September 15 2010

ROUSE AND WYLIE OUT

Columnist dissents on praise of religious moderates Pedro Ramirez interview concludes

RB Robbie Rouse is out for Sat. while WR Devon Wylie is out indefinitely

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WAC sues Fresno State

By Tony Petersen The Collegian T h e We s t e r n A t h l e t i c Conference (WAC) is suing Fresno State in an attempt to try and keep the university in the conference until 2012. “[The suit] is unfortunate,” Fresno State President John Welty said in a statement. “We believe that all the issues can be resolved through discussion rather than through costly legal proceedings.”

WAC Commissioner Karl Benson, however, dashed those hopes Tuesday morning by indicating that the conference would not negotiate an early-exit buyout with Fresno State.

Defendants in the suit along with Fresno State include the University of Nevada and the Mountain West Conference (MWC).

The WAC alleges that both

F resno State and Nevada missed the conference’s July 1 withdrawal date, meaning that neither school can leave the WAC for the MWC until June 30, 2012. Both schools wish to enter the Mountain West in time for the 2011 football season.

“If Fresno [State] or Nevada fail or refuse to participate a s M e m b e r s o f t h e WAC through June 30, 2012,” the suit declares, “there will be ir reparable damage to the conference and its remaining members in that scheduling will be incomplete, and participation and competition for the student athletes will be adversely affected.”

Fresno State and Nevada made national news when they announced that they planned on leaving the WAC for the MWC, following fellow 2010 WAC-member Boise

State. The move came as a surprise considering that the conference had previously announced that it was done adding teams.

Still being disputed is the amount of money that Fresno State and Nevada are required to pay the WAC for leaving the conference. Benson maintains that both schools are required to pay the $5 million stipulated by an agreement signed before the schools indicated their intention to leave.

Fresno

State has said that at the most it will pay $2.5 million, and some legal experts have indicated that they may not have to pay at all. According to the agreement, if Brigham Young University did not reach an agreement with the WAC by Sept. 1, which it hadn’t, then the resolution would not take effect and the money need not be paid.

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e believe that all issues can be resolved through discussion rather than through costly legal proceedings.”

— John Welty, President, Fresno State Illustration by Michael Uribes / The Collegian

Campus car theft persists

By Ana Mendoza The Collegian With Fresno having one of the highest rates of car theft in the state, it is no surprise that Fresno State’s campus is no stranger to car theft and breakins. Recent incidents indicate that vehicle and property safety is still very much a concern for students.

“I really didn’t think this would happen to me,” said Ben Ingersoll, The Collegian cosports editor, whose 2002 Ford Escape was broken into, leaving his front-passenger window shattered with shards of glass left on the roof and windshield.

The incident happened Sep. 4 while his car was parked at Plaza Apartments next to The Bulldog Shop during the football game. It was parked from

3 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. His backpack, which was on the passenger front seat, was stolen. As a result, more than $120 worth of school material was lost.

“For the 2009-2010 academic year we had a total of 7 vehicle thefts, though 6 vehicles were recovered,” said Amy Armstrong, public information officer from the Campus Police Department at Fresno State.

[There has been] one vehicle theft [this semester],” said Armstrong. “It has not been recovered.”

Even though other valuable materials were in Ingersoll’s car; an iPod, check book, golf clubs, and 2 sunglasses worth $200 total, only his backpack was taken. Ingersoll said that because he had a car alarm, it might have prevented other personal items from being sto-

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Car burglaries are nothing new for Califor nia and the City of Fresno. According to the Insurance Infor mation Institute, California has the highest car theft rate in the country. When it comes to cities, Fresno is number five in the nation.

“If anything was to be stolen from my car, I would probably call 911 right away,” said Nakie Vang, a sophomore in liberal studies.

Armstrong said students should instead call the University Police Department and report the incident. She also recommends that all students write down serial numbers for all valuable materials, such as laptops and other electronics. If these materials are stolen from their vehicles, the serial numbers should be given to the police. The officer will file a report and give students a case number.

Once the serial number is registered in their system, it will increase the possibility of materials being returned to the owner, if recovered, said Armstrong.

Many auto theft crimes, however, are not reported. Ingersoll is one more auto theft victim who did not report the crime to the police, but he did report it to his insurance company.

