Saturday, September 28, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page-Seven Saturday, September 28, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY. Page Seven Blue By JEFF SCHILLER Bo Schembechler's appraisal of every Wolverine football game reads like a form letter, no matter who poses the oppo- sition. Phrases such as "We're going to have to play an out- standing game to defeat - -' and "They have a lot of real good football players", constant- ly creep into the conversation. The uninitiated listener gets the impression each week threatens the end of Michigan's 30 home game home unbeaten string. The Average fan eventually learns to ignore Bo's platitudes and troop to the stadium pre- pared for another Maize and Blue demolition show. THE PHRASES remain the same, but atmosphere differs this time around. Owners of a stunning upset over Penn State last Saturday, Navy arrives with high morale. Michigan must also respect the Middies talent, deftly dis- played in their 7-6 victory. The loss marked Penn State's first regular season defeat since 1972, faee a~c a special pleasure for the light- ly regarded Midshipmen. Navy's high morale and 2-0 record may not intimidate the Michigan machine, but Wolver- ine followers don't expect a slaughter like the one they an- ticipated but didn't get last year. Michigan a prohibitive favor- ite walked into last year's game with the Midshipmen, and limped out with a 14-0 victory that was not clinched until the final second. The swarming Navy defense harrassed Dennis Franklin all afternoon, sacking him six times. Franklin threw no com- pletions in but three attempts, and was finally forced from the game with a broken finger. Though they scored no points by their efforts, the Navy of- fense also made its presence known. Senior quarterback Al Glenny completed fifteen pass- es for 173 yards, and would have added to both totals had not his receivers dropped sev- eral passes. NAVY'S performance in that game prompted Schembechler Naval attack Daily 1Sports NIGHT EDITOR. ! LEBA HERTZ ,.:.::::":::r healthy for the first year, which should very potent attack. time this mean a to ruefully remark, "That was the worst coaching job I've ever done." So, a difficult job faces the Wolverine gridders this after- noon. But before one falls for Bo's sob story, one should con-s sider that this year's Michigan team passesses some talent of its own. The Wolverine attack posses- ses more balance than any of Bo's previous editions. The ground attack can go inside or outside with equal ability, and Franklin can throw the ball, as any Colorado partisan will tell you. The aerial attack moved Michigan on crucial third downs against the Buffaloes, with Jim Smith and Greg Den- Boer earning every word of their coaches' praise for their clutch catches. What is more, the entire offensive backfield is NAVY COACH George Welch is well aware of the danger he faces from Franklin. "The, thing that makes Michigan tough is Franklin because he can both run and pass." If the offensive line were in the same shape as the back- field, not even Schembechler could find cause for worry. But the blockers incurred Bo's dis- pleasure by their perform-1 ances to date. As Schembechler puts it, "I'm not pleased with our guard and tackle play so far. We just haven't been getting the play we're needing from them." If the line comes through, Michigan should be able to move the ball against a Navy defense that yielded 28 points to Virginia, and bent, but did not break, against Penn State.j NAVY'S OFFENSE presents the Blue defense with an in- teresting challenge. The Middies have some excellent people at the skill positions. Cleveland Cooper leads the assault. The senior halfback holds all the Naval Academy's career rush- ing records. Joining him in the backfield is fullback Bob Jack- son, whom Bo regards very highly. Wide receivers Ike Owens, a speed merchant, and Robin Ameen will test the Michigan secondary, if quarterback Phil Poirier chooses to pass. Navy's offensive problems re- side in the middle of their line, which gives away twenty-five pounds per man to its Michigan defensive counterparts. But Schembechler feels the Middies' quickness cancels out their lack of size. The biggest problem facing Michigan defense may be in- juries, as two starters will miss action. Defensive end Larry Johnson will sit out this game with a knee injury, and his spot will be taken by Larry Banks. Linebacker Carl Russ will see limited action, but his replace- ment,, Calvin O'Neal, made seven solo tackles and three assists against Colorado. Last year's game with Navy showed the Michigan team the consequences of taking an op- ponent