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Garth Brooks performs at the Save Mart Center on Sept. 23, 2016. The crowd cheered as Brooks let his voice be heard throughout the arena. The country artist performed for three days in Fresno for his World Tour event with Trisha Yearwood.

REAGAN LIBRARY

Students to visit Reagan Presidential Library By Tristan Lewis

Special to The Collegian

Have you ever wanted to walk aboard Air Force One, or take a tour of the presidential Oval Office? How about touch a piece of the historic Berlin Wall? On Oct. 1, students can experience all of these things with Fresno State’s USU Productions and traveling down in a bus to Simi Valley to visit the Ronald Reagan Museum. “Where else in California can visitors walk onboard an actual Air Force One aircraft that flew seven U.S. presidents,” said Melissa Giller, the chief marketing officer for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. “Touch an authentic piece of the Berlin Wall, or lay a hand on a real steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center after 9/11?” The Ronald Reagan Museum is a presidential library that helps celebrate the history of the 40th president of the United States. The students who take the trip will be able to tour the museum where they will be offered knowledge of Reagan, as well as insight into the president’s life

The Reagan Library sign at the entrance to the courtyard.

through many exhibits. Fresno State’s USU Productions puts on many events throughout the year to help students get involved providing entertaining activities and but it also makes it so that those events are educational as well, Giller said. This is the first time that Fresno State students and USU Productions will travel down to Southern California to visit this historic museum. Shawna Blair, program

and events coordinator at the Student Involvement Center, helps USU Productions plan trips just like this every year. It tries to put on at least two a semester. “This is definitely something worthwhile to take a student’s full day,” Blair said. “It is exciting because it is something new that we haven’t done before, and it is also a great time right now because of the elections that are coming up.” The museum is home to many inter-

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active displays and attractions that were very significant during Reagan’s run in his presidency. One of the most popular destinations is Air Force One pavilion, she said. Students and visitors will be able onto walk on the very same plane that flew Reagan during his presidency, as well as six other presidents. Students will also be

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SNAPCHAT

Stop trying to make fetch happen

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By Jenna Wilson @fsjennawilson

We’d all be lying if we said we didn’t check out the filters on Snapchat on the daily. In just the last year, Snapchat has added many different options for us to seize the self-involved opportunity to snap a selfie from geofilters indicating that we are in Timbuktu to face scans making us look and sound like cute little foxes. “What does the fox say?” This fox says that these filters are furthering the idea of basicness, specifically applying to female dogs. Don’t get me wrong, these filters make me look #flawless and the flower crown one is straight fire, but if I had a dime for every girl who snapped, posted, shared or set their profile picture as the terribly basic dog filter, I’d have enough money to pay off student loans. The dog filter is as stale as Yik Yak. With

that being said, here are the top five reasons why the overrated and overused filter needs to go. 1. Real dogs are cuter than you and your friends: I’m sorry, I said it. I will always choose a corgi over you, no matter how advanced you are in your basicness. Eyeliner on point? My dog has eyebrows. Perfect smile to smirk ratio? My dog tilts her head back and forth. Hair on point? But do you get groomed at PetSmart? Didn’t think so. You’re too much drama for me, and my dog is perfect. Bye, Felicia. 2. Everyone is tired of watching you stick your tongue out: Hold your finger on the screen. Scan your face. Directions state “open your mouth”. Upon following the directions, this will trigger the “dog” to stick it’s tongue out. Thus, you do not have to stick your own out. Don’t keep lapping the air and whine about why it isn’t working. It’s not working because you can’t follow

directions. Typical. Expected. 3. Your life is not “ruff”: Oh no, you failed your math test because you didn’t study because you were too busy snapping all night. Poor you. Your life is literally the worst. What with your smartphone and all. Woe is you. Sad dog snap. Just to let you know dogs are rarely a species that gets sad and that’s what makes them great. Stop looking for validation and stop searching for pity, Gretchen. Stop trying to make it happen. It’s not going to happen. 4. Act like a basic, get treated like one: I’m sure like most people, you do not like to be called the derogatory term for a female dog. So why are you emulating one? As humans we pride ourselves on being able to walk on two legs, the possession of our opposable thumbs, and the ability to feel a variety of emotions. Act like it. Act like a human with a variety of complex emotions, rather than the surface-level unoriginal

basicness you are fulfilling by choosing to wave your head back and forth like you truly don’t understand what is happening in the world. Act basic, receive basic treatment. Up your pH level. 5. It covers up your natural beauty: Yes, it’s true. You don’t need filters to boost your self-esteem. You are naturally beautiful, but I think the reason why so many people – including myself – are attracted to this filter is because it’s covers up one of the most commonly hated physical features: the nose. Too pointy, too big, too long, too wide. Fortunately for us though, the people we have as friends on Snapchat already know what we look like and they seem to be okay with it. Of course the filter is fun, but you don’t need it to feel worthy.

