rgge 8-Friday, October 14, 1977-The Michigan Daily WISCONSIN LEADS BIG 10: treal By GEOFF LARCOM y The time of reckoning has come for the undefeated Wisconsin Badgers. 4 Riding the wave of triumphs over Northern Illinois, Oregon, Indiana, Northwestern, and Illinois, the Big Red will find out just how good it is tomorrow when it battles top-ranked ichigan for a share of first place in (he Big Ten. ," N tremendous, I on't thi ask them to do much mo This has to be satisfy consin which suffered t conference season last: finishing third in the points scored. Howevei also finished third in poir "Coach Jardine indic going to improve his Badgers nk we could that day with 25 completions, the re." most ever against the Wolverines ring for Wis- Tomorrow's signal-caller will be hrough a 3-5 either junior Anthony Dudley or year, despite another third year man, Charles Big Ten in Green. r, Wisconsin While Dudley was sidelined last nts allowed, week with a cold, Green filled in Gated he was admirably, completing 11 of 16 defense this passes for 148 yards, including his 'a '''; If this sounds like the story of the little boy who had a no-hitter going until the big kids got out of school, forget it. Wisconsin's 5-0 record, along with last year's strong Ann Arbor showing, indicate John Jar- aine's squad will be ready for the Wolverines. . "Last year we played Michigan Well," asserted team captain Dennis $tejskal. "We were strong once we fot some confidence.' This year we'll go in already having our confidence up. We know we can play with them." The confidence builder was last week's shutout of the Illini in which the Badgers clicked for 432 total yards, while limiting Illinois to just 78 yards. "It was one of the most satisfying victories since I've been here," said Jardine. "Our defense was just "Coach Jardine indicated he was going to improve his defense this year. From what I see, I think he has accomplished just that." -Schembechler . .v. ,}. ": {:'.y-1...}v,:: .>.; : .1 .. . . . . . . ..i..i<"4:{} i" ":} : "::v invade anchors the Badgers 5-2 defense at end. The middle guard position is held by last week's defensive star, Dan Relich, who had seven solo tackles against Illinois. The linebacking crew is composed of Dave Crossen and sophomore Lee Washington. Illinois coach Gary Moeller, who has now faced both teams, had praise for the Badgers. "Wisconsin is a much improved football team," Moeller said. "If they play a top-notch game like they did against us, they should be able to give Michigan a real game." "However, Michigan is always capable of playing a great game," he added. "Wisconsin appears to be a much better team than the one we beat last year," Schembechler said. "Statis- tically, they are twice as good as last year. They have been very stingy with yardage, and they are moving the ball." Despite the raves, the Badgers know what they're up against. "We played well last week," said linebacker Crossen. "But not good enough for a team like Michigan. It should be a berserk week in prac- tice." year," noted Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler. "From what I see, I think he has accomplished just that." Last year's Michigan clash was an indication of the type of season Wisconsin had. After a porous defense permitted a 23-0 first quarter deficit, the potent Badger offense stormed back with 27 points, the highest total yielded by the Wolverines all year. Graduated quarterback Mike Car- rol sheared the Michigan secondary first six in a row. Rushing punch out of Wisconsin's winged T comes from halfbacks Ira Matthews and Terry Breuscher along with fullback Mike Morgan. The cat-like Matthews led the nation in kickoff returns last year while Morgan is the Badgers' leading rusher with 300 yards in four games. Wide receiver David Charles pro- vides an aerial threat along with 6-4 tight end Greg Barber. All-Big Ten performer Stejskal - Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG MICHIGAN FULLBACK Russell Davis, shown here getting gang tackled by Duke defenders, may have his hands full on Saturday when the undefeated Wisconsin Badgers bring in their blanket-like defense. Last week, Wisconsin crushed Illinois, 26-0 Valuable Coupon Worth $1.00 $1.50 I Hfeeds2,at BUY TWO DELICIOUS MR. TONY'S SUBMARINE SANDWICHES (reg.) FOR ONLY $1.50 (and this coupon) SAVE $1.00 Expires No 10/20/77 delivery ww Submarines State & William 1327 S. University 769-9100 663-0511 (near Washtenaw) USC, STANFORD TIED FOR LEAD: Pac 8 title lies beyond Trojans By BOB MILLER Contrary to popular belief, the Rose Bowl is not a Pacific Eight home game. Although USC and UCLA have played in their backyard every New Year's Day since 1973, the other conference teams are ready and willing to end that dominance. Ready and willing, but are they able? IN SOME CASES the answer may be yes. Stanford, California, Washington and Washington State have anywhere -from excellent to reasonable chances to take the league title this year, aside from defending champions USC. Two conference games this weekend will have a lot of bearing on the out- come of the race for the roses. UCLA (2- 3) off to an awkward start travels to Washington State (3-2) who have been upsetting this year. The Cougars upset Nebraska and Michigan State on the road and California at home while falling in an upset to Kansas on the" road. Since the Bruins are 0-1 in the confer- ence, and the Cougars are 1-1, the loser of this game will likely be out of the running for first place. Sentimental choice might be on the side of Washing- ton State, the only Pac-8 team that has never gone to the Rose Bowl. The other big game on the West Coast pits Stanford at Washington in Seattle. The Cardinals (4-1, 2-0 league) are currently tied for first with Southern Cal. Washington is just a step behind at 1-0 in the conference, but only own one victory in four non-conference games. ALTHOUGH STANFORD has the better record and has played stronger opponents, the Cards will not have an easy' time with the Huskies. It is generally known throughout the West Coast that the Huskies are tough at home. Stanford has not had it easy. After an opening game loss to Colorado, 27-21, the Cards have reeled off four straight victories, including last week's 32-28 come from behind win over UCLA. Af- ter the Huskies, Stanford faces Wash- ington State at home, then Oregon State and USC on the road. Should the Cards get by the Huskies, Cougars and the Beavers, then they will have an excellent shot at knocking off Southern Cal. For some reason, Stan- ford always plays tough in Los Angeles, in fact the Cards won there the last time they played USC. ANOTHER GAME that will test the strength of a hopeful to the crown will be Oregon State at California. Califor- nia up until last week was undefeated at 4-0 and 10th in the country. But Wash- ington State upset the Bears making this weekend's. game all the more im- portant. While it isn't likely that the five teams chasing Southern Cal will still be in the thick of the race on the last day of the season, there will probably be one other final game other than the USC- UCLA game that will directly affect the decision of who will go to the Rose Bowl. The game to set your sights for will be the Stanford-California contest, that is, if everything before that goes as ex- pected. Otherwise the clash between Washington and Washington State at Seattle may eventually determine the Pac-8 representative at the Rose Bowl on January 2, 1978. One possibility that is realistic is a tie between two (or possibly more) teams, something similar to last year's wild windup in the Big Eight Conference. IN THE EVENT that a tie does occur between two teams, the first thing taken into consideration will be which team won in direct confrontation. If that game was a tie, then each team's record is the deciding factor. After that, the team that hasn't been to the Rose Bpwl in the longer time gets the nod. If there is a tie between three teams, then the games between them should help make the decision. In otherwords, if USC, Stanford and California end in a three-way tie, and Stanford beat the Trojans and the Bears, the Cardinals would go to the Rose Bowl. 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