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Show Your Sports PAGE All MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2005 Do you know how to taunt? "Speaks" cont' from page A12 don't heckle the refs, because they can make calls go against your team. And unless they have committed a crime or were caught cheating or doing something illegal, comments regarding these things are also hands off. I have also heard some that were quite creative. Against Longwood, there was a player that rambled up and down the court and every time he made a mistake, he would mumble to himself; so when he would do this, everyone would call him "Napolean" and say "Dang it, I missed another one" or "you're stupid." Okay, next lesson. When one of our players is looking to score on someone, what in the hell does "Do 'em dirty mean?" I mean, do you really think that comment will help your guy? Why not try telling the opposing player, "You're about to get scored on, or how about saying "You haven't stopped him all night." These types of comments get into the other team's head. If they are said enough, it can lead to a defensive lapse due to thinking too much about hot screwing up. Again, you guys are doing a rew good things in this regard .as well. The coins in the milk jugs and the other means of making noise can be a big distraction to the other team. It has and always will be an effective way to interrupt the other team. But even though you are doing a good job at this, there is more that you can do. At most other schools, there are groups of fans that sit right behind the basket and make noise and move things while the other team is trying to shoot free throws. Even though this does not work on every player, at least two or three times a night it will lead to a miss. I understand that there are only a select few of you that do cheer on UVSC, and I applaud you guys for this. So, why not move behind the basket when a player goes to the line? If enough of you do this, it could lead to a point gain for UVSC of up to 50 points or so every year. That could mean a difference of a win or two a year if we got lucky. Well, in conclusion I leave you With this: keep up the good work. Just remember to be creative and change it up a little bit. Eventually you get tuned off if you constantly hear the same thing. Most importantly, keep coming out and making noise. Because when it comes down to it, it is definitely better to taunt poorly than to not heckle at all. O&A with A.D. Mike Jacobsen Talking about the future of Utah Valley State College athletics Landon Smith Sports Writer When Utah Valley State made the move from a junior college to NCAA Division I in 2003, it was the first time that a junior college had made such a move in the history of NCAA athletics. And the man behind the move was Athletic Director Mike Jacobsen. I interviewed Mr. Jacobsen tofindout more about the move to Division I, and his feelings about building an NCAA program from a junior college foundation. But because we were the first school to jump directly from junior college status to Division I, they are making it extremely tough for us to be successful. But we are not going to fail. Believe me. We are not going to fail. But in reality, they don't want a new guy on the block. CT: What are the biggest obstacles facing the Utah Valley State athletic programs? MJ: Being an independent program is a major obstacle for us. Getting into a conference would solve quite a few of the obstacles that we are College Times: What are facing. But to get into a good your feelings about the cur- conference you need quite a rent state of the athletic pro- few things in place. You have gram of Utah Valley State to show that you can give three years after the move to good support to your student athletes and ensure that they Division I? are going to be successful in the classroom. Mike Jacobsen: I think primarily we are further along But everything gets back much more so than we would to money. NCAA athletics is have ever thought at this all about money. The NCAA point in time. We started this and the conferences look at process six years ago as we your budget and if they know started to think about what that the average Division I we wanted to do with our school's budget without footathletic program because of ball is 17 million and yours is all the things going on with 3 million, there is no way that our academic programs. We they are going to consider knew that we needed to make you. They feel that there is a change. no way that you can make it Chad ClarkAvJetXNews The first thing we were go- happen. ing to do was go Division II. At the end of each year, Mike jacobsen is the only person to ever hold the Athletic Director position at UVSC. We really researched it and we have to make a report on made a lot of visits and ac- what we have accomplished facilities will out weigh the visement group is another games. We need tofigureout tually got invited to a really this year and more impor- lack of maturity in our aca- issue that we are improving. what we need to push the hot good Division II conference. tantly, what we are going to demic programs. Right now we have an aca- buttons of the community But we didn't feel that being accomplish next year. Then One thing that has to hap- demic conference room that and students. We are putting Division II in Utah would be they compare the two statis- pen is that we have to be a has nine computers in it in the things together for next year any better than being a junior tics and you better be accom- university. None of these athletic offices. to solve that. We have offered college because people in plishing your goals and you conferences will take a state But this summer we will tuition, books, cash, and cars Utah don't understand Divi- better be closer to that main- college. be moving into the old alpine as give a ways at the games, sion II. So we made the deci- stream level. alternative school that the but if you only do it for one sion to go Division I. CT: What are you doing ath- school bought and we will game people still aren't going CT: How are things going in letically to help make the have an academic center. It's to come out. school more appealing to important that we take care CT: Has the NCAA been co- the search for a conference? of our athletes when they are CT: Where do you see Utah these conferences? operative, as you've made the here, that their successful and Valley State athletically in 10 move to Division I? MJ: Things are going well. But it's a thing that we have MJ: There are a list of things. they graduate. years? MJ: From day one the NCAA so little control over. We ap- One thing that we need to do has been a lot tougher on us plied for the Big Sky confer- is increase our scholarship CT: Does the low attendance MJ: 10 years from now, Utah than most new programs be- ence six months ago, but we base. at the athletic events concern Valley State will be a main cause they don't want junior didn't make it. But we have Right now we have come in you? player in the state of Utah colleges to become Division some conferences (Big West on the minimum level which athletically. A main player in I. When we first applied to and Mid-Con) watching us means that we are giving 50% MJ: Sure. I'd be lying if I every single sport! We will the NCAA they didn't take us because they want to see what of allowable scholarships said it didn't. It bothers me to be willing our share of games very serious. They charged us we become. in all programs. So when it the extent that we continue to with Utah, BYU, and Utah $25,000 for an exploratory fee They are not willing to take comes to the battle, we only figure out why people aren't State. That will happen, and it that is non refundable, where a gamble on usrightnow. have half the bullets as every- coming out for the games. won't be 10 years. But in 10 a Division II school explor- Hopefully our competitive- body else. We need to build Our students and the commu- years that is what we expect. ing the possibility would be ness with our athletic pro- that up. nity do not have an urgency charged $2,500. grams, location, and athletic Having an academic ad- to come out and watch the Light a fire this Valentine's Day. 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