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AR|E8: Harch 21-Apr|| 19
You may lead your organization in sacks, but it wont
make you a very popular boss.
TAURU8: Apr|| 20-Hay 20
If you decide to skip an exam, your English professor
is not going to accept Football Fever as a legitimate
illness.
CEH|N|: Hay 21-June 20
A group trying to decide on a place for lunch can face
d|llcu|ly, oul l dor'l lr|r| a rudd|e |s go|rg lo re|p.
6AN6ER: June 21-Ju|y 22
You will discover that slapping your classmates butt
after she answers a class question correctly crosses
the line from team spirit to sexual harassment.
LE0: Ju|y 23-Aug. 22
Youll have a lonely weekend if you persist with your
Tribute to the Replacement Refs themed Super
Bowl party.
V|RC0: Aug. 23-8ept. 22
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bar will be received instead by his less attractive friend;
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interference, its un-ladylike.
P|86E8: Feb. 19-Harch 20
Super Bowl? Baltimore? San Francisco? The
only big game for you this weekend is Wichita
State v. Northern Iowa. (This Haterscope valid
only for WSU Mens Basketball Coach Gregg
Marshall.)
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upcoming argument with your girlfriend youll only be
wasting a timeout.
6APR|60RN: 0ec. 22-Jan. 19
Run, Run, Pass, Punt, may be a successful football
strategy, but it doesnt translate well to your academic
progress.
8AC|TTAR|U8: Nov. 22-0ec. 21
Dont go to that sketchy Mexican restaurant or youll
lace s|gr|lcarl oac|le|d-|r-rol|or |ssues a|| Wee|erd.
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If you want to keep Chiefs fans from crashing your
party this weekend, try replacing your welcome mat
with an end zone.
L|RA: 8ept. 23-0ct. 22
You will experience the joy and triumph of having your
team win the Super Bowl then your roommate will
make you turn off the Xbox.
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with Ian Huntley
is ultimate underdog story is set against the
storied Notre Dame football program. Director
David Anspaugh (who also directed the basket-
ball underdog saga Hoosiers) guides Sean
Astin (Lord of the Rings) and cast of heavy-
hitters through a powerful drama in which years
of hard work manifest into a nal triumph. e
fact that the tale is based on a true story makes it
that much sweeter. While the ending may be a
bit trite, Rudy is a classic for anyone who loves
college football.
Rudy
By 2005, the clock had run out on Adam Sandlers
viability. Unfortunately, this didnt stop him from
continuing to make movies. You can add Chris Rock.
You can add Burt Reynolds. Hell, you can even add
Nelly, Tracy Morgan, and Chloris Freaking Leachman,
but it wont matter. What this movie needs is the
subtraction of Adam Sandler, who treats the entire lm
as e Waterboy II: Electric Boogaloo. Not only
would I skip it, Id leave any building it was showing in.
Gridiron Gang
Director Boaz Yakin combinies the true-to-life pathos
of Rudy with the noble, if muddled goals of Gridiron
Gang and manages to extract a contender for greatest
football movie of all time. is is in part due to having
Denzel Washington (Training Day) and Will Patton
(Gone in 60 Seconds) putting in commanding perfor-
mances and telling a compelling story with a valuable
moral for everyone. If you dont love this movie, you
have no soul.
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Hollywood is determined to keep putting
Duane e Rock Johnson in movies, and
apparently some people are determined to keep
going to see them. My advice in this case is
dont be one of those people. e Rock creates a
football team to keep kids o drugs and out of
gangs. He succeeds. Do they win the champi-
onship at the end? Does one of the kids on the
team break down and cry while hugging the
Rock? Have you ever seen a movie before?
Courtesy Art
LEFT: Gridiron Gang is a football movie not worthy of paying nosebleed
tickets for.
RIGHT: Rudy is a football movie that even non-sports fans can enjoy.
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FEATURE
By Austin Colbert
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
WSU grad Super
Bowl bound as PR
manager for 49ers
Among the chaos that is New
Orleans days before Super Bowl
XLVII could be found Dan Beckler
sporting the black and gold of
Wichita State, iPad in hand as he
caught parts of the Shockers mens
basketball game against Indiana
State on Tuesday.
I absolutely loved going to
Wichita State. Denitely spread
the Shocker pride, Beckler said.
Was disappointed we lost. Well
bounce back.
Beckler graduated from WSU in
2009 with a masters in sport
management, where he also spent
time in the athletic department
working in media relations for
basketball and baseball.
Now he nds himself in the Big
Easy with his current employer,
the San Francisco 49ers of the
National Football League, where
he serves as the teams coordinator
of public relations.
His main job duty? To help set
up media interviews for 49ers
starting quarterback Colin
Kaepernick.
