Fresno State wins it all!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22427840.post-34940614891008900952008-06-26T10:43:00.004-06:002008-06-30T13:05:01.573-06:00Fresno State wins it all!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGkuNnFJf1I/AAAAAAAAAsA/oy0ed7y7Gck/s1600-h/bulldog.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGkuNnFJf1I/AAAAAAAAAsA/oy0ed7y7Gck/s200/bulldog.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217752454649184082" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMt7nVXiI/AAAAAAAAAro/sYKcfLEmEMw/s1600-h/CA_FB2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMt7nVXiI/AAAAAAAAAro/sYKcfLEmEMw/s200/CA_FB2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216237882894016034" border="0" /></a>Yayyy, <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/baseball/recap?gameId=2817700611">Fresno State</a> is now known for something other than having its own Web page on "cracksmoker.com." (RIP cracksmoker.com).And Fresno is known for something other than being the birthplace of the meth lab.(And just for the record, Deadspin, which reported that Fresno is the birthplace of Cher, Kevin Federline and Trent Dilfer ... Dilfer isn't actually from Fresno; he just played college football there. I couldn't get Deadspin to fix that.) Famous athletes or coaches actually from Fresno, Deadspin? Try Tom Seaver, Henry Ellard, Ickey Woods, Darryl Lamonica (Well, Clovis, anyway) and (eeek) Jerry Tarkanian.Anyway, as you probably have heard by now, Fresno State won the College World Series, outscoring Georgia 25-11 in the last two games of the three-game series. Steve Detwiler hit two home runs and a 395-foot double with a torn ligament in his thumb. and those rude Georgia fans had it coming for wearing all those t-shirts that said, "We're the *real* Bulldogs."The sports blogs and radio shows have been all a-twitter about the Bulldogs and whether they represent the biggest cinderella in college sports history. Fresno started off 8-12, finished its regular season only 33-27 and entered the postseason as a No. 4 regional seed (which is equivalent to being a No. 13-16 seed in the NCAA basketball tournament.) And just for the record, while Fresno State's Tommy Mendonca looks like Colin Ferrell, don't you think Steve Detwiler bears an amazing resemblance to Lou Diamond Phillips?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMuDeutLI/AAAAAAAAArw/HHC2eGIWNLs/s1600-h/detwiler2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMuDeutLI/AAAAAAAAArw/HHC2eGIWNLs/s200/detwiler2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216237885005411506" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMuqhmATI/AAAAAAAAAr4/hi_lZMY1pOo/s1600-h/Lou+Diamond+Phillips.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SGPMuqhmATI/AAAAAAAAAr4/hi_lZMY1pOo/s200/Lou+Diamond+Phillips.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216237895486406962" border="0" /></a> The people in Fresno have been up all night burning cop cars and meth labs ... although that's just another Wednesday night in Fresno. Seriously, there's really not a whole heck of a lot to get excited about in Fresno, so this is a big deal for people there. The basketball program became a joke after Tarkanian showed up; Pat Hill keeps wanting to jump the football team to the Pac-10, even though Fresno can never beat Boise State or Hawaii; it's hot, it's foggy, it's flat, it's smoggy; there's strip malls as far as the eye can see; it's incredibly crime-ridden. I hated it myself, but I take a certain kind of pride that somehow I survived Fresno without getting shot or stabbed.Pepe Lepewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17719557482979323749noreply@blogger.com