CSUN AWAY BUT STILL CLOSE.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer If you must play a nonconference game this late in the season, it helps to have a bundle of hopes riding on the outcome. Such is the predicament Predicament Dancy, Captain Ronald must persecute friend to save own skin. [Br. Lit.: Loyalties, Magill I, 533–534] Gordian knot inextricable difficulty; Alexander cut the original. [Gk. Hist. of Cal State Northridge, which travels halfway across the country to play at Gateway Conference member Southwest Missouri State on Saturday at 11 a.m. A win moves CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge (6-3) closer to a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. berth, be it a conference title or an at-large bid An at-large bid is a bid or berth in a sporting tournament granted by invitation, not right. This term is most commonly used in the United States to refer to berths that the NCAA grants in its annual Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments, although at-large berths are . A loss means the first-place Matadors must pray for the Big Sky conference title race to shake down in their favor, which has a good shot of happening. ``You'd like to play it earlier in the season, but I think it's something that's good,'' CSUN coach Ron Ponciano said. ``I think it's fun to go play a I-AA team from a Midwest conference The Midwest Conference is a College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. . People in the Midwest will all of a sudden know who Northridge is.'' CSUN's arrival in Springfield, Mo., will also signal a homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. of sorts for Ponciano. He spent 1993 and 1994 as an assistant at Missouri Western State, a three-hour drive from Springfield. ``I'm going to see a lot of friends back there,'' Ponciano said. ``I'm excited to see them. A lot of people I know will be there. There's something special about Midwest people, with the hospitality.'' Back in the ranks: Suddenly it doesn't seem like a big deal anymore, though the notice is something CSUN won't pass up. With thoughts turned toward the postseason, it was only with curious eyes the coaching staff looked at the weekly Division I-AA rankings to notice the Matadors are part of them again. In the USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. coaches' poll, CSUN checked in at 24th. The Sports Network voted the Matadors at No. 25. ``It's irrelevant,'' Ponciano said. ``It's big to be ranked the first time, but now we have to win at Southwest Missouri State and Idaho State and things will take care of themselves.'' CSUN dropped out of the poll following its Oct. 24 loss to Montana State. Gettin' his kicks? Ponciano said he was uncertain about the availability of place-kicker Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
``That rascal better be ready,'' Ponciano said. Odds and end: Suspended safety Jeremy Golden returned to the team Sunday. . . . Nose guard Sean Beard, who broke his leg Oct. 3 against Southern Utah, is hoping to gain clearance to practice today, but Ponciano said he wouldn't take the lineman if he was limping. . . . Southwest Missouri State, which has won three consecutive games and is 5-4, is averaging 411 yards of offense per game. |
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