By RICK MADDOCK
W HAT'S THE FIRST thing you think of when someone mentions
Purdue's football team? Mark Herrmann and his incredible passing,
right? After all, he's completed 129 passes in 277 attempts which gained 1584
yards for the Boilermakers. And for those non-mathematicians that's a
passing percentage of 56.8.
With these kind of credentials one would figure that the sophomore rifle
would be what worries Bo the most about the first round of the Rose Bowl,
preliminaries. However, such is not the case.
"The thing about the Purdue team is that their defense is excellent. It's
an overshifted defense," Bo said yesterday at his weekly media luncheon.
"It's a very well personneled team. This is an accurate statement: this is the
best defensive team we've met this year."
Statistically, Purdue's defense ranks very close to Michigan's in most of
the categories. The Boilermakers have allowed 8.7 points per game, while
the Wolverines have allowed 8.8 ppg. Michigan allows 3.7 yards per play--2.9
rushing and 4.9 passing-while Purdue permits 3.8 yards per play-2.56
rushing and 6.63 passing. Finally, Michigan gives up 225.9 yards per game
compared to Purdue's 246.8 yards per game.
What all this boils down to is that Purdue has nearly as potent an offense
as Michigan State, and probably more balanced, but more importantly the
Boilermakers sport a much tougher defense.
:They haven't rolled up the points that Michigan State has, but if you
look at their defense they haven't been scored on as much," Bo said. "Ohio
State got a lot of yards on them, but they had three critical fumbles," he said
of the Boilermakers 27-16 win. "They l(Ohio State) had to come back, so
Purdue was giving them 11-12 yard gains knowing they had to score two
touchdowns to win."
Great, so now the AWF (average Wolverine fan) not only has to worry
about Herrmann but also about the Boilermakers' tremendous defense. Oh,
yes there's one more thing, the Boilermaker running backs are among the
Big Ten's top rushers. Fullback John Macon has gained 781 yards and
tailback Russell Pope has rushed for 653 yards. For comparison, Harlan
Huckleby has gained 670 yards to lead the Wolverines.
With this year's Purdue running attack, Herrmann has been able to im-
prove faster. "I don't think there's as much pressure for him to hit the pass
Purdue has the stats . ..
.. but is that where it's at?
this year beacuse of their running. He's improved a lot," Bo said.
Now don't go running off to cancel those reservations in Pasadena just
yet. Purdue's stats sound great, but what did you expect from the Big Ten's
leader? Don't forget these bubbling Boilermakers were turned into stum-
bling ones against Wisconsin in that 24-24 tie.
On the tie, Bo commented, "Really it doesn't make any difference to us.
We had to win both of them to go."
Bo's plan for winning the first one is simple. "What we want to do is to
keep them from scoring a lot. It sounds funny, but seriously, they're gonna
get a lot of yardage."
Ine way to prevent Purdue from getting yardage is by controlling the
ball. Theoretically, the best way to eat up time is to run a controlled offense.
At Michigan that usually means running the option often. But Bo hinted that
his offense won't be as one-play oriented as it has been the past years.
"We do not figure to live and die solely with the option. I like it, and we'll
take it if they give it to us. But if we hve to go with power football or throw the
ball we will," Bo said.
"I think we're in good shape offensively. We hve some concern in our of-
fensive interior line. (John) Arbeznik is out, and (Bill) Dufek is
questionable," Bo commented. Arbeznik has a sprained ankle and Dufek has
a sore shoulder. "(Ralph) Clayton's the factor for us. He's been a dangerous
guy for us the last few games," he added.
Bo has something to prove, if he can along with winning, and that thing is
to prove his team can pass. The first half of the Michigan State game still
haunts him, and more than anything he'd like to show the world that his
team has a balanced offensive attack.
On Rick Leach Bo said, "Right now he's playing extremely well. I
thought on Saturday he threw two or three balls well, right into the teeth of
the wind. He zinged them right in there."
One of those zingers was a 41-yard touchdown pass to guess who? Ralph
Clayton. He's the man. Should Michigan really need something, this week or
next, Clayton will be the one that Leach will go to. He's the big play man that
every balanced offense needs. Whether or not the Wolverines need him
remains to be seen, but for Michigan's sake it's nice to know he's there. As
Bo said, "Clayton's the factor for us."
SPOR TS OF THE DAILY
Yankee
NEW YORK (AP)-The New York
Yankees signed free agent pitcher Luis
Tiant to a -multiyear contract, it was
learned yesterday.
The veteran hurler, a long-time
mainstay of the Boston Red Sox staff
thus becomes the first player in the 1978
re-entry draft to reach contract terms
with a new team.
BECAUSE OF HIS age, Tiant, who
will be 38 later this month, was vir-
tually ignored in the Nov. 3 draft, selec-
ted only by the Yankees in Round
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With only one team selecting him,
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LAST SEASON, pitching for Boston,
Tiant compiled a 13-8 record with a 3.31
earned run average and pushed his
career record to 204-148 since coming to
the majors with Cleveland in 1964.
The colorful right-hander with the
drooping moustache and herky-jerky
motion was a Fenway Park favorite af-
ter the Red Sox signed him as a free
agent in 1971.
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Polo (club shines
Michigan's men's water polo team
shocked a highly-touted field last
weekend when it captured first place in
the Midwestern Water Polo Assocition
Championships at East Lansing.
The Wolverines splashed past Win-
dsor "B," 18-6, then upset Michigan
State in the semi-finals, 7-4. Michigan
gained the title by defeating Windsor
"A," 16-12.
GOALIE RANDY DEACON, who
sparkled at goalie against the Spartans,
was named the tournament's Most
Valuable Player.
ee agent Tiant
The triumph was particularly sweet for the Big Eight title. The Hu
for the Wolverines, who last year Missouri while Oklahoma
finished at the bottom of the tourney. Oklahoma State this coming S
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Huskers go bowling
.LINCOLN, Neb.-Nebraska will be
the Big Eight Conference's represen-
tative in the Orange Bowl regardless of
what happens this weekend, the Miami
bowl committee announced yesterday.
Ed Goss, publicity chairman of the
Orange Bowl Committee, and Chuck
Neinas, commissioner of the Big Eight,
made the announcement jointly in
Miami and Lincoln.
THE CHAMPION of the Big Eight
goes to the Orange Bowl automatically
under the current contract. If there is a
tie for the conference title, the Orange
Bowl traditionally has selected the
winner of the head-to-head contest bet-
ween the teams that share the crown.
Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 17-14
Saturday and thus gained at least a tie
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