BACK TO SQUARE ONE The Michigan D"ily-Saturday, September 22, 1979-Page7 Jayhawks crucial By GEOFF LARCOM Well, it looks like we're right back where we started. Things seemed different against, Notre Dame last week. -Excitement and expectation hung over the giant stadium prior to the game. It was great - such a refreshing change f rom the blase Northwestern atmosphere. Tension, usually a non-ingredient in Michigan non-conference encounters, marked the game until its sad end, when Bryan Virgil's kick sailed into Irish linebacker Bob Crable's left hip. But now, here comes Kansas. That's 0-1 Kansas, a Kansas team that also went 1-10 last year. Right out of the Northwestern school of futility, it seems. Shoot, it appears Bo Schembechler just can't win for losing so far. He's either got an opponent nobody will give him credit for whipping, or one that up and beats his team, knocking those, national championship sugar plums from his head. Yet even if ticket holders are anxiously peddling their ducats in hopes of spending their Saturday away from the Blue bowl, this is a game that Schembechler and his team must now have. Other than the annual post-season bowl letdown, Bo's teams have had only one season-marring loss the pasts three years. And Schembechler is quick to remind everyone that USC and Alabama, last year's top teams in the polls, were both nicked for an early season loss. "This game means a lot to us. We have to win to regain momentum that was lost last Saturday," Schembechler said. "This Michigan team has a lot of pride and I'm certain we'll be ready Saturday. Typical pre-game stuff, yet still you find yourself nodding in assent. All Michigan's goals for this year are still intact. The Big Ten title, the Rose Bowl - still await, so expect step number one - Kansas, to be an intense affair from a Michigan standpoint. Very crucial, before frying out to California and then returning to duel Michigan State on the road, will be whether Schembechler's dormant of- fense can revive itself. If it can't, the whole squad could also slide down the tube. "The defense deserves a better fate than it has received. It's played ex- cellent, but it must have an offense to go with it," he said. "The defense has been getting too much playing time and if you don't watch out, a very good defense can disintegrate into a very poor one." So it's against the Jayhawks that Schembechler seeks to even these inequalities out, pronto. Meanwhile, Kansas Coach Don Fam- brough brings to Ann Arbor a team that, despite that miserable 1-10 slate, claimed UCLA as its sole victim, and gaye Oklahoma a considerable scare in losing 17-16. This year's first outing found the Jayhawks on the short end of a 24-0 shutout at Pittsburgh. "There's such a thing as being too tight for a game. The coaches and the players were a little too tight for the Pittsburgh game," Fambrough said. "This week we should settle down and do the things that will make us a better foe foi football team." The key here will be quarterback Kevin Clinton, whose 163 yards passing failed to offset an abysmal Jayhawk running attack that netted -17 yards against the Panthers. "I'm excited," said Clinton of the prospect of meeting up with Michigan's vaunted defense. "We have everything to gain, and nothing to lose." Except possibly yardage. "Pit- tsburgh did an excellent job on defense, the problem is that Michigan is every bit as good, if not better. We simply must establish an effective ground game to go with the passing game,'' Fambrough said. The Kansas mentor had particular praise for B. J. Dickey, who will again get the starting nod at QB, and Stanley Edwards, who's gained 171 yards this season. "Those two both pose problems, they're big play people," Fambrough said. "It seems the personnel situation at Michigan never 'changes. Only the names do." He'sat least partly right. This year on offense, the names have indeed changed for the Wolverines. Whether the personnel situation is as rosy as last year, odds are after last week's shindig with the Irish, Bo's reserving judgement on that one for a little while longer. Wolverines THE LINEUPS . 4 f MICHIGAN OFFENSE (80) (72) (65) (59) (64) (76) (30) (22) (10) (23) (83) (95) (77) (55) (53) (40) (41) (43) (16) (28) ( 4) Doug Marsh Ed Muransky Kurt Becker George Lilja John Arbenznik Mike Leoni Alan Mitchell Ralph Clayton B. J. Dickey Lawrence Reid (233) (217) (244) (249) (243) (255) (184) (226) (188) (223) TE ST RG C LG QT WR WB QB FB ( 5) (72) (63) (58) (79) (75) (85) (13) (24) (34) KANSAS Dan Wagoner Mike Gay Jim Ragsdale Bob Fiss Bob Whitten Dave Fletcher Lloyd Sobek Kevin Clinton{ Harry Sydney + Walter Mack + Kirby Criswell Charles Casey Jim Radcliff James Jackson+ Jim Zidd Scellars Young Monty Carbonell Delvin Miller Frank Wattelet Leroy Irvin Bobby Barrow DEFENSE (170) (250) (230) (245) (260) (265) (230) (215) (200) (185) (230) (245) (230) (250) (230) (215) (230) (180) (186) (180) (185) Ben Needham (211) Curtis Greer (250) Mike Trgovac (227) Dale Keitz (233) Mel Owens (235) Ron Simpkins (229) Andy Cannavino (221) Jeff Reeves (192) Mike Jolly (186) Mark Bramen (195) Michael Harden (189) OLB (88) LT (92) MG (86) T (97) OLB (51) ILB (52) ILB (96) WOLF (31) WHB (40) SHB (47) FS (39) -, S .