defense was having trouble with from the get-go: Getting
a hand on quarterback Zach Collaros.
For the first quarter and a half, Collaros
ran up, down and around the Fresno
State defense, but Harrell’s first of four
sacks on the night flipped the momentum in the Bulldogs’ favor.
Interesting stat of the game: Colburn
completed his final 10 passes
Colburn, who started the game shaky
throwing an interception on his third
pass of the game, kicked his play into
high gear from then on, especially in the
second half. He finished the game 18-for24 and 247 yards and matching a careerhigh four touchdowns.
Unsung hero: Andrew Shapiro, P
In his first career start replacing AllWestern Athletic Conference punter
Robert Malone, Andrew Shapiro averaged 40 yards a punt, including two
inside the Cincinnati 20 yard line.
Shapiro also got good hang time on his
punts, allowing just one returnable kick
for the Bearcats’ D.J. Woods that went
for no gain.
‘Dogs sealed the deal when...
….in the first play of the fourth quarter,
Colburn showcased his deep-ball accuracy by hitting sophomore Rashad Evans
for a 59-yard scoring strike that put
Fresno up 14 points, 28-14. The score
capped Fresno State’s scoring night and
its 28-unanswered points.
What we learned:
Devon Wylie and
By Ben Ingersoll and Vongni Yang
The first thing we
Jamel Hamler showed
The Collegian
learned during
great hands, snagging
Saturday’s contest is
a few jump balls in
that Robbie Rouse is not Ryan Mathews. the end zone for touchdowns. On the
This is not to say Rouse doesn’t have
contrary, the running game was not in
the potential to put up gaudy numbers,
typical Bulldog form. Pat Hill’s squad
but the play calling didn’t suit his runranked ninth in the nation last year in
ning style. With Rouse’s stature and
rushing yards, but only gained 49 on
slash-and-dash abilities, he is more
the ground against the Bearcats. If the
suitable as a change-of-pace back
‘Dogs don’t find a running game and
rather than an every-down, betweenfind it quick, defenses will begin to key
the-tackles runner. A.J. Ellis, who is
on Colburn, and we may not see anothbuilt more as a north and south runner,
er performance like we did Saturday.
took only one carry between the tackles
for six yards, longer than any carry
Defensive breakdown:
Rouse had. Rouse is at his best in the
After years of getting pushed around,
open field as evidenced by his 20-yard
the defensive line finally lived up to its
touchdown catch in the second quarter.
promise. The line wreaked havoc from
Expect a running back by committee
start to finish, confusing quarterback
possibly when the ‘Dogs travel to Utah
Zach Collaros throughout the entire
State on Sept. 18.
game. The ‘Dogs finished the game with
eight sacks with seven coming from
Offensive breakdown:
the defensive front four. The impresColburn looked solid. A year of experisive pass rush is something the ‘Dogs
ence and maturity showed on the field
haven’t seen since the early 2000s when
as Colburn played the best home game
the team had Alan Harper and Nick
of his career statistically, completing
Burley chasing opposing quarterbacks.
75 percent of his passes and four touchAs a whole, the defense has improved
downs. The receivers made up for their
drastically. Pat Hill’s mantra “Shut up
lack of size by running crisp routes
and hit somebody” was finally put on
and giving Colburn a legitimate deep
displayed Saturday night. Our player
threat, probably his best attribute as a
to watch, Desia Dunn, led a secondary
quarterback. Receivers Rashad Evans,
that delivered devastating hits.
Call of the game: 4th-and-2, 10:38 left
in 3rd quarter, Fresno State ball
With the game tied 14-14 and momentum at a standstill, Pat Hill elected to go
for it on 4th down from the Cincinnati
36 yard line. Colburn play actioned to
Robbie Rouse, rolled to his left, and
found an open Tapa Taumoepeau in the
flats for a first down. The very next play
Colburn found Devon Wylie in the end
zone for a 28-yard touchdown and the
first lead of the night, 21-14.
Dog bone giveaway: Desia Dunn, CB,
and Logan Harrell, DT
Dunn recorded a career-high and gamehigh 11 tackles, a few resulting in
bone-rattling hits on Bearcats receivers.
Harrell was named the Western Athletic
Conference Defensive Player of the Week
for his four sacks, 4.5 tackles for a loss,
one forced fumble and one pass breakup
performance. The ‘Dogs took down
Collaros eight times.
