Saturday, October 14, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ^Page Nina Saturday, October 14, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nin Mighty Michigan ready to milk 'Moo UJ , "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" - an old coaching homily By DAN BORUS The true test of mettle is upon the state of Michigan's two lead- ing collegiate football squads to- day and with that test comes a good deal of tradition, rivalry pageantry, and splendor., For the Spartans of Michigan State, sequestered in the Holiday Inn of Jackson while awaiting the kick-off, the game, according to MSU coach Duffy Daugherty, can turn around their entire season onto a more positive track. For the Wolverines of Michigan, lying in wait in their Ann Arbor lair, the annual clash for Mich- igan football supremacy will not THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE Offense (15) Bo Rather (180) SE ((84) Mike Jones (184) (73) (63) (56) (60) (77) (83) ( 9) (31) (20) (43) Jim Coode (235) Jerry Schumacher (224) Bill Hart (227) Tom Coyle (233) Paul Seymour (250) Paul Seal (213) Dennis Franklin (185) Ed Shuttlesworth (227) Harry Banks (177) Clint Haslerig (182) LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB HB HB (63) Marv Roberts (231) (77) Jim Nicholson (261) (52) Bob Mills (231) (59) Joe DeLamielleure (243) (68) Skip Marholz (236) (89) Billy Joe Dupree (222) (14) Mark Niesen (175) (24) Arnold Morgado (193) (35) Jim Bond (187) (26) David Brown (198) Defense Daily Photo by TOM GOTTLIEB Chuck Heater (44) rambles on (96) (74) (68) (71) (39) (34) (37) (41) (25) ( 8) ( 6) Clint Spearman (223) Tony Smith (230) Greg Ellis (223) Dave Gallagher (230) Don Coleman (210) Craig Mutch (203) Tom Kee (215) Randy Logan (192) Barry Dotzauer (162) Roy Burks (185) Dave Brown (185) LE LT MG RT RE LB LB DB DB DB S (61) (70) (97) (88) (85) (98) (41) (29) (27) (43) (10) Ernie Hamilton (205); Gary Van Elst (261) Ray Nester (233) John Shinsky (228) Brian McConnell (224) Gail Clark (212) Ken Alderson (209) Bill Simpsoni (179) Paul Hayner (181) Frank Timmons (176) Brad Van Pelt (226) only reveal how well Coach Bo Schembechler's "boring" running game can fare against a stingy defense, but also whether or not they are on the road to the defense of their Big Ten crown. It is an old cliche from the over- worked typewriters of sportswrit- erds that when Michigan and Mich-I igan State tangle "you can throw out the record book and forget all predictions." And this little state- ment contains more than a modi- cum of truth. And it is that "more than a modicum" that is worrying Bo Schembechler and Michigan stra- tegists who have submerged them- selves in deep planning behind locked gates this past week. That and the awesome State defense. I Although on the short end of three contests, the unit has given ground grudgingly. Based on the pursuit ability of linebackers Gail SClark, the Spartan tackle leader, and Ken Alderson, the Spartans boast a fine defensive squad. Collectively they have the ability to close off the angles and stop up the holes. They are aided in this respect by one very super safety-Brad Van Pelt. The Michigan - Michigan State game begins at 1:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast over radio stations WAAM 1600 AM; WCBN 89.5 FM; WPAG 1050 AM;' and WUOM 91.7 FM. Van Pelt, touted highly from the inception of his career, has made ths words come true with his superlative play. His tackling and play reading ability is what sparks the Spartan defense and the Wol- verine coaching staff notes this Iwell. Last year, Van Pelt was neu- tralized with a series of good play- action fakes by the Michigan back- field and so most of his tackles were ones made in pursuit, rather than ones which halted plays be- fore they had a chance to develop. Michigan State is aided in their quest for the Paul Bunyon trophy, the trophy awarded to the winner of the series, by the fact that they have the biggest and quickest of defensive lines that the Wolverines have seen, thus far in the 1972 campaign. Michigan's line play against UCLA is one important factor that blew the Bruins Iff the field. The Spartans however, are not as light and are quite quick. SC0IoiiE s End Ernie Clark comes in for