I dont look at this as a job,
Beckler said in a phone interview.
I get to watch professional
football games for a living. I wake
up everyday and I am eager to go
to work.
Becklers journey to San
Franciscoand now the Super
Bowlstarted at WSU when he
landed an internship with Disneys
Wide World of Sports in Orlando.
Working for Disney allowed him
to experience a wide spectrum of
the sporting world, including
training camp with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, Atlanta Braves spring
training, and the Old Spice college
basketball tournament, which
WSU happened to be playing in
that year.
e work he did with the
Buccaneers made Becklera
former basketball player at
Oklahoma Baptistfall in love
with the NFL.
I just absolutely loved training
camp, which is the busiest and
hardest time of the year, he said.
I loved the grind, being around
football all the time. I kind of
decided then I wanted to try the
NFL route and got lucky.
Beckler volunteered to work
Super Bowl XLIV in Miami
between the New Orleans Saints
and the Indianapolis Colts, as well
as the Pro Bowl that year. ere he
met his current boss, who brought
him into the 49ers organization.
Less than two years later,
Beckler nds himself at his second
Super Bowlalbeit in a much
dierent roleand part of one of
the NFLs best stories this season.
Its completely dierent being
with the team versus just a
volunteer, he said. Im much
more invested, knowing the guys.
ats just the biggest thing. I
want to see these guys do well.
eir ultimate goal is to win the
Super Bowl and Id be so happy
for each and every guy on the
team.
Beckler, who was born in
Wichita and graduated from
Trinity Academy, never thought
he would end up where he is,
especially so quickly. But now
that hes here, he has no plans to
leave.
I could have never envisioned
being where I am right now,
Beckler said. I love the NFL. I
hope to be in this business for a
long, long time.
Courtesy photo
Wichita State graduate and current San Francisco 49ers public relations manager Dan Beckler chats with 49ers quarter-
back Colin Kaepernick on Wednesday prior to a Super Bowl press conference in New Orleans.
Ravens and Niners Super Bowl history
Super Bowl XVI: 49ers 26, Bengals 21
Jan. 24, 1982
MVP: Joe Montana
Super Bowl XIX: 49ers 38, Dolphins 16
Jan. 20, 1985
MVP: Joe Montana
Super Bowl XXIII: 49ers 20, Bengals 16
Jan. 22, 1989
MVP: Jerry Rice
Super Bowl XXIV: 49ers 55, Broncos 10
Jan. 28, 1990
MVP: Joe Montana
Super Bowl XXIX: 49ers 49, Chargers 26
Jan. 29, 1995
MVP: Steve Young
Super Bowl XXXV: Ravens 34, NY Giants 7
Jan. 28, 2001
MVP: Ray Lewis
SUPER BOWL XLVII
When: Feb. 3, 2013
Where: New Orleans
Time: 5:30 p.m. CT
Television: CBS
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Couch and
Controller
with Ian Huntley
ATARI FOOTBALL
(1978)
Atari made the rst
serious attempt to bring
football to home video
games. Sadly, nobody at
Atari knew the rst thing
about football, and the
game was pieced together
based o of information
gleaned from the backs of
an incomplete set of 1972
Topps trading cards.
10-YARD FIGHT
(1985)
TECMO BOWL
(1988)
JOHN MADDEN FOOTBALL
(1990)
ESPN NFL 2K5
(2004)
MADDEN 13
(2012)
Its Super Bowl weekend, and everybodys
mind is on football. Here at Couch and
Controller, weve been thinking about football,
too. Heres a quick look at how far video
game football has come in the past 35+ years.
Japanese company Irem
attempted to bring
football action to the NES.
ey should have waited
for someone to bring the
rules of football to Japan.
But, 1,000 points for a
touchdown, plus 100
points per block, seems
like a pretty sweet deal.
e rst true entry in
what would become the
Madden franchise also
brought the switch to the
over-the-quarterback-
shoulder perspective still
largely in use today. Less
successful games for EA
were Bret Michaels Bocce
Ball and All-Pro Weight-
liing with Steve Urkel.
e NFL nally
provided some guidance,
and Tecmo brought real
NFL teams and players to
the NES. A glitch
allowed Lawrence Taylor
of the New York Giants to
block any kick. When
informed about the
glitch, Taylor said,
Hows that a glitch?
It wasnt really the EA/
NFL exclusivity that
ended the great NFL 2K
franchise. It was having
to listen to Chris Berman
say, Hecouldgo
alltheway every 10
minutes that drove players
away from the game and
2K Sports.
Well, were 26 games
into the Madden fran-
chise, and it doesnt look
like its going to go away
anytime soon. Madden
2113 may feature roller-
skating aliens trying to
force one another into
bottomless pits. In other
words, pretty close to
Ataris original Football
concept.
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