Page 10--Sunday, October 11, 1981-The Michigan Daily Waters philosophizes after loss B DnREW HARP iy urw in Special to the Daily EAST LANSING - The silver-haired gentleman they dubbed Muddy decided to cut the tension of this post-game press conference by throwing out a joke before leaving. "Come back and see me again next year... if I'm still here," deadpanned the Michigan State coach. It is a good thing that Waters can keep his sense of humor because with the way the Spar- tans have performed during Waters' era (4-12), he is having a difficult time just keeping his sanity. THE HURT was definitely present on Waters' face. He saw his team fight Michigan tooth and nail for three quarters only to see his boys fall in the path of The Butch Woolfolk Express, 38-, 20. "We tried our damnedest and played one helluva game," said Waters. "We were playing for the breaks and we got some. But unfortunately, we gave them some breaks also. We took it to them all through the game, but we just didn't have enough to carry us to the win. "I'll say this much, though, We are steadily improving. This game was bet- ter than last week's, which was better than the week before. We are definitely on the right course. We just have to remain patient." :° Waters ... MSU mentor. PATIENCE MAY be a virtue for Muddy Waters, but Spartan alumni would like to see an upward trend in the W column to go along with that quality. Waters has heard the wrath of his critics. "Whenever you lose," Waters noted, "everyone starts getting on your back. It's like carrying a monkey around on your back wherever you go. People start holding nasty predictions about your future. You just have to blot that away and concentrate on winning foot- By GREG DeGULIS ball games." Muddy had his critics shaking their heads in disbelief as his Spartans pressed a late third quarter 20-16 lead against the Wolverines' heads. He came extremely close to practically blowing away any Rose Bowl hopes for Michigan. SENIOR QUARTERBACK Bryan Clark, who Waters put in to start in place of co-captain John Leister, picked apart a patched-up Michigan secondary for 316 yards and two touchdown strikes. "That was a good move wasn't it," chortled Waters. "Bryan was ab- solutely superb out there today. There was a great deal of pressure on him to do a great job against Michigan and I don't think he disappointed anyone with his performance. He was finding his receivers, but more importantly, he was hitting them. I'm proud of him. It was just a fantastic job." Clark however, thought his showing was slightly short f fantastic. "I WANTED to win," said Clark, the son of Detroit Lions head coach Monte Clark. "I think I could have done a lot better. Those three interceptions didn't help matters for the team. I really thought we could pull it off because we had been moving the ball well on them Mic higa (Continued from Page 1) the endzone, where Carter found him wide open with a helium ball. The third quarter ended with Michigan on top, 24- 20. Andersen missed wide right on a 52- yard field goal attempt to open the four- th quarter, and the Wolverines moved quickly for the kill from their own 35- yard line. EDWARDS (52 yards on five carries) picked up 10 yards in two plays, and Woolfolk notched 18 and three to move to the MSU 37. Then Smith loped through a wide hole on the right side of the Spartan defense and sprinted for his second touchdown of the day, which made the score 31-20. Michigan State was able to advance no further than the Wolverine 49-yard line from that point on, and a 74-yard drive capped by Ricks' second scoring run, a five-yarder, sealed the outcome at 38-20. Earlier in the day, however, the Michigan defense was much more ' generous. Near the middle of the first period, MSU drove 89 yards in nine plays to jump out to a 7-0 lead. Clark was. four-for-four in pass completions on the drive, with a four-yard pass to flanker Otis Grant, putting the ball in the endzone. The big play was a picture- perfect 45-yard pass to Daryl Turner, which put the Spartans on Michigan's five. THE WOLVERINES were unable to move so much as an inch on their next drive, and Don Bracken punted-the ball right back to MSU. After the Spartans' own offense stalled, Ralf Mojsiejenko dropped back to punt on his own 38-yard line. The snap from center was high, all afternoon. But it seemed like any time we were moving the ball, I would throw an interception. It's disappoin- ting because we were so fired up and we came so close." Waters, knew that his players' emotions would run high for Michigan, but sometimes even that is not enough to win. "We were just as pumped up for Notre Dame," said Waters. "Then we go out on the first series and fumble the ball. They score a touchdown and the pace of the game was set. Emotion is great, but you have to keep it in its proper perspective. "I TOLD THE team before the game, that if they could walk off the field when it was all over and still look at them- selves in the mirror, then they've done nothing to be ashamed of. As of right now, I