To minimize the number of

car thefts, the city of Fresno formed Hard Entry and Tactics (H.E.A.T.) Auto Theft Task Force in 1996, which has 15 police officers in charge of the operation. In 2008 they made 308 felony arrests, recovered 432 stolen vehicles and other miscellaneous items, according to the city of Fresno’s web site.

Some students are concerned with the role campus police play on campus.

“I see more [police] on other parts of the school, but on the parking lot I just see one,” said freshman Erica Torres.

“When I go back to my car, I see them riding on their [golf carts], riding it on the sidewalk, but not really in the parking lots,” said Vang, who also expressed concern for her car’s safety. “The only time I see them on the parking lot is when students go in and out, and then they go in quickly to see if students have a permit or not.”

But perhaps the most effective thing a student can do is to remain cautious when they leave and secure their vehicles. By making sure doors are locked, and that cars are parked in well-lit areas, it may save a poor college student some hardship.

“Don’t leave your things in plain sight,” said Ingersoll.

Memorial for band member

By Tara Albert The Collegian A memorial scholarship has been created to honor Nathan Ray, a Fresno State freshman who was killed in a car accident Sept. 5.

The Nathan Ray Memorial Scholarship will be a $1,000 award given annually to as many students as funds will allow, said Robert Wulf, who created the scholarship.

The scholarship will be awarded to Sierra High School students who are declared music majors entering college in the same calendar year as their high school graduation.

Wulf said the scholarship requirements reflect Ray’s accomplishments in high school and his aspiration to become a music teacher.

Wulf said he started the scholarship because he hopes it will encourage people to remember Ray’s compassion and consideration for the people around him.

“Nathan was a special individual,” Wulf said. “He just had this thing about him that cheered people up.”

Justin Allan, who befriended Ray in the fourth grade, said he was constantly impressed by Ray’s genuine love for people and his desire to excel in both school and music.

“He was very kind and very intelligent,” Allan said.

He said he hopes the scholarship will help other students accomplish their dreams, while carrying on Ray’s love for music and people.

“This will give other people the opportunity to live out what Nathan wanted to do with his life,” Allan said.

Likewise, Matthew Sanche z, a sophomore at Fresno State, said he was pleased that the scholarship was created because it will help people remember Ray and his enthusiasm for music.

Sanchez only knew Ray for three weeks, but said he was immediately struck by how hard Ray worked.

“He always strove to be the best he could be,” Sanchez said.

He said Ray was an inspiration to many people because he was kind to everyone and was willing to help out complete strangers.

Sanchez said the tuba section donated $140 to the scholarship after collecting donations during the band’s memorial for Ray on Sept. 6.

All donations are tax deductible and should indicate that they are for the Nathan Ray Memorial Scholarship.

Checks made payable to Sierra H i g h S ch o o l S ch o l a r s h i p Fo u n d a t i o n c a n b e s e n t to Nathan Ray Memorial Scholarship c/o Sierra H i g h S ch o o l S ch o l a r s h i p Foundation 31625 Lodge Road Auberry, CA 93602.

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f we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights, pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And I am not a piece of meat.”

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OPINION EDITOR, ANNA JACOBSEN • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 2010

Why religious moderation fails I am not equating moderates with literalists, but moderates are typifying precisely what I am objecting to—by demanding the very idea of religious faith be exempt from what Harris calls the “normal rules of conversation,” they are de facto fostering the societal repercussions they claim to vilify.

