Page Eight
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, October 28, 1973
Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 28, 1973
Michigan' s
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...and boring with Stoll
Dan Borus -
MINNEAPOLIS
Neither a halfback pass nor an eight man line nor second
half doldrums could keep the Michigan Wolverines from their
appointed task-a seventh straight easy victory.
But yes, Virginia, Michigan football was boring yesterday.
The culprit, however, was not Bo Schembechler or his fourth-
ranked charges. No, the culprit was Minnesota coach Cal Stoll.
You can spell Stoll-"C-H-I-C-K-E-N."
His play selection was, to be kind, unimaginative.
Minnesota seems to run just one play no matter the situa-
tion-a fullback dive. Possessed with two of the fastest men
in the Big Ten, Rick Upchurch and Larry Powell, the
Gophers refused to go wide at all. Instead they continued to
try to pound away at the middle of the tough Michigan defen-
sive unit.
Stoll knew about the tough defenders and responded with a
master strategy, designed more to avoid embarrassment than
anything else. He stuck to the plan-even when the Wolverines
had shown that the plan wouldn't cut the mustard.
Stoll's plan was an unbalanced eight man line, bringing in
his split end and flanker to block for his runners. It didn't fool
Bo Schembechler for a minute. "We only had to make slight
adjustments," said Bo. "They didn't hurt us too bad, did
they?" he asked rhetorically. No they didn't as all they could
grind out was 106 yards in 47 carries, which, as any math major
will tell, is just a little bit over two yards a try.
That's not the way to run an offense, especially when trail-
ing so early. But there was Cal Stoll, sitting in the Minnesota
equipment room, puffing on a stogie, and having the audacity
to claim Michigan didn't adjust well to the new formation.
Maybe not, but I wouldn't want to argue with those ,stats.
When pressed by newsmen as to why he kept up with the
same game plan, Stoll replied, "We had decided that we
could beat them going up the middle." When you don't it's
pretty boring to watch.
Though he wasn't bored Michigan linebacker Steve Strinko
was a bit surprised. "This was supposed to be our test against
a triple option team, but they only pitched out against us twice
or so."
So wary was the Michigan defense of an Upchurch sprint to
the outside that Minnesota capitalized on it for their only score.
Upchurch, who Stoll should move to quarterback because he
seemed to have the best arm on the team, caught the Michigan
defense in an incomplete rotation and popped the ball home
for the score..
Minnesota showed some other sparks of life yesterday, but
Stoll refused to take the effort to kindle them into a fire.
Upchurch almost broke a punt return in the second quarter and
substitute fullback John Jones had a 16 yard gallop. But that
was it. Unlike the multi-option runs Michigan put on, Minnesota
had one idea-straight ahead.
There might not have been this bogged-down feeling if
Stoll had switched quarterbacks earlier. Instead he decided
to wade it out with John Lawing, a sophomore who had his
elbow drained three times this week. Lawing's passing was
non-existent and phis ball handling ragged. When you're down
by 24 points, conservatism is not the word of the day.
But there -was Minnesota running that same fullback dive
play on third and eight. This sort of neanderthal football is net
met with pleasure in Gold Country and "Bring Back Murray,"
a reference to former Gopher mentor Murray Warmath, echoed
around frozen Memorial Stadium.
Those cries were quite similar to those from Michigan State
fans two weeks ago. But at least Denny Stolz had the modifying
factor of atrocious weather conditions to explain his conserva-
tive approach. Cal Stoll started with this conservative game
plan and had no such excuse.
This "grind 'em out" approach netted Stoll no win, not
even a respectable showing. Running against Michigan re-
quires a lot more than chalking up those X's and O's. There's
only one team in the country that can possibly do it and they
get their chance Nov. 24. On Oct. 27 a team tried and they
and their coach were found wanting.
ILLINOIS MAULS IOWA
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AP Photo
HALFBACK ANTHONY DAVIS of Southern Cal is tripped up by Notre Dame's Greg Collins. as Gary
Potempa (40) and Ross Browner (89) close in during the Fighting Irish's 23-14 upset of the Trojans in
South Bend yesterday. Many football observers believe the outcome hurts Michigan's chances of ever
becoming number one in the country since a would-be Wolverine Rose Bowl victory over Pac-8 repre-
sentative Southern Cal would not now be impressive enough.
