Tuesday, November 19, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pnn ;PSvien roger ... over and out Bo mishes furioi RO-ERs esfurio -ROGER ROSSITER am m . ]IS .1 - _. _. V \.I v I \ " V .!~ 1 I V t \ :1 . :if>.'' Vim: i.... .. .Ky/,pq{1. : ::..;,v,.x, :..:.. .v... ...: ...__.._. Bo talks... . says nothing, naturally THE SETTING was the same, but the mood was much different when Bo Schembechler made his weekly luncheon visit with the media at Weber's Inn yesterday. All the questions that Bo was so quick to evade earlier in the season-i.e. those pertaining to the Ohio State Buckeyes-could now be asked. But asking didn't do any good, because Bo wasn't about to answer. Bo isn't going to utter one solitary adjective that Wood Hayes can use to inspire the Buckeyes; he's too smart for that. He tried ever so hard to come off as the tough guy-the Woody Hayes type, who isn't going to say a damn thing one way or another about anything. But he couldn't do it. Bo knew the questions that were forthcoming, and he seemed to sense that no one really wanted to put him on the spot. They were all doing their jobs, just like Schembechler. "Ask me all the questions you want," Bo said. "I'll be very polite and smile." But give a straight-forward answer? Not on your life. "What's Ohio State's weakness, if they have one at all?" a writer asked. HARF Bo made one definitive statement in the whole luncheon, and fense even that gave the writers little to expound ppon. defend "The key to this game will end up being something you don't oft-ma expect. Really," Bo said. He wouldn't elaborate. he wil Schembechler, much to everyone's surprise, didn't even know - --- the mechanics of the annual Athletic Director's vote which, beyond whatever happens on the gridiron, decides who goes to the Rose Bowl. "I didn't know there would be a vote," Bo said in a ques- tioning tone. "I'm looking forward to this coming to a vote." "The way I see it, we have to win or tie to go to the Rose Bowl. Isn't that the way you look at it?" he questioned. The answer was affirmative. B Still year's e Vote takes place, no matter what vote, the tors agr The fact is should Michigan win or tie the Athletic at the B Directors' vote would be conducted by telephone late Satur- go on Su day afternoon. The Big Ten bylaws say the directors should decide t vote for "the most representative team." sentative State an When a team wins the Big Ten championship outright, the for the vote becomes a mere formality. If the Buckeyes should win,fthe I thereby claiming a share of the conference crown, the process occur i gets- a lot more involved. feat the Under those circumstances, the Athletic Directors would bus this meet, face to face as a group, Sunday morning in Chicago. that Mic Everyone will know how everyone else voted, alleviating the the gam possibility of a 1973 rerun when Big Ten Commissioner Wayne champio Duke refused to reveal how the Athletic Directors voted. Duke State's d also refused to say what the final vote count was. Michigan Both Schembechler and Hayes said at their respective Mon- : Mich' day luncheons that the winner will go to the' Rose Bowl. ButiDier IDirector remember, both said last year Michigan would go to Pasadena to the u after the 10-10 tie, and everyone got fooled. SMITH By SCOTT LEWIS feated powerhouse into the den, and he vented his emo- The place was Columbus, game defending their national tions openly. Ohio. The date was Saturday, title. Michigan, already picked In 1972 both teams headed November 22, 1968. Michigan for the Rose Bowl because of a once again for a showdown in and Ohio State were battling for Big Ten rule that forbid the Columbus which decided who a Big Ten Championship and a Buckeyes from going two years would play in the Rose Bowl. bid to play in the Rose Bowl. in a row, had lost two games OSU, with one Big Ten loss A collosal Buckeye team, com- and was labeled a three touch- already, could at best hope for posed mostly of sophomores down underdog. a tie for the title by beating like Rex Kern and Jack Tatum The game started out as a Michigan, while the Wolverines was walloping the Wolverines, see-saw affair. With Michigan i needed a victory or a tie to whose attack was paced by All- leading 14-12 midway through claim the top spot. American Ron Johnson and the first half, Barry Pierson, The game resulted in Bo's quarterback Dennis Brown. who intercepted 3 passes during boys' most heartbreaking loss In the waning moments of the the game, returned an Ohio ever, as they were defeated game, OSU tallied again to State punt 60 yards, and turned 14-11. Opportunity knocked time make the score 48-14, and the the game in Michigan's favor. and time again as the Blue extra point would make it 49 All of the scoring occurred in was inside the Buckeyes ten- points for the Buckeyes. But the first half, and a tight Michi- yard line twice without scoring. on that fateful day, Woody gan defense held the Buckeyes The second time was late in Hayes opted to go for a two- at bay the remainder of the the fourth quarter