This systematic shelter blinds us to salient problems borne of rendering schizophrenic dogma and theology beyond reproach. The ancient texts we are saddled with today provide both literalists and moderates core beliefs that if held outside of a religious context would be deemed by all as patently insane. If a man makes public his ability to make Zeus appear over his Lucky Charms, his friends would suggest a neurologist before running for the hills to warn surrounding communities MIKE BOYLAN that a psychopath is abound. But to broadcast that a cracker can be made into the presence of Jesus Christ; or n a post 9/11 world, our preoccupathat a 7th century illiterate warlord tion with religious “literalism” has suffering delusions in a cave revealed impeded our collective consciousthat which parallels the ramblings of ness from realizing how the culture and any raging lunatic; or that a 19th cendiscourse of religious “moderation” tury thief, convicted felon and known shelters this kind of religious lunacy. polygamist was the last of a long line of This was one of the many theses prophets; is to simply be one of billions from Sam Harris’ polemic “The End of of Catholics, Muslims or Mormons, Faith.” respectively—and others must mainThough both moderates and extremtain their acquiescence. This kind of ists are ambiguous titles, and both tolerance “leaves billions of us believgroups partake in a form of selective ing what no sane person could believe faith, Harris argued moderation poses on his own,” wrote Harris. a problem for all of us because it disIn assessing the probcourages harsh criticism directlems of religious literaled at religious literalism. ism, moderates must tread “All we can say, as religious lightly. moderates, is that we don’t y demanding the very idea of religious faith “To speak plainly and like the social costs that a full be exempt from what Harris calls the ‘nortruthfully about the state embrace of scripture imposes mal rules of conversation,’ they are fostering the of our world—to say, for on us,” Harris wrote. This devisocietal repercussions they claim to villify.” instance, that the Bible ance from literalism, argued and the Qur’an both conHarris, has nothing, in princitain mountains of lifeple, to do with any belief in God, destroying gibberish—is but rather “the product of many antithetical to tolerance as moderates his means of civil disobedience. By hammering blows of modernity that demanding patience and respect for the currently conceive it,” Harris added. have exposed certain tenets of faith to In defense of their position, moderpolitical system that had fostered the doubt.” ugly oppression of Negroes, white mod- ates often accuse critics of religion of This moderation offers future genbeing unreasonably dogmatic, while erates failed to acknowledge the degree erations a milder version of yestertouting themselves for their “humilof lunacy demanded by an acceptance year’s biblical delusions, obscuring ity” by way of having what they call of segregation. The urgency of their the degenerative content that pervades response did not scale with the urgency “doubt” and a lack of certainty. This scripture while preventing themselves patently false and circular argument of the situation. Therefore, in practice, and others from soberly confronting should be, to all thinking men, like dirt moderates had de facto tolerated the the mutual incompatibility of leading in their mouths. “Doubt” is what one irrationality of segregationists. monotheisms. has after registering for an 8:00 a.m.

In a similar respect, moderates porThis milder version is borne of section of organic chemistry. When moderates’ effortless journey to the caf- tray themselves as a bridge to peace. pertaining to the fantastical claims of Moderates have no qualms with rejecteteria of religion: A buffet of religious yesteryear, “doubt” is a false term. It is ing diplomacy and pushing racists to tenets that, at the moderate’s discrelike moderate Nazis in Germany circa the margins of society with harsh, tion, can be made into a personal—and 1930 inviting the Tenenbaums over but necessary criticism because they protected—hodgepodge of faith. for Sunday dinner because they have acknowledge the societal implications A Barna Group survey showed 71 doubts as to whether this “Jew-hating” that follow from standing idle on the percent of American adults are more thing is a sane position to hold. matter. But moderates are unconscious likely to develop their own set of reliI am not advocating the burning as to how their conciliatory engagegious beliefs, and 61 percent of borndown of churches, synagogues and ment with literalism, stemming from again Christians pick and choose from their lack of biblical- and self-criticism, mosques or to be rude toward your the beliefs of different denominations. pious neighbors. I am suggesting somefosters the iniquities borne of divine This anomaly intrinsic to religious thing far more radical and untried than warrant. moderation was assessed by Harris that. If we are ever to become serious MLK’s moderate orientation neither quite candidly. about the tangible and cyclical probsupports, nor rejects this analysis.

“By not living by the letter of the lems borne of religious literalism, it is MLK is as laudable for his works as texts, while tolerating the irrationality imperative that we call into question, he is guilty of justifying the false conof those who do, religious moderates publicly and incessantly, what Harris nection between faith and ethics—a betray both faith and reason equally.” calls the “entire project of religion.” wholly false juxtaposition that must be Also, the Christian Science Monitor “Unless the core dogmas of faith are destroyed with all of our might. This reported last year that “most U.S. called into question—i.e., that we know utilitarian argument—a non sequiChristians create their own theology.” there is a God, and that we know what tur when used in defense of biblical We can call literalists many things, truths—gives shelter to those who actu- he wants from us—religious moderabut their sincerity about the fate of tion will do nothing to lead us out of ally believe what these ancient texts non-believers, liberal and moderate the wilderness.” presuppose. believers is in accordance with their

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faith. In fact, literalists, despite the madness of their beliefs, reach a logical conclusion, albeit from an illogical premise. Moderates, however, by way of incoherent biblical exegeses, reach an illogical conclusion from the same illogical premise, which is that an ancient book was in some respect Godbreathed.