don't know of any smashed mirrors. Waters, always looking for an edge, even went to the Michigan coach Bo Schembechler for some help. "I asked Bo what bubble gum he chews. I figured that if I follow his method, I'd probably have good luck against him. So I started chewing Care- free like he does. . . it didn't work." Keep those laughs coming, Muddy, for you may some day have the last one. AP Photo WOLVERINE TONY JACKSON intercepts a pass as Michigan State's Daryl Turner rolls on the turf during first quarter action in yesterday's game against the Spartans. Michigan went on to beat MSU, 38-20. n retains bragging rights 0 0 Michigan secondary vulnerable ... Bigplay saves the day EAST LANSING If the Big Ten schools are looking for a joyous homecoming game, invite the Michigan Wolverines, but only for the first half. In every away game this year the play of the Wolverine defense in the first half has left behind aisles of smiles in Madison, Bloomington and East Lansing. These traditional football weaklings ,needed swift boots to revive their grid programs, and what a better way to propel themselves than to defeat mean, mighty Michigan. Fortunately,- only Wisconsin put Michigan to rest, as wide smiles and the "we can do it"s from Hoosier and Spartan fans eventually turned sour. Just how do these Big Ten underdogs keep pace with Michigan in the first half? Pass, pass, and pass some more. Supposedly when Michigan faced the nation's finest quarterbacks last year-Rich Cambell, Mark Herrmann, and Art Schlichter, the Michigan defense ruined the Heisman Trophy hopes for all three. This year, however, some relative unknowns have riddled the most experienced part of the Michigan defense-its secondary. Jeff Cole of Wisconsin passed for 182 yards, Dave Laufenberg of Indiana passed for 122 yards and Bryan Clark of Michigan State passed for 316 yards. In the first half at East Lansing, Clark has the Spartan supporters in a frenzy with his accurate passing. Clark would set up in the pocket, scout the scenery, zip a pass, and the Spartans rip off another 15 yards. The whole process looked so easy that it shocked the Michigan following. Michigan fans are just not accustomed to opposing teams passing their way up and down the field. Traditionally, Bo Schembechler dominated opponents but not this year. The Michigan offense has stolen the spotlight-and the new recipe for victory is to outscore the opponent, not shut them down. Injuries rattle M' defense Just why can opponents pass so easily on Michigan? "There is no continuity in the secondary," Schembechler explained. "The defen- se is behind right now 'cause we don't have the people. We're hurting a little defen- sively. We had (only) three starters from the Rose Bowl defense, then (Marion) Body got jarred and then (Evan) Cooper got hurt." As Bo outlined, injuries have decimated the Michigan defense, creating a rather make-shift secondary. With Brian Carpenter and Keith Bostic out of the lineup, Michigan played musical defensive backs with several combinations of seven players. Body, Cooper, Jeff Reeves, John Lott, Jerry Burgei and Stu Harris all saw action yesterday in the crippled secondary. "Whenever we got beat, it was out of the assigned coverage," Body said. "The crowd was a problem too, we couldn't hear the reads because of the noise. In Spar- tan Stadium, the fans owned the stadium just like Notre Dame." First game a good one for Clark Those fans witnessed quite a productive day for quarterback Clark. The Michigan game was the first starting assignment for Detroit Lions head coach, Monte Clark's son, and the quarterback took advantage of the revolving secon- dary. Three hundred and sixteen yards passing represents the fourth highest single game total for a Spartan quarterback and the 21 completions (out of 38 at- tempts) was the third best single performance at Michigan State. "I was feeling fine in the first half," Clark said. "We were moving the ball well by attacking their weak corners. I didn't know about the injuries to the Michigan defensive secondary until this morning. It didn't surprise me to throw well against them." Indeed, it is less and less surprising to see opposing quarterbacks throwing well against Michigan. But what has prevented losses? The big play. Despite massive yardage totals, the secondary saved itself with four interceptions yesterday, including one in the endzone by Burgei, and a touch- down saving grab by Jackson in the first quarter. With the pass-happy Hawkeyes in town on Saturday it may take a healthy secon- dary and more big plays to insurea victory. The Hawkeyes are undefeated in Big Ten play and are afficianados in the art of passing. Iowa owns victories over Nebraska and UCLA so a victory over Michigan would not be a shocking upset. Hopefully, the secondary will be there. though, and barely nipped Mojsiejenko's fingertips on its way to the endzone, where the punter wisely scooped it up and took the safety. The Wolverines assumed possession on the ensuing free kick and put their offense in