lwwmqmm 1. - - - -RW- - t -ok m -JL I Page Four THE MICHIGAN DAILY - ROSE BOWL SUPPLEMENT Sunday, December 5, 1971 Sunday, December 5, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY - ROSE BOWL SUPPLEMENT Bunce-led By JIM EPSTEIN Jim Plunkett is gone but the Thunder Chickens remain alive and clucking. Their baallkks are heard all over the Pacific Eight confer- ence, in fact. And, for the second year in succession, the Thunder Chickens, and - the rest of the Stanford Indians, have played their way into the Pac Eight title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. In 1970 the Indians were the glamor team of the conference, with a future Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, a sticky fingered end named Vataha, a golden toed kicker named Horo- witz, and of course the fantastic fowl. the Thunder Chickens. 1971 was a season of adjust- ment for the Indians. Most of the adjustment came of offense, where the letter perfect, pro- style drop back slinger Plunkett had to be replaced. His replace- ment, Don Bunce, used an en- tirely different style, a roll out, which was possibly not as well suited to the pocket blocking which the offensive line had been used to providing. Also gone was Vataha, an end who was on the receiving end of many a Plunkett aerial over three campaigns in Palo Alto. In his place stepped John Wines- berry, a sophomore, who is heir apparent to the title of premier pass catcher. The third adjustment, possib- ly the most severe, was the re- placement of Steve Horowitz with Rod Garcia, which is a big change on anybody's team. 1971 was supposed to be the year of another team, and an- other spectacular quarterback, but coach John Ralston was able to piece together his decimated squad well enough to deny Wash- ington and Sonny Sixkiller a share of the glory which Stan- ford had lanquished in the year before. The quarterback, Bunce, had entered school as a classmate of Plunkett, and had lost out to the big dude as a sophomore. But, through the miracle of red-shirt- ing, Ralston was able to have his cake and eat it too. Although it was widely ac- knowledged that Bunce was a capable helmsman, he surprised everyone by leading the confer- ence in passing yardage over the course of the season.- Bunce completed 162 of 297 passes for 13 touchdowns and 2275 yards in 1971, which isn't had for a two year back-up man. His completion percentage was 54.5 per cent and he averaged over 206 yards per game pass- ing, nearly 20 yards per game better than Sixkiller. The tone for the season was set in the very first contest, ntdiun's against Missouri, from the tough Big Eight. The Thunder Chickens and their mates held the Tigers to less than 100 yards during the game, while Bunce hit for over 200 yards in the air, as the In- dians won 19-0. The Stanford scoring was ac- complished through the big play, the bomb .more often than not. Ralston could see that at that early point that the Indians didn't have the horses to sus- tain a long drive on the ground, and that the quick strike capa- bility was a must. Stanford also suffered a dostly injury against Mizzou, as Hillary Shockley, the Indians' only ac- ceptable power runner incurred a leg ailment which hobbled him on and off throughout the season. With Shockley's loss, Stanford became more dependent than ever on the big play,bandits weakness in putting the ball over from -inside the 20 yard line worsened. The situation° was bearable howeversagainst Stanford's next opponent, Army. The Cadets of- fered little challenge as both the offense and the defense had easy times en route to the 38-3 triumph. The third game saw the Thun- der Chickens meet orne of the two runners who master them- for an entire game. Bobby CIf Moore gained 150 yards and led Oregon across the goalline for 17 points, However the Ducks couldn't crow about their success against the Chickens because the Indian offensetput across 38 points to carry the day. The' fourth game halted the Stanford dreams about an unde- feated season as the enemy, Duke, had the Stanford style pegged and was able to shut off 0 I- - Season Results Stan.a 19 Missouri 38 Army 38 Oregon 3 Duke 17 Washington 33 Southern Calif. 