http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/11/23/no-second-goess-ing/ Serving California State University, Fresno since 1922. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/11/23/no-second-goess-ing/comment-page-1/#comment-41319 PLH1 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:53:11 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/?p=18192#comment-41319 As a student at Fresno State I have been very disappointed lately when opening the sports section. Not only am I reminded that our football team lost, but the over exaggerated facts are strung together by opinionated blows from the writer. So, I took the liberty of confirming my suspicions by checking the Fresno State Football Roster for the past three seasons; I couldn’t seem to find Hopkins anywhere on any of those lists. This shocked me at first as he seemed to have enough to say about how badly the team played, which brought me to my original assumption that he was on the field; the best player out there at that. The part that actually disappointed me the most was the most recent article, November 23, 2009, about the WIN on Saturday and Coach Hill’s comments about a specific player who Hopkins named “the scapegoat” in a previous article. When I finished reading the article I was slightly confused and wondering if I had watched the wrong game. After confirming the win with at least 10 other fans I decided to reread the article. It seams to me that no matter if the Dogs win or loose it will never be good enough for our newest star player Logan. As he labeled in a Facebook photo, which he should probably put on private, he could kick a 22 yard field goal too! I just can’t seem to figure out where a college newspaper writer, with as far as I can see little to no football experience gets off writing so negatively about his own school.<br>On a more positive note regarding to his November 23rd article, I would like to point out the very logical point Hopkins makes; “It’s a two way street”. However, while he surprisingly makes a logical point, he fails to back it up. His previous articles names the kicker as the scapegoat, which is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “one that is the object of irrational hostility”. By giving him this label, I expected to open the paper and find an article with a connotation more similar to the Fresno Bee’s on Saturday November 21, 2009. All players aside, the point is that Logan needs to back up what he writes. I am so disappointed in the Collegian for letting this continue. <br>The point of being a sports writer isn’t to be a constant ass and know-it-all it is to state the losses and celebrate the wins with the school you supposedly belong to. If an experienced writer of the Fresno Bee can be positive when necessary and not just give his opinion then I would think that is how it is supposed to be. Logan Hopkins is a good at writing his opinion, maybe sports just isn’t where he belongs. As a student at Fresno State I have been very disappointed lately when opening the sports section. Not only am I reminded that our football team lost, but the over exaggerated facts are strung together by opinionated blows from the writer. So, I took the liberty of confirming my suspicions by checking the Fresno State Football Roster for the past three seasons; I couldn’t seem to find Hopkins anywhere on any of those lists. This shocked me at first as he seemed to have enough to say about how badly the team played, which brought me to my original assumption that he was on the field; the best player out there at that. The part that actually disappointed me the most was the most recent article, November 23, 2009, about the WIN on Saturday and Coach Hill’s comments about a specific player who Hopkins named “the scapegoat” in a previous article. When I finished reading the article I was slightly confused and wondering if I had watched the wrong game. After confirming the win with at least 10 other fans I decided to reread the article. It seams to me that no matter if the Dogs win or loose it will never be good enough for our newest star player Logan. As he labeled in a Facebook photo, which he should probably put on private, he could kick a 22 yard field goal too! I just can’t seem to figure out where a college newspaper writer, with as far as I can see little to no football experience gets off writing so negatively about his own school.
On a more positive note regarding to his November 23rd article, I would like to point out the very logical point Hopkins makes; “It’s a two way street”. However, while he surprisingly makes a logical point, he fails to back it up. His previous articles names the kicker as the scapegoat, which is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “one that is the object of irrational hostility”. By giving him this label, I expected to open the paper and find an article with a connotation more similar to the Fresno Bee’s on Saturday November 21, 2009. All players aside, the point is that Logan needs to back up what he writes. I am so disappointed in the Collegian for letting this continue.
The point of being a sports writer isn’t to be a constant ass and know-it-all it is to state the losses and celebrate the wins with the school you supposedly belong to. If an experienced writer of the Fresno Bee can be positive when necessary and not just give his opinion then I would think that is how it is supposed to be. Logan Hopkins is a good at writing his opinion, maybe sports just isn’t where he belongs.