too lightly. The fate of Penn State last Saturday re- inforced the lesson. The team has been warned - they will not forget. THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN (37) (67) (74) (SO) (65) (64) (84) (9) (44) (25) (24) (81) (97) (56) (77) (32) (59) (96) (35) (45) (20) (6) Jim Smith (200) Steve King (245) Kirk Lewis (240) Dennis Franks (225) Dave Metz (235) Pat Tumpane (240) Greg DenBoer (233) Dennis Franklin (180) Chuck Heater (210) Rob Lytle (190) Gil Chapman (180) Dan Jilek (205) Jeff Perlinger (235) Tim Davis (210) Greg Morton (230) Larry Banks (210) Steve Strinko (235) Calvin O'Neal (222) Don Dufek (195) Dave Elliot (170) Harry Banks (185) Dave Brown (188) Offense SE I QT I LG C E RG ST t TE t QB FB t TB t WBt Defense LE t LT { MGt RT ! RE t MLB t WLBt Wolf { WHBt SHB S { (34) (73) (66) (51) (62) (56) (86) (16) (38) (25) (80) (84) (77) (60) (54) (64) (49) (50) (48) (19) (33) (45) NAVY Isaiah Owens (189) Randall Seaward (228) Clift Collier (213) Gary Reed (210) Bill Driscoll (214) Richard Feckler (240) Jim Woolley (225) Phil Poirier (184) Bob Jackson (231) Cleveland Cooper (187) Robin Ameen (160) Tim Hardin (208) Dave Papak (234) Jeff Hoobler (228) George Markulis (226) Mark Thorpe (201) Tom Gardner (203) Andy Bushak (235) Chet Moeller (188) Ed Jeter (185)j Leonard Mokan (181)i Gene Ford (181) MSU SEEKS NO. 3 B is By SCOTT LEWIS Ten feared again Daily Photo by KEN FINK MIDDIES Dan Driscoll (58) and Tim Harden (84) watch in fascination as Navy's tacklers bring down Michigan's Gordie Bell (5). Driscoll graduated last year from the Naval Academy so the Wolverines do not have to worry about his tackling abilities this afternoon; but left end Harden will be on hand to try and stop the Michigan offense. The Wolver- ines defeated Navy 14-0 in a tough battle last year. Michigan is hoping that Navy does not pull the same trick as the Academy did against Penn State last week - defeating the Nittany Lions 7-6. For the first time in a long time, the Big Ten will take to the gridiron on a Saturday after- noon with a winning reputation to maintain. After handling their opponents admirably last week, the Big Ten can boast about two teams in the Top Ten (Ohio State and Michigan), two more in the Top Twenty (Wisconsin and Illinois), and another receiving honorable mention (Michigan State). Michigan State, trying to chal- lenge the Wolverines' reputation as the premier team in the State, faces a tough contest asi they battle UCLA on the Coast. Coach Denny Stolz is doing a creditable job in bringing around the football program in East Lansing. The Spartans have won their first two games quite hand- ily, as the defense has allowed the opponents to cross the goal line just once. Mean - while, the offense has averag- ed thirty points per game. However, UCLA is no patsy, and State needs this win to make believers out of the many skeptics that still re- i t i E i k main._ The fact that UCLA was hu- miliated by losing to lowly Iowa, will make the task an even tougher one. The loss knocked the Bruins, the Pacific 8's only hope to dethrone USC, out of the Top Twenty. A victory over MSU would help to drown out the bad feelings that remain as a result of the Iowa game. The contest is rated a toss-up. In other games, Southern Methodist travels to Columbus, , Ohio to try to tame the num- ber-one rated Buckeyes. Last week Woody revealed another weapon to strike terror in the hearts of opponents: Archie Griffin's brother, fresh- man Ray Griffin, who merely scored two touchdowns against! Oregon State. Purdue, coming off a dis- appointing tie with Miami of. Ohio, travels to South Bend to clash with the second ranked team in the nation, Notre Dame. I, J! passed for 242 yards last week. Speaking of Nebraska, now ranked number 10, they will have a chance to get back at another Big Ten team, as the Huskers face Northwestern. The Wildcats couldn't hold down Notre Dame last week, and will need to be at their best for the Cornhuskers. Another team that has jumped into national prominence, is the sixteenth rated Fighting illini of Illinois. They lambasted high- ly regarded Stanford last week, 41-7, as Mike Gow intercepted four passes. This week Illinois hosts the Washington State Cougars on regional TV, who de- feated Idaho last week, 17-10. The other two games involv- ing Big Ten teams feature Min- nesota and Indiana, face Texas Christian and Kentucky, respec- tively. t ~ - - - w F < The INickel Beer j isBack! w1ith lunzch a Village Bell s 1 Monday-Friday II:O() a.rn.