Perhaps more covert and damaging is how moderates celebrate ignorant intemperance masquerading as knowledge and insight.

“Moderates do not want to kill anyone in the name of God, but they want us to keep using the word ‘God’ as though we knew what we were talking about,” Harris wrote.

This idea that theology can somehow describe an immaterial world, a transcendent reality, is sustaining the false divisions in our world. It is a blatant denial of our insufferable ignorance and fosters the abjectness of our public discourse that unapologetically congratulates others for claiming to know things they cannot possibly know.

The problems and effects borne of misguided moderation were illustrated

by Dr. Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement. King reached the regrettable conclusion that the most formidable barrier to the emancipation of Negros was not the highly visible Ku Klux Klan, but rather the white moderate—fellow clergymen who supported King’s end, but not

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Paola Guerrero Exercise Science Junior “There’s a place in front of the art building on one of the two hills that’s a good place to nap.”

Derek Lacy Pre Business Freshman “I never nap on campus.”

Clint Dizney Mechanical Engineering Freshman “I nap in class. That’s the only time I really stop moving.”

Molica Khen Pre Nursing Sophomore “I only nap if it’s necessary, and I would do that in the library somewhere on a comfy couch. It’s quiet and cozy.”

Julian Williams Biology Freshman “I like to sleep in the Reading Room in the library, cause it’s awesome and quiet and quaint.”

Aaron Gill Criminology Sophomore “I would like to nap on campus−I do have time off. But everyone else is also napping on campus. If I were to pick a place, obviously the couches, or maybe a bench, or the Peace Garden.”

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The Wellness Lounge launches with success

By Janessa Tyler The Collegian

Health services on campus nowadays go beyond getting a Band-Aid and Tylenol. The services offered at the Student Health Center stretch to meet the needs of students so they can have a great academic year and enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

Their services range from physical exams and counseling to wart removal. The health center is also stocked with a pharmacy where students can receive prescriptions and over-the-counter medications.

The Health Promotion and Wellness Services started The Wellness Lounge three semesters ago in order for students to learn about the countless services available through the health center.

Coordinator for Health P r o m o t i o n a n d We l l n e s s Services Kathy Yarmo said the services focus primarily on education.

“The Wellness Lounge basically is a satellite of the health center,” Yarmo said. “It focuses on health promotion and wellness.”

T h e We l l n e s s L o u n g e opened its doors on Sept. 13 and is located on the bottom level of the University Student Union (USU).

Colorful balloons decorated the doorway and rainbow lanterns hung from the ceiling on its opening day. Sugar free punch, bananas, trail mix and granola bars were free to guests, as well as condoms wrapped in a red paper stating “no glove, no love.”

Physical Therapy Hour will kickoff Monday mornings starting next week. Blood pressure screenings started yesterday and will continue every Tuesday afternoon.

Wellness Wednesdays will start “hump day” off with a bang, followed by Nutrition Hour and Career Café. The Career Center will be hosting the Career Café every Wednesday afternoon.

“We have a career coach that will come in and look at peoples’ résumés,” Yar mo said. “There's different aspects of wellness, and occupational wellness is one of them.”

Alcohol safety is another major aspect of wellness. The Wellness Lounge is the place to go if you have questions or concerns about how much and when to drink. Thursdays at noon will be dedicated to Happy Hour when students can play Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution.

“Students can come in and play the interactive games and get information on partying safely,” Yarmo said.

Student Coordinator for the Alcohol Education Project Cayella Castaneda said their main goal is to get students more informed about alcohol safety and give them tips on how to moderate their drinking.

“Our main message is that we want students to party and have fun, but to do it safely,” Castaneda said.

Castaneda said Fall Harvest Fest is coming up Oct. 20 to celebrate National Alcohol Collegiate Awareness Week and Fresno State’s centennial

celebration.

Wellness Student Coordinator Georgianna Negron said The Wellness Lounge spotlighted stress management in the past two semesters because it was, and still is, a top factor that interferes with academic performance among students.