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Men’s basketball team bowls with the public Yezmene Fullilove The Collegian Fresno State basketball player Jahmel Taylor bowls at the Bulldog Bowl on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. The men’s basketball team bowled with the general public to give people an opportunity to meet the team that went to the NCAA tournament.

Students to visit the Reagan Library on Oct. 1 REAGAN from Page 1 able to view Reagan’s presidential limousine and Secret Service Suburbans. Students will also be able to explore many other exhibits in the museum such as checking out a piece of the historic Berlin Wall and seeing and exploring a replica of Reagan’s oval office.

The museum lets visitors explore many lifetime events ranging from Reagan’s boyhood to his presidency to even after his death. The library allows guests to connect with him and see what type of life he lived and be able to read up on his beliefs and what he supported, organizers said. Dr. Lori Clune, an associate professor

in the history department, said Reagan was a president who had a significant impact on the present day. “Reagan was somebody that so many presidents, either Republican or Democrat, will refer to him as somebody that had influenced them,” Clune said. “Which is something that is pretty rare.” After the students get done at the mu-

seum, the bus will then take them over to Ventura Harbor Village where they can have lunch on their own and explore the shops and beach. Tickets are on sale now at the USU Information Center — $30 for Fresno State students with an ID. Those students may pay an additional $35 to bring along one guest.

A&E Q&A

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ONE-ON-ONE

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood By Jenna Wilson @fsjennawilson

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood speak at a press conference before Friday night’s show.

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JW: Born in Tulsa. Tulsa is coming to play Fresno State football tomorrow. Any thoughts or feelings on that game? GB: Oh no, really? No man, we love the Hurricane ball at home. Those guys are good guys. Good organization. This [Fresno State] is a classy organization, so it should be one of those great games where all the fans come in and the fans from Tulsa are sweet, straight-up people. So it’s going to be a great weekend where the most important thing are those kids on the field. Because you guys have the same mindset, this should be a great weekend. JW: You released “We Shall be Free” in 1992. How important do you think that song’s message is given the state of the country today? GB: Yes, I’m going to say this and I love it. Every day that song became more true, more true. Every day today it remains just to be more true and more true. Now, let’s add songs like “The Change” with it. Lets add songs like “People Loving People” with it. It’s about tolerance. It’s about trying to understand. I think our biggest problem as people is we think we know each other. We have no clue what the other person that might be raised exactly like us--same color skin, everything--we have no clue what they are going through, even though we think we do. Now, multiply it by different sex, different color skin, different religious preference. It gets wacky. So the thing is just tolerance, understanding patience. There was a great line during the Olympics that said patience is an action, so if you want to take action, sometimes that best action is patience. JW: You’ve played many different roles: the baseball player, the singer. You’ve done many different things: philanthropist, dad and now you’re grandpa. So what is that role like? GB: I don’t know because my baby, little August, had her child so young in her life that I’ve still not got all of my baby girl out of me yet, right? So when I know K is coming, when I know her daughter is coming, I think I get so excited that I know her mom is coming because they’re inseparable. So wherever you see one, you see the other. They’re kind of--it’s odd, and somebody in my place will get this, they’re so close in age, it’s almost like you have two daughters, instead of a daughter and her daughter. It’s sweet, but, again, man, it’s girls. I don’t know what it is, but everything in my house is girls. The dogs are girls; everything and so it’s pretty cool. I feel very lucky. JW: Who do you have in the Super Bowl? GB: Well, I’m an Oklahoma State graduate. Oklahoma State Cowboys everything. Super Bowl? I’m going to have to go with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. I bleed orange. JW: You and Garth worked together before there was a marriage. You guys were married to different people. There were other relationships, but did you

