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Well, Ryan didn't play this week, I didn't go to the game, the game wasn't televised and I didn't get the chance to catch it on radio, but the Dogs beat La. Tech 30-28 in what, I am told, was a very exciting game. Fresno lost RB Anthony Harding to a knee injury. That's about all I know.
In other news about the boy..Last night was the annual Fresno State Football Awards Banquet and Senior Night. Ryan was awrded the Most Outstanding Offesive Back as well as the MVP of the year, an award which all players and coaches voted on. He received all but one vote..HIS!..We'll see! It was a cool evening. Here is a Bee article from this morning. Mathews gets team MVP at Bulldog football awards Star RB remains undecided on entering NFL Draft. Published online on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 By Bryant-Jon Anteola / The Fresno Bee The chants were weak and ended in awkward silence. Junior running back Ryan Mathews was just named Fresno State's Most Valuable Player at Sunday's football banquet, receiving all but one player vote -- his own -- for the Bulldogs' top honor. And after Mathews said a few brief words, Fresno State broadcast voice Paul Loeffler tried to entice the room full of Bulldogs players and fans to serenade the star running back with the "One ... more ... year" chant. But only a few people joined in, and the chant was cut short. Then it became clear afterward why the chants for Mathews to stay another season at Fresno State were light. Many of Mathews' teammates believe Mathews should forgo his senior season and leave early for the NFL. "Ryan Mathews is out of here," senior safety Moses Harris said. "He is gone -- gone." When asked if his opinion was shared throughout the team, Harris unequivocally said yes. "What more does he have to prove?" Harris asked. "There's nothing left for him to do. Everyone wants what's best for Ryan. If I was leading the country in interceptions after my junior year, I would have left early, too. "He's accomplished everything he's needed to accomplish in college. We've known since after the Boise game that he'd be gone. He's ready. It's time for him to get paid to play." That sounds good, but not so fast, Mathews said. Mathews reiterated after Sunday's banquet that he still isn't sold on leaving early or staying for his senior season. Much of Mathews' decision will hinge on the offseason projections and evaluations made by the NFL that help underclassmen assess their draft stock. Mathews said he will rely heavily on coach Pat Hill's insights to help make his decision. Mathews still leads the nation with an average of 149.1 rushing yards per game despite missing the bulk of the past two games because of a concussion. Mathews' net total of 1,491 rushing yards ranks third in the country but he remains within 78 yards of reclaiming the national lead. Mathews also needs just 96 more rushing yards to set Fresno State's single-season record. Mathews added Sunday that he feels no effects from the concussion he sustained two weeks ago at Nevada, and that he expects to return to practice today and play in Fresno State's regular-season finale at Illinois on Dec. 5. "I'm having fun right now, being a Bulldog," Mathews said. "I'm just going to enjoy my time while I'm here. If it's my time to go, it's my time to go. "Coach Hill will get the evaluations. I trust him, everything he says. If he says go, I'm going to go. If he thinks it's a good idea for me to stay, I'm going to stay." If it were up to Mathews' teammates -- even players expected to return next season -- they'd tell Mathews to leave early. "Everyone," Harris said, "wants to see him do his thing in the NFL." What a terrible week for both Ryan and the Bulldogs. The game was in Reno against UNR's tough 4-1(WAC) team. The first half was a very close game, but at the end of the second quarter after only only 32 yards rushing and a catch for 10 yeards, Ryan was hit from the blindside helmet to helmet. He went down and was taken to the locker room. He never returned to the game which, when it was all said and done, saw the Dogs fall 52-14.
I talked to Trish(Ryan's Mom)this morning and she said Ryan was "good". She was doing OK as well..:o) He will be evaluated Monday to decide on his status for next Saturdays game at home against La. Tech. Please keep the Ryan and his Mom in your hearts and prayers. See you next week. Mark I once read a piece by the late Steve Allen about laughter. I was a freshman in High School and I don't recall all the details of it, but it dealt with why we laugh. I don't know why and neither did Steve, we just agree that it's a good thing we do. What makes us laugh at different levels? Why do we just chuckle at one thing and have side splitting, tear inducing, snot bubble laughter at something else. Why do we laugh briefly at one thing, and twenty minutes at another? My ex used to say her "giggle box got turned over". I think some people are simply more inclined to laugh than others(as I am), and some people seem to strive NOT to laugh too much, if there IS such a thing. I LOVE to make people laugh and generally have a joke or an anticdote for every situation. I also love to laugh and last night I had one of those out of control laughs while watching a Huell Howser puppet spoof. I laughed all the way through it and a few minutes after it was over. When I was done, I actually paid close attention to how good I felt. I was giddy the rest of the evening. Laughter really IS the best medicine, even when you're not sick! How about you all? How do YOU feel about laughter? It started with Ryan way back in 2006. Then it Cassies turn in 2007 when Aidan was born. Last week it was Camilla, and this week, it is Ariel, my youngest(14)which is where she got the nickname, "Little". As an eighth grader atFruitvale, she is in the Colorguard and Saturday was their first competition, which is why I didn't go to Fresno. The event was held at Garces High School and there were nine Jr. High schools entered. There are three competitions going on at once. The percussion, musical and colorguard. At the end of the day, Fruitvales team had three top spots with the percussion first, colorguard second and musical third! Not a bad showing The team wound up second overall. Ariel was beautiful and perfect, and had a very good time. I am so proud of and happy for her. The next competition is Nov. 21st. See you then! Well, it will be short and sweet. I was unable to attend this weeks game, it was not televised, and I didn't have the time to listen to all of it on the radio, so I'll just lay out the skinny. Fresno played Utah State in Fresno and beat them 31-27 after being down 27-10 at the half. Ryan ended up with 185 yards rushing on 23 carries with TD's of nine and ten yards. He had only seven carries in the first half! He still leads the nation in rushing and yards per game at 1316 and 164.5 respectively. Next week they go against Idaho. Talk soon! If I looked back, would I see the past
