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THE MICHIGAN PA1LY
Saturday; September1J5, 1973.-Ser3I
Satu doy September 15, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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By CHUCK BLOOM
"It's a long way from 59th
treet in Cicero to the Palmer
[ouse," stated Hoosier head
oach Lee Corso during the Big
'en Football Kickoff Banquet in
hicago last August. But it is an
ven longer way to Bloomington,
nd. for the energetic new men-
>r.
Corso comes to Indiana from
free successful years at the
elm of the University of Louis-
ille turning the Cardinals from
floundering bunch of bums to a
tinning, respectable team. Cor-
o did it with enthusiasm the
same enthusiasm he shows
just being a Big Ten coach.
on
T H I S CONFERENCE is
tops," said the 37-year-old Corso.
"This is the cradle of champions,
the epitome of collegiate football
for coaches."
Observers havedescribed Cor-
so's style of coaching as out-
wardly uninhibited, casual, and
lighthearted. His idea for a fe-
male coach has been scoffed at
by many in football.
But Corso is a dedicated,
tough - minded individual who
knows how to motivate his play-
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formance possible out of them.
"For success at Indiana, there
must be two things; the ability
of my staff to motivate my play-
INDIANA (5-6-0, 3-5-0)
Michigan Opponent No. 8
Starters back-Offense 7
Defense 3
Series: Michigan, 23-8-0
ers and the ability of me and my
staff to communicate to my
players."
CORSO ALSO has a simple, ba-
sic plan for the future of Indiana
football. "I am going to get bet-
ter players than the other guy
because I'm a good recruiter."
However, this season may be
somewhat of a problem. Corso is
not blessed with a wealth of tal-
ent. He has some good ball play-
ers, but nothing exceptional.
A strong backfield returns for
the Hoosiers led by halfback Ken
Starling and fullback Ken St. Pi-
erre. Starling, 5-11, 186, gained
781 yards rushing last season
while St. Pierre, 6-0, 220, churned
up 490 yards in 1972 while ham-
pered with injuries much of the
year. Both rank fifth and sixth
respectively on the alltime Hoos-
ier rushing list and will provide
Corso with an excellent 1-2
punch on the ground.
BUT INDIANA lacks a leader
for the offense; the quarterback.
Junior Rod Harris performed
creditably and occasionally mag-
nificantly last year while replac-
ing the injured Ted McNulty but
was hurt during spring drills and
ohe has lost his job to a junior
college transfer from Miami,
named Mike Glazier.
Hoosier hassle
S-15 Illinois
22 at Arizona
29 Kentucky
O- 6 at West Virginia
13 at Minnesota
20 Ohio State
! 27 at Wisconsin
N-3 AT MICHIGAN
10 Northwestern
17 at Michigan State
24 Purdue
Corso's number one priority,
this season will be the build up
the defense. Only three starters
return and one of those, tackle
Carl Brazilauskas, is injured and
doubtful for the beginning of the
season. Also up in the air is the
status of supersoph Quinn Buck-
ner. Buckner captained the con-
tingent sent to Moscow for the
World University Games and
Corso still was not sure wheth-
er Buckner will don a football
Il/ink a
uniform or stick strictly to bas-
ketball.
But Corso will win some ball
games this season and many
more in upcoming seasons. He
brings a refreshing, energetic ap-
proach in coaching to the Big
Ten.
He is concerned about the
academic aspect of his players
knowing full well that good per-
formances in the classroom helps
the performance on the field.
wing
and a prayer
By BOB McGINN
Illinois football coach Bob
Blackman couldn't help but smile
when he looked over his club's
1973 schedule. Anything would
be an improvement over what he
faced the last two falls.
In 1971, the ex-Dartmouth men-
tor's first season at the Cham-
paign school, the Illini lost their
first six games.
Last autumn it was the same
old story all over again as the
Orange and Black went away a
loser the first seven times out.
Gone from Blackman's slate
are the Southern Californias,
Penn States and Washingtons
that played havoc with his san-
ity. In their place are Califor-
nia, West Virginia, and Stanford,
certainly no pushovers, but a cut
below last year's blockbusters.
Fifteen starters return from
the squad which finished sixth
in the Big Ten (3-5) and 3-8
overall. The Illini, even in their
mediocrity, ranked first in to-
tal offense in the Big Ten, and
Blackman is hoping that his at-
tackers can again bring the faith-
ful into Memorial Stadium.
"There are enough experienc-
ed offensive players returning to
form the nucleus of another ex-
citing offensive team," Black-
man says.
Offense:
BOOT IT!
.Heading the list are a stickout
pair of running backs, George
Uremovich (6-1, 195) and Lonnie
Perrin (6-2, 215).
They combined for over a
thousand yards on the ground
last season to more than comple-
ment the steady passing of All-
Big-Ten quarterback Mike Wells.
