Page 10-Tuesday, November 6, 1979-The Michigan Daily OSU, MICHIGAN PACE CONFERENCE Defense now rules Big By DAN PERRIN All season long Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler has been. complaining about the inconsistent, unpredictable Wolverine offense. But, now that the big plays are developing and the offense is beginning to roll, along comes Bo to an- nounce that he's sorry, but it's the defense, not the offense that's going to win or lose the Big Ten title this year. "If you really analyze all three teams going for the championship (Michigan, Purdue and Ohio State), all have ex- cellent defensive stats," Schembechler said at yesterday's weekly press lun- cheon. "That's why they're in the race." Schembechler's point seems valid as evidenced by the weekly stats released by the Big Ten Service Bureau. The Buckeyes currently lead the conference in scoring defense, having given up just 37 points in six games for a 6.1 points per game average. Michigan ranks second in that category with a 12.6 ppg average, while the Boilermakers stand fifth with a 17.0 ppg average. Ohio State was also tops in pass defense before last weekend's 44-7 crushing of Illinois, while Purdue held down top honors in both rushing defense and total defense. Michigan has fared well against the rush, second in the league before Saturday's 54-0 humiliation of Wiscon- sin,, but the Blue gridders don't have much to brag about when it comes to stopping the pass. They ranked a lowly eighth in pass defense before the con- test with the Badgers. Schembechler explained why there is such a discrepancy.m "We're eighth in pass defense because we're tops against the rush," the Michigan mentor. stated flatly. "We're stopping their running game, so teams are coming in and throwing a lot against us." Michigan went into this season with a defense full of high hopes and staffed by a load of veterans including a pair of fif- th year men in tackles Curtis Greer and Dale Keitz. The defenders started off with a bang, holding the first five op- ponents to 12 points or less each time out. But then along came a pair of top- notch passers, Minnesota's Marl Carlsonand Tim Clifford of Indiana, who spoiled the fun as their teams en race racked up 21 points each against the Wolverines. Senior defensive halfback Martk Braman feels that's why last weeken's, throttling of the Badgers was so impor- tant. "The defense has been down," said Braman. But we had a lot of-big plays as a team (against Wisconsin) which helps build our confidence and gives us momentum which is important. "It was a great victory," Braman, added, "because it' was our first shutout." If Michigan plans to make the bow trip to Pasadena for the fourth year in a' row, the Blue defense will have to pull off a repeat performance of last Satur, day's Badger blanking. If Michigan can do that, it's "California, here wee come!" At least, according to Bo Sche,- bechler. UNIVERSITY OF CICAGO GRA DUA TESCHOOL OF BUSINESS All Majors and.Fields invited. Come to our meetings to hear about our MBA and PhD Pro. grams and to ask any questions about the curriculum; admis- sions, financial aid, and career opportunities available ini the following fields of management: Health Administration Finance Marketing General Management Accounting Public and NonProfit Human Resources Economics Management Science Policy THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 See Office of Career Planning & Placement for details p: w% UM SUSPENDERS FOR MEN OR WOMEN Top quality suspenders with the University emblem on the leather suspender pad. A great addition to your wardrobe or they make a great gift. 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However, the Blue attack failed to capitalize on the manpower advantage, prompting player-coach Art Anderson to remark, "How can you get excited about a match when you've got 11 players and they've got seven?" -The grads are one of three teams (the Michigan undergrads and the University of Detroit are the others) which have been invited to the Eastern Invitational Tournament, hosted by EMU this Saturday. The grad club's fir- st match will be held at 11 a.m. against the rival undergrads. Anderson believes the first-round Michigan pairing was not sheer coin- cidence. "They (EMU) probably didn't want an all-Michigan final, and that may well have happened," he said. Anderson, whose team lost to the undergrads, 3-1, last month, won't make any prediction on Saturday's outcome. "We're going to have to mark them individually this time," he said. "Last time we didn't do that in the second half." The undergrads, 8-2-1, suffered their first loss since October 13 Thursday when Spring Arbor blanked Michigan, 3-0, at Fuller Park. The contest was originally set for Wednesday evening on the Tartan Turf, but was rescheduled because it conflicted with Intramural football. Coach Steve Olsen and several of his players were a bit upset over the incon- venience. Spring Arbor, 10-3-2, led by one after the first half, but beat goalie Dave