guys know there was some kind of chemistry that was deeper than a professional performance relationship? TY: We were friends for a really long time, so there was always a deep friendship. I’ve always had great respect for him, I’ve always liked him. I always liked the guy that he was, but we really didn’t see each other very much in those early years, except for if he called to sing on a record. It was always, always fun. Always enjoyed myself in the studio with him because he is who you see. He is always nice, and I really did think, ‘Man, nobody’s that nice,’ the other shoe is going to have to fall with this guy at some point. But it never did. I think that was one of the nice things when we finally did decide to try this as a couple, was that usually in a relationship you jump in. You know, I’m sure you’ve done that, I know I’ve done that before. You jump in and a few months down the line you’re like ‘I don’t even like this guy, what was I thinking?’ For us, because we had such a strong friendship, we had been down that. We knew so much about each other that maybe we wouldn’t have had that kind of friendship if we had just jumped into dating. So it was nice. It was good. Then the downside of that is that your friend knows all your dark secrets. You’re like, ‘I wish he didn’t know that about me,’ so it really was a great foundation to start. JW: Little over 10 years ago, Garth proposed to you in Bakersfield, so does the Central Valley have a different kind of feeling than different towns or different places do? TY: Yeah, totally, the most romantic place on Earth for me, you know? The funny thing about that is that in Garth’s private life, he’s pretty private. So I was totally caught off guard. I mean we had talked about getting married. We figured we would get married at some point, but there wasn’t like ‘we’re about to get engaged.’ None of that was happening in my head. I never thought he would do it in front of 7,000 people in Bakersfield, California. I saw footage of it when he proposed, I have my hands over my face and I’m kind of doing this [shaking head] and he thinks I’m saying no, I think, for a second, but I was just overwhelmed. I thought, ‘seriously? Is that’s what’s happening?’ so it definitely has a special place for me. JW: Business student, singer, actress, you have your own cooking show, philanthropist: What’s next for Trisha Yearwood? TY: I don’t know. Maybe, a vacation. We took one vacation in our 11 years of marriage. We went to Hawaii for a few days with our girls and we loved it and we talked about going back there, but I’m from Georgia so a vacation for me has to include a beach, but it could be just Florida somewhere, just the Gulf Coast of Florida. Then the other thing is that we’re gone so much that really when we’re home, I’m really a homebody. I say that, but the truth is that I’d really just kind of like to be on my couch with my feet up with my dog, drinking my coffee.

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Blame it all on his roots

GARTH BROOKS

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By Jenna Wilson @fsjennawilson

Fans who attended the opening show of the Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood at the Save Mart Center on Fri-

day night were not disappointed. Brooks said it was the best opening show he had ever been a part of in any city in all his years of performing. After 19 years, Brooks and company returned to Fresno with a bang. The 55-year-

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old wasted no time pumping up the crowd as he ran, jumped, danced and skipped all over the stage from band member to band member, opening his part of the show with his hit song “Rodeo.” “Fresno, y’all are serious,” Brooks said in response to the crowd loudly and enthusiastically singing every word to every song. Brooks rocked the Save Mart Center with his top hits including “Friends in Low Places,” “Two Piña Coladas” and “Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)” and what he said is his favorite song to perform ,“Callin’ Baton Rouge.” He also performed songs that he expected fans might not know all the words to, but there was no fooling them when it came to songs like “The Thunder Rolls” and “The Beaches of Cheyenne.” Halfway through the show, Brooks and his wife and fellow performer, Trisha Yearwood very intimately performed Brooks’ song “In Another’s Eyes.” The chemistry between the two was undeniable. Brooks exited the stage while Yearwood sang a four-song set to a quieted, yet very energetic, crowd. Yearwood was so impressed by the exuberance of the crowd that she said, “Honey, we may need to move to Fresno.” After singing her hit songs “How Do I Live” and “She’s in Love With the Boy,” Yearwood announced a landmark accomplishment for Brooks. He was already on stage to play guitar in one of Yearwood’s’ performances, when she announced that her husband had won his seventh Diamond award, an award given to artists who have sold 10 million or more copies of a single album. At seven Diamond awards, Brooks sur-

passed The Beatles, putting himself in a league all his own. Despite his unfathomable success and undying catchy songs, it is apparent why Garth Brooks is considered one of the best performing artists the world has ever seen given his nonstop energy of an 18-year-old kid on stage, his genuine humor and remarkable humility. “You know, this thing isn’t actually on. I just use it to cover up my gut,” Brooks said in reference to his acoustic guitar. Paying tribute to great artists who laid the foundation for him and country music, Brooks performed songs by Merle Haggard, Billy Joel and Keith Whitley. Brooks ended his concert in his usual fashion by taking song requests from signs in the crowd playing songs solo such as “The Lonesome Dove” and “The Red Strokes.” The show ended with an energetic performance from the entire band of “Standing Outside the Fire” as Brooks held up the number seven with his fingers further indicating the historical night the crowd experienced with him. Brooks and Yearwood finished their four-show stint in Fresno on Sunday. There was not a fan who could walk out of the concert disappointed, as with Garth Brooks you get so much more than the opportunity to hear the third verse of “Friends in Low Places” live. With Garth Brooks, you get an unforgettable performance from a lively country boy who connects with every fan in the room. The fans are not watching the performance, they are a part of the performance. Brooks realizes this and feeds off of it.

