Tuesday, November 17, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine" * Tuesday, November 17, 1 97G THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine' olverines on this and that Woody Hays: Cool and uncritical eric siegel WEST LAFAYETTE OHIO STATE got its biggest scare of the season here Saturday, squeaking by Purdue 10-7 on a 30 yard field goal with 2:04 left in the game, but venerable old Buckeye Coach Woody Hayes seemed virtually unperturbed.; Hayes, slick and dapper and looking for all the world like a retired bank executive who removed his suit coat to go to the men's rooms, displayed none of the irascibility and cantankerous- ness that helped make him the legendary figure he is today. He, emerged from the OSU locker room after talking to his players and accepting congratulations on his victory from President Nixon, and then conducted a. lengthy press interview, smiling and laughing and answering all the ques- tions that were put to him. It was a far cry from the Woody Hayes who stuck his head out the door of the visiting locker room at Michigan Stadium last year, snapped, "All good things must come to an end and that's what happened today," and then slammed the door. It was the Buckeyes' poorest offensive output scoring-wise in ay game since the 1967 team beat Northwestern 6-2 in the fourth game of the season, but Hayes didn't find fault with any- one except the Purdue fans. "How soon do we have to play here again-10 years?" he asked to open' his press confei'ence. "That would be too soon. Our kids couldn't hear a thing out there on the field. That's one reason why we had so many broken plays." Between the broken plays and the Purdue - defense, the heralded, grind-em-out Buckeye offense gained only 255 yards, made just a dozen first downs, managed only three sustained drives, had one punt blocked and another de- flected, and had two of its three fumbles recovered by the Boilermakers. Oh, yes, OSU also converted on just five of 16 third down situations, and punted to three others. But Hayes, who has been known to be critical of sub-par performances at times, did not find fault with the offense. In- stead, he praised the efforts of the Buckeyes' defensive unit. "They only got three first downs?" Hayes said. "Isn't that something. Any time you hold a Big Ten team to only three first downs you're doing well. Our kids were really something on defense. We totally stopped them." Hayes, noting the Buckeyes' harassment of sophomore quarterback Gary Danielson, who completed only two of 12 passes, had two passes intercepted and gained a negative 56 yards rushing, smiled broadly. "The only game we haven't gotten to the passer was the Minnesota game, he said. "A quarterback can't throw too well sitting on the ground." Even when he talk turned to the offense, Hayes still would not find fault with his team. "Purdue rated well on defense all year. We had some trouble getting the ball in the air, but we moved the ball in spurts," he said. Ron Maciejowski, who replaced Rex Kern in the second quarter, sat out in the third, and then came back in the last period to. lead the Buckeyes on a 66 yard march that led to the winning score, received high praise from his coach. And Hayes also came to the defense of Kern, who wound up with a negative 27 yards rushing and completed only one of six passes for three yards. "Rex has a tough time getting warmed up," Hayes said. "I don't know who will start next week. I expect both our quarterbacks to see quite a bit of action." Despite all his expansiveness, and though he didn't come out and say it, the Buckeyes' last gasp win over Pur- due must be something of a disappointment to Woody. Granted that comparative scores don't mean much (last year, OSU beat Michigan State, 54-21; MSU beat Michigan, 23-12; and the Wolverines beat OSU, 24-12), Michigan's 29-0 win over Purdue earlier in the year is no great cause for concern. But that still doesn't discount the fact that, a week before the showdown for the Big Ten championship, Ohio Sate could not come up with a super-effort to give them some sorely needed momentum. In fact, the Buckeyes haven't been impressive since they beat the Spartans 29-0 five weeks ago, and they haven't been really overpowering since they trounced Texas A&M 56-13 in the season opener. And so Woody Hayes, who had spent the week talking about how his team should still be number