special praise in this department, and tackle Paul Seymour has the uneviable task of trying to move him as the Wolverines pick and hunt for vulnerable spots in which to free their vaunted runners, Chuck Heater, Harry Banks, and Ed Shuttlesworth. "All defenses will give you some- thing," a source close to the Wol- verines relates. "Our job is to find it and exploit it mercilessly." Since Michigan does not have the passing attack that other Spar- tan opponents possess, the job may be extra difficult. Quarterback Dennis Franklin, the Michigan sophomore who has pi- loted the Maize and Blue all throughout the season, has not yet thrown an errant pass into the hands of the opposition and today would be a poor time to start. The Spartan backfield, besides Big Brad, is chock full of intercepting whizzes. Co-led by Bill Simpson, it is the strongest weapon the Spartans possess. Spartan sprinters have nabbed 10 balls intended for their opposition. Franklin has developed an un- fortunate tendency to aim rather than pass the ball. Instead 'of fling- ing the pigskin, the lanky quarter- backthas attemptedsto feather the ball to his receivers and this has resulted in incompletions. If the Spartans can latch on to a Frank- lin aerial the Wolverines will have to really hustle to keep their rank- ing. Reversing the units does not really give the advantage to Mich- igan as the production of the Spar- tan offense would suggest. The fact that cornerback Bill Simpson's 18 points is tops on a team confirms the notion that MSU has been 1 1 I r daily sports; NIGHT EDITORS: RICH STUCK and CHUCK BLOOM quite sluggish with the ball. "Our offensive system isn't fault. It's our execution," claim lovable Duffy. But the Spartan wishbone is no handled by Mark Neisen whos running performance "last wee against Notre Dame marks him dangerous player. After all, th only type wishbone that has ha any sort of success against th Wolverine defense is one in whic the quarterback kept the pigskin. With sophomore Dave Brown r placing D a m o n d Mays, "wh couldn't get untracked," at le half, the equation for today' showdown is fudged. Added to tha is the presence of tight end Bill Joe DuPree, who Wolverine d fensive coordinator Jim Youn feels "can always open up game." But the Wolverines, according t Young, "will be ready and inspire as always" for the contest. Wit Fred Grambau available for play the defense seems quite awesoni to the State supporters. Part of the style of the game wil be dictated, as usual, by field po sition. If Michigan receives goo field placement, then a more va ried attack can be expected. I not, then it's the old cloud of dus routine which has bored some o the less avid Michigan partisans Much depends on the kickin game. Here the teams are quit even. With Dave Brown and Gi Chapman at the deep spots, th Wolverines remain break awa threats every time the ball i punted. State's Simpson, with tw touchdowns through the puntin route, matches the Wolverines ir this regard. Thebooters, as w e 11, arc amongst the finest in the land. Barry Dotzauer and the ubitquitou Simpson are the kickers and thei averages are hovering around the mid-40 range with Barry holding the slight advantage. The result: of their exchanges could be vital. The Michigan State press boot notes that the Spartans will leave for East Lansing as quickly as possible after the game. The -Wol verines are hoping they will by leaving with the Spartan going much tougher. WHO* Bucks tackle Illiniwek By BRIAN DEMING The Big Ten conference race gets into full swing today as all members play . inter-conference foes. Michigan and Ohio State ap- pear to be the favorites to take the title but at this time there is a six-way tie for first. Michigan' State, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Purdue, while falling to teams out- side the conference, all possess 1-0 records in the Big Ten along with the Wolverines and the Buckeyes. Minnesota and Illinois have 0-1 records while Northwestern and Iowa are mired at 0-2. r Ohio State appears to be the favorite this year and Illinois is! today's opponent for the undefeat- ed Buckeyes. The Illini have yet: to win this season being battered from coast to coast by Penn State,1 USC, Washington, and