“We focus on these specific issues so that students can get more help,” Negron said.

The Wellness Lounge is open for the remainder of the fall semester. Doors will be open every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Yarmo said students who have questions or concerns a r e we l c o m e t o c o m e t o the health center after The Wellness Lounge hours.

“We're hoping that all of this will encourage students to utilize the services at the health center.”

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The Wellness Lounge gives students a chance to learn about the services offered by the Student Health Center.

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Involvement fair helps students

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian

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Paper pawprints point the way to the registration table at last year’s SAFARI.

The University Student Union (USU) balcony will be a zoo today from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as the 5th annual Student Affairs Fair and Resource Information event (SAFARI) educates students about the on-campus services available to them.

SAFARI started in 2006 as part of Dr. Paul Oliaro’s plan to help students find programs they need in order to do well in college. Each of the offices under the division of Student Affairs has a table out on the balcony that will serve to make students aware of the many services and programs they have available to them.

“SAFARI provides opportunities for students to get involved on campus,” said Khrystine Vong, a member of the SAFARI committee and administrative assistant to Oliaro.

Among the programs participating in SAFARI are career services, the Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute, Judicial Af fairs, and Educational Talent Search.

“There are usually tables out there that provide information from divisions that aren’t necessarily studentaffairs oriented, such as financial services and the library,” said Vong. “They will both be out there this year.”

Student Affairs started coordinating SAFARI after a panel of students talked to staff in the Student Affairs office about what they knew of the programs and services available to them.

“Most of the students we talked to before we started SAFARI were seniors, and they didn’t know about most of the programs we offer,” said Carolyn Coon, co-chair of the SAFARI committee.

“After that, we realized we needed to get more information out to these folks.”

The Student Leadership and Development Center, housed in the USU, will have a table on the balcony to match interested students with the right leadership program for them.

“Right now we’re promoting our Emerging Leaders prog ram,” said Shawna Blair, a staffer in the Leadership Development Center. “We also have informational brochures and other materials that talk about our programs.”

The idea of getting involved in an interactive way is an exciting prospect to many in the committee. “It’s a good way for students to learn about what student affairs is,” said Jessica Medina, a graduate student and a member of the committee. “I’ve been on the committee

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for a couple years now, and coordinating something that gives students the ability to get involved is really fun.”

Besides getting information on the programs that benefit them, SAFARI will wrap up the event with a prizedrawing. “We’ve got about 50 prizes, including an iPad,” said Medina.

According to USU student leaders, being involved on campus allows students to enhance their college experience.

“Being involved allows you to learn more about what you want to do after college,” said Dana Elkins, student director of USU Productions, a special-event coordinating program. “You enhance yourself and your school.”

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Students and staff mingle at last year’s SAFARI. Students get the chance to find out what they can get involved in and what programs are available to them.

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The daily crossword ACROSS 1 Old orchard spray 5 Per ___ (by the day) 9 Trim a steak, for example 14 Rankle 15 U2’s land, to its natives 16 Susan Lucci role on “All My Children” 17 Truce 19 Solitary one 20 1970s dance craze 21 ___-frutti (ice cream flavor) 23 Windmill blade 26 Creaks and squeaks in the night 29 Anatomy class teaching aid 33 With opulence 34 Glass squares 35 Sedately dignified 37 PC-linking system 38 Emulate Miss Daisy 39 Human or alien 40 Late percussion great Puente 41 Reptile on the Nile 42 Try a bite 43 Used picks on a vein 44 Anxiety 46 Indolence 48 Oft-pulled areas for athletes 49 “___ go bragh!”

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Logan Harrell and the Fresno State defense lead the nation in sacks with eight. Harrell will be an intergral force against the Aggies on Saturday.

Borel to challenge Bulldogs’ defense

By Vongni Yang The Collegian Images of Utah State quarterback Diondre Borel running up, down and around the Fresno State defense is still scrambling through the minds of many Bulldog fans.

Last season Borel was almost unstoppable through the first two quarters, scoring two touchdowns while leading the Aggies to 27 first-half points. Borel finished the game with 345 total yards, 240 coming through the air and 105 on the ground.

With two years of starting experience under his belt, Borel heads into his senior season more dangerous than ever.

“I think he’s throwing the ball better,” Bulldogs head coach Pat Hill said of Borel.