NEWS

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SCHOLARSHIP

GoFundMe to give $100,000 to college students By Marcus Karby @MKarby

GoFundMe has started a scholarship that will give $10,000 each to 10 college or post-graduate students. The first thing you have to do to qualify is to create a GoFundMe campaign that includes the hashtag #GFMScholarship or you can modify an old one to contain the hashtag. Also you must also have at least 10 donors by Sep. 28, this Wednesday. In a press release, GoFundMe said, “If your campaign is eligible, it will be reviewed by GoFundMe. The 10 campaigns will be chosen by a GoFundMe selection committee and announced in October.” This means if you are looking to win, make sure it looks professional and appealing, organizers said. Helping college students isn’t an unusu-

al thing for GoFundMe. When asked, “What other things have GoFundMe done to help college students?” Kate Cichy, regional communications manager for GoFundMe, said: “On the GoFundMe platform, there has been over $40 million raised for college costs. Every month, over $1.5 million is donated to college campaigns on GoFundMe with an average of nearly $2,000 per campaign.” Unlike other scholarships that go directly to the student’s school, Cichy said, “The funds will go directly to the student, but we will work with them closely to ensure the funds are used appropriately.” Setting up a GoFundMe account requires several steps. First you search for the GoFundMe Account sign up. There you will be given a choice of signing up through Facebook or using an email. On the GoFundMe website it said, if you create the campaign using an email

other than through Facebook “GoFundMe deducts 5 percent from each donation. WePay’s fee is 2.9 percent plus 30 cents per donation.” This means the way to retain the most money made by your campaign you should connect through Facebook. This would also make it easier for your story to spread, but for some it would be preferable to not have your friends and family know you could use help, Cichy said. Then you put in a name, email address and password. After that you create a goal amount, title of your campaign, ZIP code

and theme. Then you choose a picture or video that you want on your page and, finally, add the reason why you are raising money. All of these are necessary for creating a GoFundMe campaign, Cichy said. In a press release, GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon said, “At GoFundMe, we see incredible stories every single day of communities coming together to make sure students get the education they deserve. With the GoFundMe Scholarship, we hope to make these inspiring students’ educational dreams come true.”

FEED THE NEED

Fresno community unites to ‘Feed the Need’ By Hayley Salazar @Hayley_Salazarr

The Big Fresno Fair partnered with the Fresno State Food Security Project and CBS 47 last Wednesday to collect canned foods for the community in the “Feed the Need” food drive. One in four people in Fresno County faces hunger as a harsh reality. “Feed the Need” is a program consolidated by the Big Fresno Fair, the Community Food Bank and The Salvation Army designed to benefit those in need. Fresno State and CBS 47 hosted dropoff tents where donors were encouraged to bring canned food items. As an incentive, those who brought in 12 or more cans received a free weekday admission ticket to the Big Fresno Fair Students from organizations on campus, including athletics and Greek life, gathered for the effort. Among the volunteers was university first lady Mary Castro. “We’re really excited to see our students step up to help other students and to give back to the community,” Castro said. In addition to the Community Food Bank and The Salvation Army, the Fresno State Student Cupboard was a benefactor of the program.“We’re out here today to help collect and to share everything we collect with the community,” Castro said. For students like Yovana Juarez, a sister of Phi Mu and third-year political science major, the program was a humbling learning experience.

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Volunteer Taylan Bennett organizes donated food into storage bins at the ‘Feed the Need’ food drive on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016.

