The Michigan Daily SPORTS- Saturday, November 8, 1980 Page7 w At' to take on offensiveless Badgers 4'. By MARK MIHANOVIC Special to the Daily MADISON-Prior to the start of the 1980 football season, the word from Wisconsin was, in summary, ''explosive offense, no defense." But after coach Dave McClain's bunch scored all of nine points in its first three outings, losing to Purdue, Brigham Young, and UCLA, respectively, it became obvious that the word from Wisconsin was, in a word, wrong. And there has been no reason to change the verdict on the Badger at- tack since. In eight contests, Wisconsin (2-6 overall, 1-4 in the Big Ten) has managed to notch up on the scorebord a meager 74 points to the opposition's 161. TO ADD TO McClain's offensive miseries, the Badgers tangle with Big Ten contending Michigan (6-2, 5-0) today at 2:00 p.m. minus the services of their top two quarterbacks. Sophomore John Josten and freshman Demos Argyros both suffered injuries in last Saturday's 22-13 loss to Iowa, thrusting number three in the line of youthful Wisconsin signal-callers, freshman Jess Cole, into the starter's role. Cole's biggest target is 6-4, 202-pound junior Tim Stracka who has hauled in 25 receptions thus far. Should he choose to hand off, he has four backs, who have accumulated a total of about-1200 yar- ds, at his disposal. But when it comes time to push the pigskin over the goal line, the Badgers might as well be ramming into a brick- wall. Only fullback Dave Mohapp (four TD's) and Stracka (two) have reached Wisconsin'D totest Michigan, paydirt more than once. And Wiscon- sin's kicking game (four for 14 in field goal attempts) is reminiscent of the, situation in Wolverine-land one short year ago. If the offense has disappointed Badger followers, though, the play of s the defense has been a surprising plus." Opposition rushers have been held to a "'4 total of 986 yards and a 3.3 yard per THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN WISCONSIN OFFENSE (82) (72) (65) (59) (67) (75) ( 1) (30) ( 5) (32) (24) THE MICHIGAN! (EFENSE, SPEARHEADED BY CO-cAPrnAI SHOULD HAVE A FIELD PAY AGAINST A BADGER OFFENSE THAT HAS ONLY SCORED 9 roucnuowNS ALL SEASON. Norm Betts ...... Ed Muransky .... Kurt Becker ..... George Lilja..... John Powers ...... Bubba Paris ..... Anthony Carter .. Alan Mitchell .... John Wangler .... Stan Edwards .... Butch Woolfolk . Mel Owens ........ Robert Thompson Mike Trgovac .... Winfred Carraway Jeff Shaw ........ James Herrmann Andy Cannavino. Keith Bostic ..... Brian Carpenter . Marion Body ..... Tony Jackson .... (230) (270) (255) (255) (255) (270) (161) (185) (192) (205) (207) TE ST RG C LG QT WR SE QB FB TB (84) (68) (71) (59) (79) (70) (20) (42) (10) (28) ( 1) Greg Rabas ...... Mark Orszula .... Leo Joyce ........ Joe Rothbauer ... Bob Winckler .... Jerry Doerger ... Thad McFadden. Tim Stracka .... Jess Cole....... Dave Mohapp ....; John Williams ... DEFENSE (228) (249) (255) (235) (285) (252) (181) (202) (195) (222) (191) (218) (225) (250) (237) (240) (210) (231) (203) (181) (174) (167) 4'i " ' I' A'! ., :.~ -9, Today's Michigan-Wisconsin game can, be heard at 2 p.m. on the following radio stations: WJR (760 AM), WWJ (950 AM), WPAG (1050 AM), WUOM (91.7 FM), and WAAM (1600 AM). carry average. Reason enough, accor- ding to Michigan coach Bo Schem- becler for the Wolverines to disregard the fact that they have won 13 straight over the Badgers, including last season's 54-0 trouncing, "THIS TEAM IS too good a defensive team to ever take them lightly," Schembechler said. "Their defense is as good as any we're going to play. All we have to do is look at the Ohio State film (21-0 defeat of the Badgers) and see that this team can play defense, and that'll take care of it. "Their defense against the rush may be the best in the conference. Now, they have been thrown on, but they've played Brigham Young, Purdue, and San Diego State, and those guys hoist 'em up." Senior outside linebacker Dave Ahrens (6-3, 225), a second team All-Big Ten linebacker in '79, set a school record last weekend with his 15th tackle behind the line of scrimmage of the season. JUNIOR INSIDE linebacker Dave Levenick (6-2, 210) and sophomore nose guard Tim Krumrie (6-3, 240) lead the (53) (99) (77) (63) (95) (94) (41) (13) ( 9) ( 3) (37) (230) (215) (235) (235) (250) (215) (220) (198) (166) (182) (173) OLB OLB T T MG ILB ILB SS WHB SHB FS (95) (41) (76) (77) (50) (47) (99) (31) (45) (29) ( 5) McClamn ... Badger mentor (QTHE MiG1C4AN DAILY Badger defense in tackles with 68 and 67 respectively. The Wisconsin rushing defense will have its hands full with a Michigan ground attack that is churning out yar- dage by the bushels. After averaging 184 yards pergame on the ground in its first three contests (two of which were losses), Michigan has run at a 306 yards per game clip the last five weeks. Tailbacks Lawrence Ricks and Butch Woolfolk and fullback Stanley Edwards have covered 1,990 yards with the pigskin tucked under their arms on the campaign, and all three are averaging better than five yards per carry. But things are going to change, says Schembechler. "Forget about those 300-yard rushing games. We're not going to get them anymore, not with the defenses we have to play, starting with Wisconsin. We've got to have a more balanced attack against these teams." Which may mean that the best of John Wangler-to-Anthony Carter is yet to come. SCORES NBA Philadelphia 117, Kansas City 100 Washington 114, Detroit 88 Milwaukee 102, Boston 101 WCHA MICHIGAN 2, Michigan St. I The S! :L inv TONIGHT Guy Boliaux ..... Dave Ahrens ..... Mark Shumate ... Tom Booker..... Tim Krumrie .... Dave Levenick ... Ed Senn ......... Dave Greenwood. Von Mansfield ... Ross Anderson ... Jerry Vance..... NNMWI NOV. 6-9-8PM Nov. 9 Matinee Sunday 2PM CANTERBURY LOFT All Big Ten games important as race reaches stretch drive By ALAN FANGER For the Big Ten lover whose allegi- ance to the conference overrides his loyalty for one particular team, each of today's five league matchups could be considered important, in one way or another. The Michigan-Wisconsin game, along with the Illinois-Ohio State and Iowa- Purdue contests, are crucial, and for obvious reasons. Michigan, Purdue, and Ohio State are tied for the con- ference lead at 5-0 with the roughest portion of the schedule still to come for the former two squads. The Wolverines face both the Boiler- makers and Buckeyes in the final two weeks, while Purdue ends its season at home against Indiana after facing the Wolverinesin Ann Arbor. A slipup by any team today could be tragic. The other two pairings, with Indiana playing at Minnesota and Northwestern visiting Michigan State, have their own special significance. The latter matcup is allegedly a battle to remain alive in the postseason bowl sweepstakes. Minnesota, at 3-3 in the conference and 4-4 overall, could conceivably win its final three contests against the Hoosiers, Michigan State, and Wiscon- sin, and occupy a spot in the bowl pic- ture. Indiana, smothered by Michigan the onn arbor\ film cooperative TONIGHT TONIGHT presents 35-0 last Saturday, also has three losses and is clinging tenuously to that same hope.' NORTHWESTERN AT MICHIGAN STATE-The East Lansing battle bet-. ween the Spartans and Wildcats is im- portant in a statistical sense. Both teams are winless in the conference (Northwestern is also winless overall), and if likelihood prevails-that is, if one team should manage to score more points than the other-then it's one less team without a goose egg in the con- ference win column. MSU's defense is porous; its offense runs in cycles. Nor- thwestern is battered by injuries and racial dissension. MICHIGAN STATE by 6. ILLINOIS AT OHIO STATE-Buckeyes continue to play patsies every Saturday en route to showdown with Michigan. Tailback Calvin Murray makes up for occasional deficiencies of quarterback Art Schlichter. Illini are completely depen- dent on the pass; Dave Wilson broke his own conference record for attempts with 59 against Minnesota last Satur- day. Defense cannot stop the run. OHIO STATE by 30. INDIANA AT MINNESOTA-Battle of turnovers. Hoosier signal-caller Tim Clifford is in a horrible slump. To make matters worse, the defense has shown little improvement from last season. Minnesota is a young, talented team that makes a lot of mistakes. Gophers pyshced up after beating both Iowa and Illinois. MINNESOTA by 3. IOWA AT PURDUE-Last easy game for the Boilermakers. Mark Herrmann is immune from let- downs-his bad days are better than the good days of most quarterbacks. Iowa is having all kinds of offensive problmes, most of them stemming from an inability to replace graduated tailb- ack Dennis Mosley. Defense can hold its own, however, PURDUE by 13. fl (I1 F r I r The U-M Department of Theatre and Drama presents: S.HOWC SE~ *1 Alan Ayckbourn's MANNERS ) I Nov. -8 8pm E THE PINK *m , " I -. I . IL IL