Michigan' State. "It seems like every week we have a crisis that disturbs our' practices and concentration for the' approaching opponent," says coach Bob Blackman in his second year at Illinois. "We only hope this, week everything will go as planned and we avoid any major inter- ruptions." Hopefully, quarterback M i k e Wells, who missed the action with Penn State and USC, will be healthy for the contest. Mike Navarro and George Uremovich are the strength in the Illini back- field averaging 4.1 and 3.6 yards. per carry, respectively. The illustrious Woody Hayes has put together his usual "three yards in a cloud of dust" offense with al little something extra. With great depth and speed, the Buckeyes 1 have had success around the endsf as well as up the middle. Fresh- c man Archie Griffin has exploded1 on the scene at halfback, averag-4 ing 6.6 yards per carry in two games. Directing the attack is, sophomore Greg Hare and leading1 Ohio State's stingy defense is line- backer Randy Gradishar.7 finally broke into the win column last week with a 24-0 win over Iowa. Abandoning their newly in- troduced Wishbone-T, they return- ed to the power-I and the pro-set offense. Minnesota fell last week to Kansas 34-28; turning the ball over six times to the Jayhawks. Iowa and Northwestern will' fight it out for the Big Ten cellar today in Evanston. Northwestern goes with sophomore quarterback Mitch Anderson leading the charge and a strong backfield combination of Jim Trimble and Greg Boykin. Iowa, who played 15 freshmen in their loss to Purdue, will unveil a new quarterback this week as signal-caller Kyle Scogman was injured in last week's game. 7 Mark Jacoby, Wolf 10 Greg Koss, S 13 Larry Cipa, QB 16 Dave Zuccarelii, Wolf 17 Tom Slade, QB 22 Linwood Harden, DB 24 Gil Chapman, WB 29 John Pighee, DB 30 Bob Thornbladh, FB 33 Karl Russ, LB 36 Mike Lantry, K 40 Gary Coakly, SE 44 Chuck Heater, TB 48 Larry Gustafson, WB 50 Dennis Franks, C 55 Walt Sexton, MG 59 Steve Strinko, LB 61 Mike Hoban, OG 64 Pat Tumpane, OT 69 Gary Hainrihar, OG-C 75 Doug Troszak, DT 78 Curtis Tucker, OT 79 Tom Poplawski, OT 80 John Daniels, SE 84 Greg DenBoer, TE 88 C. J. Kupec, TE 91 Walt Williamson, DE 92 Fred Grambau, DT I Mike Holt, HB 4 Dan Werner, QB 6 Chris Boyd, QB 20 George Mihalu, QB 22 Damond Mays, HB 32 Mike Danlelewicz, HB 33 Clarence Bullock, FB 36 Bruce Harms, DB 38 John, Lorente, S 39 Douglas Won, S .40 Jesse Williams, HB 45 Mark Charette, LB 47 Ron Kumiega, LB 48 John Martin, DE 49 Terry McClowery, DE 50 Craig Omerod, OT 55 Charles Ane, C 63 Marvin Roberts, OT 64 Craig Dahlke, OG 65 Chris King, MG 74 Charles Wilson, OT 79 Robert Love, DT 82 Tom Brown, TE 83 Gary Hughes, TE 92 Richard Hulkow, DT 93 Tom Kronner, DE 94 James Taubert, DT " t Tel Fo ball Indiana's homecoming will host the Badgers from Wisconsin. This contest will pit Wisconsin's Big Ten rushing leader Rufus Fergu- son against Indiana's elusive but potentially outstanding defense. The Hoosier's defense came to life against Syracuse last week, hold- ing them to only 72 yards and no touchdowns. Linebacker Mike Fulk made 18 solo tackles and was named national "lineman of the week." Wisconsin's hopes ride with Fer- guson, who in four games has run for 578 yards in 96 carries scoring six touchdowns. The Badgers also possess a modest passing attack with quarterback Rudy Steiner throwing for 467 yards and five scores. It seems that Purdue may have finally gotten their offense under control as they go against winless Minnesota today. The Boilermakers i i i r i .) 7 I . i i i . Frenzied fans jam Cotton Bowl for Okaoma, Texas shoot-out TNREU TE i NBA Houston 109, Cleveland 108 Detroit 100, Chicago 91 Boston 112, Los Angeles 104 Baltimore 115, Atlanta 98 Buffalo 104, Philadelphia 101 Milwaukee 117, Phoenix 105 ABA Denver 109, San Diego 100 Carolina 106, Indiana 88 New York 114, Kentucky 90 WHA Winnipeg 4, Minnesota 3 Quebec 6, Alberta 0 M' harriers finish fifth in Irish Invitational meet By DAN BORUS There are some football games that are more than just gridiron clashes. There are some foot- ball games for which you just want to grease up and kick ass. And this weekend's football card features two such gritty rivalries. The Oklahoma-Texas square-off actually started