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'3 is key as Blue clashes with MSU
By DOUGLAS B. LEVY
This is crunch time for George Perles
and his Michigan State football team.
Although only the fifth game of this
till young 1984 campaign, this could be
State's , make-or-break Saturday.
Perles has seen his Spartans drop their
last-three consecutive contests. A four-
th successive loss would have
devastating implications' for the
remainder of the Spartan season.
TRYING TO avert disaster, Perles
leads his team, 0-2 in the Big Ten, 1-3
overall, into hostile Michigan Stadium
this afternoon (1:10 p.m.) to face the
Wolverines (2-0, 3-1) in what is
traditionally the biggest game of the
year for the Spartans.
"The game with Michigan at Ann Ar-
bor is something our players look for-
ward to. I know that every Spartan who
has ever played at, Michigan State
thinks of this game as the game of the
season," said Perles, in his second
season as Spartan head coach.
Perles knows of what he speaks,
having played his college football in
East Lansing back in the late 1950's. A
native of Detroit, Perles is also aware
that today marks the 37th consecutive
sell-out of the MSU-Michigan clash.
THERE IS ONE other bit of trivia
that Perles was made aware of this
week. Not one of Michigan State's
previous 18 head coaches has ever won
his first game in Ann Arbor.
"I didn't know that, but it's nice to
know we've got another obstacle to go
over. I just hope we can do as well as we
can," said Perles.
Thus far this season, the Spartans
have provided their own obstacles.
They have a turnover ratio of minus-
five as compared to the Wolverines'
impressive plus-eight.
BOTH PERLES and Schembechler
agree that turnovers or lack thereof are
the keys that mark the dividing line
between success or failure. "You just
can't turn the ball over and expect to
win football games," commented
Schembechler following Michigan's
loss to Washington, in which the
Wolverines committed five turnovers.
The main culprit for the Spartans has
been their leader, quarterback Dave
Yarema. Yarema, a junior, has only
completed 34 of his 73 season tosses for
a measley 498 yards and three touch-
downs while throwing five intercep-
tions.
Yarema's poor performance, com-
bined with poor pass blocking and lack
of quality receivers has forced Perles to
the ground. And tailback Carl Butler
has been the Spartan's star performer,.
averaging 94.3 yards rushing per game
and 393 overall. Butler has also caught
five passes for 77 yards and scored
three touchdowns.
BUT STOP Butler and MSU's offense
grinds to a halt, which could prove fatal
for the Spartans. Last week against In-
diana, Michigan's defense gave up only
91 yards rushing on 27 carries and ac-
cording to the Wolverine coaching staff,
the rushing defense is improving every
day.
Michigan's defense has only given up
10 first-hall points all year while the
Spartan offense has been outscored 54-0
in the fourth quarter. Put these totals
together and you have a Michigan State
attack that will be forced to the air.
Flanker Mark Ingram is the Spar-
tan's deep threat, having averaged 33.5
yards on his six receptions. Split end
Larry Jackson also has six catches this
year and tight end Butch Rolle has
three.
DEFENSE SAVED the Spartans a
year ago and it appears to be the same
way in '84. Except for being blown out,
40-7 by Illinois, MSU's defense has been
stingy. Last week, State held the potent
Purdue Boilermakers offense to 13
points.
The standouts for Perles' defense are
linebackers Jim Morrissey (44
tackles), Thomas Tyree (38) and An-
thony Bell (32) and defensive backs
Phil Parker (38) and Lonnie Young
(32).
Morrissey, who led MSU in tackles in
'83 and Parker, who picked off seven
passes last season, are leading can-
didates for All-Big Ten honors in '84.
THE SPARTAN defense will be
trying to contain a Michigan offense
that, although increasing in confidence,
has yet to put any big numbers up on
the scoreboard.
Except for tailback Gerald White,
who injured his right arm and shoulder
in a dormitory accident and likely will
miss the game, Michigan's offense
remains intact. Rick Rogers is slated to
get his first start of the year in place of
White, and Jamie Morris is sure to see a
lot of action.
