FUTURE IS NOW FOR BLUE, PURDUE Buckeyes lead in Race for Roses The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, November7, 1979-Page 9 Ann Arbor Democratic Party 2nd Ward Meeting TONIGHT-7:30 PM 1548 Broadway By JON MORELAND With two weeks left in the Big Ten season, the conference race for the Rose Bowl is down to three teams - Michigan, Ohio State, and Purdue. Michigan and Ohio State control their own destiny - winning their last two games will send either of them to the, Rose Bowl. Purdue, meanwhile, must hope for a miracle -the Buckeyes losing their last two games while the Boilermakers must ,win their final two. If this all sounds rather complicated, it gets wor- se. The standings are as follows: Conference All Ohio State -6 0 0 9 0 0 MICHIGAN 6 0 0 8 1 0 Purdue 5 1 0 7 2 0 In.case of a two-way tie for the con- ference championship, the Rose Bowl representative would be determined-by the winner of head-to-head competition between the tying schools. If all three teams tie, however, this rule would be waived because Ohio State and Purdue did not play each other this season. In that case, the second criterion for breaking ties, overall record - is used. If the tie-breaking process comes to this, Ohio State will go to the Rose Bowl because Michigan and Purdue each lost a non-conference game. Now let's get down to specifics. An Ohio State victory at home against Iowa Saturday or in Ann Arbor a . from Saturday will eliminate Pu from the Rose Bowl picture. If Buckeyes win one of these games,l due could do no better than tie t even if the Boilermakers won their two games against Michigan and diana. Any tie between Ohio State Purdue will send the Buckeyes on basis of overall record. IN ORDER for Michigan to main any realistic hopes of going to theI Bowl, the Wolverines must wint final two games at Purdue and at h against Ohio State. This would lI Michigan undefeated in the Big Ten alone atop the conference standing If Michigan loses the Purdue g Saturday, it would still have a slim at the .Rose Bowl. Then, if Mich were to come back and beat Ohio S that would leave all three teams one conference loss. There's that t way tie and Ohio State would g Pasadena. UNLESS - If Indiana were to Purdue in the final week, this w leave Michigan and Ohio State ina way tie and Michigan would get the under the first criterion - head-to- competition. A Michigan loss to the Buck would eliminate the Blue from theI Bowl picture. In that case, the Michigan could do would be to tie week irdue f the Pur- hem, final d In- and n the ntain Rose their home leave n and s. game shot higan tate, with hree- go to beat would two- e nod -head Keyes Rose best Ohio State for the title, but Michigan would lose out in head-to-head competition andoverall record. IF OHIO STATE wins its last two games, at home against Iowa and at Michigan, this will clinch an undefeated season and a Rose Bowl berth. OSU could conceivably lose either of its last two games and still make it to Pasadena. Even if Ohio State loses to Iowa Saturday, it will automatically get the Rose Bowl bid if it beats Michigan. This would leavethe Buckeyes in, at worst, a tie for first place. Having beaten Michigan and an overall record better than Purdue's would give the Bucks the bid. Contact person: Scott North 995-3503 Blue tankers carry tradition of triumph '"iii :' :?":- :'": ".": 55tiN:Y"}.:'S4i?:";-"+}T.Y.;:.:: i::{+ ::i4:"ii:?v'":P 'ti: \5:v:"}Y:":ti:::}}'?"":"?v'- ..'S. ...v}: ":'F'":r?{i??'" .?it?"i v ii:ti:.v,{: '" ,y .,;. ," .;+ ..,..:,N. 2#' ':±&' :.v;...,;:.,.:?v.: :: wig::?:+.:::: ?,;: ,.... ..,;{.;;".?:":?..::.v.vvv :">,>s'.}.: +itt..,:a,: "":::: ..p..;;.,:t. }}:+'":?:?:. ..1 .'"a x, ..,, r }.., .: ..t";. r ..:}... ::::.::::25"::>;n??;,i"::::',"::r:::::?":: ::} ". ..$r5:'. :': ... .. ...N. :: .;,. ?,.:a;;::'.'r':?ikr.. Theith U drops t it The m ajor surprise in this week's national rankings is Ohio State's drop, from third to fifth in the UPI poll, despite a 44-7 thrashing of Illinois. Michigan remained in the tenth position in both polls with its whitewash of Wisconsin. Undefeated Alabama sits atop the rankings for the third consecutive < week, followed by Nebraska. A third Big Ten team, Purdue, also is among the nation's top twenty, ranked 14th and 15th in the AP and UPI polls. AP Top Twenty UPI Top Twentyr S1.Alabama (46). 8-0-0 1,296 1. Alabama (33)......8-0 615l 2. Nebraska (4)..... 8-0-0 1,190 2. Nebraska (5).......8-0 568 : 3. Ohio State (8) ..... 9-0-0 1,154 3. Southern Cal (3) .. 8-0-1 521v 4. USC (7)...........8-0-1 1,151 DAILY DAILY LIBELS (tie) (3).. 8-01 521 LIBELS (tie) (7) .. 8-0-1 1,151 4. Houston (1).........8-0 509 5.~Houston (1)........8-0-0 1,093 5. Ohio State .........9-0 478 6. Oklahoma.......7-1-0 911 6. Florida State ....... 8-0 383 7. Florida State......8-0-0 897 7.Oklahoma........8-1 350 8. Texas ............. 6-1-0 857 8. Texas .............. 