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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 2, 1985 -Page 8
Injury-free Kattus energizes offense
By PHIL NUSSEL
After four years of injuries,
frustration, and limited playing time,
Michigan co-captain Eric Kattus is
finally accomplishing his goal: he is
becoming a great Wolverine tight end.
The fifth-year senior has started all
three games so far, and captured the
spotlight last Saturday against
Maryland when he caught six passes
for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Kat-
tus had eight receptions for 70 yards
and two touchdowns before Satur-
day's third Wolverine victory.
ALTHOUGH this season is the Cin-
cinnati native's first as a starter,
Michigan coach Bo Schembechler is
convinced he has a quality tight end.
"I think he's excellent," Schem-
bechler said. "I don't know of a better
tight end in our league. He can block,
he can catch, he's got good speed, he's
got good range - I think he's good."
Kattus' success against Maryland
added another weapon to the
Wolverine offensive arsenal. Out of
respect for split end Paul Jokisch, the
Terps slacked off Kattus, leaving him
wide open while Jokisch was doubled-
teamed.
Now, defenses will have to look for
Kattus as well as Jokisch (not to men-
tion the run), throwing a wrench in
the opposition's game plan.
"WE KNEW he was a good
athlete," Maryland coach Bobby Ross
said after the game. "We didn't plan
on double-teaming Jokisch and drop-
ping off on Kattus. We just got caught
in a gamble and it didn't work."
Kattus' road to success has been rough.
He came to Michigan in 1981 af-
ter being a Parade Magazine All-
American at tight end for Colerain
High School in Cincinnati. He lettered
as a freshman at Michigan and was on
his way up on the depth chart, but
then the injuries hit.
"My whole career here has been
like one big injury," Kattus said. "I
was really counting on having a great
career here, but with injuries and a lot
of depth at my position, things hadn't
worked out and that's pretty much the
main reason I came back because I
wanted to finish what I had not yet
finished."
Kattus was red-shirted his
sophomore year after three games
and had surgery on both his right knee
and shoulder. He had to miss the '83
Rose Bowl. He also had turf toe the
next year. All told, he has had three
knee surgeries at Michigan.
BUT KATTUS got healthier as his
career progressed. His first touch-
down catch came against Ohio State
in the 24-21 victory in 1983. Last year,
he backed up Sim Nelson and caught
four passes.
Finally, in 1985, Kattus is 100 per-
cent. And he's excited about being a
team captain. "It was one of the hap-
piest days of my life (when elected
captain)," he said. "To be chosen as
captain at the University of Michigan
is something big. Your teammates
select you."
Kattus sees himself as a laid back
player, especially before games.
"Some people get ready by jumping
around and smacking people, but I'm
not like that," he said. "I just keep to
myself. My first feelings (when elec-
ted captain) were that I have a hard
time motivating myself, much less a
whole bunch of people."
KATTUS' LAID back attitude has
not affected his team philosophy; he
puts the Wolverines far ahead of him-
self. "To be honest, it's more impor-
tant to win. Right now, I'd just like to
have a great season for Michigan. It
would be great for us to go to
Pasadena and win the Rose Bowl.
That's more important to me right
now.
"If the opportunity arises for me to
play pro football, I would like it, but
I'm not really counting on it."
Even if this Michigan tight end does
not have another six-reception, two-
touchdown day, his healthy presence
is another one of Schembechler's of-
fensive daggers that could be pulled
at any time.
Here's to health.
Hammerstein lost for 85
UPI ranks M'5th
From staff and wire reports
Michigan, after Saturday's 20-0
thrashing of Maryland, has moved
up from ninth to fifth in the UPI
poll.
The Wolverines began the season
unranked, but in successive weeks
have risen from.15th, to ninth, and
now to fifth. This also marks the
third consecutive week that
Michigan has knocked a team out
of the top 20.
The Big Ten continues to rule the
ranks in the early going. Iowa was
crowned the number one college
football team in the country, Ohio
State climbed to third, and with
Michigan in fifth, the Big Ten
claims three of the country's top
five teams. Indiana gave the Big
Ten its fourth Top 20 team by
sneaking in at number 20.
1. Iowa (19).........3-0-0
2. Oklahoma (14) .. 1-0-0
3. Ohio State........3-0-0
4. Florida State (1) . 4-0-0
5. MICHIGAN (5) .. 3-0-0
6. Oklahoma State . 3-0-0
7. Penn State.......4-0-0
8. Alabama.......4-0-0
9. LSU ............. 2-0-0
10. Nebraska......2-1-0
11. Arkansas......3-0-0
12. Brigham Young . 3-1-0
13. Auburn........2-1-0
14. Tennessee (1)... 1-0-1
15. Air Force ...... 4-0-0
16. Texas..........2-0-0
17. UCLA........ 2-1-1
18. Georgia........3-1-0
19. Baylor......... 3-1-0
20. Indiana........3-0-0
(First place votes in par-
entheses).