one and how Rex Kern was not receiving enough consideration in the debate ever who should win the Heisman trophy, Saturday was praising his de- fense, defending his offense, and sloughing over a lot of not-so- little mistakes. If nothing else, one can bet that this week Hayes will bring to bear all the charm and expansiveness as well as the cantankerousness, irascibility but above all the knowledge that has helped his teams compile an overall record of 125-42-7 as he primes his team for its game against Mich-' igan. "Yes, I sure would have like to have a better perform- ance offensively before the Michigan game, but we didn't get it," Hayes said Saturday. Will Ohio State be ready for the game? "It's the only game we've got left," Hayes said, unexpansively and not :iniling. primed By PAT ATKINS "Everyone told me my team would have a letdown coming back from the Rose Bowl," Michigan Coach Bo Schembech- ler said yesterday afternoon. Then, with a mental shrug and a teasing grin, he added haf- accusingly, "Well, I haven't seen Neither has a n y o n e else, though it is a sure bet that Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes will be doing all in his considerable power to give a national tele- vision audience that opportuni- ty this coming Saturday. "Sure this week is more im- portant than the first nine w e e k s," Schembechler said. "What greater challenge could you have?" Already last Saturday's 55-0 whitewash of Iowa has become a part of a different season. As almost an after thought the Champions of the Week were an- nounced-Marty Huff on de- fense and Jack Harpring on of- fense. It's strange, how it is going into this game." Schembechler mused. "I can hardly remember who started last weekend." One who still remembers a little painfully, tailback Billy Taylor, will be ready for action against Ohio State. He bruised his elbow in the third quarter 1 of the Hawkeye game, but the injury was not serious., Besides, as Schembechler as- serts, "There are no injuries ; going into a game like this. 1 There's no such thing as bumps ' and bruises. You don't have time1 to think of them." Schembechler, expansive and full of "it depends," was not the least bit concerned about his : obvious sidestepping of the + nasty questions. Like being ask-+ ed about the home field ad- ; vantage and replying, "Just so they keep the people off the l field." Or responding to whether you play to tie or win after you've scored a touchdown and you're down by one in the clos- + for big AP POLL: test M' moves up to fourth By The Associated Press On the strength of their 55-0 rout of Iowa, the Michigan Wol- verines have moved into fourth place in the Associated Press Col- lege football poll. The Michigan win, coupled with Nebraska's 51- 13 stomping of Kansas State and Ohio State's narrow victory over Purdue moved both the Wolver- ines and the Cornhuskers ahead of daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: SANDI GENIS the Buckeyes, who now find them- selves in fifth. Texas took over first by virtue of its 58-0 destruction of Texas Christian and Notre Dame's 10-7 victory over Georgia Tech. Thel Longhorns gathered 26 of the 46 first place votes, and had 816 points in all, far ahead of Notre Dame's 705. Third ranked Nebraska follow- ed closely with 694 points and five operating without Archie Man- votes for the top spot. Michigan, ping. with six first place votes, one more Shug Jordan's Auburn Tigers, than the Cornhuskers, had 682 once considered the best team in points to run a close fourth. the South, dropped to 13th after Ohio State, once the top rank- a 31-17 loss to, Georgia. S a n ed team in the country, was a dis- Diego State, a former college divi- tant fifth with 643 points and sion power now in the big time, only one first place vote. The only enjoys its highest ranking ever other team to receive a vote for in the fourteenth position. Anoth- the top place was Arizona State, er relative newcomer to the ranks the ninth rated team, of the major college powers, Tol- Bruce McLard's 60 yard field edo, climbed to 15th with their goal helped lift Arkansas to a 36-.3 22nd straight victory. victory over Southern Methodist Ivy League power Dartmouth, and into sixth place. The Razor- enjoying its finest season in years, backs have now won eight straight follows the Rockets closely, well games ince an opening game loss ahead of Georgia Tech, the seven- to Stanford, and are eyeing their teenth team. season ending battle with Texas. 