Sunday, October 24, 1976 TH MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine , Sunday, October 24, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine~ LEACH PASSES FOR TWO TD's ~,' t~ "'-'K IVT - -1 ,Vw f GH* overrnes swan (Continued from'Page 1) centrated on staying as close, /" T '.as possible to draw their ends at me, and the pitches were saf- er and better." OF Hoosier coach Lee Corso, a pre-game optimist ("I honestly SBO U N D S thought we were going to win" said Corso.), was awed not by by Rich Lerner the pitch but by the Michigan offense in general. "They were too fast for us," *o f ssaid Corso. "I thought the rain n nl efe . . would stop that, but it didn't." "NO MATTER how you add ... floods Hoosier defense it up," Schembechler, "rain is always better for the under- dog. The favorite team always! BLOOMINGTON wants a fast track." "I remember three years ago 2 OFFENSE was pretty diversified," said Rob Lytle in a flood of rain in East Lan- sing I told (quarterback Den-! fter Michigan dissected Indiana, 35-0 here yesterday. nis) Franklin not to worry" y concentrate on the option, our running up the mid- about =making the big play but' d our passing can take over." jst to get it handed off," re- called Schembechler. 'ing to defend against the Wolverine offense is like try- "I told the center I wasn't go- plug twelve holes in a dike with ten fingers. n to grade him (on his block- ing) so he knew the snap was .more important than the block n past games the Wolverines have employed the big after it." to run roughshod over their opponents. The fastest The ever-present rain made ield in the history of college football, Lytle, Russell Michigan's three ball contrnlld drives (88-yards in 17 plays, 45 , Harlan Huckleby and Jim Smith each have gains in seven and 80 in 13) n rbans ver 50 yards on one play to their credit. Michigan's finest offensive mo- ments this season. In the 88-1 ced with a pelting rain storm, yesterday morning, the vrd drive there was no rinm ines had to abandon the big play attack and stick to lor°°r than eight 'arcds. "fnr offense did a hell of - 80-yard drives in six- and seven-yard chunks. A h." ,nid middle linehneker e did what we had to do," said Bo Schembechler. 'n n'Nen1 whan gance did a pretty fair inb itself in We made te talihaK in tileWolverin'srie-pto a- recording its third shutout. tossed a 15-yard TD pass to "Those 'three drives did it Davis. right there. The less we (the That fourth touchdown ended defense) play, the better," any Indiana hopes, and when laughed O'Neal. defensive end John Anderson A fumbled snap led to Michi- acrobatically intercepted Ar- gan's second touchdown - and nett's attempted screen pass, a the end to a key Indiana drive. good many of the soggy 30,416 Trailing 7-0 late in the first in attendance headed home. quarter, the Hoosiers had driv- With the ball on the 38, Leach en to their own 45 when the ball let flv to a wide open Smith, slipped through quarterback but the toss was underthrown Scott Arnett's fingers. and the wingback was hauled Six plays later, Lytle cruised down at the five. Four plays 16 yards on third and two later, Harlan Hucklebv swept - Michigan's longest first half in to complete the scoring. gain - for a 14-0 Wolverine The pieces are indeed falling lead. into Place for Michigan. The well - played first half The Wolverines put togeth- led to obvious anestions about ThW