when Bo point conversion and the game game. The final score was 24-12. chose to go for the game win- ended 50-14. The Michigan-Ohio State game ning touchdown instead of the Those two points changed a of 1970 found the two undefeated tying field goal, and a sure friendly interstate rivalry into machines battling for the Big Rose Bowl berth. a gargantuan war between two Ten championship and a pos- Last year's game found two football teams, that still has sible national title. The Buck- undefeated teams battling for yet to simmer. eyes were not to be denied, as the national championship. The following year, Bo Schem- they defeated Michigan 20-9. Ohio State dominated the bechler was ushered in as Mich- Ohio State thwarted a Michi- first half, and left the field igan's head coach, replacing gan offense, composed of such with a 10-0 lead at halftime. Bump Elliot. Although Bo was stalwarts as Don Moorhead, wit ai10-0 lad at htime. p ill Tayor nd GennDougtyBut Michigan camne on strong in not involved in the humiliation Bill nTayra lenn sDough the second half, and midway that took place the preceding holding the Wolverines to only thro*agh the fourth quarter Den- to forget what happened. The pattern set in the past a 10 yard run on a crucial Ohio State brought an unde- three games was not to occur fourth-and-one situation. After ----------in 1971. The Buckeyes came in- two unslccessful Mike Lantry to the final game with three field goal attempts from 58 and losses, while Michigan had al- 44 yards, respectively, the for- ready sewn up the Big Ten mer barely missing, the game title and the Rose Bowl berth. ended in a tie. SIAs the game progressed,' The two teams tied for the Michigan dominated Ohio State, 'championship, and most ob- but costly mistakes, and an 85- servers assumed that Michigan yard punt return by Tom Cam- would get the nod for the Rose ing if OSU wins would seem to pana gave Ohio State the lead Bowl from the Big Ten athletic indicate that Michigan has some going into the final period, 7-3. directors. chance of going to California But the Wolverines, led by This was not to be the case, even if it loses. reserve quarterback Larry Cipa, however, as a 6-4 majority voted Smith feels that. the Spartans mounted a 72-yard drive, cli- for Ohio State. have a shot at the trip as the maxed by a 21-yard touchdown This time it was Bo's turn to "most representative team" if dash by Billy Taylor for the take center stage, as he con- Daily Photo RY BANKS tried, oh how he tried, but was denied the goal line by the Ohio State de- in the Buckeyes 14-11 conquest of the Wolverines in the 1972 battle. The two Buckeye ders pictured, Arnie Jones (42) and Pete Cusick (71) are still active members of the aligned OSU defense. Banks, meanwhile, his been moved to defensive cornerback where 1 try to pay back on old debt to the arch-rival Buckeyes Saturday. AID'S GA'IHER IF OSIJ WINS he big-vot-an-ew By RAY O'HARA ' smarting from last mbarrassing Rose Bowl Big Ten Athletic Direc- reed yesterday to meet ig Ten offices in Chica- unday, November 24, to the Rose Bowl repre- e in the event that Ohio d Michigan should tie Big Ten title. nly way that this can if OSU were to de- Wolverines in Colum- Saturday. In the event higan should win or tie e it would be outright n by virtue of Ohio defeat at the hands of n State. igan will go if they win stated MSU's Athletic Burt Smith, referring pcoming clash. ['S VOTE in last year's assured the Buckeyes Pasadena trip while stayed home. n Commissioner Wayne vas greatly criticized r for conducting the the Athletic Directors hone when seven of the t DailyT NIGHT EDITOR. RICH LERNER voters had not seen the game nor even heard any of its de- tails. This year the ADs will be able to meet in person the fol- lowing day to decide who is the "most representative team", as stipulated in the Conference rules. Presumably the new set-up will allow for more open deliberation and fewer indig- nant outbursts after the deci- sion. Assistaw C,)mmissioner John Dewey, who is the leading rule{ interpreter of the conference, explains, "Last year we ex- plained to all the football writ- ers what would happen in the event of a tie, but no one paid any attention because they didn't believe that it was pos- sible." If Michigan is undisputed champion, a perfunctory tele- phone vote would be conducted, which the Wolverines would al- most undoubtedly win. Smith and "Bump" Elliott, AD at Iowa, voted for differ- ent teams last year but both indicated that Michigan would definitely go if the Wolverines were undisputed champs. Simi- lar assurances were not forth-_ coming for the Bucks, however, should they defeat the Maize and Blue. "I THINK that under certain circumstances we might go," speculated Michigan's Don Can- ham about the possible after- math of a Wolverine defeat. The willingness of the other di- rectors to hold a special meet- SCORES Mntreal 9, T1innesota 4 NF r Kansias City 42~, Denver 34 OSU beats Michigan, but no' one else seems to share thej sentiment. In Canham's words, "Michigan