On defense, Schembechler expects
senior middle guard Al Sincich to come
back after missing three weeks with
back spasms. Doug Mallory will also
return from a back injury that forced
the sophomore to miss last week's In-
diana game.
Schembechler, who holds a personal
13-2 advantage over Michigan State,
anticipates an enthusiastic intra-state
battle. Said Schembechler: "I don't see
us as anything than highly enthusiastic.
And I think they'll be the same."
Michiga
THE LINEUPS
in Michigan State
OFFENSE
,
:
(95) Sim Nelson ......(230)
(79) Clay Miller .:..... (258)
(77) Bob Tabachino .... (263)
(59) Art Balourdos ..... (225)
(73) Doug James ...... (267)
(78) Mark Hammerstein (262)
(25) Vince Bean ......(190)
(84) Paul Jokisch ..... .(240)
( 4) Jim Harbaugh .. .. (202)
(37) Bob Perryman... (225)
(20) Rick Rogers ......(216)
(19) Bob Bergeron ..... (160)
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LT
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RT
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FLK
QB
FB
TB
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Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler hopes everything will be "thumbs-up" when his Wolverines face Michigan State today. Schembechier holds
a 13-2 career edge over the cross-state rival Spartans.g
Ohio State at Purdue
1:30 p.m. EDT
WHAT TO WATCH:
Ohio State and Purdue are two of the tri-leaders in
the Big Ten this week, the other being Michigan. The
no. 2 ranked Buckeyes are the favorite, but OSU
Coach Earle Bruce takes serious note of the Boiler-
maker's big improvement over last year and doesn't
expect Ohio State to have an easy time.
"We're going to have to watch it. They (Purdue)
are very sound offensively and defensively," said
Bruce. "They have great personnel at quarterback
(Jim Everett) and tailback (Ray Wallace) and a big
defensive line. They've moved the ball better than we
have, both passing and running."
A deciding factor could be the natural grass at
Ross-Aide Stadium, which has been drenched with
rain all week. OSU frequently has problems adjusting
to grass.
Purdue is on an emotional high after dumping MSU
last week in East Lansing, while the Buckeyes are in
b low spirits after struggling with Minnesota. Look for
the Boilermakers to be Spoilermakers.
round the Big. Ter
Wisconsin at Illinois
4:40 p.m. EDT
WHAT TO WATCH:
This is a crucial game because each team has one
conference loss and, as Badger coach Dave McLain
pointed out, "no one ever wins the Big Ten champion-
ship with two losses."
Still smarting from Iowa's bruising rushing game
last week, the Illini are bracing for an invasion by
another ground attack - this time Wisconsin's. The
Badgers have the second-best running game in the
Big Ten behind"Larry Emery, who rushed for 185
yards against Michigan.
Look for Illinois to waddle by Wisconsin on the
strength of Jack Trudeau's league-leading passing.
Iowa at Northwestern
1:30 p.m. EDT
WHAT TO WATCH:
Iowa will be greeted by a rare near-selloutcrowd at
Northwestern. The wildcats have played well all
season, brutalizing opponents along the way. Lead by
(89) Butch Rolle .....(235)
(71) Doug Rogers ...... (253)
($5) Al Akana ...... (253)
(63) Mark Napolitan ... (261)
(73) J. Wojciechowski .(252)
(68) Steve Bogdalek ... (257)
(33) Larry Jackson ....(173)
(11) Mark Ingram ..... (186)
(14) Dave Yarema ..... (203)
(26) Keith Gates ....... (206)
(49) Carl Butler ....... (221)
( 2) R. Mojsiejenko .... (203)
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(93) Kelly Quinn ....... (227)
(57) Jim Rinella .......(204
(94) Joe Curran .......(264)
(59) Tom Allan .... ....(235)
(51) Anthony Bell ... ... (227)
(40) Jim Morrissey ....(215)
(28) TIoa Tyree , ... .... (185)
(36) Lonnie Young, .... (186)
(32) Phil Parker ...... (184)
(39) Paul Bobbitt ...... (193)
(10) Terry Lewis ...... (193)
( 2) R. Mosiejenko .... (203)
triggerman Sandy "put the ball in the air 30 times a
game" Schwab, Northwestern can keep any game
close.