“He’s another year older, he’s a lot more mature. I think he’s an excellent football player.”

Borel is expected to cause fits for a ‘Dogs defense that has shown drastic improvement

through the first game of the season after an eight-sack performance against Cincinnati at Bulldog Stadium.

In the season opener the defense proved that it was able to contain a mobile quarterback after holding Bearcats quarterback Zach Collaros to under 200 total yards with negative 22 yards rushing.

The ‘Dogs are ranked 14th in total defense and first in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) after giving up 234 yards to the Bearcats.

“You have to give us some credit, we played pretty well against Collaros,” Hill said.

“We’re going to have to play the same way against Borel.”

Collaros style of play is similar to Borel, but Hill said that Borel is much more of a threat rushing the ball.

“Borel, he’s talented and I think he’s probably a better runner,” Hill said. “He can make a lot of things happen off of scramble.”

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after throwing for 341 yards and two touchdowns. Borel and the Aggies came up short of an upset losing 31-24.

The Aggies rebounded after the Oklahoma defeat and trounced Idaho State 38-17.

Borel completed over 80 percent of his passes for 255 yards and a touchdown. He also added another touchdown on the ground while rushing for 28 yards.

“As long as Utah State has Borel at quarterback, they have multiple threats on that football team,” Hill said. “He can deal it to a lot of people.

He can run it and he causes you to spend a lot of time keeping an eye on him. He’s got a lot of weapons.”

With the loss of last season’s leading rusher Robert Turbin to an offseason knee surgery, senior running backs Michael Smith and Derrvin Speight have stepped up to share the load at running back.

“They’ve got two good running backs,” Hill said.

The duo have combined to rush for 255 yards and two

touchdowns this season.

Utah State is 18th in the nation in total offense and second in the WAC after averaging 481.5 yards per game.

With an explosive offense, Hill said that it will be a daunting task to contain Utah State’s complex scheme.

“This team does a lot of shift and motions, a little bit different from Cincinnati,” Hill said. “It’s a no huddle team but a lot of personnel changes.

They’re changing personnel all the time.”

“You have to be very, very careful with that,” he added.

“You have to stay very disciplined when you play a team that does a lot of movement, shifts, motions and personnel changes.”

The conference opener against Utah State will be a good test for a Fresno State defense that is still trying to validate it’s defensive prowess.

“I think they’ll be a great challenge for us,” Hill said.

“We’re looking forward to this game.”

Freshman Isaiah Burse, J.J. Stallworth and Matt Lindsey, will fill out the rotation, giving Hill plenty of options to turn to.

“Somebody will pick up the flag,” Hill said. “That’s the saying around here.”

Adding to the injury woes is sophomore running back Robbie Rouse, who tallied just 40 yards against the Bearcats and is expected to sit out this Saturday’s contest nursing nagging shoulder and ankle injuries, adding to the team’s injury woes.

Reserve running back A.J. Ellis has impressed the coaching staff in recent practices and is the favorite to see the bulk of the carries at Utah State. Cal-Berkeley transfer Tracy Slocum is now active following a turf toe injury and will also take some handoffs from quarterback Ryan Colburn.

“He’s an excellent football player also,” Hill said of Rouse. “Anytime you lose a good football player it’s a blow, but like the thing is we feel that we have players that will step in and pick up the flag.”

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one of college football’s most NFL-like defenses.

Locker, who is starting to look like the Heisman candidate we all praised him to be, will need to have a similar perfor mance to last week (289 pass yards, 4 touchdowns) to derail the Cornhuskers’ national title hopes. A lot of NFL scouts should be watching this game, mostly because of Locker, but also because two Nebraska defensive players, cornerback Prince Amukamara and defensive tackle Jared Crick, are likely 2011 first round draft picks.

1. No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona This game tops my list because, well, it’s the only game this weekend pinning two top-25 teams. In a somewhat dismal weekend for college football, these two teams should spice it up a little bit. Rarely-talkedabout Iowa travels over 1,500 miles to Tuscon to take on the rising Wildcats for a game that should have Rose Bowl implications at the end of the season. Arizona quarterback Nick Foles has completed 83 percent of his passes this year and is in All-American form. Iowa is currently ninth in the country in total defense.

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Bulldog sound byte of the week...