-3):OO p.M. / DORSETT VERSES DAVIS: USC By ED LANGE Southern California, reeling from a 22-7 thrashing at the hands of the Arkansas Razor-j backs two weeks ago, will try to make amends today as they travel to meet the undefeated Pittsburgh Panthers. The eighth-ranked Panthers are currently riding on a twoI game winning streak, enjoying a prosperous return to big time football under head coach Johnny Majors. The intersec- tional tilt features two of theG finest college running backs in the nation-Pitt's sterling soph- omore All-American Tony Dor- sett and Southern Cal's Anthony "AD" Davis. COACH John McKay's Tro- jans are trying to pick up the invade, pieces after the crushing open- ing game loss to the unheralded Razorbacks. This year's edition of the Car- dinal and Gold was supposed to have been one of Southern Cal's finest, with such talent as Davis, quarterback Pat Haden, whom McKay has called the best passer he has even seen, ex- perienced receivers such as tight end Jim O'Bradovich and split end Johnny McKay, and All-American linebacker Rich- ard (Batman) Wood. But Southern Cal's only touch-. down against Arkansas came from a 106 yard kickoff return by Davis. It was the first time the Trojan offense hadn't scored since the 1967 championship team was shut out 3-0 by Ore- I s Pittsburgh I M gon. offensive line. Haden failed McKay's praise In other big games around the by having his worst night in country, sixth ranked Texas football, throwing four intercep- travels to Lubbock to meet up- tions and completing only six of set minded Texas Tech. The 18 passes for 54 yards. Longhorns trounced Wyoming The offense as a whole gained convincingly last week and are only a paltry 213 yards while looking for a repeat perform- the defense gave up 262 on the ance today. ground. Powerful Oklahoma entertains PITTSBURGH IS ready and undefeated Utah State at Nor- waiting for the Trojans, know- man where the Sooners hope ing a victory over Southern Cal to extend their winning streak would serve further notice that to eighteen games. Alabama and the Panthers are no longer the Vanderbilt face each other in doormat of college football. opening their SEC football cam- Johnny Majors has made re- paign. markable progress in just two , years at Pitt, as he led the :: Panthers to the Fiesta Bowl BT. last season. Dorsett, nicknamed TD by his Sta i loyal fans, gained 1568 yards last season as a freshman and has showed no signs of slowing Conference Games down this year. In the Panthers' W L opener against New Mexico, TD MICHIGAN 1 0 rambled for 81 yards, his Ohio State 1 0 "worst" performance as a col- Michigan State 1 0 legiate. Wisconsin 1 0 THE WEAK spot in the Pitts- Illinois 1 0 burgh armor appears to be in Purdue 0 1 the defensive line where they Iowa 0 1 have a genuine All-American Indiana 0 1 candidate in middle guard Gary Minnesota 0 1 Burley. However, inexperience Northwestern 0 1 flanks him at end and tackle.T The linebacking is relatively N Today Games strong, as well as the secondary. Navy at MICHIGAN Southern California hopes to So. Methodist at Ohio St. rebound strongly against Pitt. Purdue at Notre Dame The Trojans just have too much Penn St. at Iowa talent to be as bad as they were Texas Christian at Minnesota against Arkansas. Wisconsin at Colorado THE PANTHERS' inexperi- Indiana at Kentucky enced defensive line will be in Michigan St. at UCLA for their toughest battle yet Northwestern at Nebraska against Southern Cal's veteran Washington St. at Illinois .M'f?{ jv' : r... r ?:... . . .. L{ ' : ....;: 2:g . .:. ::.. : .... ?"rS :"'-r.n di.......n.g /s " . . St.. .- ... ': Major League Standings i Aspro axed CLEVELAND (P)-General Manager Phil Seghi of the Cleveland Indians said last night Ken Aspromonte's con- tract as manager will not be renewed and Aspromonte will not be with the baseball team next year. The Fighting Irish, fresh off a 49-3 undoing of Northwestern, should keep on the tails of Ohio State in the polls by defeating the Boilermakers. One team to feel sorry for this week is the Iowa Hawk- eyes. They must face Penn State, who lost to Navy last week in what had to be the biggest upset so far this year. Facing teams of Penn State's caliber is nothing new toIowa, however. Already they've had to face Michigan and UCLA, and only the most loyal Iowa fan would have predicted that the Hawkeyes would be 1-1 after the first two games. Quarterback Rob Fick will have to be in top form in order to give Iowa a chance against Penn State. Another Big Ten teamkwith a powerhouse in the making is the Wisconsin Badgers. They face the Colorado Buffaloes, who have been humiliated on succes- sive weekends by Louisiana State and Michigan. The Bad- gers jumped to eleventh in the polls as they surprised Nebraska last week. 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