last night when the two squads' partisans cram- med the streets of Dallas, celebrating, carousing, and generally being public rowdies. When the streets are finally cleared, the Long- horns and the Sooners settle down, if that is the word, to some fierce football action in which no holds are barred. Although Texas holds the series advantage 42-22, Oklahoma is a solid favorite to knock the Longhorns for a loop this weekend. Led by little but amazing Greg Pruitt, the Oklahoma Wishbone (ironically "borrowed" from Texas and installed in this same contest two years ago) has been awesome, rolling up 1,348 yards in the Sooners' first two games. The Texas Wishbone is but a bare shadow of its former self, missing all those great Texas players who made their reputations with devastating runs and miraculuous pitches. So Coach Darryl Royal, always the winner, has come up with something new (at least in Austin)-the forward pass. Rookie quarterback Tony Adams connected on 26 of, catch this, 41 passes as the Longhorns tuned up for today's match with a 27-12 smacking of Utah State. Overlooked in the fascination with the high powered scoring units is the simple fact that both teams play a fair bit of fundamental defense. Oklahoma, in fact, has not permitted the oppo- sition a touchdown. With the screaming fans anything can happen, but the Okies have been panning paydirt too often to forget the habit. While not steeped the tradition of Oklahoma- Texas, the second showdown has more impact in the national rankings, pitting two undefeateds in a match to the death in Baton Rouge. Auburn, which has on two successive Saturdays smashed the holders of the nation's longest winning streaks, takes on this week's victim, excuse me, holder of the nation's longest winning streak, LSU. And Coach Charlie McClendon of LSU contemplat- ing the fates of Tennessee and Mississippi re- spectively, is none too happy about the prospect. Auburn, after losing the famed pass combina- tion of Terry Beasley and Pat Sullivan, was sup- posed to be out of the race for the Southeast crown. But a regenerated defense and a solid running game have thrust the Bulldogs into na- tional prominance. LSU, with its shody performance against Rice last week in Houston, could be the third straight team to find that their possession of the nation's longest winning streak was a week long affair. LSU will depend upon its passing game and the riouts fans located on top of the field to hold onto their record. But don't count out double reverses, statue of liberty plays, and halfback passes. There are some football games that are more than football games. By JEFF CHOWN It was a hot and cold day for Michigan's cross-country team yes- terday at the Notre Dame Invita- tional. Hot because they did much better than last year, cold because they didn't do quite as well as they had hoped. This added to- gether led coach Dixon Farmer to, commentrthat it was a very "luke-' warm performance." In a field of 34 of the better, teams in the Midwest Michigan placed a respectable fifth over' last year's ninth place. Bowling Green won the meet followed by Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Southern Illinois, and Michigan. IostNotre Dame finished eighth, and Purdue, the only other Big Ten team placed 23rd. Mike Slack of North Dakota won the meet with a 23:44 clocking over a questionable five mile course. Keith Brown again led Michigan with a 17th place out of 302 runners and a 24:20 time. Fol- lowing him were Bill Bolster 34th, George Khouri 48th at 24:59, Mike at 24:42, Rick Schott 43rd at 24:54, Taylor 78th at 25:16 and Jon Cross 84th at 25:18. C o a c h Farmer commented: "Everybody ran faster than last year. There was only a 56 second gap between our first and fifth man which is the best so far. But we didn't feel we did a very good job. But it's nice to finish so well in a prestigous meet when you don't run well." Good News From The Place You Con Afford The HALFWAY INN is student- run' so we can offer meals for less. We now have pinball. This Saturday starting about nine, we'll have live entertainment from Anne & John. Our entrance is on Church Street ir back of East Quad. Still can't find us? 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