The problem for Blackman,
however, is that Wells has grad-
uated, and in his wake are four
untried candidates.
Senior Tom -McCartney (6-2,
190) appears to have the inside
track on the job, if for no other
ILLINOIS (3-8-0, 3-5-0)
Michigan Opponent No. 9
Starters back-Offense 8
Defense 8
Series: Michigan 40-18-0
reason than he has at least play-
ed in a varsity game. He backed
up Wells last fall and hit 13 aer-
ials for 208 yards.
Whoever the Illini signal caller
is, his job grew far more diffi-
cult last week when it was an-
nounced that split end Garvin
Roberson (6-4, 190), who had
caught 59 passes in two seasons
of regular duty, had contacted
hepatitis. He should be back by
mid-September, though.
Four two-year starters return
to make the offensive line a pow-
er-packed unit. Gerry Sullivan
(6-4, 240) and Bruce Dobson (6-5,
240) will man the tackle slots,
while John Gann (6-1, 225) and
John Levanti (6-2, 225) are the
guards.
So while the offensive picture
is relatively bright, the defensive
prognosis isn't very good.
Two regulars were expected
back to bolster the front four,
but one of them, junior Mike
Waler, is out for the season with
a slipped disc. Junior Mark Pet-
erson (6-4, 235) now must work
with three untried players.
Rover Ken Braid (6-0, 205), the
team's leading tackler in 1972,
leads a decent linebacking corps,
while the secondary should be
improved with vets Mike Gow
and Bruce Beamon back.
Blackman has been presently
surprised this fall with the work
of placekicker Dan Beaver, a soc-
cer-style kicker from the Central
African Republic who was train-
ing at the camp of Ben Agajani-
an, former NFL great.
Bob Blackman once said, "It
should be stressed that nothing
great can ever be accomplished
if you are willing to settle for
mediocrity beforehand and set
your goals too low."
Illini lineup _
S-15 at Indiana
22 at California
29 West Virginia
0- 6 Stanford
13 Purdue
20 at Michigan State
27 Iowa
N- 3 Ohio State
10 AT MICHIGAN
17 Minnesota
24 at Northwestern
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By CLARKE COGSDILL
The logic of defense is simple:
if you shut the other side out,
the worst you can do is tie. If
you score 41 points, it's worth-
less when your opponents pile
up 43.
Therefore, defense is the first
thing Bo Schembechler thinks of
when he puts his team together.
He collects his best athletes, the
best coaches he can get, and a
reasonable a m o u n t of Ferry
Field acreage, then goes to the
other e n d z o n e to coach the
offense.
When ace theoretician Jim
Young was around to run the
show, everything ran beautifully.
The '72 Wolverine stoppers, na-
tional leaders in scoring defense,
evoked a blase reaction from the
fans. Michigan teams are expect-
ed to stop its opponents cold;
three downs and a punt is the
standard.
But this year, Young has de-
parted for the head coaching job
at Arizona, and his formidable
contribution will have _ to be re-
placed by new defensive coordi-
nator Gary Moeller. He, perhaps
more so than Schembechler, will
be on the spot if this season does
not live up to the optimistic fan-
fare.
Moeller, as the pressbook tells
us, has never been associated
with a losing team. Everyone
who has watched him on the
practice field has been impress-
ed with his football knowledge
and his low-key teaching style
which gets the point across
quickly.
Frankly, it's a safe bet that
Moeller will come through.
The most noticeable on-the-
field loss is that of wolfman
Randy Logan. There's no way a
player of his talents can be com-
pletely replaced. Fortunately,
both Geoff Steger and Don Du-
fek looked quite good last spring,'
so this spot on the team should
By FRANK LONGO
"Pass," they said. "Pass,"
cried the football fans; "Pass,"
shouted the so-called gridiron
experts; "Pass," implored Joe
Free Press.
But Bo said no. Or did he?
Let's backtrack a bit. The
team involved here is the Mich-
igan Wolverines. The jpeople do-
ing the complaining are ticket
buyers who are not satisfied with
the five yards and a skid on
Tartan Turf style football that
has won 38 games for the Maize
and Blue and lost only six in
the last four years under the
regime of the above mentioned
Bo, head coach Glenn E. Schem-
bechler.
And Joe Free Press-is a vo-
ciferous and well-read critic of
that same style of Michigan foot-
ball, because he also likes a
more wide open attack, and cer-
tainly doesn't hesitate to say so.
Now let's reason out some of
the inconsistencies in the second
paragraph above. Recall that
during Schembechler's first two
seasons, while Don Moorhead
was at quarterback, the Wolver-
ines broke a few passing records
in the Michigan book.