\/ },. \ S _l - .. , C JUST MY LUCK To CATCH WPIM ON TH EREBOUND ------ SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: ' f. , riRa--", 'THIS )YE _ JOLA-5T y --- _ _ _. - _ C I' 'AR. GOPHERS TRY TO TAME TROJAN HORSE Ailing Bli By SCOTT M. LEWIS Michigan fans can treat themselves to a sports doubleheader today and - surprise! - Bo Schembechler's boys are only part of the attraction. The Wolverine men's graduate soc- cer club begins today's sports festivities at 11 a.m., as it hosts the University of Detroit at Elbel field. (And, oh yes, the football team faces Kansas this afternoon at 1). Football fanatics afraid to miss a single down can take in the entire soc- cer game, as an average contest lasts no more than12 hours. THE BLUE booters opened the 1979 season against Eastern Michigan Wed- nesday evening, dropping a 2-0 decision. Third-year graduate player Matthew Lynes came away from the loss excited about the team's prospects this fall. "We compare very favorably with last year's (7-3) team," Lynes ap- praised. "In fact, we played better as a team Wednesday than we did all last year" HOwever, the squad already has been plagued by injury. Five key players have been sidelined, including top defender Mohammed Hadi, out with torn backumuscles. Team manager Eduardo Munoz is also ailing. MICHIGAN'S roster once again resembles a mini-United Nations Security Council, with delegates from Colombia (Munoz), Iran (Hadi), England, Scotland, Greece and the United States. The Blue undergraduate soccer team kicks off its season tonight at 8 when the Michigan Soccer League Amateur All- Stars invade Ferry Field.. Meanwhile, the Wolverine rugby team is on the road today, sending a split squad against Scioto Valley and Detroit Tradesman. Linksters lagging It's a pleasant .surprise when the golfers that you didn't expect to play well, come through with flying colors. By the same token, it's a disappoin- tment when the players you expected to excel, don't. This is the situation that Michigan golf coach Tom Simon is viewing as his team competes in the Yale Invitational being held this weekend in New Haven, Connecticut. Three members of the Michigan squad, who never made varisty before, have suddenly emerged from obscurity. DAVE KOCH, and Phil Mokris played with the Michigan team last spring, but never quite golfed well enough to make a mark among the top five. With the help of a new Blue linkster, John Morse, they have led the team in this weekend's competition. A strong University of Virginia squad led the first day's competition with an admirable 284. Michigan lagged behind in sixth place, twenty-six shots off the pace. "The fact that the team had no prac- tice round was a distinct disadvantage. Now that they've played the course, the Boilermakers eye Irish ue booters take on UD scores should improve." -JOANNE SCHNEIDER The Game Needs to be Checked Out BILLIARDS at the UNION Rates Reduced , Everyday to 6,pm By ART REGNER Southern Cal, Nebraska, Notre Dame and UCLA (all nationally ranked), will be among this week's opponents as, for the first time this season, all Big Ten teams will engage in non-conference play. Today marks the fifty-first meeting between state rivals Notre Dame and Purdue. Although they lost the statistical battle to Michigan last week, the Irish have many offensive threats. Tailback Vagas Ferguson was a one- man show in Michigan Stadium as he gained 118 net yards, compared to the team's net rushing figure of 114. And who can forget Chuck Male and his four straight field goals? Bob Crable leads the Irish defensive unit. Crable had ten solo tackles against the Wolverines and blocked Michigan's last-second field goal attempt. The Boilermakers will be led by everyone's All-American candidate, quarterback Mark Herrmann. Against UCLA last week Herrmann hit 14 of 24 passes for 191 yards and two TDs. ' Purdue's defense has been unim- pressive this season, causing head coach Jim Young to state, "Our defense has to improve if we expect to be a con- tender in the Big Ten." The defense and the running game (63 yards against UCLA) must be con- siderably better if the Boilermakers SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 2, Pittsburgh I AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 3, New York 2 Boston 4, Detroit I hope to defeat the Irish for only the second time this decade. A sellout crowd is expected to be on hand as the eighth-ranked Spartans take on the Redskins from Miami of Ohio. Miami features junior quarter- back Chuck Hauck, who has connected on 23 of 44 passes for 300 yards. Michigan State leads the Big Ten with 451 total offensive yardage. Quarter- back Bert Vaughn, split end Eugene Bird, and running back Derek Hughes led the potent MSU attack that has averaged 215.5 yards passing. This game could turn into a high-scoring af- fair. Minnesota has the displeasure of being hosted by the number one team in the nation: Southern Cal. The Trojans are loaded with talent and expect to have powerful running back Charles White back in the lineup. The Gophers 'will be led by quarterback Mark Carlson. Carlson's stats so far this season are 20 of 32 for 227 yards, and one touchdown. USC should have little trouble in defeating the Gophers. After last week's blowout of Air For- ce, Wisconsin's Badgers may be in- volved in their most physical game of the season.,In last week's upset victory over Purdue, the Bruins rushed for 371 yards, and held the Boilermakers to a mere 63yards rushing. Freshmen and sophomores played a key role in Wisconsin's victory last week accounting for all but 48 of the team's rushing yards. Kentucky invades Indiana's Memorial Stadium led by their field marshall Mike Shutt. Shutt was six of 13 for 69 yards last week, while his Indiana counterpart, Tim Clifford, has been impressive during his first two games, hitting 29 of 41 for 425 yards and three touchdowns. Washington State has never beaten the Buckeyes of Ohio State, and it is' highly unlikely that they will win today's contest. The Cougars are led by signal caller Steve Grant, while Art Schlichter commands the Buckeye of- fense. By the way, Northwestern won a football game last week! Northwestern may even win today, as they host the Orangemen of Syracuse. Syracuse relies on a veer-type offense, featuring Joe Morris, a 1,000-yard rusher last year. Last week, quarterback Micke Kerrigan started his first game for the Wildcats, completing 12 of 28 passes, for 195 yards and one touchdown. Iowa will be looking for its first vic- tory of the season as it takes on Nebraska in Kinnick Stadium. 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