SUNDAY S:IEES
NIGHT EDITOR: JIM ECKER
Midway through the third
qtarter with the ball on the Go-
pher 13 and despite an 18 yard
Franklin to Larry Gustafson pass
completion, Michigan had to set-
tle for 28-yard Lantry boot when
the offense stalled.
Minnesota finally got on the
scoreboard with six seconds left in
the third'quarter. Following a poor
Barry Dotzauer punt of a mere 12
yards, Upchurch surprised the
Wolverines and the entire home-
coming crowd of 44,435 at Memorial
Stadium by faking a sweep and
passing to flanker Vince Fuller,
who had slipped behind the Michi-
gan defense, for a 36-yard TD.
EASY ED SHUTTLESWORTH
the first period. Shuttlesworth,
AP Photo
scores standing up yesterday on his six-yard touchdown burst early in
whose two TD's against Minnesota give him six for the year, ambled
through a huge hole in the Gopher line to make the score Michigan
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Sports of The Daily
B-hall scrimmage iconc usive
By MIKE LISULL -
Michigan Basketball Coach Johnny Orr unveiled the 1973-74
Wolverine cage squad to the public yesterday in their inaugural
intrasquad scrimmage. With only one official looking on and
no score being kept, yesterday's outing didn't prove much.
However a few 'things about this year's roundballers be-
came apparent. Randy McLean, a 6'9" freshman center, is
- probably not going to play this year, if ever. McLean, who
according to his coaches looked "real good" in his first
start and only workout October 15, has left school and plans
to withdraw.
Nobody made a move yesterdy towards cementing the-"other
forward" spot opposite Campy Russell. The race for 'the
weak side is wide open with senior Jake Whitten leading the
pack. Challengers to Whitten include Johnny Robinson, a 1"-
year-old freshman from Chicago who needs seasoning: veteran
Bill Ayler and unheralded' sophomore Tim Kuzma. Kuzma, who
missed last year with heart trouble but has looked impressive
in practice this year, hit an unofficial 7 of 10 shots in yester-
day's workout: He is not in top shape, however, and needs
more conditioning.
Contrary to last year, the depth on this year's squad is
at guard. Starters Joe Johnson and Wayman Britt return,
but the most impressive player to date has been freshman
Steve Grote. Grote was the Most Valuable Plyer in the Ohio
state tournament last year and looks like the front runner
in the backcourt. As Orr put it, "I can't see anyone beating
Steve out."
Fresh man dekers surprise vets
By ANDY GLAZER
Hustle meant more than experience last night for the fresh-
men of Michigan's not-so-mighty hockey team. The frosh, with
the squad's only two seniors lending a helping hand, ripped a
supposedly better team of juniors and sophomores apart, 4-0.
The freshmen dominated the scrimmage from the outset.
After rookie Greg Natele gave the puck away in his own end,
he grabbed it right back and headmanned it to Bob Falconer.
Falconer fed it to Rick Pauline, who promptly put it home with
6:45 gone in the first period.
The junior-sophomore team, playing in white, "showed a
little poise in stopping a 5 on 3 freshman team advantage
later in the game. Play was even for some time then, but
frosh Pat Hughes stole the puck right in front of White
goalie Robbie Moore and had an easy score. Twelve minutes.
later Kris Manery and Hughes broke away from everyone,
Manery put it away and the rout was on. First-year man
Gary Morrison added a third period tally.
Harriers rack up victory
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Wolverine's Cross Country team con-
tinues to roll on toward the Big Ten meet as they won a
quandrangular meet in Evanston, Illinois. yesterday. Michigan
picked up 33 points to win easily. Ohio State, their competitor,
could only manage 49 points. Third was Northwestern with 68
points, while Loyola of Chicago held down the bottom spot
with 79.
Freshman Greg Meyer of Grand Rapids won the meet
with a fine time of 24 minutes, 19.8 sec.onds, outdistancing
his nearest jogger by 50 yards. Unfortunately, the Evanston
course has no record for the five mile run, making time
comparisons impossible.
The rest of the squad more than held their own in the,
outing. Bill Bolster finished fourth at 24:56, Dave Eddy fifth
9, Minnesota 0.