State has no chance." BULLETIN The Detroit Tigers announc- ed last night the acquisition of slugger Nate Colbert from the San Diego Padres in a com- plicatedthree-team deal that saw veteran Tiger shortstop Eddie Brinkman traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. Brinkman, Dick Sharon and Bob Strampe were traded to the Padres in exchange for Colbert. The Padres then sent Brinkman and a minor league player to be named later to the Cardinals in exchange for pitchers Alan Foster, Rich Folkers and Sonny Siebert. winning'touchdown.tinually lashed out at the Big Ten, and Commissioner Wayne 'The game was capped off by Duke in particular, many days a Tom Darden interception for following the decision. Michigan, which sparked the The stage has now been set infamous Woody-rips-apart-the- for the clash in Columbus this first-down-marker episode. Hay- year. The Bo vs. Woody war es thought pass interference has resulted in amazing close- should have been called on Dar- ness between the two teams. 104 WASHERS & DRYERS NO WAITING! 104 NO WAITING! Schembechler wouldn't say that last year's disappointment adds extra incentive this time around. "That doesn't make any difference In this galne," he said, trying very hard to sound convincing. Bo proceeded to call the '74 Buckeyes "comparable" to last year's team, and overruled any thoughts that Ohio State's defense was not as formidable as a year ago. "Their' defense hasn't given up a lot of points," he said, "and isn't that what really matters?" Schembechler again had to defend his own team for the wide variations in its winning margins. "I don't think any team can go out and win by 50 points week after week," he stated flatly. "We've played some good ballclubs that played their best games against us." Bo dubious of Woody's surprises "You can't tell me Indiana could play any better than they did against us. On those days when we could have been beaten, we won. You don't win ten games and not have a pretty good team." Everybody expects Bo and Woody to throw in something special for Saturday's game. Hayes said Monday he plans some "surprises" for Michigan. But Bo doesn't buy that theory. "When you throw in something new you're talking about using something you haven't perfected," he reasoned. "We'll make adjustments according to what we feel will work, but I wouldn't say we'll try anything new." Then again, he didn't say he wouldn't either. incident of the Michigan Big Te Duke w last yea vote of by teleph . -t- sa - --r Y: _ gP <> . : .. . OPEN 24 HOURS ATTENDANT ALWAYS ON DUTY MR. STADIUM COIN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING 1958 S. INDUSTRIAL South of E. Stadium Blvd. 668.7928 668-7928 U This week's winner of a free Pizza Bob pizza is David Bald- win of Washington Street. Last week Mark Schervisch won the free pie. Get your picks into the Daily by midnight Friday and you may win a pizza, too. 1. MICHIGAN at Ohio State (pick score) 2. Indiana at Purdue 3. Northwestern at Illinois 4. Iowa at Mich. State 5. Minnesota at Wisconsin 6. Mississippi at Mississippi St. 7. Oregon at Oregon St. 8. Wash. at Wash. St. E9. USC at UCLA 10. Penn St. at Pitt. 11. Tulane at LSU 12. S. Carolina at Clemson 13. Stanford at California 14. Baylor at SMU 15. La. Tech at N.E. Louisiana 16. Oklahoma at Nebraska 17. Kentucky at Tennessee 18. Yale at Harvard 19. Furman at Wake Forest 20. DAILY LIBELS at Ohio State Lantern THOUSANDS ON FILE " 24 HOR RUSH DELIVERY + ORIGINAL CUSTOM RESEARCH PREPARED e * PROFESSIONAL THESIS ASSISTANCE + Send One Dollar for Your Descriptive Mail-Order Catologu., OR Call: MINUTE RESEARCH CO. 1360 N. SANDBURG, #1602 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60610 312-337-2704 t"ous: MnI a 51S II to 3 Schembechler said quarterback Dennis Franklin and linebacker Steve Strinko, who both suffered recurrences injuries, would be in the starting lineup. "It would be hard to keep them'out of this one," he smiled. middle of old pretty I; Who's going to win the battle for the roses? Schembechler had the answer: "The team that scores the most points." Bo is catching up to that crafty old master in Columbus. He can recruit like Hayes; he can win like Hayes, and maybe this year he'll even pull off one of those Hayesian psychological ploys to give the Wolverines an edge. Woody's pulled his share of "psyches" on Bo. It's about time Bo came up with one of his own. ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS DISAPPEARING WORLDS WAR OF THE GODS An hour-lona documentary focusing on the activities of the Summer Institute of Linguistics/Wycliffe Bible Translators in the South American Amazon, and the frighteningly close relationship between these linguist-missionaries and the destruction of these remaining Indian socieities. ages are what it's all about. What Bo will do is beyond the hazard of a guess. One thing'sI MLB L ec. Rm. I certain, about 1 p.m. Saturdaytafternoon we'll all find outtwhat, 7:30-Thursday, Nov. 21 if anything, he has up his sleeve. 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