“I feel like one of the things people struggle with the most is financial stability, so I feel like the littlest things like this help us and help the students here at Fresno State,” Juarez said. Since the launch of the Fresno State Food Security Project, the program has developed multiple initiatives which include the opening of the Student Cupboard, which offers packaged food and hygiene products to Fresno State students at no cost. It is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Industrial Technology, Room 144. Students can shop for one bag of grocery items by simply showing their

student ID. Approximately 45,460 students have visited the Student Cupboard since its launch in 2014. In an attempt to help serve families in the Central Valley, “Feed the Need,” along with sister-programs the Corporate Donation Outreach Initiative and the Fair-time Drive, have brought in 580 tons of food over the last seven years. Big Fresno Fair communications director Debbie Nalchajian-Cohen was also present at the tent to welcome donors as they drove through with their canned goods. Like the Fresno State Food Security Project, the objective of the drive was

to spread awareness of the food insecurity affecting the local community. “We’ve been doing the “Feed the Need” community food drive for a number of years and we saw that our food intake was actually flattening as opposed to growing. What better organization than Fresno State to partner with? Together we can grow more awareness and help students and help the community. It’s kind of an obvious match,” Nalchajian-Cohen said. Both “Feed the Need” food drives will culminate on Oct. 13 at the Big Fresno Fair where individuals can bring five cans to enter the fair for free.

In the story titled “Students to vote on new USU in the spring” in the Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 issue of The Collegian, the story incorrectly states that the proposed space was 9,000 square feet. The actual size is a proposed 90,000 square feet for the student union and 10,000 square feet for a faculty center.

THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

MLB

José Fernández: Gone too young

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The Miami Marlins’ Jose Fernandez pitches in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Marlins Park in Miami on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2016.

By Jenna Wilson @fsjennawilson

The Miami Marlins organization and baseball fans everywhere received heartbreaking news early Sunday morning after ace pitcher. José Fernández was killed in a

This Week in Sports RUGBY from Page 8 men’s and women’s rugby fundraise to afford their traveling expenses, equipment and uniforms. “Having to fundraise and get your own money is hard,” Watkins said. The men’s team has ongoing fundraisers with MB2 Raceway and No Surrender Laser Tag, and the women’s team partners with ASI and Panda Express. Even with fundraisers, Watkins said,

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boating accident off the coast of Florida. He was just 24 years old. Fernández and two others died in the accident after their boat crashed into a jetty going full speed, before landing upside down. Fernández died from the im-

pact. Drugs and alcohol were not suspected as factors in his death. The Miami Marlins were expected to play the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, but the game was canceled due to Fernández’s death. In a press conference on Sunday, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said, “There’s just joy with

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the club still requires members to pay club dues in order to afford everything the team needs. Fundraising isn’t the only challenge of being a club sport. Watkins said campus recognition is not easy to come by. “Nobody really knows rugby,” Watkins said. “When I tell people I play rugby, I can’t expect them to know what I’m talking about.” Kacey Jones, vice president of the women’s rugby club, has played on the team for three

years. Jones found out about rugby when she approached the rugby club booth on campus, but said they are always recruiting. “The cool thing about a club sport is that anyone can play,” Jones said. “Our coaches don’t recruit for us: we do it ourselves. If someone looks athletic, we’ll approach them and ask them to play.” Jones said they currently have 25 potential new members attending practice to see if they like it.

him when he played.” “You just see that little kid that you see when you watch kids play Little League or something like that. That’s the joy José played with and the passion he felt about playing,” Mattingly said. In a post on Instagram, teammate Giancarlo Stanton said of Fernández, “Extraordinary as a person before the player. Yet still just a kid, whose joy lit up the stadium more than lights could. A kid whose time came too soon.” Players all around the league are remembering the impact that Fernández left on them and Major League Baseball as a whole. Red Sox cleanup hitter David “Big Papi” Ortiz tweeted, “I don’t have the words to describe the pain [I] feel for the loss of my friend.” Yasiel Puig and Mike Trout were among those who also expressed their sadness and condo-

lences. Major League Baseball held a league wide moment of silence for Fernández, and many teams have been hanging his jersey in their dugouts in his memory. “He was one of our game’s great young stars who made a dramatic impact on and off the field since his debut in 2013,” said MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. Fernández, a Cuban defector, spent a few months in prison when he was 15 after his fourth try to flee to the United States. He became a U.S. citizen in April 2015. Fernández pitched an eight-inning shutout last Tuesday in Miami’s 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals, striking out a total of 12 batters. It was his 76th and final game.

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Willis Invitational

Cal Nike Invitational

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Sept. 30-Oct. 2

“Now that people have seen it in the Olympics, more girls have asked us about joining,” Jones said. “The more people know about rugby the better. Jones said there are a lot of benefits of being on a club team rather than a Division I sports team. “There aren’t as many practices, so it’s not as intense,” Jones said. “You can still be competitive without the pressure of being an NCAA team.”

Cross Country Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, California Oct. 1

Men’s Tennis All-American Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma Oct. 1-9

Volleyball New Mexico @ Fresno State Oct. 1, 1 p.m.

