Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 28, 1973 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 28, 1973 Michigan' s chine buries Gophers, 34-7 i -"'See i 97' seem6 I Playing it safe . . . ...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 i a 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 - - - -- -- - --- 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. -I- - - - - - - -- 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 (continued from Page 1) 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 a aunt return ltnse onlf nh bef nilpd p PlLILl' IUCUly .C IIC 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. { . 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 .17 7 3 MINN Upchurch 5 Powell 47-106 1-236 Shuttlesworth -Bell 6-4 Franklin Ilaslerig 0-0 Chapman 7-34 v,+ 22 "69 19 73 8 25 4 58 2 7 7 30 3 4 2 9 3.1 3.8 3.1 14.5 3.5 4.3 1.3 4.5 . Heater 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). dl 6 26 4.3 2 6 3.0 MICHIGAN PASSING MINNESOTA Att. Comp. 1 0 1 1 MICHIGAN 4 -2 5 3 RECETVING MINNESOTA No. Y 1 MICHIGAN I Int. Yds. 0 0 0 36 0 24 0 26 RUSHING MINNESOTA att. yds 104 4 -1 25 71 Fuller Lawing Dungy J. Jones avg. Gustafson 0.4 K. 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