23 Washington State 31 Oregon State 20 UCLA 12 San Jose State 14 California Opp. 0 17 9 6 18 24 24 9 13 0 V HatA lA AL1R - ., r"' IS f-,a -------------------- the long pass effectively. The Indians managed to outgain the Blue Devils nearly two to one, but couldn't budge their defense once within close scoring range, Without Shockley as an inside threat the I n d i a n s couldn't breakdown the Devils' deep cov- erage and Garcia's toe gave Stanford the only pointstthey pro- duced in the 9-3 loss. Bunce, in his personal duel with Sixkiller the next week took Washington out of the ranks of the undefeated as the beautiful birds dropped Sixkiller for losses totaling 42 yards, dumping the Huskies 17-6. The Huskie running game was held to minus yardage in the first half and defensive back Benny Barnes iced the contest with three interceptions. Against Southern Cal the fol- lowing week, Stanford maintain- ed a perfect conference record with 33-18 trouncing. Again the old nemesis, goalline impotence plagued the offense asa drive failed to score on three attempts from the Trojan 3 yard line. As in the past the big play was the answer as reserve fullback Reggie Sanderson, playing in place of the injured Shockley scored on an 80 yard jaunt. For the first and only time during the season, Ralston shifted his of- fense from the pro set to the power I. Although the shift appeared to work, Ralston did not bring it back during the balance of the Roses season. The Indians were sliced down again the next week, by a sur- prisingly strong Washington State team. The Cougars, long the doormat of the Pacific Eight, came alive in 1971 and nearly walked off with the conference title. It was in this game that the Thunder Chickens met their Colonel Sanders. His name was Bernard Jackson and he fried, basted, baked and ate them alive. The Cougars employed the triple option and it worked beau- tifully. The Washington State defense also experienced trouble with the Stanford attack though, and it took a field goal by Jim Sweet with no time showing on the clock to beat the Indians 24-23. Still down from the late loss the week before. Stanford came out against Oregon State with its chin dragging and quickly fell behind 24-3. Ralston managed to bring them back to liferbefore it was too late however, as the key play occurred when Bunce was sur- rounded by a herd of Beavers and escaped from his buck-tooth- ed pursuers to hit Winesberry for a quick six points. The comeback continued and the Indians prevailed 31-24. The Indians dropped weak UCLA 20-9 in a sloppy game the following week to set the stage for their most disappointing loss of the year, against neighboring San Jose State. In that game Stanford punter Steve Murray was dumped try- ing to punt on his own one yard line, providing State with a gift of seven points. With the score 13-6 later, as Garcia had 'missed a conversion, running back Jackie Brown gal- loped home 38 yards and brought the Indians back into range. Ralston elected to try for two points and Bunce was stopped inches short on an end sweep. A final drive moved Stanford to the three yard line where the drive stalled with 17 seconds left, laying the game on the toe of Garcia, -who had already missed four field goals and an extra point. The kick, coming from the 10 yard line missed and Stan- ford went down. The Indians salvaged the last regular season game against California, and will meet Mich- igan with an 8-3 record and de- signs for a second straight Rose Bowl upset. By RICH STUCK Up to 21,000 Michigan fans will stream into sunny Southern California this month to spend a week or two searching for the good life of the Los Angeles area. The climax of most trips will of course be the Rose Bowl parade New Year's Day and the football game later that after- noon with the Wolverines go- ing against three-time loser Stanford. For those people who have never before seen the sights there seem to be a multitude of things to do and places to visit in Southern California. There Riose By RICH STUCK Traditionrhas been an ii portant part of winning Michigan and a great part 6f was molded by and remember( by former coach and athlet director Fritz Crisler. As a fo, ball coach Crisler had his mo successful season in 1947 wh the Wolverines swept throu nine opponents, then capped tl year by blasting Southern Cal fornia in the Rose Bowl, 49- Preparations for the B o' were quite different in t h o; days. After six practices in Yo Field House, the team and tl official party all boarded t ] Santa Fe Chief for the jourr west According to Crisl "everyone came back immec iately following the game, ii cluding the seniors, so thatz class time was lost. "All of the Rose Bowl gan have been exciting," he adde especially the ones we wo But if I had to pick my pe sonal favorite I would probal have to say that it was the 10 game against Southern Califo nia. I think so because it v the first one I was involved iL Crisler also had another re; son for the added significar of that game. "It was a new projection conference football. Just a ye; before Illinois