Harris and A.J. Ellis have been here three years waiting for their turn. They’re going to get their turn Saturday.”

“M ichael – Head Coach Pat Hill

on the players filling in for Robbie Rouse

SPORTS EDITORS, BEN INGERSOLL AND VONGNI YANG • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDU

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

What to ‘Dogs limping into conference play watch for For those of you who read my Sept. 3 column regarding the “weekend college football things to w a t c h ” k n ow that I was right on the money.

OK, I’m being overzealous, but at the conclusion of college football’s opening weekBen there, done that end I was feelBEN INGERSOLL ing pretty good about my predictions. So much so, that I’m back to test my luck in week three.

College football is off to an exciting start, packed with upsets (James Madison anyone?) and statistical madn e s s ( D e n a rd “ S h o e l a c e ” Robinson), and we’re just two weeks in. So without further adieu, here is my top-five must-see events for the upcoming college football weekend.

5. Pac-10 schools vs. other conferences The Pac-10 is notoriously bad against out-of-conference foes, especially in meaningful games. Last season, of the seven Pac-10 schools that competed in a bowl game, five lost by an average of 16 points.

The only two victories came from USC and UCLA, and they were against Boston College and Temple. Saturday will be a great way for the Pac-10 to prove itself. With matchups such as No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona, Cal at Nevada and No. 23 Houston at UCLA, the Pac-10 can either quiet naysayers or fuel their fire even more.

4 . Denard Robinson vs.

Massachusetts UMass will have the tough task of keeping “Shoelace” under 500 yards. If you think that’s a joke, think again.

Robinson torched Notre Dame for 502 total yards by himself last week, solidifying himself as a true Heisman Trophy candidate. Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) UMass has little chance of going into the Big House and pulling off an Appalachian State-type upset, but can earn a moral victory if they keep Robinson off of ESPN’s Top-10 Plays.

3. Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina I won’t be watching this game because, quite frankly, I’ve lost all respect for the Hokies this season, but you can bet Boise State will be interested. Virginia Tech has been demoted to the nation’s perennial laughing stock after its five-point loss to FCS James Madison, and with each pathetic loss, Boise State loses a little credibility. Expect Virginia Tech to have a big game, because when you lose to a school that barely posted a winning record in the FCS last season, you don’t want to lay an egg the following week.

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What was first diagnosed as an ankle sprain is now a stress fracture in Devon Wylie’s left foot. The senior may miss all of the 2010 season

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian A week after downing Big East powerhouse Cincinnati in impressive fashion, Fresno State head coach Pat Hill has quite a few adjustments to make, and not all involve this week’s opponent Utah State.

A situation all too familiar to Hill has come up once again: Re placing injured impact players.

It was announced this week that Fresno State’s do-it-all wide receiver Devon Wylie will miss a substantial portion, and perhaps all, of this season. Wylie is expected to undergo surgery tomorrow to have pins inserted in his foot to heal a stress fracture. Wylie has yet to play a full season in his three years at Fresno State and was forecasted to have a

huge impact in his final season as a Bulldog.

If Wylie’s injury is deemed serious enough to warrant a full season recovery, there is a chance he could use a medical redshirt and gain another year of eligibility.

“I think he really wants to play,” Hill said. “It’s got to be an injury that keeps him out for the season. This could be one of those injuries. You never know how they’re going to respond.”

Although Wylie’s injury could keep him on the sideline for 2010, it opens doors for the other starters to step in and newcomers to make an impact. True freshman Jalen Saunders saw limited action in the season-opener against Cincinnati and caught a critical 18-yard pass for a first down. With Wylie out, Hill

said Saunders would likely fill the void in the return game as well, placing a big role on the 18-year-old native of Elk Grove, Calif.

“Jalen hasn’t played in a lot of games yet but he made a heck of a catch on that low slant against Cincinnati,” Hill said. “I think he’s got some very unusual qualities for a true freshman as far as his composure. Nothing flusters him too much. He’s a lot like Rashad Evans in that way.”

Evans was bit by the injury bug last year also and was required to redshirt before the season began while nursing a hamstring injury. Both he and junior returnee Jamel Hamler are the primary answers for the Bulldogs’ recent issues with depth at receiver.

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Rouse will not see the field in Saturday’s WAC opener.