]]> http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/11/23/no-second-goess-ing/comment-page-1/#comment-41155 PLH1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:53:11 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/?p=18192#comment-41155 As a student at Fresno State I have been very disappointed lately when opening the sports section. Not only am I reminded that our football team lost, but the over exaggerated facts are strung together by opinionated blows from the writer. So, I took the liberty of confirming my suspicions by checking the Fresno State Football Roster for the past three seasons; I couldn’t seem to find Hopkins anywhere on any of those lists. This shocked me at first as he seemed to have enough to say about how badly the team played, which brought me to my original assumption that he was on the field; the best player out there at that. The part that actually disappointed me the most was the most recent article, November 23, 2009, about the WIN on Saturday and Coach Hill’s comments about a specific player who Hopkins named “the scapegoat” in a previous article. When I finished reading the article I was slightly confused and wondering if I had watched the wrong game. After confirming the win with at least 10 other fans I decided to reread the article. It seams to me that no matter if the Dogs win or loose it will never be good enough for our newest star player Logan. As he labeled in a Facebook photo, which he should probably put on private, he could kick a 22 yard field goal too! I just can’t seem to figure out where a college newspaper writer, with as far as I can see little to no football experience gets off writing so negatively about his own school.<br>On a more positive note regarding to his November 23rd article, I would like to point out the very logical point Hopkins makes; “It’s a two way street”. However, while he surprisingly makes a logical point, he fails to back it up. His previous articles names the kicker as the scapegoat, which is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “one that is the object of irrational hostility”. By giving him this label, I expected to open the paper and find an article with a connotation more similar to the Fresno Bee’s on Saturday November 21, 2009. All players aside, the point is that Logan needs to back up what he writes. I am so disappointed in the Collegian for letting this continue. <br>The point of being a sports writer isn’t to be a constant ass and know-it-all it is to state the losses and celebrate the wins with the school you supposedly belong to. If an experienced writer of the Fresno Bee can be positive when necessary and not just give his opinion then I would think that is how it is supposed to be. Logan Hopkins is a good at writing his opinion, maybe sports just isn’t where he belongs. As a student at Fresno State I have been very disappointed lately when opening the sports section. Not only am I reminded that our football team lost, but the over exaggerated facts are strung together by opinionated blows from the writer. So, I took the liberty of confirming my suspicions by checking the Fresno State Football Roster for the past three seasons; I couldn’t seem to find Hopkins anywhere on any of those lists. This shocked me at first as he seemed to have enough to say about how badly the team played, which brought me to my original assumption that he was on the field; the best player out there at that. The part that actually disappointed me the most was the most recent article, November 23, 2009, about the WIN on Saturday and Coach Hill’s comments about a specific player who Hopkins named “the scapegoat” in a previous article. When I finished reading the article I was slightly confused and wondering if I had watched the wrong game. After confirming the win with at least 10 other fans I decided to reread the article. It seams to me that no matter if the Dogs win or loose it will never be good enough for our newest star player Logan. As he labeled in a Facebook photo, which he should probably put on private, he could kick a 22 yard field goal too! I just can’t seem to figure out where a college newspaper writer, with as far as I can see little to no football experience gets off writing so negatively about his own school.
On a more positive note regarding to his November 23rd article, I would like to point out the very logical point Hopkins makes; “It’s a two way street”. However, while he surprisingly makes a logical point, he fails to back it up. His previous articles names the kicker as the scapegoat, which is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “one that is the object of irrational hostility”. By giving him this label, I expected to open the paper and find an article with a connotation more similar to the Fresno Bee’s on Saturday November 21, 2009. All players aside, the point is that Logan needs to back up what he writes. I am so disappointed in the Collegian for letting this continue.
The point of being a sports writer isn’t to be a constant ass and know-it-all it is to state the losses and celebrate the wins with the school you supposedly belong to. If an experienced writer of the Fresno Bee can be positive when necessary and not just give his opinion then I would think that is how it is supposed to be. Logan Hopkins is a good at writing his opinion, maybe sports just isn’t where he belongs.

]]> http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/11/23/no-second-goess-ing/comment-page-1/#comment-41088 junior Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:23 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/?p=18192#comment-41088 That's amusing. Number 35 hits a 35 to win his last home game of the season. That’s amusing. Number 35 hits a 35 to win his last home game of the season.

]]> http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/11/23/no-second-goess-ing/comment-page-1/#comment-48816 junior Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/?p=18192#comment-48816 That's amusing. Number 35 hits a 35 to win his last home game of the season. That’s amusing. Number 35 hits a 35 to win his last home game of the season.

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