6-1 338 9. Arkansas..........7-1-0 818 9. Arkansas......... 7-1 298 10. MICHIGAN........8-1-0 748 10. MICHIGAN.........8-1 254 11. Brigham Young ... 8-0-0 676 11. Brigham Young .... 8-0 200 12. Pittsburgh.........7-1-0 575 12. Pittsburgh..........7-1 173 13. Notre Dame.......6-2-0 536 13. Notre Dame.:.. ..6-2 113 4 14. Purdue ........... 7-2-0 432 14. Washington........ 7-2 90 15. Washington ......7-2-0 400 15. Purdue.............7-2 61 16. Auburn......... 6-2-0 232 16. Baylor ............. 6-2 28 17. Baylor ............ 6-2-0 155 17. Clemson ........... 6-2 -10 18. Clemson.........6-2-0 139 18. Temple............7-1 7 19. South Carolina .... 6-2-0 109 19. Wake Forest ........7-2 4 20. Wake Forest ...... 7-2-0 73 20. Louisiana State ..... 5-3 4 t"".. .. .. ~1 ;..? y; .< .:.., .:i42."?'f::r. :.t~yi'{i~y::;~ :4:i ::v f~i{?jS:i::" ., By ART REGNER One would think that the days of pioneering are over. This is 1979 and it seems that in many fields, including_ athletics, man has reached his peak, Perhaps man has, but not woman. Women's swimming is in its 11th year here at Michigan as a varsity sport. Throughout those 11 years the. Wolverine women have kept pace with the fine tradition that has been a trademark of all Maize and Blue athletic squads. "Michigan has had a fine swimming tradition for 55 years and the women's program is no exception," states Stu Isaac, head coach of the women's unit. THE WOLVERINE tankers have dominated the Big Ten in recent years, capturing the last four Big Ten cham- pionships. They have also had more All- Americans and National Champions than any other Big Ten school. Graduated from last year's cham- pionship team is freestyler Katy Mc- Cully, the best woman swimmer in Michigan history. McCully leaves behind a career that includes winning nine Big Ten individual titles and placing second five other times. Despite the loss of McCully, the Wolverines have 11 All-Americans returning, including: Mary Rish, Barb DonCarlos, Marie Palko, Sue Collins, Marion Stanwood, Kim Olson, Monika Scheff, Sharon Flaherty and divers. Barb Weinstein, Julie Bachman and Ann McDivitt. "BACKSTROKE SHOULD once again be one of our strongest events," said Isaac. "All of our backstrokers are returning (DonCarlos, Rish and Flaherty) and they have the training background to make this their best year yet." In the breaststroke, the Wolverines lost captain and Big Ten finalist Karen Rydland, but excellent first-year prospect Kathy Kooser, a national AAU qualifier, and veteran Palko will team up in all the breaststrokes, just as they did when they swam at the B. R. Ryall YMCA in Wheaton, Ill. "Freshperson Lisa Larsen (will) add a lot of strength in the butterfly and will complement returning Big Ten finalists Scheff and Collins," said Isaac. "OUR DIVING team will have the best one-two punch in'the nation with Barb Weinstein and Julie Bachman." Michigan's impressive first-year swimmers are: Kooser, Larsen, Suzan- ne Andierson, Carolyn Clymer, Jo Melchior, Maurine Jewell and divers Vicki Kimball and Liz Wright. It appears this year's squad will once again be in the thick of the Big Ten race for top honors and for one of the top ten spots at nationals. The Wolverine tradition is alive and growing in women's swimming. TONIGHT MARINER appearing through Sunday '.. -y 4 fn Y4 F4 Gridd Picks Michigan basketball coach Johnny Orr was overheard at yesterday's prac- tice telling team leader Mike McGee that he would not get a starting position if he failed to predict at least 17 out of 20 games in this week's Griddes. McGee, who has started in each of his two years at Michigan, responded by slam-dunking one of Orr's assistants, and saying, "Shoot, Coach, I have enough trouble making 17 out of 20 foul shots! " If you think you possess the qualities to be a starter on the Michigan basekt- ball team, or if you just want to try to win a small one-item pizzafrom Pizza Bob's, get your Gridde picks to the DAILY before midnight Friday. 1. MICHIGAN at Purdue (pick score) 2. Iowa at Ohio St. 3. Minnesota at Michigan St. k 4. Indiana at Illinois 5. Northwestern at Wisconsin 6. Notre Dame at Tennessee 7. Yale at Princeton 8. Brown at Dartmouth 9. Penn St. at N. Carolina St. 10. Syracuse at Navy 11. Clemson at North Carolina 12. Virginia Tech at Virginia 13. Alabama at LSU 14. Oklahoma St. at Colorado 15. Texas at Houston 16. Arizona at San Diego St. 17. Southern Cal at Washington 18. Arizona St. at UCLA 19. Ball St. at Western Michigan 20. D.R.E.A.D. at DAILY LIBELS [XQIUSIVE- START A NEWCRAZE IN COLLEGE CHEERS WITH THE....... THE Professional P4 Theatre Program PRESENTS... CO PNAT ON TOUR FOR THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER Power Center NOVSat8, &11at2 by GEORGE ABBOTT Directed by and PHILIP DUNNING GERALD GUTIERREZ BROAD$4 Nov9 at8 a by PAUL FOSTER i rte Directed by LIVIU CIULEI Nov 1oat0 o - THE by JOHN WEBSTER Directed by MICHAEL KAHN WHITE