Wednesdoy, September 10, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
WecIne~day, September 1 0, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Blue
line
leads
defense
By MARCIA MERKER rushing yardage against Michi-1
In contrast to Michigan's of- j gan, 206, than anyone else last1
In cntrst o Mchian' of mUseason, this Saturday's game1
fensivxe unit, the Wolverines' Dwil e, sd
defensive line returns this sea- y:will be a key indicator for thet
son with an experienced and season. Assistant Coach Jed!
touted crew. Defense has con- t Itot I s Hughes remarked, "200 yards
sistently been the team's forte, ; to a lot of teams is not bad. Our
and judging at least by the line NIGHT EDITOR: objective is to keep under 125
and linebackers, this year will RAY O'HARA yards rushing per game."
be no exception. With the quickness, depth and;
"We stress defense, par- experience of the defensive line1
ticularly with a young offen- Last year, the Maize and Blue rdiclnebacks , this o Pisneor
sive team because defense is ranked second in the NCAAr
going to have to keep us in against the rush with 105.7 yards.....::.;.:.: :":;:;::.:....:i
the ball game early, until our per game. In the Big Ten, Mich-
offense gets moving," said igan held its opponents to 111.9rLeague
Coach Bo Schembechler. yards per game in rushing de- M
"The one thing that can al- fense, leading the conference.1ndigs
ways remain constant is your Four of the five '74 defen-1
defense," continued the coach. sive line starters return this AMERICAN LEAGUE
"We're going to see that there season, rush tackle Jeff Per-
is no one weak spot if we can, linger, middle guard Tim Da- East
if we possibly can." vis, sideline tackle Greg Mor- Boston 84 59 .587 -
The past record of the Wol- ton and sideline end Dan Ji- Baltimore 79 64 .552 5
verine defense shows very few lek. The newcomer to replace New York 73 71 .507 11%
loopholes. Over the past six Larry Banks is returning let- Cleveland 69 70 .496 13
years, Michigan's overall na- terman Mike Holmes. Detroit 54 89 .378 30
tional rankings have been: first Junior Calvin O'Neal and sen-
in defensive average against ior Dave Devich take up the west
scoring, 7.8 points per game; wide and middle linebacking po- Oakland 86 56 .606 -
scrng .8pinspe am;Kansas City 80 62 .563 6
third in overall defensive aver- sitions, respectively. Both men Texas 71 75 .486 17
age, 228.1 total yards yielded have varsity game experience. chicago 68 75 .476 18%
per game; and fourth in defense They replace the graduated Minnesota 66 74 .471 19
against the rush average, 110.6 Steve Strinko and Carl Russ. California 65 79 .451 22
yards per game. As Wisconsin gained more Results
S- ._.~ -- -------- -------Texas 3-4, Minnesota 0-2
Cleveland 3, Boston 2
New York 9, Detroit 6{
linger all took first team all-;
Big Ten last season. These three!t
plus Morton are favorites to getI:
the honors this year. I
"Our defense is different c
than some other Big Ten
teams. We look for quick-
ness," said defensive line
coach Tom Reed.
Jilek elaborated, "The (Mich-
igan) coaches' theory of defense
differs from more pro-type
schools like Notre Dame. There
they choose the starters by po-
sitional specifications. Here we
"try to put our eleven best defen-j
sive players on the field.
"I'd be a linebacker or may-'
be even a cornerback there,"l
continued the 6-2, 212 senior.1
"But I think our strategy is bet-
ter. After all, we're always
among the top five teams in the
nation against the score. You
can't beat success."
Both Perlinger and Morton
run the 40- in 4.8. They made
94 and 87 tackles respectively
last season. Jilek was in on
80 tackles and clocks a 4.7, 40.
Michigan has experienced
depth on the line. Middle guard
Rick Koschalk, sideline tackle
John Hennessy, rush end John
Anderson and rush tackles Bill
Hoban and Bob Lang return as
backup men on the line. Jerry
Vogele switched from his full-
back spot to middle linebacker
this year.
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Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS
MICHIGAN LINEMEN Dan Jilek (81) and John Hennessy (71) throttle their Navy victim in
last year's game. Jilek, along with the rest of the Wolverine line, promise to be the strength
of the defense. Jeff Perlinger, Tim Davis and J ilek were chosen All-Big Ten last year, and
all three will be on the field for the initial contest at Wisconsin.
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By RICK MADDOCK
The Southeast Conference,
which technically consists of
ten teams, is usually only a
battle between the two teams
from Alabama. On November
29, Auburn will travel to
Birmingham to meet the Crim-
son Tide of Alabama, in a game
which figures to be the cham-
pionship showdown.
Last year, Coach Bear Bry-
ant's team edged Auburn 17-13.
This year Auburn should sur-
prise the Tide and emerge on'
top of the SEC.
Auburn has an excellent of-
fense, led by junior quarter-
back Phil Gargis. Gargis was
the SEC's Sophomore of the
Year in 1974 and MVP of the
Gator Bowl. Along with the run-
ning of Secdrick McIntyre, the
Tiger's offense will be hard to
stop.
