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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Friday, September
18, 1970
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By BILL ALTERMAN
Over on thesidelines, defensive
coach Jinn Young taps his hands
to his shoulders. In the huddle,
senior Marty Huff peers over and
picks up the sign. The signal is
called and the Wolverines line up
to meet the foe ..
For a year now Huff has called
signals and most of that time is
spent merely relaying the informa-
tion he receives from Young. Ei-
ther by sending a player in, hand
signals, or simply ESP, Young
*-passes on one of the 60 defensive
alignments in the Wolverines re-
pertoire to the defensive huddle.
Still the situation may change
once they move up to the line.
Then it is up to' Huff to redeploy
'r his forces.
Huff feels calling signals is pret-
ty basic. "If it's third (down) and
\ eight (yard for a first down)
you're looking for a pass. If its
second and four you get t o u g h
against, a run.
"Your defense is based on a
number of things, you have to take
into account where they are on
the field, the time, the score, and
::« '"the down. I have a good idea what
to call . . . (but) the c o a c h
knows best what to call along
......with the spotters in the p r e s s
box
Still, Huff frequently has to
TDaily-Eric Pergeaux change the defense at the line.
UFF defensive signal "He's made a few wrong calls,"
he Wolverines, always Young admits, "bus basically he's
Dbe in the right place done an excellent job for us."
t time. Last yearHuff R. Martin Huff is one of those
aklers in assists and high school offensive All-Amer-
icans who got switched to de-
fense in College. "Actually, as a
high school freshman in Toledo,,
Ohio, I was 6'2" but only 148 lbs.
I weighed 155 as a sophomore
and 180 as a junior. I was pretty.
small. I finally decided I would
have to gain weight if I ever
wanted to make it 'in football. I
was pretty big by my senior year,
thanks mainly to my dad's cook-
ing.All we ever ate was meat but
none of us minded."
"Us" included his four broth-
ers, all of whom played football
at one time or another. His broth-
er, Andy, one year his junior, is
a starter in the Notre Dame back-
field.
Brother Tommy is a senior
Huff even managed to make thej
scoring column last year. In the
opener against Vanderbilt, he
rambled 31 yards to paydirt with
a blocked punt.
Nevertheless, it is November 22
\that brings back the most mem-
ories. "I remember when (Barry)
Pierson ran back that punt 'almost
all the way, I felt real good after
that. It kind of worried O h i o
State."
At the end of last year, H u f f
was selected to the Associated
Press All-Big Ten team, and this'
year many see him as a potential
All-American.
Huff himself, however, admit-
ted "I don't like to think about it.
ing in his praise of Young. He's
a brilliant coach,, extremely smart
and the best defensive coach I
ever met. I didn't really do a n y
good until Young started teach-
ing me. He really constructs strong
defenses."
Young's opinion of Huff is
Ilikewise high. "He's an excellent
defensive player. He's exception-
ally strong, particularly in his up-
per arms and shoulders. Marty's a
fine pass defender and very quick
for a big man."
Huff's choice as signal caller
was almost by default. Due to
the linebackers positioning, he is
in the best place for calling aud-
ibles. In the Michigan defense
there are only two linebackers and
last year at this time only Huff
was a definite starter. Thus the
role fell to him.
"Defense is pretty much a re-
action kind of thing," says Young.
"However," adds Huff, "when you
are behind you usually have to do
something, like blitz. The coach
usually calls these. Its a gamble
and if it fails, its his problem."
It appears that Huff needn't
worry, though. "If Huff called a
blitz and we got burned," Young
conjectured, "I couldn't blame him
for it. Those are the breaks."
"Actions speak louder than words you know.
Preseason picks are nice, but they don't mean
anything-except to put pressure on the kid."
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standout in high school, but Marty
isn't going to put any pressure on
him to come here. Not when one
brother went to Wiscoisin, one to
Indiana, and another to N o t r e
Dame. "He'll just have to make up
his own mind." Huff explains.