Football Fresno State @ UNLV Oct. 1, 7 p.m.

SPORTS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

FOOTBALL

Hurricane spell disaster for ’Dogs

Wide receiver Jamire Jordan (#1) attempts to outrun a Tulsa defender before being tackled in Saturday’s game at Bulldog Stadium.

By Daniel Gligich @DanielGligich

The Bulldogs jumped out to a 31-0 lead in the second quarter at home on Saturday, but their effort was not enough as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane stormed back to win 4841 in double overtime. In front of only 23,273 people, Fresno State again failed to play a consistent game all the way through, which has been a theme of the team’s 1-3 start. The ball simply bounced the Bulldogs’ way for a quarter and a half, but when Tulsa’s uptempo offense got going, it proved to be too much to handle. Fresno State head coach Tim DeRuyter was clearly frustrated after the game with the team’s performance, giving up a 31-point lead. “I’m extremely disappointed. I know

our team is,” DeRuyter said. “We let one go through our hands, we had a chance to win against a good football team, and when you lose those opportunities, you don’t get them back.” Fresno State quarterback Chason Virgil threw for 276 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 47 yards and two touchdowns, but he only completed 21 of 45 passes. When the Bulldogs were up by 31, Virgil admitted that the team struggled to stay focused and execute. “Our energy just died down for whatever reason, and we just have to stay focused,” Virgil said. The game started off lucky for the Bulldogs. Virgil threw a lateral screen pass to receiver Jamire Jordan near the sideline, but the ball hit the ground before Jordan could get to it, which would have been a fumble. However, Jordan picked up the ball before the Tulsa defenders could grab

it and ran 44 yards for a touchdown. The game continued to play out in Fresno State’s favor until midway through the second quarter. The Bulldogs 31-point lead was cut down by halftime to 31-21. Tulsa continued to push the Bulldogs around, eventually taking the lead 38-34 in the fourth. The Bulldogs showed their “grit,” as DeRuyter said, and were able to retake the lead before surrendering a game-tying field goal. The Bulldogs failed to make anything happen in the last minute of regulation, which took the game into overtime. The first overtime saw Fresno State get the ball first and promptly give it right back on an Aaron Peck fumble. This gave the Golden Hurricane a great opportunity to win the game, which they squandered by missing a field goal. Tulsa took the lead in double overtime and never looked back. The Bulldogs of-

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fense could not produce when it mattered most, giving the game to Tulsa. Fresno State lost in large part due to its poor run defense. Golden Hurricane running backs D’Angelo Brewer and James Flanders combined for 353 yards on 59 attempts. The running game wore down the ’Dogs, and Tulsa’s air attack finished the job with quarterback Dane Evans throwing for four touchdowns. Senior Bulldog linebacker Jeff Camilli led the defense with 13.5 tackles and added two sacks. He was proud of his teammates and their effort. “That was a frustrating game. I’m frustrated with the way I played, but there are negatives and positives,” Camilli said. “We fought so hard out there, and I hope everyone saw that everyone put their bodies on the line for everybody out there. That was crazy to see. I’ve never been with a team that fought that hard before.”

RUGBY

Rugby club to host home games at State By Marina McElwee @MarinaMashelle

In the past, attending a Fresno State rugby game would require traveling 10-15 minutes around town to a local park. But now that new sod has been laid on the Kinesiology Field, the men’s and women’s rugby clubs will finally be able to host their home games on campus. Marques “Quezzy” Watkins, the men’s rugby club social chair, joined the team four years ago when a few of his friends told him to come out to a practice. He’d never played before college, but said he liked how extremely athletic the sport was. “At first, I thought the sport is kinda rough, and I didn’t know the rules too well,” Watkins said. “I was just trying to do as well as I could.” Watkins said his coaches pulled him

aside throughout the season to help him catch up to the group. The coaches are volunteers who once played rugby in the Central Valley. “The coaches believe this is the next step for kids after high school who want to play rugby,” Watkins said. “They don’t have to go up and down California to play rugby because Fresno State has a home for them.” The men’s and women’s league season doesn’t begin until spring semester, but Watkins said rugby is a year-round sport. “There is never really a break from it, and we play in tournaments all year round,” Watkins said. “If you really want to be in rugby and be the best player you can be, you have opportunities to play all year.” Since club sports are not funded by the athletic department at Fresno State, both

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Courtesy of Fresno State Women’s Rugby Club

The 2015 women’s rugby club battling for the ball in a scrum against California.