Friday, October 25, 1974 Injured THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Gophers lick wounds By BILL CRANE fhe Minnesota Gophers enter Michigan :Stadium tomorrow with a degree of pessimis.m and insecurity. similar to that of to- day's harried consumer. Beset by injuries and with in- experienced players trying to fill in, Minnesota coaches are not confident about their team's chances against Michigan. Min- nesota's Big Ten record stands at 1-2 with losses to Ohio State and Indiana and a victory last week over Iowa. Minnesota coach Cal Stoll said his young team is struggling right now and that "all we can do is play as good a game as we can against Michigan." Minnesota's deficiencies are dispersed throughout the squad, and the only journey the Little Brown Jug will likely make will be from its secret showcase to the Maize and Blue sideline and back.; DEFENSIVELY, the Gopher ranks are a shambles as six starters are incapacitated by in- juries. Defensive coach Norm Parker said he is stunned by Minnesota's rash of disabling in- juries, adding, "I know this sounds like sour-grapin',. but I've never been involved in a year like this." The defensive line consists of tackle's Mike Ramerth and Keith Simons, ends Jeff Smith and Mike Burne and middle guard Jim Ronan. All, except Simons, are replacing injured starters. Smith replaces injured Ron Worbel who was slated to re- place graduated All-Big Ten end Steve Neils. Parker said Simons (6-4, 247) has the most physical talent and might receive conference recognition. Otherwise seniors Byrne and t Ramerth, and junior Smith are described as hustlers by Park- er, but they lack physical talent -and are quite small. All weigh about 220 pounds. Ronan, a freshman, has great potential according to Parker but at present is awfully green.' , THE LINEBACKERS, led by standout Ollie Bakken, are also a patchwork force. Not only is Bakken banged up and nindered by nagging injuries, but a strong contender for a linebacker open- ing, junior Steve Craine is out for the season. Senior Paul Glanton, a music major who hopes to sing opera, will open at middle linebacker, t and freshman left linebacker Greg Gerths will face Michi- gan's right side rushes. t ............... fense is inexperienced a n d small. "We'll try to be as basic as we can (in practice), repe- I titious as we can, and then play1 with a high degree of intensity," o r s Parker said "Michigan probab-' ly trains the same way," he' NIGHT EDITOR: added, "so as to really 'turn FRED UPTON the players loose' at game time." Guards Dale Hegland (senior) quarterback - barring injuries.j and Brian Harvey (sophomore) "We never know about him," along with junior tackles Art Wade said. "He's been hurt allI Meadowcroft and Greg Schoff year with an ankle problem." comprise the unit's backbone. It isn't certain from day to day These four starters have yet to if Dungy will play, which is un- catch the Gophers epidemic in- fortunate for Minnesota. jury bug. Dungy was first in total of- THE OVERALL revampmnent fnei h i e fe w from last year does little to fense in the Big Ten after two games (Ohio State and Indiana) The Women's Community Center Collective IS SPONSORING A Women's Coffeehouse SATURDAY, OCT. 26-9-12 WOMEN'S MUSIC GUILD HOUSE-802 Monroe St., Ann Arbor .::::..:' Parker also o f f e r e d what cheer offensive coach Charles- The free and strong safties might be the best description Wade.j are manned by freshman Tom- of the Gophers' offensive line: The offensive line is "about my Ash and sophomore George "There's no Reggie McKenzie where we thought it would be," Adzick. Ash, who replaces the out there." he said noncomittally. injured Doug Beaudoin, and Ad- However, Minnesota has form- Wade said he was pleased zick are learning quickly. ed a strong offensive wall con- with the line because it helped Cornerback Bob Weber is also sidering this year's unit is com- sustain offensive drives against a freshman replacement, sub- pletely new. All 1973 starters Iowa in the Gophers 23-17 vic- bing for two year starter Greg are gone, but Minnesota did tory but added that Minnesota Engebos. score 19 points against Ohio was just "glad" to win. MINNESOTA'S "freshman" de- State. Tony Dungy is Minnesota's Last week against Iowa he fell off. Dungy throws to ends Scott Puchtell and Dale Hendricksen and flanker Vince Fuller. THE BACKFIELDis, of course, led by senior halfback Rick Upchurch. Upchurch was United P r e s s International's Midwest Back-of-the-Week last week by virtue of his 210 rush- ing yards against the Hawkeyes. That was the second best total in Gopher history. Upchurch ranks third in the Big Ten in rushing yardage. Fullback John Jones adds power to the ground attack but saw limited action last year behind graduated John King. Last week the Gophers played for Floyd of Rosedale, a very in- conspicuous, bronze pig, posses- sion of which is symbolic of victory between Minnesota and' Iowa. Minnesota retains Floyd. BUT THIS WEEK the Gophers, play for an inconspicuous brown jug. Obtaining it will be difficult considering injuries, inexperi ence and the opponent. Stoll said he brought Floyd out last week because some of thej players had never se.en it. The Jug, however, will likely remain unbeheld to Gopher eyes. ISCWILL REELECT * PISCS shieTrrA pEc.n NT ! PdPol. Adv. CELLEBRATE HOMECOMINII! OMSGA () PIZZA~ 769-3400 FREE HOT DELIVERY I F 60c F I MEDIUM or LARGE / OMEGA PIZZA I 1 ITEM OR MORE. 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Woody Hayes' legions should have little trouble scoring a point a minute against totally outmanned Northwestern tomorrow; and Illinois, Mich- igan State and Iowa should bring the victim list to ten. Even if the 10-0 records are the same, the Buckeye and Wolverine teams are different in 1974. Michigan, lacking be- hemoth linemen and a pile-driving fullback, relies on speed and overall team quickness to mow down all foes. There are enough Woody Hayes fullback stories to fill this page but the current Bucks are a speedy group also. Hayes has added more than a dash of outside running and1 passing to the attack, and quarterback Cornelius Greene's newly acquired passing arm supplements the basic Archie Griffin 100 yards on the ground. Last Saturday in OSU's easy 49-9 romp over Lee Corso's In-I diana Hoosiers, Griffin gained over 100 yards for the sixteenth straight time. Buried in the wire service accounts were Greene's superlative deeds. The tiny quarterback from Washington, D.C., who threw nary a pass against Michigan last year, completed nine of his 11 aerials for 235 yards and ran for 95 more. His 330 yards in total offense earned him a niche in the Big Ten record book, fifth on the all-time list. But all is not peaches and cream for the Buckeyes, al- though the scores of their games might indicate that. TheI Buckeye defenders aren't nearly the brick wall they were last year and may prove,vulnerable in a close contest.{ OSU is giving up nearly 300 yards a game, a 50 per cent increase over the 200 or so given up last year. That doesn't mat- ter too much when the score is 42-3 and the defense is conceding Daily Photo by TOM GOTTL I EB FLEET WINGBACK Gil Chapman (24)'is just one of the offensive threats that Michigan can hurl at the hobbled Min- nesota Gophers this weekend. 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