fichigan By BILLY SAU N Second in a two-part series 'he lack of an effective kicking game nght have been a breaking point for , 1979 Michigan football team, accor- t ding to head coach Bo Schembechler. "The weakness in the kicking game," "IT WAS ti S mbechler remarked, "might have we could get, n thestarch out of us. didn't win a c SCHEMBECHLER WENT on to say Big Ten conf that his team could have had an 11-0 good team," record instead of 8-3, but that too many deserves to be thttigs happened. He cited four blocked "It's our u puns, a center snap through the legs of post-season the. punter, missed field goals and a went on. "Ba punt return for a touchdown, all of we had thos which were key to the outcome of the would have r fhtee losses, in the Gator B FAt the final count, only three out of 18 of eld goal attempts by Bryan Virgil and ofaMichiga AgiHaji-Sheikh were successful, which che BE s enough to make any coach squirm. in gEge Sever' a Schembechler does not pin igetting the thp blame on any one player. otsesnr #,There were no loafers, nodissenters on this team," the Michigan mentor remarked. Yet Schembechler contends that the to never quite reached the level of pefrmance that had been hoped for. N A B H tever, Schembechler was not about j not be to-complain about those losses, cursing B "THERE WERE no weeks where you on The L knew a blow-out would occur," com- his Last G merited Schembechler. "Maybe we Again an could have been right up in there with m wo just, a little better kicking game. But the Tar o I' not disappointed," he added. that stomn Jevertheless, Schembechler is well into the g a' re of the task to recruit kickers. 's difficult to go out and recruit a Da ki er because it's hard to study a He p gi's ability on film," Schembechler and t xplained. "I just don't know how he doew l31 perform with 100,000 screaming nten fahr breathing down his back." Inte °SChembechler's preference is to have bab . ~as I r aipnter and a field goal kicker, not just at one player who can do both. Giving that .irgil both jobs this year was too much, he feels. .Regarding the season from a coach's standpoint, Schembechler feels that it was a challenging year. "Coaching this season was a challenge," the Wolverine coach com- mented. He then clarified the challenge by saying, "Look at the schedule. We - played a lot of good teams and the games were very close. SCHEMBECHLER referred to the fact that the point spread in each of the three losses was not more than three points, and how Michigan rallied back to win in the second half against dclifornia, Illinois and Indiana: Despite the problems that Michigan experienced on the field-this season, they are going to a bowl game, one that Schembechler is enthusiastic about. The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 12, 1979-Page 21-g kicking game Blue INDIANA STILL FIRST AP's top 20 R,:, :_ ., . Y -: .. .. ,; : Imbechler looks back exciting '79 season he best major bowl game "the coach declared. We hampionship (third in the erence). But we have a he continued, "one that in a bowl. ltimate goal to play in a game," Schembechler ck in the early '70s, when e powerhouse teams, we un to Jacksonville to play Bowl. It was only because n that the rule was concluded. CHLER was instrumental Big Ten to change their ule, which allowed for no other team but the conference cham- pion to play in a bowl game - the Rose Bowl. In short, Schembechler is confident that the Wolverines will perform well against North Carolina. "We're going down there to win a ball game," he said. IF MICHIGAN does win, it will be the first post-season game that the Wolverines have won under the direc- tion of Schembechler. But the Michigan coach would like to win this one for the seniors. The 1979 season, which signaled the start of Schembechler's eleventh year as head coach at Michigan, leaves him lack Friday AR in Chapel Hill ing a poet and drunk to boot Bo for another loss ast Day of what must be (by now) Game. Again another loss, other Margarita, salt unds that are covered with f a Heel ped us ;round. nn him;he blew it again. assed alright, but everybody their withered up grandmother w when he would do it- n by seven in the fourth. rcepteg, another drink, salt ling out my mouth like a hailstorm rant and rave and curse the scum is here and all around the Hill. Ali I missed twice from somewhere, zero for a million. Virgil was blocked, a lineman the size of a thunderstorm turning the football into his mouthguard, leather tastes like salt. Bo called the option and I called Canham in a stupefying rage, incoherent babble and eyes as red as scarlet roses on a coast west of my fury. Another Margarita, the wound opens deeper, stinging my wallet as the Hillers collect. The angst settles in heavy, fist pounding on the bar pounding pounding pounding ... "Wake up, man wake up, you're losing it" Whaa, what the hell... A dream? A God damn nightmare? As the blur from eyes recedes I see, by the one boot I managed to pull off before stumbling into a spinning sleep, a salt shaker. It is empty. -Bob Emory. at a sort of crossroads, the end of one decade and the start of another. This season, Michigan fans were granted a sneak preview of Michigan football for the '80s. And what the fans saw was certainly impressive. Names like Butch Woolfolk, Anthony Carter, Rich Hewlett, Lawrence Ricks and Mike Cade among others will highlight the early '80s. As to how far into the '80s Schem- bechler will remain at his present position remains to be seen. Rumors of him coaching in the pros have been See more sports on pages 22 and 23. pretty much nullified. When he does decide to step down, Schembechler concedes it will not be easy, especially for a man who loves sports and football as much as he does. "BEING A head coach at a big school is a big thing," Schembechler remarked candidly. "You just cannot believe the attraction coaching has. Still, there comes a time to leave," he added. When? "I don't know, I just don't know," he concluded. Schembechler respects men like Frank Broyles and Ara Parseghian who were able to walk away from the game. Both are currently college football an- nouncers for ABC Sports. Schembechler remarked that the idea of being a sports commentator sounds intriguing. "WHEN I was a kid, I used to imitate those guys (announcers such as Mel Allen) It's hard to picture me out of sports," he added. "I love sports, not just football." Sports is Schembech ler's life, in particular, college sports. He feels that the crowd is unique in college athletics, citing the mix of students and alumni. "Tradition," he termed it. His love for sports and for the players he coaches is probably unmatched by many a coach. During his ten years at Michigan; he has built the Wolverines into one of the largest and finest foot- ball programs in the nation. There's one thing about a Bo Schem- bechler coached football team. Every year, you know he will field an enor- mously competitive club, one gifted with many fine athletes. And even when the skill is absent at certain positions as it was this year, Schembechler still manages to produce a winner - a team with an 8-3 record that will play in a bowl before -a.national-television audience. It's this consistency which marks the success of both Bo Schembechler and the Michigan football program. Men's poll 1. Indiana (29) ........... 3-0 2. Duke (20) ............. 5-0 3. Ohio State (7)..........3-0 4. Notre Dame (2) ....... 4-0 5. Kentucky (2) ........5-1 6. Louisana State.........3-0 7. UCLA ............... 3-0 8. North Carolina.........3-1 9. Purdue.......... 4-0 10. Syracuse...........4-0 11. DePaul............. 2-0 12. Louisville ............. 3-0 13. Virginia............ 4-0 14. Oregon State:......... 5-0 15. St. John's ............. 3-1 16. Georgetown, DC ...... 2-0 17. Iowa ................ 4-0 18. Brigham Young........3-1 19. 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