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By JOE EWING
Michigan's offense was dealt a
major blow Monday night when
guard Mark Hammerstein under-
went surgery to repair a damaged
ligament in his right knee. The 6-4,
273-pound senior, who injured the
knee in last Saturday's win over
Maryland, is not expected to
return this season.
"It wasn't that bad," said
Wolverine assistant head coach
and defensive coordinator Gary
Moeller. "But it should be a thing
that will keep him out for a year."
John Vitale, a 6-1, 277-pound
sophomore, is expected to replace
Hammerstein this weekend in the
season opener against Wisconsin.
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Kattus
.. . rebounds from injury
THE SPORTING VIEWS
Pigskin TV contracts .. .
At
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Unruly football fans
spur seating changes
By MARK BOROWSKY
PEEKED into the dorm lounge and was
horrified.
Fourty-three male college students turned into
zombies. They all sat transfixed and ex-
pressionless, staring at the TV set with glazed
eyes. Each and every one had a six pack of beer,
watching a football game on TV with a blank and
unshaven face.
Must be a big game, I wondered aloud.
"YES," they said, in monotone.
"Who's playing?" I asked.
"Iowa vs. Southwest Uganda State," a zombie
quipped.
"Now really, guys, isn't there anything better to
do?"
"We've got nothing better to do," answered one.
"Than watch TV and have a couple of brews,"
moaned another.
This was trouble. This was worse than a roomful
of Mets fans. Forty-three perfectly normal college
males turned into zombies by college football.
This is not what the Supreme Court had in mind.
With its 1983 ruling, the Court said that any team
could negotiate games outside of the NCAA. So
now one can literally watch hundreds of games on
network and cable TV. Which is what these mush
brains were doing, watching game after game af-
ter game.
But this shouldn't happen, my mind racing back
to Econ. 201. With the overflow of games on TV,
the marginal utility of watching hundreds of
games should be close to zero. In other words,
people should get sick of football, because there
are so many games and they w
much. Hey guys, I called outt
ewers, aren't you sick of this?
"NO. DO NOT TOUCH."
So much for a practical ed
But then I remembered that th
for the first game is exceeded
last. The more an addict has,
needs. So although there are
ching college football as a who
actually watching more du
cessibility. Get hooked, and
ESPN forever.
There had to be somethin
situation was serious, so I d
ment.
Fellow quaddies, I announc
Masterpiece Theatre on. How,
station ?
The response was a shower4
and full, aimed at my head.
If you can't appeal to their
brothers, I said invitingly, h
some frat rush parties?
"No way!"barked one.
"Disgusting!" screamed an
Well, I thought, perhaps the
they look.
I decided on the ultimat
rushed to the TV set and chang
the football game to the Play
"What is that they are doin
asked.
"Why is he kissing her there
"Yawn," one responded.
o.o. turn dormies into zombies4
von't watch them as I was desperate. Listen guys, I pleaded, you
to the transfixed vi- can't spend the rest of your life watching college
football.
"YES WE CAN."
lucation, I thought.. No, You can't. The real world is out there, I said,
e utility of an addict gesturing outdoors. I mean, there's things to do in
by the utility of the the world ... like literature and music and politics
the more an addict and girls and millions of other things. There's
fewer people wat- more to life than just sports, I begged.
ale, some people are Perhaps that was the wrong thing to say. Im-
ue to greater ac- mediately all 43 of them arose and started to walk
1 you could watch at me, angry and violent.
"WE WANT SPORTS! WE WANT SPORTS!
g I could do. The WE WANT SPORTS!" they chanted.
ecided shock treat- "Beano Cook and Frank Broyles!" someone
screamed.
ced, there's a good "Wishbone and triple option!" yelled another.
about changing the The angry mob began descending upon me.
There was nothing in my power to make them
of beer cans empty stop; they were after blood.
But then, a miracle happened. The TV, having
r intellect . . . Hey been on for about 48 hours straight, fizzled out and.4
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But some officials feel that in-
creasing the security force and ap-
pealing to the students is not the an-
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"That won't do any good," said
Stein, who advocates making the en-
tire student section into general ad-
mission seating. "There's no way that
you can get students into their proper
seats if they don't want to go. They'd
have to hire so much security out
there that (Athletic Director Don)
Canham couldn't pay for it."
Perry said that several seating
proposals for 1986 are being con-
sidered, including some type of
general admission system and a
bigger promotion of group seating.
how about going to
other.
y aren't as dumb as
e test. Daringly, I
ged the station from
boy Channel.
ng?" two freshman
?" asked another.
died.
Someone yelled, "Wait a minute, our TV set
doesn't work!"
"IT"S BROKEN!" everyone else screamed, in
unison.
Suddenly, their eyes whitened. The zombies
were coming back to their human states. Within a
few minutes, all of them were back to normal. At
least, that's what I thought.
"Gee, I have to study now," one of the now
human, once zombie students said, "but I just
remembered something. I forgot how to read."
Now"
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