Iowa's powerful running and passing games will,
however, cage the Wildcats. Ronnie Harmon leads
the Hawkeye's running barrage. and tops the Big Ten
in all-purpose yards with a tally of 198 a game. A
pumped-up Evanston crowd won't be quite enough
for the Wildcats to swallow the Hawkeyes:
Indiana at Minnesota
8:00 p.m. EDT
WHAT TO WATCH:
Indiana and Minnesota will put their Big Ten losing
streaks on the line in the Metrodome. The visiting
team has won only once in the last 15 ganies played
between the two, and that occurred in 1982 when In-
diana claimed a 40-21 triumph in Minneapolis.
Minnesota triggermen Rickey Foggie and Brett
Sadek should pull the victory out for the Gophers,-
depsite Indiana's deep craving for its first victory of
the season.
(85) Jim Scareelli ..... (220) QLB
(66) Mike Hammerstein (239) LT
(53) Al;Sincich ......... (230) MG
(52) Kevin Brooks ..... (245) RT
(80) Rodney Lyles .....(226) OLB
(57) Tim Anderson ....(218) ILB
(42) Mike Mallory .. .(217) LB
(13) Garland Rivers ...(82) LC
( 8) Doug Mallory ..... (175) FS.
(35) Dieter H eren ...... (285) SS
(30) Brad Cochran ..... (219) RC
(43) Monte Robbins .... (195) P
Today's game starts at 1:10 p.m. EDT and can be heard on
WAAM (1600 AM), WPAG (1050 AM) WJ (950 AM), WUOM
(91.7 FM), and WJJX (650 AM). The game *111 be televised on
Channel 50 and Channel 10.
Around the Big Ten was compiled by Dai
sportswriter Andrew J. Arvidson.
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By TOM KEANEY
It was a game Michigan couldn't lose,
and didn't.
The annual Blue and White intra-
squad hockey scrimmage, played last
night at Yost Ice Arena, ended in an 8-8
tie, which doesn't mean much in itself.
But it gave new head coach Red Beren-.
son his first and only look at his club
under game conditions before the
season opener next Friday at Miami of
Ohio.
"THE IMPORTANT thing was the in-
tensity," said Berenson, who watched
his team from the press box. "We're
playing hard, and hopefully getting into
good habits."
Berenson said that the game was not
as well played as he might have liked,
but there were many positive perfor-
mances in last nights action. -
Junior Tom Stiles picked up a hat
trick, the three goals coming in a ten,
minute span in the second and third
periods.
start off strong," said Berenson, who
was assistant coach with the Buffalo.
Sabres last year. "A hockey team takes
a long time to get to know each other ...
it may take a few games, a few weeks
- it may take the better part of the
season, before we can do the things on
the ice that we do in practice."
Michigan couldn't lose last night, but
the real test comes on Saturday against
Miami, a game the Wolverines can lose.
Huston caught reaching in
CLEVELAND (AP) - Cleveland
Cavaliers officials are witholding
comment on the arrest Tuesday night of
guard Geoff Huston in nearby Lake
County.
Lake County officials freed Huston,
Richmond Heights, after he posted $700
bond Wednesday. He was accused of
causing a disturbance inside a con-
venience store, said Chief Deputy
Richard A. Amiott.
"WE'VE TALKED to Geoff, and we
have his version of what happened,"
team spokesman Harvey Greene said
on Thursday. "Now, from a legal stan-
dpoint we're going to have to wait and
see what happens."
Green said there would be no other
statement.
Amiott said Huston had entered the
Convenient Food Mart in Perry Town-
ship and asked for directions. Huston
then allegedly became loud and began
knocking boxes from display shelves,
the deputy said.
When a woman customer walked into
the store, Amiott said, Huston grabbed
her between the legs.
Huston, a guard for the Cavaliers sin-
ce he was acquired from the Dallas
Mavericks in 1981, played-in 80 of
Cleveland's 82 National Basketball
Association games last season.
"MIRACLE AT MICHIGAN & TRUMBELL"
Stiles
notches hat trick
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