BULLDOGS: Defensive play
sparks Colburn and offense
CONTINUED from page 8
Matt Weir/ The Collegian
Quarterback Ryan Colburn started off the season well, throwing for a WAC-best four touchdowns.
after converting just one first down
in the ‘Dogs first six possessions. The
Bearcats’ defense forced the ‘Dogs to
four-straight three-and-outs to start
the game.
“I have to give Cincinnati credit,”
Hill said. “We only had one first down
midway through the second quarter.
They were playing very good defense.”
Colburn explained that the ‘Dogs
slow start was due to their unfamiliarity with the opposing team and their
defense.
“We didn’t know a lot about these
guys,” Colburn said. “They were a
team that we did not have a lot of film
on. They had a lot of new players and a
whole new coaching staff. We had not a
lot to go off of.”
With the offense struggling early, it
was the defense that stepped up and
provided the much needed spark to
jump-start the offense.
After setting up the Bearcats’ offense
in a third-and-long situation at the
Cincinnati 30, defensive tackle Logan
Harrell flushed quarterback Zach
Collaros out of the pocket and sacked
him for a 20-yard loss.
The sack supplied the momentum for
the offense and Colburn led the ‘Dogs
on a four-play, 49-yard touchdown
drive. Colburn would find running
back Robbie Rouse running wide open
near the goal line for a 20-yard touchdown strike.
Colburn’s comfort level as a secondyear starter finally settled in after his
first touchdown toss of the year.
“After we scored that first touchdown
that really kind of got me in a rhythm,”
Colburn said. “I kind of got a feel of
how they wanted to play us.”
Defensive end Chris Carter’s sackstrip on Collaros on the next drive
would give the ‘Dogs the possession
back in Bearcats territory with 39 seconds left to play in the first half.
The ‘Dogs offensive prowess dominated from there on out. Colburn marched
the offense down the field in 23 seconds
to tie the game at 14-14 with a touchdown pass to receiver Jamel Hamler in
the corner of the end zone.
To start the third quarter, Colburn
drove the offense the length of the field
by capping off an 80-yard drive with
Colburn’s third touchdown pass of the
night, hitting receiver Devon Wylie in
the middle of the end zone to give the
‘Dogs their first lead of the game, 21-14.
“We made some big plays,” Hill
said. “It was a big play offense tonight
instead of the typical grind it out
[offense].”
With the defense’s dominating performance in the second half, the ‘Dogs
added an insurance touchdown on
the first play of the fourth quarter.
Receiver Rashad Evans flew past two
defenders and hauled in a 59-yard
touchdown pass down the seams.
Colburn finished the game completing
75 percent of his passes for 247 yards
and four touchdowns, tying a career
high.
Defensively, the ‘Do gs held the
Bearcats to two scoreless quarters and
collected eight total sacks: Four by
Harrell, three by Carter, one by linebacker Travis Brown and one by defensive end Chris Lewis.
“Our defense just played outstanding,” Hill said.
The ‘Dogs have this week off before
traveling to Logan, Utah to take on
Western Athletic Conference foe, Utah
State on Sept. 18 at 5:00 p.m.
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‘Dogs topple Bearcats
FRESNO STATE 28, CINCINNATI 14
Matt Weir / The Collegian
Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros had ‘Dogs’ defensive tackle Logan Harrell’s number memorized after Saturday night’s game. Harrell brought down Collaros four times, winning WAC defensive
player of the week for his efforts.
The Fresno State football team won their seventh-straight season
opener, topping the Bearcats 28-14
By Vongni Yang
The Collegian
Before quarterback Ryan
Colburn completed his first
pass of the season, he threw
an interception that led to
two-straight scoring drives
by Cincinnati’s offense as the
Bearcats got off to a fast start
and led 14-0 by the second
quarter.
“We started out in the hole
14-nothing, but we talked
about that in the locker room
before the game,” head coach
Pat Hill said. “Games go up
and down and you just need to
keep playing and we kept playing.”
Colburn kept playing and
responded to his early game
struggles by completing his
last 10 passes of the game to
lead the Bulldogs to a comefrom-behind 28-14 win over the
visiting Bearcats.
Colbur n and the of fense
started off slowly, failing to
convert a first down until
the 11:44 mark in the second
quarter. The ‘Dogs offense
s p u t t e re d o u t o f c o n t ro l
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