Defense, always Auburn's
trademark, will be questionable
at the beginning of the season,
due to inexperience. But the
Tigers only have two -confer-
ence games before November.
If Auburn can get by Tennes-
see, on September 27, Coach
Shug Jordan should be able to
get a solid defense together be-
fore November. The defense looking good for the Gators. Vanderbilt has some offen- on defense, including senior l Milwaukee
will be led by senior linemen The offense has two experienc- sive problems, since quarter- nose guard Tom Ranieri. York (Dobso
I California
Rick Telhaird and Liston Ed- ed quarterbacks, Don Gaffney back Fred Fisher is coming off The Georgia Bulldogs have a cago (Kaat2
dins, and Jimmy Fisher, along with a shoulder injury from last terrifying offense, beginning Texas (Per
THE CRIMSON Tide, which sophomore running star Tony year. The Commodores are with 1974's SEC leading passer (lyea 1-
was stunned by Missouri Mon- Green. Florida will not be able hoping Fisher can return to his Matt Robinson. He was 60 for Oakland (B
day night, should be able to: to match the top two, but look form of two years ago when he 121, totaling 1317 yards, includ-
stay on top until the Auburn for the Gators to be invited to led the SEC in total offense and ing eight touchdowns. Senior NATI
clash. Fullback Calvin Colliver a bowl game. passing. Glynn Harrison ran for 959
and halfback Willie Shelby lead Mississippi State will have an The offensive line is a big yards last year thanks to the
a deep corps of runners, while inexperienced quarterback at question. The defense will be fine front line with 1974 all Pittsburgh
senior quarterback Richard the helm, so even with the run- solid, as ten starters return. SEC guard Randy Johnson. Philadelphia
Todd is a precision passer, ning of Walter Packer and Den- I The Fighting Tigers of LSU St. Louis
mainly to sophomore Ozzie nis Johnson, the offense will be: will be changing over to a mul- U N F O R T U N A T E L Y, Chicago
Newsome- Lack of speed and a question mark. tiple attack on offense. One the Georgia defense was last
experience on the offensive line, The Bulldogs' defense is drawback with this idea will be in the conference in total de- Philadelphia+
however, could slow the Tide. tight. Should Mississippi State he inexperience they have at fense and scoring defense. The Monteag 2, P
The defense, which should be put together a good offense, it quarterback, since three soph- big question will be whether
more than adequate, is led by may have a shot at a bowl ornores are scrapping for the Georgia's offense can score St. Louis 0
standouts Leroy Cook, Woodrow game. But that will depend on job. more points than its porous de- caNew Yo e
Lowe, and Alan Pizzitola. sophomore quarterback Bruce LSU's FRONT wall on defense fense gives away. burgh (can
Alabama will have to shake Threadgill consistently equaling is probably the SEC's best, al- Bringing up the rear is re--.9) n.
off the Missouri debacle, a his performance of the Mem-t though the rest of the LSU de- building Mississippi. They need !ontreal (B
game that proved that 'Bama phis State game where he threw fense is not so stable. Nearly a quarterback and a strong Atlanta (
isn't as tough a team when it for one score and ran for an- every game the Fighting Tigers runner. The defense is improv- Diego (Jones
plays outside of the SEC. As other. lose will be because of their in- ing, but is still not tough. The Cincinnati
Bear Bryant elaborated, "We TENNESSEE lost three year ability to sten the pass. Rebels seem two years away geles (Hooto
just got a good old country rear veteran Conredge Holloway at Half of the teams in the SEC from any hopes of a solid team. Fracisco (I
whipping." They may face anquarterback, and his spot will need quarterbacks, and Ken-
other on November- 29. be hard to fill. The rest of the tucky is one of them. The two
Florida should be next in line,i offense is strong with Larry bright spots on the Wildcats of-
since the Gators are basically Sievers at wide receiver, and fense are running back Sonny
solid. Two areas of concern are Mickey Marvin at guard lead- Collins, who ran for 970 yards,
linebacking and the offensive ing the unit. even though he missed two
line. Other than that, things are The Volunteers' defense is games due to a broken leg, and
+ w 3 tough, although there may be probable All-American tackle
some problems in the second- Warren Bryant.
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Chicago 4
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Ruhle 11-10 and Ar-
Boston(Moret 12-3 and
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-13) at Cleveland (Ec-
and Brown 6-7), 2, t-n.
(Osburn 0-0) at New
on 11-14), n.
(Tanana 14-7) at Chi-
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ry 15-16) at Minnesota
ity (Busby 16-11) at
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Old Mizzou ges down
Missouri's suffering fans, evidently shocked by the Tigers'
destruction of supposedly invincible Alabama on Monday night,
rioted for joy in Columbia, Missouri Fist night.
Beginning two minutes before the end of the game the
Boone County Sheriff's office began to receive complaints of
numerous disturbances on and near campus. The situation
eased later, however, as the fans headed to the airport to
intercept the teams' 1:10 AM Ozark Airlines charter flight.
The only reported injury was to a celebrator who fell off
a car.
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