The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 2, 1979-Page 13 SEASON A NIGHTMARE gers battle Michigan By MICHAEL LIEBERMAN, As the football season winds on down, and the magical month of November comes upon us, many questions still remain unanswered. Foremost of all these questions of course, is who's going to win the Big Ten title and the trip to the Rose Bowl? At this time it's too early to tell, but one thing is for certain, Wisconsin definitely won't be the champ. THE BADGERS, a preseason dark- horse possibility, have been stuck in a season long struggle to gain respec-- tability. The team has been decimated by injuries to several key players, for- cing Coach Dave McClain to patch together a skeleton team. No less than six starting players, in- cluding two quarterbacaks, have missed a significant portion of the season. At least ten freshmen and sophomores have been pressed into starting roles at some time this year. To further the team's woes, tragedy struck, as two Badger players lost their lives this summer in unrelated inciden- ts. Wayne Souza, a starter, and the team's third leading pass receiver last year, drowned and Jay Seiler, a fresh- man recruit, died after being severely injured during a spring practice session. PERHAPS IT IS attributable to the old "sophomore jinx" or perhaps it's some other unknown fate, but McClain, in his second year at the university, has been operating with a black cloud hanging over his head. First Mike Kalasmiki, a senior quarterback with a great deal of talent was sidelined with a broken thumb. No sooner did his replacement, sophomgre John Josten, enter the lineup when he too was injured. This left Steve Parish, a junior transfer student from Kansas State to take over at the helm. So far Parish has done a commendable job, completing 57 per- cent of his passes and leading the team in total offense with 507 yards. Despite the adversity facing the team this season, there are some bright spots. After falling to Iowa 24-13 last week, Coach McClain complimented his troups for their aggressive and courageous performance. "WE PLAYED A lot of good football against Iowa, except for about five plays," McClain said. "If you take those four or five plays out of the game, you'd probably find we played a better game than Iowa. "We've played hard, we've played well physically, we've played darn. C7 well. If we can eliminate our mistakes we can win some football games." - In his offensive backfield, McClain is happy with the play of his sophomore fullback Dave Mohapp. Mohapp ob- tained his position when former fullback Tom Stauss was moved to tailback. Mohapp's response was to become the Badgers' leading ground gainer this year with 427 yards on 77 carries. "Right now Dave is one of the best fullbacks in the Big Ten. He runs well and blocks like a demon. He's much improved over his play last year," said McClain. An interesting statistic is that Mohapp has been tackled for a loss only one time in his last 111 carries. ON THE DEFENSIVE side of the coin, the Badgers sport a legitimate all Big Ten and possible All American candiate in strong side linebacker Dave Ahrens. Ahrens, a junior, has been a starter in all three of his years at Wisconsin. Another big Badger name is Tom Schremp, a 6-4, 255 lb. defensive right tackle. He is tied with Ahrens for the team leadership in tackles for losses (5), and has a knack for forcing other teams into mistakes. The Badger followers can be further Michigan tean since 1965. Last year, in McClain's first confrontation with the Wolverines, he was shut out by a score of 42-0. If the Badgers were to beat the Wolverines Saturday, it would be the highlight of their dismal season. Com- bined with their win against MSU, it would be the first time a Wisconsin team beat both Michigan teams in the same season. : GR L _~ADUAT I G ENGI NEERS i 22:55 Esm2amen S ..*....................lingag onsoled with theknwdg tht - ..:.. ...............:: :::::::::::::::::::::::......::::::>::.:.:::.::::-::.::::: :::::::..*:::.."..:::.::_::::::.::..:::.::.. . . . . . . .c::::::::.:know ledgeit t e nothat ha several of their wounded warriors will be ready to return to action this Satur- day. Vaughn Thomas, a free safety, and Tom Braker, a flanker, hope to be able to play. The fans can also anticipate seeing quarterback Kalasmiki play some depending on the progress of his thumb. He played a little last week, but since his thumb was too sore to handle a center snap, the Badgers employed the shotgun offense. According to McClain, f' ,l 1 ~"Kalasmiki's playing time depends on if he can take the snap from center this Y week." The Badgers enter the game with a 2- 6 overall record and a 1-4 conference record. They have not beaten a u " WISCONSIN QUARTERBACK, senior Mike Kalasmiki, shown here setting up to pass against Oregon, is a possible starter against Michigan this Saturday. Kalasmiki is still recovering from a thumb injury suffered earlier this season. .............is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLUE ICERS CHALLENGE CHAMPS Gophers bring thinranks to Yost t t i r t t i t Have you considered these factoi you will work? 1. Will the job offer challenge and responsibility? 2. Will your future employer en- courage job mobility? 3. Will your future employer en- courage, support and reward continued professional educa- tion? 4. How much choice will you have in selecting your work assign- ment? 5. Big starting salaries are nice - but what is the salary growth and promotion potential in the job? in determining where 6. 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Buetow has taken over last -year's NCAA champs while head coach Herb Brooks is away at the Olympics with the nucleus of the Gophers center line: Neal Broten, Steve Christoff, Rob Mc- Clanhan, and Eric Strobel. In addition, there was the expected loss of five seniors from last year's team. Before the start of the season, Buetow commented that he planned to cope with the loss of goal production by playing a more conservative style of hockey. "We won't be as goal minded," he said. Yet last weekend saw the Gophers sweep Michigan State, 9-8 and 11-5. But while Minnesota was com- piling 20 goals it was allowing the Spar- tans to score 13. Buetow said of the series with the Spartans: "I can't really be much less than happy about winning our opening series, but at the same time I'm far from pleased with the defensive play of everyone, particularly in our own end." Farrell was a little surprised at the Gophers' tallies. "I didn't think they could score as well as they did," he said. "Maybe the scores are indicative of their firepower." This weekend's games are perhaps a bit more critical for the Gophers than for the Wolverines. First, it is only the second series Minnesota has played, while the Michigan icers have two un- der their belts. Secondly, and more im- portantly, it is a road series, and Buetow will be bringing a relatively inexperienced team with him. "I'm very concerned about this series for severalreasons," he said. "It's always critical when new people first go on the road. And we will be taking plenty of new people." Buetow continued, "How they handle their concentration and poise, and can they maintain whatever momentum we gained from last weekend are vital fac- tors. It's seldom easy to go on the road." Farrell was more relaxed about taking on the Gophers, who beat Michigan four times last year. "It's another weekend, another test," he commented. But, he added with a flicker of anticipation, "I don't think we've been tested yet. We haven't been in a tight game yet. "A tight game increses mental con- centration and you can find out better what people are capable of," Farrell explained. Having finished at the bottom of the WCHA last year, Michigan has nothing to lose in this series with last year's champs. But the Gophers may find out what it's like to work their way up from the bottom rung. BLUE LINES: Left wing Gordie Hampson still has a broken hand and will not see action this weekend . . . Freshman goalie Paul Fricker seems to have recovered from the flu, which for- ced him out of last Friday night's game, and will be able to play-if Farrell decides he'll start the rookie. Tonight's and Saturday night's games start at 7:30 at Yost Arena. Looking for a career in high technology? Xerox has a surrs for you. You may already know that Xerox is a leader in reprographics. But you may not know that Xerox is also a leader in many other new technologies... 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