Or just the present as a jumbled mess Are the lessons of those days gone by As clear as I profess them to be to others Or are they lost in the rubble of the wreckage of my life Pinned beneath the beams that I knocked down In my quest for self satistaction Without concern for the future of anyone or anything Am I listening when I tell those shining stories Of conquests, battles, victories and defeats Or am I just rambling without fore or hindsight Only concerned with the reactions of the audience The present and future of no consequence Until I find myself, once again Stumbling through the scrapyard of mistakes And broken dreams and promises of yesterday Promising wearily not to repeat the damage And to forge a solid present On the way to a happier future By remembering the past And not just talking about it M.C. McGowan 09/29/09 I just read the article on the four people, one of whom was an infant, that were killed in an accident on highway 46 over the weekend. One car passing big rigs hit another head on. Four dead in an instant, who knows how many lives changed forever. Why? Because someone was in a hurry, that's why. The speed limit on 46 is 55mph. Not 60, not 65..55. B ut how many times over the years have I seen people taking huge risks to get around a gaggle of trucks or cars doing the speed limit? More than I can remember to be sure. I used to be one of those drivers. A few years ago I was pulled over out on 58 near Commanche Dr for doing 86 in a 65. They let me go with a warning. After that, I decided to just chill when I am driving. I set my cruise control at the speed limit (maybe five over on 99) and just relax. I never have to worry about getting a speeding ticket, I don't have to spend 90% of my time looking in my mirror for the CHP (who you aren't going to see anyway until it's too late), and I am STILL going to get where I am going. Listen people. Your destination isn't going anywhere. Vegas, Fresno, Bakersfield, Pismo, wherever you are going will be there when you get there. Even if you save an hour on your trip to vegas, what will you have gained? Trying to keep up a 70 mph average on the way to the coast from here will save you about..um..ten of fifteen minutes on the 120 mile trek because there is no way you can keep that average up. You are going to end up doing the 55 here, 70 there so much that you will never really make any time on that trip, and you just may save some lives, at the most, or your driving rercord at least. When I made the decision to just chill, the benefits were immediately noticable. I am much more relaxed. I don't care if I get somewhere early or late, I just know I will get there. I don't have to be so tense, I don't have to dart over the line and back on 46, 166, 119 or any other two laner, I can just chill. If someone wants to pass me, that is their problem. I'll scoot to the right to give them room, I'll even pull into a turnout if I think it will help. I'm just not in a hurry anymore. I may be hit by some dope driving like he is more important than anyone on the road, but I am never going to injure or kill anyone with my driving. My advice is to chill. Relax. Slow down. It's REALLY easy.
When my 16 year old daughter, Camilla, was born, I began calling her my "Punkin Pie". That became "Pie" after a time, and is still my pet name for her. Last year, as a sophomore at Centennial, she began have some real difficulties with school. Not the work, but the school. I ended up putting her in Independent study and she started feeling better about things. It was mostly about the usual things that many kids suffer at school. Bullies, trash talkers, you know, those people who are so insecure thay have to make fun of others tgo justify their own inadquacies. Well, this year she informed me that she had overcome her issues with dealing with other people and was not interested in continuing independent studies, and was actually looking forward to getting back to school. She has been in a great mood this school year and very positive. A couple of weeks ago she started asking about her report card. Whether or not I had received it. She said she was pretty excited about it. I got it today, and I see why she wanted to share it. She made the honor roll for the first time. That may not seem like a big deal to some parents or students, but knowing the problems she dealt with and overcame in the last few years, it is a VERY big deal to us. She is living proof that you can make lemonade from the lemons life gives you and come out on top of it all. I am so very proud of her. I just wanted to share it. The Dogs traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico today to take on the New Mexico State Aggies, who hadn't scored an offensive TD in two games, and who have nevr beaten Fresno State. At the end of the game, those dismal stats would remain unchanged. Fresno got off to a slow start, stumbling around and looking a bit off. The defense scored the first Fresno TD, followed by a Goesling field goal, but the offense just wasn't getting it done in the air or on the ground. The defense looked quite good and held the Aggies to just a field goal. Hitting the locker room at the half up by only seven, the game was far from in the bag. When the Dogs came out for the second half, it was a different game all over the field. Chastin West took a punt return all the way back. Goesling booted another three, then the offense came alive with a big drive featuring two huge pass plays by Ryan Colburn and Co. that took the Dogs to the one where Ryan dove over both lines untouched into the endzone for Fresno's first offensive TD. At the end of the third quarter with the Dogs up by 24 and the Aggies not looking sharp at all, it was starting to look like Ryan might end the night with 71 yards, making it his first game of the year not getting over 100 yards. Coach Hill has made it clear that he won't keep playing anyone just to run up numbers if teh game doesn't warrant it. I guess he wanted more padding, because he trotted Ryan out again in the fourth quarter, and he did not disappoint. After taking a punt early in the fourth, Ryan lined up in the 'I' and broke an eighteen yarder, and on the nerxt play, hopped through a hole and bolted for a 68 yard TD. When the clock wound down with David Carr taking a knee, the Dogs had decimated the Aggies againg 34-3, and Ryan wound up with 157 yards and two TD's. He continues to lead the nation in rushing with 1131 yards, and leads in yards per game at 161.5! WOW! That makes seven consecutive games with 100 or more yards and six games with TD runs of over fifty yards. We are so proud and so stoked. I won't get to go to the game in Fresno next week due tyo a conflicting Color Guard competition my 14 year old(Ariel) is doing, but I'll be there in spirit(and TV)! See you next week!
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