WHEN HUFF FIRST came up
to Michigan he played fullback.
As a sophomore, however, the
Wolverine coach (Bump Elliott),
shifted him to outside linebacker.
With the arrival of Bo Schem-
bechler et al, Michigan's defense
was realigned. Under Elliott they
worked out of a "40" defense, con-
sisting mostly of a straight 4-3-4
alignment. When Schembechler
and Young came up from Miami
of Ohio, they brought with them
the "Oklahoma" defense, which
uses a 5-2-4 set-up. The '40', ac-
cording to Young, "is based on big
strong 1Ii n e m e n who charge
straight ahead. In our 'angle' de-
fense we value 4uickness, the line
never goes straight in."
Huff likes the set-up. "I feel
the defense we have is a lot
stronger' (than during his sopho-
more year). We can do a lot more
off of it. More teams," he pre-
dicts, "are going to get this look."
As a linebacker Huff must cover
both the pass and run. Last year
he ledsthe team in solo and total
tackles.
IN THE PURDUE GAME h is
passing assignment was the Boil-
ermaker halfback. Purdue quar-
etrback Mik Phipps lavished much
attention on his receiver, but so
did Huff and Marty finished the
day with three interceptions
against the highly touted signal
caller.
It's kind of nice but you still got
to go out there and do it. Actions
speak louder than words you
know. Preseason picks are nice but
they don't mean anything - ex-
cept to put pressure on the kid.
You don't know what's going to
happen in the season, you might
get hurt or something."
Looking forward to the more
distant future, the physical educa-
tion major hopes to play pro. Even
then, though, he has other things
on his mind "like this season. I
don't even look beyond our next
game. Right now all I can think
about is Arizona. They have a
good team and if you look too far
ahead you get hurt."
Likewise he is cautious when siz-
ing up his team. "This year we
will be tough, but I want to wait
a few games before saying any-
thing more specific. I wouldn't
want to predict anything now."
HUFF, HOWEVER is unstint-
BASICALLY ana outdoorsman,
Huff admits to skipping classes
in the winter to go ice fishing. "In
the summer I go fishing just about
every day and 1 like to hunt after
the football season ends. Football
takes up too much time in the
fall to do anything, but it's not
as bad as some people think. You
pick a light course load in the fall,
and then load up in the winter."
Married and the father of a
five-month-old baby girl, Huff
sounds like a contented man.
"I like Michigan. Its had its ups
and downs, but academically I'm
doing okay and football has been
good to me . . . I've got to be
grateful."
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AT PALMER FIELD:
Ruggers host Cobras
By JOEL GREER
In a somewhat friendly rivalry,
the Michigan ruggers will open
their home schedule against the
Detroit Cobras tomorrow.
The Michigan Golds will enter-
tain Detroit's second team at 9:30
a.m. while the Blues tangle, with
the Gobras' representative team
at 11 a.m.
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Michigan's squad, still beset
with injuries, will definitely be
without Roger Schmidt, and full-
back Craig Merkin.
Last week, the Blues ran into a
determined Indianapolis squad
which "engulfed us with a brutal
type game," exclaimed Hank Lu-
kaski, Michigan Rugby Football
Club president. Lukaski also noted
that last week's 8-3 defeat was
more of a tune-up than a real
battle.
"We were more interested in
showing them technique, than
winning the game," L uka sk i
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"Indianapolis is a new squad,
and is still not completely organ-
ized."
LUKASKI explained that the
purpose of traveling to Indiana-
polis was to show the techniques
of advanced rugby to the players
and the fans but it was quite
ironic that Indianapolis turned
around and defeated the Blues.
The Golds were much more im-
pressive as they clobbered the In-
dianapolis second team 16-0.
Tomorrow's game will be the
rugger's first real test and the
action should be tough.
The ruggers will be playing for
the first time on Palmer, Field
which will give enthusiasts on the
hill a chance to view the action
before they trek down to Michigan
Stadium for the festivities there
tomorrow afternoon.
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