Page 8-Saturday, November 12, 1977-The Michigan Daily HERRMANN CHALLENGES BLUE DEFENSE: Blue poised to subdue Purdue By DON MacLACHLAN Special to The Daily WEST LAFAYETTE-Everything is on the line today for tne micnigan Wolverines. Purdue hosts the sixth ranked Wolverines with Michigan facing a must win situation. Michigan needs a win to keep pace with front running Ohio State. A loss Would kill the possibility of a second consecutive Rose Bowl trip. Barring an up- set in Columbus today, this clash with the Boilermakers will determine if Michigan stays in the Big Ten race. Despite Purdue's mediocre 5-4 record, Coach Jim Young thinks his team is ready for Michigan. "We're as excited as we've been all year,". Young said. Michigan is very quick defensively and hard toscore on. "You have to use a combination of passing and running to beat them," Young added. "We have to be able to run the ball and get our passing yardage when the game is in the balance." Bo Schembechler, Young's old boss, envisions the same attack out of the underdog Boilermakers. "We expect Mark Herrmann to throw a little more today but they will run some too," he said. "Purdue has a good fullback in John Skibinski." Skibinski, 6-1, 233 pound senior, did most of the blocking for Scott Dierking last year in Purdue's 16-14 upset victory. Dierking shredded the Blue defense for 162 yards. Dierking has graduated, but Skibinski paces the Boilermaker ground game with 587 yards and three touchdowns. Purdue owns a three game winning 'streak including wins over Wisconsin and Iowa. Quarterback Herrmann, the Big Ten's leading passer, is largely responsible for the surge. Herrmann sometimes operated out of the shotgun to confuse the opposition. However, the lanky freshman is not much of an option quarterback. The Purdue ground game consists mainly of Skibinski's power running. The Purdue defense leads the Big Ten in interceptions with 13 but Blue quarterback Rick Leach probably won't go to the air unless he is forced to. Even with a moist grass field, Michigan will stick with the rushing of Russell Davis and Harlan Huckleby. Huckleby, still feeling the effects of a pulled hamstring, has struggled in recent games, but Schembechler is still confident in the junior speedster. "harlan is a quality kid," he said. "He's had a few problems lately but he'll snap out of it." There would be no better time for Huckleby to break loose than this after- noon against Purdue. The Boilermaker defense is vulnerable to the runs yielding an average of four yards per carry. A sellout crowd of 69,000 is expected for the revenge battle in Ross-Ade Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. Ann Arbor time. THE LINEUPS MICUIGAN PURDUE OFFENSE . z 3 (82) (67), (69) (72) (60) (78) (84)] (7) (25) (33). (22) (86) (95) (54) (90) (99) (40) (46) (17) (16) (10) (18) Mark Schmerge (230)... John Powers (260)...... Gerry Szara (240)...... Walt Downing (255)..... Mark Donahue (245).... Mike Kenn (245)...... Rick White (200)........ Rick Leach (190)....... Harlan Huckleby (200).. Russell Davis (220)..... Ralph Clayton (210)..... D John Anderson (220)... Curtin Greer (235).... Steve Graves (220)..... Chris Godfrey (250).... Dom Tedesco (210) ..... Ron Simpkins (220).... Jerry Meter (206) ..... TE ST RG C LG QT WR QB TB FB WB ......(80) Dave Young (220) .......(71) John Lefeber (26) ... (74) Steve McKenzie (245) ........ (63) Pete Quinn (240) .... (66) Dale Schwann (240) ... (64) Mike Barberich (255) .... (21) Reggie Arnold (210) ... (8) Mark Herrmann (180) .. (36) Robert Williams (180) .... (31) John Skibinski (225) .. (81) Raymond Smith (190) , r i ,. ; .n ; : ,, } )EFENSE . ' . . . . . LE LT MG RT RE LB LB Wolf HB HB S ....... (34) Lee Larkins ......(94) Calvin Clark ......(62) Roger Ruwe ........ (91) Jeff Senica+ ..... (85) Keena Turner ... (48) Fred Arrington ...... (58) Kevin Motts .......(20) Rock Supan ...... (17) Jerome King .........(46) Pat Harris .......(45) Willie Harris (215) (220) (230) (245) (205) (220) (225) (195) (175) (185) (195) )} Dwight Hicks (180)..... Mike Jolly (180)...... Derek Howard (190)....' Jim Pickens (180)..... Doily Photo by JOHN KNOX Meet 'ya at the pass Michigan's Mark Miller (14) and Michigan State's Dan Sutton (26) battle for the puck in front of Spartan goalie Dave Versical. The Wolverines and Spartans continue their home and home series tonight with the action switching to Munn Arena in East Lansing. The story of last night's game is on page 9. ......................................................:...., :.:::::::. x+:z..:::' ::' ". 3zt? r:., :iti s:;,:x",.vy:" :tir.:; ..., :.> ; A1" r ' 'rF.41" v.4Y ^ h' ii .. ^{"r":31:$ 'Kt. '4...\.' "">4;}i4".v , v:i$Y'C:r..':. ' t'. .:v:ti?$:":xt"": :h:":yi:}. L7" ; iC r... Get Paid While You Learn A Lifetime Sports Activity Men and Women Become A Sports Official! BASKETBALL' CLINIC Sunday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. WRESTLING CLINIC, Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. . . .both clinics held at IM Building 606 E. Hoover .. . contact: Sandy Sanders, 763-1313 THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS SPAR TANS TAG ALONG BLUE AND BUCKS Spiteful State welcomes winless Wildcats By DIANE SILVER In just one week the number of teams in con- tention for the Big Ten football title dropped from nine to three. Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State posted impressive wins last weekend, to pull away from the pack and become the only teams left with a shot at this year's crown. Michigan State must beat Northwestern and hope for an Indiana upset at Ohio State to keep their championship hopes alive. The statistics favor MSU, which ranks in the top five in the four offen- sive categories, (rushing, passing, total offense and scoring). THE SPARTANS WILL have a hard time forget- ting last year when Northwestern gained its only victory of the season at the expense of the Spartans. Michigan State will go into the Northwestern game with a three-game conference winning streak, identical to that which they had before last year's Wildcat game. But MSU coach Darryl Rogers is not expecting an easy game against Northwestern. "This is a much better football team than people give it credit for," said Rogers. "Its offensive line is as good as any in the Big Ten. We must play the Wildcats with emotion. We're not good enough to do otherwise." IT LOOKS LIKE the Ohio State-Indiana contest will be a game for breaking records. The number one and two Big Ten rushers, Ric Enis of Indiana with 733 yards and a 122.2 yard per game average, and OSU's Ron Springs with 709 yards and a 118.2 yard average, will both be going for records today. Overall, Springs holds a slight lead with 931, yards to Enis' 918. Enis needs just 82 yards to become the fourth back in IU history to go over the 1,000 yard mark. If Springs gains 69 yards, he will give the Buckeyes a 1,000 yard rusher for the fifth straight season. Another Hoosier gunning for a recerd is split-end Keith Calvin,who needs just two more catches to tie the school record of 116 career receptions. Ohio State will be looking to clinch at least a share of the conference championship ndIndiana' coach Lee Corso knows his team will need a nearly. "perfect game to win. ~ d "TRICKERY OR GIMMICKS won't do it," said Corso. "It takes a sound game plan, a strong kicking game, near perfect execution both offen- sively and defensively, a minimum of mistakes - and probably some luck along the way." The four remaining teams pair identical losing streaks. Iowa and Wisconsin, each having dropped their last four games, clash at Wisconsin, while Minnesota and Illinois saddled with two consecutive losses apiece battle at Illinois. An aerial game should be in order at Wisconsin as Iowa ranks second in team passing and Wiscon- sin ranks fourth. Hawkeye Mike Brady stands fifth in pass receiving while Badger David Charles is in the sixth spot. THE I4AWKEYE'S defense "does a lot of shif- ting in the line," said Wisconsin coach John Jar- dine, so the Badger offense must be prepared to charge blocking patterns. Wisconsin will also con- centrate on ways of penetrating a possibly vulnerable pass defense. Minnesota with a 5-4 overall record will be assured a winning jseason- with ac victory' over Illinois. The best the Illini.can do is finish 4-4 in the Big Teh if t defeatMihneseta and Northwestern. Both coaches are looking for consistency in their teams. "We had 22 penalties in our last two games, "Illini coach Gary Moeller said," That takes con- sistency out of your offense and we don't have the big play offense to overcome those setbacks." Minnesota coach Cal Stoll seeks consistency especially since the Gophers were leading after three quarters in each of their last two losses. District meet places Blue in strange spot By ERNIE DUNBAR Michigan's cross country team finds itself in an unusual position today as it competes in the sixth annual NCAA District IV champion- ships at 11:00 on the University golf course. In the past three years, the Wolver- ines entered the meet as the Big Ten champions and favorites to capture team honors. But after a fourth place finish in the conference meet last weekend the Wolverines must come up with a stellar performance in order to qualify for the trip to the NCAA championships in Spokane, Washington on November 21. Michigan will be one of 22 teams, running on the 10,000 meter course for the five qualifying spots allotted to District IV. The district covers teams competing in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. In addition to the first five teams, the top five individuals not on a qualifying team may run in the NCAA meet. Among the favorites for team honors will be Big Ten champion Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio State, and Cleveland State. For the Wolverines to make it to Spokane, coach Ron Warhurst said the team could technically qualify if it placed anywhere in the top five. But he felt realistically, "we're going to have to win the thing or place an, extremely close second to go. Our chances are as good as anyone. else's." &* 04 u0"'le ®1 Pacing the Michigan attack will be senior Bill Donakowski who will be shooting for his third straight cham- pionship in as many weeks. The Dearborn native captured the Cen- tral Collegiate Conference title two weeks ago and claimed individual honors in the Big Ten meet. He'll be joined by juniors Mike McGuire, Bruce McFee, and Doug Sweazey, sophomore Dave Lewis, freshman Gary Parenteau and senior Bob Scheper. Both Scheper and Parenteau, who finished 25th in the Central Colle- giate meet, are changes in the lineup which ran for the Big Ten title. "We prepared the same as we would've if we had won the Big Ten," said Warhurst, whose teams have finished second in this meet the past two years. "This is our home course and our guys are going to be out there running for their pride. They don't have to prove anything to anyone but themselves." For Donakowski, the meet pre- sents the opportunity to leave Michi- gan on a winning note and snap the course record of 32:01, set last year by Greg Meyer. "I'll be trying to win the individual title with minimal effort," said Dona- kowski, who finished fifth in this meet last year. "I'm pretty confident and I don't think anyone can beat me on my home course. "I still think we're the best team in the midwest and I think we'll be going out to show everyone what we