4 Page 8- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 4, 1984 'M' RECEIVER THIRD ON ALL-TIME LIST Bean sprouts to stardom By KATIE BLACKWELL Imagine being an All-State high school basketball player, averaging 23 points a game in your senior year. Imagine that you are at the same time, an All-State receiver, as a senior, cat- ching 23passes for 460 yards and eight touchdowns. Now it's time to decide how to use all these athletic gifts in college. It would seem that the roundball would be the >,-, ...eludes A.C.'s shadow easy way out, but if you are inclined to the gridiron, being a receiver, it may be rather futile to select a long-time run- ning school like Michigan. PUT THIS ALL together and you have Wolverine split end Vince Bean. To top all of this, when Bean was; recruited from Southfield High School, a slender dynamo by the name of An- thony Carter was a freshman and already assaulting the Michigan record books. REAGAN BUSTER T - SHIRTS (all sizes) $7.00 (cheaper by the dozen) Call Lisa at 995-9217 or 9206 But rather than deter Bean by having to play. in a giant shadow, Carter's presence on the squad helped him make his decision. After all, the typical Michigan offense is not exactly a pass receiver's dream. Carter's presence forced Bo Schembechler to think pass. "ANTHONY WAS here and they (the coaches) said they were going to pass more," said Bean. "I knew I could make a name for myself if I applied myself." Redshirted as a freshman, Bean came on to start as a sophomore at flanker opposite the great A.C. During the 1981 and 1982 seasons, Bean grab- bed 35 passes for 657 yards as Carter completed his brilliant Wolverine career. Last year, with Carter graduated to the USFL, Bean nabbed 29 receptions for 412 yards for 13.2 yards a catch. He also scored three touchdowns as op- posed to only two touchdown catches in his first two years. MICHIGAN HEAD coach Bo Schem- bechler has watched Bean develop into a quality receiver. "Bean was an athlete and that's about all," Schembechler said at a press luncheon after the Miami game. "He can long jump and play basketball, but we're just breaking him into foot- ball." Bean, also a standout long jumper on Michigan's track team, appears to be getting this football stuff down pat. He is fourth on the all-time Wolverine list with 77 receptions. Carter holds that record with 161 catches. So far this season, Bean has 13 grabs averaging 15 yards per catch. EVEN THOUGH he leads the team in receptions this year, Bean has been having trouble hanging onto the ball. He admits he's in a bit of a slump. "I could be playing a lot better," he said. "I'm doing O.K. but I'm dropping too many balls. I'm obsessed with cat- ching everything that comes my way." Part of his problem may be the change of quarterbacks. For the past three seasons, the 6-3, 190-pound split end had been on the far side of Steve Smith passes. New helmsman, Jim Harbaugh, completed just two of five passes in 1983. "I'M HAVING a hard time adjusting to Harbaugh from Smith," Bean said. "It seems to be that I'm having trouble reading where the ball is." Bean did say that Harbaugh has a much lighter touch on his throws, which he sees as an advantage because it gives the receivers more time to catch the ball. Bean believes that the timing bet- ween the two is coming together. "It's just a matter of time," he said. NOW THAT CARTER is out of the picture, Bean has had time to evolve in- to one of the best receivers Schem- bechler has ever had. A steady target, the fifth-year senior is also a leader on offense. "I really like that," Bean said of his new leadership role. "I try to do the best I can to get open - I want them to throw the ball to me." As the timing between Harbaugh and Bean matures, Bean could have a chance to overtake Jim Mandich's third spot in the Michigan record books -119 catches between 1967-1969. 4 Daily Photo by STU WEIDENBACH The ultimate frisbee club's Geir Kvaran makes a diving catch during a recent practice. Michigan has gone 2-2 in its last four scrimmages. The Ultim ate experience, 4 Frisbee clubs fling for fun GRIDDE PICKS The Tigers are in the playoffs. Big Deal. Don't let Motown's Bengal ex- citement distract you from making your Gridde picky. Drop them off at 420 Maynard (home of the Daily) by midnight Friday. WOMFN AND SOCIAL CHANGE (A luncheon series) OCTOBER 5 RUTH ZWEIFLER Director, Student Advocacy Center At GUILD HOUSE, 802 Monroe (Homemade soup and sandwich for $1.00) Program is sponsored by Guild House Campus Ministry and funded in part by Mich. Comm.-United Ministries in higher education. 1. Michigan St. at MICHIGAN (pick score) 2. Ohio St. at Purdue 3. Wisconsin at Illinois 4. Iowa at Northwestern 5. Indiana at Minnesota. 6. Texas at Rice 7. Oklahoma St. at Nebraska 8. Maryland at Penn St. 9. Washington at Oregon St. 10. Brigham Young at Colorado St. 11. Florida St. at Memphis St. , 12. Georgia at Alabama 13. No. Carolina at Clemson 14. USC at Washington St. 15. Miami, Fla. at Notre Dame 16. Stanford at UCLA 17. No. Carolina St. at Georgia Tech 18. Auburn at Mississippi 19. Dartmouth at Holy Cross 20. East Lansing Farm Boys at Daily Libels By SUSIE WARNER "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's, it's, it's . . . a frisbee!" And you can see it flying everyday while the men's and women's frisbee teams practice at Mit- chell field. The teams are off to a fresh start this year with a brand new crop of athletes. Most of the former frisbee throwers have graduated, which leaves both the men's and women's teams searching for new recruits. "We're welcoming anyone who wants to come and join us," said the men's captain Ed