Peress twice in the second stanza to seal the verdict. The Wolverines close their regular season Wednesday at Central Michigan. RUGBY Michigan's 'A' team evened its record at 3-3-1 Saturday, annihilating the Cincinnati Wolfhound Rugby Club, 16-0, behind scores by Bill Chung and Lenny Pitt. The triumph was Michigan's first ever over the powerful squad from the Queen City. The 'B' team, however, lost to Cincinnati, 16-14, as its record slipped to 4- 2-1. The Blue ruggers visit Toledo Saturday to battle the Celtic City Club, then return home the following weekend to finish the season against Ohio State. ROWING Michigan's rowers devastated Michigan State Sunday in a race held in East Lansing, taking first place in three of the four individual events. The Wolverines captured first and second place in the novice men's competition, first in varsity women's and first in varsity men's, while placing second and third in the mixed eight. Three boats compete in each race. Sunday's victory capped the rowers' successful 1979 season, as most club members will put away their oars until next spring. A few, however, will travel to Philadelphia on Nov. 24-25 to participate in the "Frostbite Re- gatta." SAILING Last weekend Michigan hosted the area eliminations for the Timmie Angsten Memorial Sailing Championships, held annually in Chicago during Thanksgiving recess. Of the nine teams competing Sunday, only Michigan, Michigan State and Notre Dame qualified for the Chicago event, which will feature 20 top teams from across the nation. The championship, sailed on the choppy Lake Michigan waters, will be the last regatta for the Blue sailors until they travel to New Orleans during winter break for the Sugar Bowl. HOOP TICKET DEMAND PL UMME TS: Wanted: ticket buyers pect to sit in the blue section" (loWer By ALAN FANGER tier of seats in Crisler Arena). He added There was once upon a time, not too that subsequent purchases will not be long ago, when the Athletic Department assigned on a priority basis. had to deal with the enormous student The low demand for season tickets. dem'and for season basketball tickets. stems from pre-season speculation that Long lines, lotteries, and short ap- the Wolverine cagers will finish near plication periods were the name of the the bottom of the Big Ten basketball game. race this season. Department officials Now the folks down at State and have also indicated that center Phil Hoover will practically get down on Hubbard's early departure to the their hands and knees to sell you a professional cage ranks cut deeply into season ticket. The situation has com- ticket sales. pletely reversed itself, to the point IN AN EFFORT to stimulate deman where department officials have in- for tickets, the department has broad, dicated they will continue season ticket cast sale dates and times at home foot- sales to students on an indefinite basis. ball games, and has encouraged local TICKET MANAGER Al Renfrew, newspapers to print the same infori who has spent several weeks fighting mation. the low demand for ducats, said sales to Renfrew said ticket orders for ini students have numbered about 2;000 dividual games will not be processed (compared to more than 5,000 last until all season ticket sales have been year). Most were allotted on a priority handled. He added that the department basis, and distribution of those pur- "cannot guarantee" students seats for chases will last through tomorrow.. individual contests. But Renfrew was quick to -caution Michigan.opens its 1979-80 basketbal that seniors who have yet to apply for season against Windsor at Crislet tickets "shouldn't come down and ex- Arena November 26. { W I Name. Add City- rp cc Apt, lit CJ3 >tate Zip HOCKEY POLL What a difference a year makes, is that seven especially in the weekly hockey polls. make up the tc Michigan, undefeated in six games this Boston Univer season, has gone from being the last State (tenth) a place team in the WCHA last year to the rankings not fr number one rated team in the country so far in this young season. The poll is conducted weekly during the season by the coaches and spon- r sored by radio station WMPL from Hancock in the upper reaches of Michigan. But this poll has been notorious for fluctuating greatly during the course of a season, and they usually don't seem to get it settled until sometime around March when the IT's still ar NCAA championship is taking place. would make a The Minnesota Gophers, defending Carter or Ted( NCAA champs, had been rated number is for sure,n one until the Wolverines swept a pair predict footba from them at Yost Arena this weekend. nickel. Both Michigan had been rated number six, miserably on It's the first time Michigan has oc- week. cupied the top spot since December of They could 1977. What is perhaps most interesting, Martin of Bai , . Send No. of blue Michigan suspenders with a block M on the pad, at $7.00 ea. Send No. of rainbow suspenders, at $5.00 ea. i i of the ten WCHA tearjs op ten. 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