had won the fir game under the agreement : tween our league and the F cific coast teams. We were ve anxious to win for ourselves a: the conference.' In that game Michigan con pletelydominated the Troja By the time the first string h: left the field the contest v already out of reach for Sout er Cal. But there was still ar ther plan to take place whi Crisler remembers as the mo exciting he has witnessed Rose Bowl action. "It all started during the pr parations before the trip we I devised a play where t 1 wingback would spin off t fullback and then fade back pass to the tailback. Bob Cha pius was our quarterback and was a common practice the called all of his own plays. I h only put the play into the pra tice sessions to help the morn so when discussing the ga plan with Chappius I told h not to use it. Bows of past are certain must places to- take in. One of them, of course, is world - renowned Disneyland. With its Frontierland where one can take a ride on a replica of a° Mississippi steamboat: it is a must and the thrilling ride on the Matterhorn is worth a long wait. Recently, though, there has been some confusion as to the admittance of long - haired youths to the world of Disney. For those willing to conform to. to their standards.it could be an enjoyable afternoon. The city of Anaheim which houses Disney and a 1 s o (CRISLER REMINISCES: "Well, he didn't try it. B u t unfortunately I hadn't discus- sed the situation with our se- cond quarterback, Pete Elliot. As it turned out, we were far in front and Elliot called the play. Hank Fonde took the -ball and hit Gene Derricotte with t h e surprise touchdown pass." With the final score of 49-0 a few writers hazarded to rsug- gest that the Wolverines h a d tried to equal the output of the great 1902 team which murdered Stanford by an identical score. Crisler stepped down as coach after his Rose Bowl victory and began a twenty year stint as the University's Director of Athlet- ics, during which he was elect- ed to the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame i 1954. Before his retirement in 1968 Fritz Crisler also directed the building of a new all sports arena, which was named in his honor. Crisler also remembers t h e 1965 Rose Bowl game vividly when Michigan powered its way to a 34-7 victory over Oregon State. "That (Bob) Timberlake was some kind of player. He was a triple threat -with his passing, running and placekicking. And can anyone forget that 84-yard run by Mel Anthony?" Mr. Crisler remains very loyal to Michigan and to the Big Ten Conference. He doesn't think much can be said about the recent games in which Mith- boasts another popular tourist attraction, Knott's Berry Farm. a fast-paced journey through the frontier life of America. Another interesting spot to see during the day is Universal Stu- dios where movies are- being shot and real live stunt men can be seen. But these are more for the ordinary tourist than the party- ing 'M' fans. The students will probably be more inclined to feast themselves on the popular night spots of the area which include the Bat Cave and The Factory. The Bat Cave was the place of congregation two years ago as many a fan stepped into the pitch black darkness and was provided with a flashlight, used to highlight the erotic dances of many protuberant be- ings. The Factory is a hangout for the nouveau rich' and the jet set. The only problem with these places is that the drinking age in the state of California is 21 and the clubs do their best to keep minors out, espe- dially those from out of town. Being the home of Santana and Poco, Los Angeles is also famous for its rock concerts. Al- though many are held in the fabulous Forum, one fine club to spend an evening at is The Whiskey, where Poco made its' first public appearance. For those with an itch to get the feel of thef stars, a tour through Beverly Hills past their homes would suffice along with a trip to Grauman's Chinese Restaurant, where one can stand in such famous footsteps as those of Bert Lahr and the Duke. There are always the adven- turers in spirit who roam out of the immediate area to seek the beauty and excitement of other regions of the countryside. Las Vegas is the city of hope and despair and definitely a top at- traction with it's numerous slot CHOICE BAKED HAM BAKED CHICKEN SERVED WITH: Soup o Vegetables-Crisp S California: Finding where Fritz Crisler igan and Ohio State have fallen prey to the Pac-8. "You can't draw a conclusion on just two games," he said. "Why, two years ago it might have been a different story with Bo on the field." 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