Charrier, who is excited for this season. THE ACTUAL GAME that is played, ultimate frisbee, is very simple. Two seven-man teams work their way down the field to the endzones by flinging the frisbee to their teammates. When the frisbee touches the ground the defen- sive team takes control. Unlike all other sports, ultimate frisbee has no officials. The players get, close by playing and calling the game together. Over and over the camaraderie of ultimate frisbee becomes the topic of conversation with the players. "There's a real aura about the game," said Charrier. "There's just no other sport like it." Laura Orlando, a member of the women's team, raved about the game. "It's an integral part of my life," she said, "and I plan to structure my life around the sport so I can continue playing even after I graduate." Orlan- do plans to live her post-college life in ultimate territory - the East or the South. THE CAPTAIN OF the women's team, Kathy Lenk, also stressed the closeness and camaraderie of her team. "It's like a family," she said, "something everyone should experien- ce." The ultimate season is in the fall and is played on a national scale. There are, The Club Sports five regions in the United States and six or seven sections in each region. Michigan's region is comprised of teams from Ohio to Kansas and west- ward to Minnesota. The top two tears in each sectional go to Kentucky this year for the regional tournament. Competing with all Michigan teams in their sectional, the Wolverines "hope to make it to the regionals," said captain Charrier, who also admitted that this is a rebuilding year for his team. The sectional tour- nament will be held in Southfield on Oc- tober 20. THIS PAST Sunday the men's frisbee team scrimmaged with the frisbee clubs from Hope College, Michigan State, Kalamazoo College and a team from Southfield named the Suburban: Ultimate team. The quick-wristed Wolverines managed to beat Kalamazoo and Hope but lost to Michigan State and the Suburbanites, in what was a low keyed day of com- petition. The Wolverines strategy has always been directed towards short, accurate throws, simply because the team's members have never been very tall "We run fast and do a lot of diving," said Charrier: One team member, Ken Frank, however, loves to run long and have the frisbee floating out in front of him.. "I get loose long about twice a game, it's fun to bust loose," he said, "Let's just say it's the ultimate way of life . everyone's really into it." Obviously, ultimate frisbee is being enjoyed by all those who participate. "It's a new sport and it's easy to get good," said frisbee flinger Geir Kvaren, "and the general spirit of the game is great." So take a walk by Mit- chell field between 5:00 and 7:00 someday, and keep your eyes open ; . . You just might be able to see a frisbee flung higher than the tallest building, or faster than a speeding bullet... You too can do the ultimate thing. '" 7re R lue BHv Douglus B. l ev., 4 Perles is praying hard . . ... but MSU shot to hell E VERY NIGHT before climbing into bed, George Perles kneels down and prays: "Dear God, please let us beat Michigan. Oh, if only somehow we could even kill Michigan. Please God, we've just got to KILL Michigan. Thank you, God. Amen." Having dealt with his innermost emotions in such a manner, Perles un- doubtedly crawls into bed and tries his hardest to get a good night's sleep. George Perles is the second-year head coach of the Michigan State Spar- tans and his team is currently in last place in the Big Ten football standings. Perles is noteworthy for two reasons. One, 4is team comes to Ann Arbor this Saturday to square off against the Wolverines. And two, Perles hates Michigan more than any man alive - with the possible exceptions of Woody Hayes, still alive and kicking in Columbus and Duffy Daugherty, MSU's legendary coach of the past. That's right, Perles hates Michigan, he downright loathes everything associated with Wolverine football. If Perles could have just one wish, it would be to dismantle Michigan this Saturday. George Perles is Michigan State and Michigan State is George Perles. Humiliate one and you humiliafe the other. Last year was Perles' first year as a head coach anywhere above the high school level. He made a dramatic return to his alma mater, vowing to end the years of devastation that had come to roost on the Spartan football program. The problem, was, and is, that Perles is an exceptionally cocky iran. As an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Perles con- tributed mightily to four Super Bowl' championships. After the '82 season Perles left the Steelers to become head coach of the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL, but he escaped from that contract when Michigan State offered the job he had always year- ned for. Perles So big George signed on with MSU, did a little recruiting, and promptly announced, "We beat the pants off Michigan in recruiting." He was alluding to Michigan's high school seniors who chose East Lansing over Ann Arbor, In all fairness to big George, his MSU team that faced the Wolverines last year was depleted by injuries. Michigan beat the pants off the Spartans, 42-0 last year, humiliating MSU and effectively ending their season. This season Perles' Spartans are 1-3 and his overall two year record at State is 5-9-1. The cocky coach now realizes that the Big Ten is not a con- ference that can be taken by storm. He also realizes that he is the head man of a football program that is merely adequate. And as the years go by, big George will come to realize that Bo Schembechler blows him away as a head coach. A 14 I 11 I.1