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GRIDDE PICKINGS
MICHIGAN 34, Minnesota 7
Ohio State 60, Northwestern 0
Michigan state 10, Purdue 7
wisconsin 31, Indiana 7
Illinois 50, Iowa 0
Notre Dame 23, Southern Cal 14
Colorado 17, Missouri 13
Texas Tech 31, SMU 14
Arizona 42, Utah 21
IAuburn 7, Houston 0
Pittsburgh 22, Navy 17
Kentucky 12, Georgia 7
D artmouth 28, Harvard 14
jTemple 31, Delaware 8
Connecticut 28, Massachusetts 6
Kent State 27, Utah State 16
Datum Technics at DAILY
LIBELS, today
ELSEWHERE .
Alabama 77, Virginia Tech 6
Eastern Michigan 42, Youngstown 2
Nebraska. 17, Oklahoma State 17
Oklahoma 56, Kansas State 14
Penn State 62, West Virginia 14
Kansas 22, Iowa State 20
Miami (Fla.) 34, Syracuse 23
Boston College 11, Villanova 7E
WATER POLO
Michigan 8, Indiana 5
Michigan 11, Kentucky 6
Michigan 10, Purdue 8
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took over for four out of the next:
five plays, including the final six
for the touchdown with 9:17 left
in the first quarter.
tal distain for passing, which ri-
vals Bo Schembechler's.
Early in the second quarter, Tom
Drake, replacing Chapman, who
polled a groin muscle, nearly broke I
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Minnesota was hampered all day Immediately following, Michigan
by a lone Gopher defender after a
long by poor punting on the part of j 25-yard gain. finally put together its .sustained
Frank Mosko, whose kicks were drive with Haslerig picking up
constantly short and low, which en- se Though Schembechler was not most of the big yardage on scam-
abled the Wolverines to utilize their pleased with his offense's per- pers of 34 and 13 yards. Bell fin-
fine return game to establish ex- formance, calling it lacking "theedh
kindeof drive we needed," it did ished the scoring for the day with
cellent field positionn a.a one yard run.
;not lack for luck. Quarterback
A combination of good defense,
short punt and a 10-yard Gil Chap-
man return gave Michigan the ball;
on the Minnesota 44. Eight rushing1
plays later Shuttlesworth crashed
over from the one, giving the Wol-
verines a first-quarter 17-0 lead.
After that, both teams essen-
tially went through the motions..
Stoll chose to stick with the
ground attack even though it was
going nowhere. Perhaps it was
due to Lawing's sore elbow which
had been drained thrice during
the week, to the stern Michigan
defensive 11, or just to Stoll's to-
Dennis Franklin fumbled after a
10-yard gain right into the waiting
arms of center Jim Czirr at the
Gopher three. Sophomore Gordy
Bell capped the good fortune with
a two-yard run for paydirt and a
24-0 Michigan halftime lead.
The lack of drive was evident'
in the Wolverines inability to sus-
tain an offensive drive. They only
did so once - for 79 yards in the
fourth, quarter. Time after time,
Minnesota would give the Wol-
verines good field position but all
too often they failed to capitalize
on it.
Despite gaining 275 yards on the
ground and 'a bonus of 50 through
the air, Schembechler was not too
thrilled with his team's play.
' We weren't a real good foot-
ball team today," Schembechler
stated afterwards. "We've play-
ed better and we'll play better
' again.
"I think our 'offensive blocking
should and could have been a lot
better today. That was one seg-
ment of the game I was disap-
pointed in."
To be sure, he wasn't with the
defense.
Minne-Ha-Ha
Bucks
des troy
4
By The Associated Press
COLUMBUS - Unbeaten Ohio
State, the nation's top-ranked col-
lege football team, scored nine
touchdowns in 25 minutes yester-
day, crushing Northwestern 60-0.
Sophomore quarterback Cornelius
Greene darted 55 and two yards
and tailback Archie Griffin, an-
other sophomore, sped 18 and two
yards for touchdowns as the Buck-
eyes exploded for 53 points in the,
second and third quarters.
Once the Buckeyes rolled up
a 47-0 lead late in the third pe-
riod, tempers flared between
playerstunder the Northwestern
goal posts.