high gear. From their own 29 they moved to the Spartan 23-yard line on the strength of 25 yards by Woolfolk and an 18-yard Smith-to-Dunaway con- nection. Then Carter blew past the defense on a reverse around left end for a touchdown, giving Michigan a 9-7 ad- vantage. Helped by a pass interference call, which allowed them to retain the pigskin after Spartan George Cooper picked off an errant Smith throw, the Wolverines marched 80 yards, all but 17 on the ground, to score later in the period. Smith faked to Woolfolk and ran in for the touchdown from the one-yard line for a 16-7 Michigan lead. THE HOME team came right back on a long drive of its own, though, with Clark catching the Wolverines in a safety blitz and finding wide receiver Ted Jones for a 28-yard scoring pass. That TD brought the Spartans to within two with a little over two minutes remaining in the half. . Michigan State was not finished, as defensive end Smiley Creswell fell on the ball after Woolfolk mishandled a pitchout on Michigan's 25, setting up Andersen's first three-pointer. The Wolverines edged Michigan State in total yardage, 464-430; the Spartans got only 89 yards on the ground while Smith was three of 11 for 41 yards for the Wolverines. RECEIVING One for the record First downs............. Rushing ................... Passing (comp/att/lint) .... Passing yds................ Fumbles (no/lost)....... Punts (no/avg).......... MICH 25 64/445 3/12/0 41 3/3 3/48/144 MSU 22 44/150 23/45/4 341 1/0 2/42/84 MICHIGAN No. Yds. Dunaway...........2 25 Carter............... 1 16 TD 0 0 SCORING MICHIGAN .................... 2 14 8 14-38 MICH.STATE .................. 7 10 3 0-20 SCORING PLAYS MsU-Grant 5 pass from Clark (Andersenkick). MICH-bad snap from MSU center for safety. MICH-Carter 23 run (Haji-Shiekh kick). MICH-S. SMith 1 run (Haji-Shiekh kick) MSU-T. Jones 28 pass from Clark (Anderson kick). MSU-Andersen 26 FG. MSU-Andersen 31IFG. MICH-Ricks 3 run (two point placement Carter pass to Smith). MICH-S. Smith 37 run (Haji-Shiekh kick). MICH-Ricks 5 run (Haji-Shiekh kick). PASSING MICHIGAN STATE Kimichick...........4 47 0 T. Jones ..:.......... 5 83 1 Turner............. 4 66 0 Grant..............5 102 1 Hughes.............1 6 0 Ellis ................ 1 12 0 Hawkins ............ 2 3 0 Wood...............1 22 0 RUSHING MICHIGAN Att. Yds. Woolfolk ............ 39 253 Edwards ............ 5 52 S. Smith ............. 7 38 Carter............... 1 23 Ricks..............6 16 K. Smith ............ 1 12 Ingram .............. 1 15 Rodgers ............. 4 15 Avg. 6~4 16.4 10.4 5.4 23.0 2.7 12.0 15.0 3.8 TD 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 MICHIGAN STATE Hughes........... Ellis ................ Hawkins............ Clark ............. McClelland ......... Leister............ Team'............ 11 15 4 5 5 2 I 56 50 12 -13 19 3 -38 5.0 3.3 3.0 -2.s 3.8 1.5 -38.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN Att. Comp. Int. Yds. S.Smith............. 11 3 0 41 Dickey.............-- 1 0 0 0 TD. 0 PUNTING *1 MICHIGAN STATE Clark................':38 21 3 Leister............... 1 2 1 316 2 25 0 MICHIGAN No. Yds. Avg. Bracken ............. 3 144 48.0 MICHIGAN STATE Mojslejenko ........ 2 84 42.0 BUCKEYE QUARTERBACK Art Schlichter reacts with displeasure after being downed for a loss in the second quarter of Ohio State's game against Y Wisconsin. The Badgers went on to triumph over the Buckeyes, 24-21, marking the first Wisconsin victory against Ohio State in 21 years. This Badger win, together with victories against Michigan and Purdue, makes Wisconsin the odds-on favorite to go to the Rose Bowl. AP Photo _____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ____ ___..___ ____ ____ __.. BIG TEN ROUNDUP: Wisconsin for real: OSU falls, 24-21 Big Ten St Wisconsin .......... Iowa ............... MICHIGAN ........ Illinois ............. an dings Conf. Overall 3 0 4 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 MADISON (AP)- Jess Cole fired two touch- down passes and Wendell Gladem scored the go- ahead points with a 50-yard field goal on the last play of the first half, leading Wisconsin to a 24-21 college football victory over 18th ranked Ohio State yesterday. WZT........ Ain d1 n -+hm k fl nn r% L-.^ .. T. broke a 21-game losing streak at the hands of Ohio State. The Badgers last defeated Ohio State 12-3 here in 1959, when they went on to the Rose Bowl. Most in the capacity crowd of 78,973 stood and chanted "Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl!" as the record to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten. In- diana fell to 1-4 and 1-2. Indiana quarterback Babe Laufenberg, who threw two touchdown passes, kept the Hoosiers close, but they couldn't overcome a second- quarter spurt during which Iowa scored three field goals by Tim Clark, built a 23-14 half-time lead, then shut out Illinois until the final minute of the game. A 13-yard touchdown pass from Campbell to Everett Pickens, capping a long drive in the third quarter, put the Boilermakers ahead 30-14.