Heartbreakinglosses By RON POLLACK The assumption that there is "magic" Michigan football is a correct one. nee Bo Schembechler arrived at Michigan more than 11 years ago, the Wolverines have accumulated their victories in bunches. But the Wolverine gridders of the Schembechler era have not performed their magic tricks in the line of vic- toriqus duty, but instead in the throes of defeat. On many occasions, Bo's troops hae appeared to have victory in hand, hen-poof!-the Wolverine coach has * ed aloss out of his hat. The Wolverines first disappearing act tek place in the 1972 Rose Bowl against Stanford. Michigan entered the game undefeated and challening for the National Championship, while the Car- dinals (then known as the Indians) were 8-3. The game proved to be a defensive struggle through three quarters, as was reflected by the 3-3 score. Michigan fullback Fritz Seyferth and anford's Jackie Brown each ran for a touchdown to leave the score knotted at 10-10. The Wolverines went on top when reserve fullback Ed Shuttlesworth tackled the Indians' safetyman in the endzone when he attempted to return a missed Michigan field goal. With 1:48 left to play, Stanlord gained possession of the ball at their own 22- yard line. Quarterback Don Bunce then led his team to the Michigan 14, where lacekicker Rod Garcia entered the game with 12 seconds left on the clock and split the uprights with a 31-yard field goal, giving the Indians a dramatic 13-12 upset victory. Wolverine offensive coordinator Jerry Hanlon remembers that "fighting for the national championship made this loss bitter. They went into a hurry-hurry offense late in the game and moved the ball. We'ye always seemed to hit a hot quarterback in the se Bowl." The 1976 season was shaping up as another bright one for the 8-0 Wolverines, as they approached their next opponent, Purdue. Trailing 13-7 at halftime, Michigan vaulted back into the lead when Rick Leach hit Jim Smith on a 64-yard scoring strike. However, Rock Supan's 23-yard field goal put the Boilermakers back on top, 16-14. While Supan's kick turned out to be the decisive tally in the game, the Wolverines blew two chances to reverse the outcome. In the first instance, Smith dropped an easy touchdown gap to 27-20 late in the fourth quarter. The Wolverines took possession of the ball at their own 42 with 2:46 to play, and behind the running and passing of Leach, moved with authority to the Washington eight. On the next play, however, Schem- bechler's reasoning behind his disdain for the forward pass returned to haunt him. With just over a minute remaining in the game, he opted to throw the ball instead of run. Leach lofted a short pass to Stan Ed- wards in what looked like a sure touch- Gridders frustratic Schembechler have occurred within th last year. In the 1979 regular-seasot finale against Ohio State, Michigan ha the Buckeyes on the ropes with a 15-1 lead. That's when the kicking woes tha had plagued the Wolverines all seaso long continued to take their tragic cour se. If As Bryan Virgil received the sna from center on a punt early in the fina quarter, Buckeye linebacker Jin Laughlin broke through the Michiga line in plenty of time to block the kick Roverback Todd Bell scooped up th loose ball and rambled 18 yards into th endzone for what turned out to be th winning touchdown. The second devastating defeat t have befallen the Wolverines in the pas year occurred early this season i South Bend against Notre Dame. Harr The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 22, 1980-Page 11 plagued with much n during Bo tenure e Oliver's 51-yard field goal thwarted a before he had crossed the goal line n valiant comeback, and Michigan had referee Gilbert Marchman ruled tha d once again been snake-bitten by the Trojan speedster had crossed the 2 another field goal in the final seconds. imaginery "plane" above the goal line t "The Notre Dame defeat is the most and awarded USC the touchdown. n bitter defeat I've ever been associated Under Schembechler, the Wolverines - with... I thought the kids really deser- have lost only 21 games in 11% seasons ved the victory, and it was taken away but Hanlon feels the aforementione p from them," said Hanlon. contests were particularly dishear 1l While the Notre Dame game was tening. n "taken away" by the Irish players, the "Any loss is a bitter pill to swallow, bu n 1979 Rose Bowl against Southern some stand out more than others," he . California was taken away because of a said. e controversial touchdown by Charles e White. Although the event was outside e of Schembechler's control, it played an ' ° *" important role in sending the o Wolverines home from Pasadena as st losers once again. n While television replay cameras.= y showed - White had fumbled the ball t e ie s r- ut e _...A. +"S .. ny' "..AO ."r: " i~y";,";.v n ."r::rh...S....S.,.}......?.... :.:i~l... .. .? i. .AS. . .. 'T."n..4:":.%* r... . 