Tim Holycross and John Smur-
da of Ohio State and Northwes-
tern's Kenneth Shaw were eject-
ed for their roles in the fight.
Neal Colzie ran a pass inter-
ception back 19 yards for a touch-
down and his punt returns of 45
and 32 yards set up other Buck-
eye scores.
Tim Fox also blocked a punt and1
scooped the ball up in the end zone
for another touchdown for the Ohio
State defense.
The other Buckeye touchdowns
came on Brian Baschnagel's four
yard run, Elmer Lippert's five
yard run and a seven yard pass
from Greg Hare to Morris Brad-
shaw.
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left in the second quarter to give back Charlie Baggett ignited a
the. Illini a 19-0 halftime lead. struggling Michigan State offensef
Illinois, having scored two with a 69-yard touchdown sprint
straight victories on nothing but yesterday and the Spartans surged
field goals, turned its back on its to a 10-7 upset of Purdue's Boiler-
favorite weapon early in the makers.
game when the Illini had a first Baggett, a 6 - foot, 187 J pounde
down on the Iowa four yard line junior from Fayetteville, N. C.,r
in the first quarter. ended a 15 - quarter scoringi
Three plays gained only one yard drought for the Spartans with hisc
and it appeared Dan Beaver would second-quarter run. He also hads
be called on for a field goal at- a 40 - yard touchdown -scampere
tempt. Instead, Roger Coleman called back in the third period'
dashed around left end for a on a clipping penalty.
touchdown, Illinois' first in 16 quar-; It was a wet, cold, frustrating
ters. afternoon for the favored Boiler-
Ironically, Beaver missed the ex-maeswhwreubltou-
tra oint alo mised eco makers, who were unable to sus-
tra point. sa tain what could have been promis-
Beaver as misda ecnd ing drives on a number of occa-
conversion attempt after Illinois re- sions
covered a Kyle Skogman fumble ons .
the Iowa six and Ed Jenkins went kid
across on the next playboth teams' passing attacks and
acros on he n xt pay.f kept the ball alm ost entirely on
the ground. Purdue quarterback Bo
Boilers burned Bobrowski completed only three of
WEST LAFAYETTE - Quarter- 15 passing attempts for nine yards
Guts
and Baggett managed only two of
five for minus-one yard.
Hoosiers humped
MADISON-Sophomore Bill Mar-
ek slogged for 146 yards in 33 car-
ries and scored three touchdowns
in the rain yesterday, leading Wis-
consin to a 31-7 victory over Indi-
ana in a battle of Big Ten tail-
enders.
Marek, whose 33 carries were
four short of a Wisconsin record,
scored on runs' of five, one and
one yards before sitting down
near the end of the third quarter.
Jeff Mack scored the Badgers'
final touchdown on a 19-yard run,
while freshman Vince L a m i a
kicked a 37 - yard field goal.
Indiana closed to within 10-7,
scoring on the first play of the sec-
ond period on a one-yard run by
hick-up quarterback Mike Glazier.
However, Wisconsin took perman-
ent command by coming back to
march 67 yards in 13 plays, capped.
by Marek's second touchdown..
Billboard
Season hockey tickets for stu-
dents and faculty go on sale to-
morrow at the Athletic Depart-
ment ticket office at State and
TEAM
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing yards
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yards
MICHIGAN
MICH
16
67-275
50
5-9-0
4-39
4-1
3-20
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MINN Upchurch
5 Powell
47-106
1-236 Shuttlesworth
-Bell
6-4 Franklin
Ilaslerig
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8 25
4 58
2 7
7 30
3 4
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3.5
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Minnesota 0 0 7 0- 7 ,nae
SCORING PLAYS: Thornblad
Michigan-Lantry, 27-yard FG Cipa
Michigan-Shuttlesworth, 6-yard run
(Lantry kick)
Michigan-Shuttlesworth, 1-yard run
(Lantry kick) Lawing
Michigan-Bell, 2-yard run (Lantry Upchurch
kick)
Michigan-Lantry, 28-yard FG Franklin
Minnesota-Fuller, 36-yard pass -from Cipa
Upchurch (Goldberg kick)
Michigan-Bell, 1-yard run (Lantry
kick).
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6 26 4.3
2 6 3.0
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MINNESOTA
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