1. Texas 26 8-0' 816 Once beaten Louisiana S t a t e 2. Notre Dame 6-0 705 moved into seventh place with a 3. Nebraska 5 9-0--1 694 38-7 drubbing of Kentucky. T h'e s5.Mhiate 6 8-0 643 Tigers now risk their ranking with 6. Arkansas 8-1 413 successive games against N o t r e 7. Louisiana State 7--1 399 Dame and Mississippi. Tennessee, 8. Tennessee 7-1 324 9. Arizona State 1 8-0 231 now the eighth place team, was :10 .Air Forces.9-1 290 idle last week. 11. stanford 8-2 206 Arizona State, still unbeaten 12. Mississippi 7-1 186 and untied, and Air Force, impres- 13. Auburn 7-2 119 sive winner over Stanford, round 14 San Diego state 9-0 73 15. Toledo 10-0 71 out the Top Ten. Jim Plunkett and 16. Dartmouth 8-0 68 his Indians, though twice beaten, 17. Georgia Tech 7-3 39 still hold on to' the eleventh spot, 18. Northwestern 5-4 20 ust ahead of Mississippi, n o w 19. Texas Tech 8--2 16 jut20. Pekn state 6- 3 16 -Daily-Terry McCarthy Gusich (4) and Moore (97) close in ing seconds. "That's a tough one to answer. There's a lot going, through your mind just then. It depends on the situation, on what we want to get out of the game at that time." Schem- bechler paused, and then joked, "No, it actually, it depends on how our two point plays go in practice this week." More concerns Schembechler this week than two point plays, since, as has said, football is an emotional game. But he caution- ed, "Don't overestimate how you get a team up for the game. A lot of it is emotional, but a col- lege football player is much more knoweledgeable than he used to be. "He sees the game films and discusses opponents with the coaches. The players know what they're up against. They can see it all in front of them." But Schembechler reported that the Buckeyes have the edge in this department. "He has more films than I do because we've played one more game," an amused Schembechler said. Someone asked him whether he had ever hand an undefeated season. Schembechler thought a mo- ment .and replied, "I've never had an undefeated season as a coach. The only other time I've been involved in an undefeated season was when I was an as- sistant coach." "Under whom?" another ask- ed leadingly. Not surprisingly, Schembech- ler refused to anwser that, the nastiest question of all. Reed attacks no-repeat rule- Asr Force accepts Sugyar bid CHICAGO 0P) - Commissioner Such would be the case this year defeat, their latest victory being Bill Reed of the Big Ten said yes- terday he has always been in favor of the conference sending only its; champion to the Rose Bowl. 1 A t l if Michigan defeats Ohio State Saturday. The Wolverines, who represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl as co-champions last "We have a great deal at stake year, would have to yield to Ohio in the Rose Bowl and feel we State. should make it as great an at- Meanwhile, the Falcons of Air traction as possible,'' said Reed. Force have accepted a bid to play the, no-repeat rule imposed by in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Big Ten schools ususally comes Day against an opponent to be under attack when the possibility arises that the champion cannotj named later. The Falcons have represent the conference. won nine games against only one . .T...e ss.. ............ Bi Ten Stnding a 31-14 upset of Stanford. '"One argument in favor of the no-repeat rule," said Reed "is that it doesn't happen often enough to have much effect. I would turn that around and say if it doesn't operate frequently then let the champion go." Only four times in the 24 years: of the pact has the Big Ten sent its No. 2 team and all four re- turned victoriously. They were Northwestern in- 1948, Michigan State 1955, Minnesota 1961 fand! Purdue 1966. "The original purpose of the conference in voting the no-re- peat rule was that no school set up a Rose Bowl hierarchy," said Reed. "This was a sound policyj but the nature of the competition in the last 15 years shows there is not much danger in a hierarchy taking over." Neither are there any financial advantages because the money from the Rose Bowl is divided! -Dally-Denny Gainer BILLY TAYLOR (42), Wolverine tailback; sweeps end in last Saturday's 55-0 obliteration of Iowa. Taylor gained 189 yards in the game, running his season's total to 880. 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