In 1971, with no proven signal-
the feared stable caller but a host of running backs,
rines have men the Wolves ran all over 11 oppo-
nents before bowing in the Rose
stoppers
SPEEDY GIL CHAPMAN (24) who has switched to tailback this year, will be among 1
of backs Bo Schembechler can throw onto the field at a moment's notice. The Wolve
returning in the skill positions, but the offensive line remains a question mark.
pose no insurmountable prob-
lems.
The major question marks are
the front four and middle guard
positions. Tackle Dave Gallagher
is "one goooood tackle" in Sch-
embechler's words, and a bona-
fide All-America candidate, but
the other spots have been up for
grabs and we'll have to wait and
see.
At the ends, Don Coleman re-
portedly has been playing super-
latively, and if he's good enough
to beat out twice-letterman Don
Eaton Michigan's opponents will
probably run their sweeps the
other way.
At the left guard,
Walt Williamson has the poten-
tial to be outstanding but he has
a chronic shoulder problem and
the reserves are thin.
At left tackle, Doug Troszak
has two letters but has never
started. Junior Jeff Perlinger im-
proved consistently last spring,
and chances are he'll play a lot
of football for Michigan before
he graduates. Either-way, this
will be one spot Michigan's op-
position will hit at almost im-
mediately, hoping against hope
to find a usable weakness.
The other critical position will
be the middle guard. Walk-on
Don Warner has enormous de-
1972 M' Stats
RUSHING
PUNT RETURNS
Shuttlesworth
Heater
Franklin
Thornbladh
H. Banks
Haslerig
Chapman
Others
Franklin
Cipa
Slade
Shuttiesworth
Lantry
Franklin
Heater
Chapman
Seal
Mather
Brown
Thornbiadh
Haslerig
Banks
Logan
att.
157
139
143
net
yds. avg.
723 4.6;
655 4.7
511 3.6
1p Brown
33 Chapman
22 Kee
291
81 347
79 273
40 16U
26 149
12 15
4.3
3.9
4.2
5.7
1.3
19
15
20
5E
11
no yds avgt
13 200 15.4
20 iSO 9.0
1 6 6.0
KICKOFF RETURNS
no yds avg1
l 8 276 34.5:
2 62 31.0I
2 40 20.0I
2 37 18.51
A h 2 16 8.0
td
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5.'14 46 Dotzaner
0 30 Zuccarelii
* 24 Kee
0 24 Koss
0 18 E llis'
* 12
8 12: TEAMt
e 12~
* 8 First Downs _
0 6:. Rushing
* 6: Passing
Penalty
Offensive Plays
Offensive Yards
13 3 35' Rushing Att.
9T 2 14 Wueshing Yards
5 1 37 Passing Att..
15 0 52 +PasA Complet.
13 0 11I Passing Yards
1 0 19 Interceptions by
8 0 9, Fumbles/Lost
4 0 14 P enalties/Yards
6 . 14 No. f Pans
11 0 171 Avg. Distanee
PUNTING
no yds avg
53 2027 38.2
ERCEPTIONS
no yds td
4 37 1
3 91 1
2 24 0
2 18 0
2 0 0
lp
83
49
6
lp
73
40
24
29
16
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63
lp
32
69
18
18
0
0
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sire and fine moves, but at 195
pounds he will be hard pressed
to fend off the 250-pound centers
which are so fashionable these
days.
Those who remember how
Henry Hill stopped Jim Otis cold
on fourth-and-one at the Mich-
igan 14 in 1969, know it can be
done. If Warner isn't the man,
Tim Davis, who weighs all of
five pounds more, will be given
a shot.
Craig Mutch, Steve Strinko and
Carl Russ should be able to hold
down the linebacking fort suc-
cessfully.
One prediction can be made
safely: teams who attempt to
pass against Michigan will do so
at their peril. Free safety Dave
Brown is a definite possibility
for national honors, and if any-
thing happens to him, towering
6-foot-5 Greg Koss will be a very,
very good backup man,
And so it goes. Barry Dotzauer
seems to have beaten off Tom
Drake's challenge at wide half-
back, something nobody would
have predicted last March.
Drake, it should be remembered,
was all set to be a starter in 1972
until he wrecked his knee.
Roy Burks has been less suc-
cessful at short halfback and will
probably spend more time watch-
ing. Dave Elliott play than he
would like.
If there is a defensive second-
ary problem, it will be in keeping
up the morale of the highly skill-
ed players who will have to stay
on the bench because only four
defensive backs can play at a
time.
Prognosis: Michigan defense
fans can expect more of the
same. The teams who visit Ann
Arbor will continue to play a
very dull, uninspiring brand of
offensive football.
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ISTATISTICS
MICAH
219
162
47
10
803
3714
668
2845
135
63
F 17
22/11
51/513
53
38.2
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142
99
44
10
680
2372
480
1440
200
82.
932
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25/13
49/427
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