1972 Stanford 13, Michigan 12 1976 Purdue 16, Michigan 14 1978 Washington 27, Michigan 20 1979 'USC 17, Michigan 10 1979 Ohio State 18, Michigan 15 1980 Notre Dame 29, Michigan 27 , . As.-..- ....v......... ti{""r{." v... .. ..}...r.... :{".:....:" .y:. :..:. r:.tr:.: ; i.. v~;v pass. The second crushing blow came down. However, the wide open Ed- when Bob Wood's 37-yard field goal at- wards never entered the endzone as the tempt sailed wide of-the goalpost. ball hit him in the helmet and was in- "I have to give credit to Purdue in tercepted by linebacker Michael that situation," said Hanlon of the Jackson. game. "They played an excellent .Yet, the fact that'the Wolverines game. They had some injured players neary pulled out a dramatic victory return for that game, and it gave them overshadowed their lackadaisical per- a lift. formance throughout much of the con- The 1978 Rose Bowl game against test. Washington gave Michigan its best "For some reason or another we were chance to win in Pasadena under flat going into the game," said Hanlon. Schembechler. Many oddsmakers had "We dug outselves into a deep hole that listed the Wolverines (10-1 that season) day." heavy favorites to beat the Huskies. The Huskies "were free wheeling, But this time it was a self-destructing having everything to win and nothing to pass that sealed the Wolverines' fate lose," said Hanlon, and thus took more for another year. than their share of risks during the Down 24-0 in the third quarter, game. Michigan stormed back to narrow the Two of the most frustrating losses for SAVE *1O0 -O When You Order Your ULTRIUM COLLEGE RING Plus!... your choice of the following options when ordering an ULTRIUM*OR 10k GOLD RING! 41 r, "SPORTS OF THE DAILY Glum crew returns home " Imperial Cut Birthstones * Sunburst Stones " Genuine Tiger Eye " Simulated Diamods " Genuine Jade. " Genuine Earth Stones By S. SHERBER The Michigan rowing club returned from Boston this week somewhat disappointed. The crew failed to do as well as they had hoped in the race on the Charles River last Sunday. Finishing sixth out of a field of eight, the women's crew did have something to celebrate. The team beat the London rowing club, which i# the same club Michigan lost to three weeks ago. THE MEN'S BOAT and mixed eight. boat did not fare as well as thewomen. Competing against 35 other teams the men's boat placed 22nd. The mixed eight boat finished 35th out of 40. Members of the rowing club feel that the results of the meet do not show the potential accomplishments of the crew. The fact that the club competes with outdated equipment and against var- sity teams, must, they feel, be taken in- to consideration. ..In an attempt to explain the finishing ,of, the men's boat, coach Phil Keston said that the major problem came when e boat racing next to them hit the Michigan boat three times. Keston claimed that this kept them from finishing in the top 15. Keston also found some faults with e crew itself, saying, "we had the potential, but we did not row the best .race we could have." Vice-president John Hortan, who rowed in the men's boat said that the team was a bit disappointed, but, "We improved over last year, and that's what counts, and we'll improve next *year." B-ball ticket update, With its starting five returning from last year and a bumper crop of recruits added to the arsenal, the prospects are looking good for Michigan's basketball team. And the cager's fans are respon- ding to the rosy outlook. During last weekend's sale of season tickets to students on a priority basis, 2250 Wolverine fans decided to see the cagers this year, according to ticket BILLBOARD This Friday, October 24th, is the deadline for entering teams in the in- tramural All-Campus Pre-Holiday Basketball Tournament. The teams can be entered today, tomorrow, or Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The following divisions are offered: Men Competitive, Women's Com- petitive, and Superstar. The Superstar League will be limited to eight teams, on a first come-first serve basis. Intramural manager Al Renfrew. "That's up about 300 from last year at this time," said Renfrew. LAST YEAR'S sales of student tickets were down considerably from two years ago, when Crisler Arena was sold-out to watch Phil Hubbard (now with the Detroit Pistons) and current senior Mike McGee on the same team. This year's sales aren't near the sell- out point yet,but season tickets will remain on sale until the middle of November, at which time tickets for in- dividual games will go on sale, accor- ding to Renfrew. Underclassmen who had their senior friends buy tickets for them with their high priority I.D. shouldn't expect the best seats in the house, however. "I'd say that 90 percent of the orders turned in are for seniors," said Renfrew. "We just assign the seats at random within that group." Crisler Arena seats 13,609, so there are still quite a few good seats left. -BUDDY MOOREHOUSE 22OLLETT'S MC I A BOK322 SOUTH STATE STREET Offer Good Wed. 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