4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 26, 1985 Fiesta suits Bo just fine By PHIL NUSSEL With his eighth win over Ohio State safely tucked away, Michigan coach Bo Schembechler looked forward to the Wolverines' first trip to the Tem- pe, Ariz. Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 at his weekly press luncheon yesterday. Officials from the 1986 Fiesta Bowl were also on hand to announce the itinerary of events preceding the game which will pit Michigan against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-2). "THERE ISN'T another bowl out there that could've given us an opponent like Nebraska," Schembechler said. "The Fiesta Bowl has a tremendous reputation for doing such a great job with the teams." Although the Fiesta has a lower payoff to the teams than some other major bowls, Schembechler was not concerned. "Some people, I think, selfishly look at the money and other aspects of it, but out primary concern is that it's a great experience for the players," he said. "And I think that it's going to be a great experience.' The 15th annual Fiesta Bowl will be Michigan's 11th straight post-season bowl game dating back to the 1976 Orange Bowl. It is the 13th bowl ap- pearance for Schembechler, who is 2- 10 in post-season play. "IT SEEMS like every time we go to a bowl game, we get one of these great football teams," Schembechler said. "But that's the way it ought to be. It hasn't given us a particularly great record in bowls, but I'd ten times rather play Nebraska than a team that doesn't have the reputation." Nebraska is the first Big Eight team Michigan has met in a bowl game since playing Oklahoma in 1976. It will be the Wolverines' first meeting against Nebraska since 1962 when the Huskers won, 25-13. Tom Osborne is in his 13th year as coach at Nebraska and has developed a strong tradition with a 127-29-2 overall mark. "I KNOW Nebraska football under Tom Osborne and I respect it," Schembechler said. "It's offensive football and they know how to move the football." Michigan will begin preparing for the game Dec. 4 when conditioning exercises resume. The final practice schedule has not been determined because of exams, but Schembechler said the team will practice indoors for a week following exams, take a few days off for Christmas, and then leave for Tempe Dec. 26 at 2 p.m. from Detroit Metro airport. The team will then have four days to practice in the sun. "It's an ideal situation to play on New Year's day," Schembechler said. "First of all, they're the most prestigious bowls and second of all, it gives you an opportunity to be home for Christmas." Among the activities planned in the week before the game are tennis tournaments, a hole-in-one contest, a 10-K run, a full parade, and a band pageant. Numerous other events are scheduled. Tickets for these separate events can be requested through the bowl's ticket office at (602) 840-2693. Blue Lines - - a:, Upper Peninsula lunatics .. . ... create own traditions By RICK KAPLAN T raditions are a big part of Lake Superior State College hockey. One tradition is beating Michigan in Sault Ste. Marie, but with the week- end's frustrations well documented, let's move on to some of the little things that make Laker hockey so annoying. Lake Superior coach Frank Anzalone, a native New Yorker, has in- stilled his own disciplinary style into his team. After the opening song (which is a random choice of the American national anthem, the American and Canadian national anthems, or "God Bless America"), the team stands at attention for another four or five seconds, until the captain waves his stick. The other players then bang there sticks on the ice and skate off. Ah, the pageantry of college athletics. Anzalone's discipline could have had an effect on last weekend's series. The CCHA's leading goalie, Joe Shawham, did not start either game, and he did not even dress Friday. Asked where Shawhan was after the first game, Anzalone stammered, "He was supposed to start tonight, but he felt uuhhhh, (pause) sick." Translation: sources in the program claim Shawhan is a head case, and he was benched for mental, not physical problems. The fans receive the physical problems throughout the game. After each Laker goal, a foghorn sounds, deafening the crowd temporarily. It's almost as irritating as the Chicago Stadium horn that signifies Black Hawk goals. There is no celebration like an ear-piercing blast. Leading other ear annoyances were the two mascots. "Lunatic," a blonde-haired student wearing a Lake Superior hockey jersey (number two), bashed a Royal Blue and Gold hockey stick against the stands periodically, in an effort to fire up the sparse crowd. He was far from a lyrical success. Worse, though, was the costumed mascot, Seamore the Seaduck. His suit was closer to a pelican than a duck. Most junior high schools would be embarrassed to have Seamore waddling in their arena. The PA announcer was also a quack. Before each period, as the home team took the ice, he bellowed, "Here come your Soo Lakers!" Right, and there goes your dignity. The PA man reached new depths between the second and third periods. He read the lucky program numbers, interacting with "Lunatic" and the crowd. Each program had a number on the cover, and fourteen numbers were chosen to win such valuable prizes as free bowling games, a dozen donuts, and a two-piece chicken dinner. The exchange went something like this: PA announcer: "The winner of a Murph burger, a Pepsi, and french fries from Murph's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue is number 519." Crowd:"What?" PA: "Five-one-nine." Crowd: "Thank you." After the 14th, and final, prize (a Big Boy combination, with salad bar) was given away, the crowd said the normal "Thank you," and the an- nouncer said sheepishly, "You're welcome." The Lakers say "thank you" to their fans at the end of the game. After shaking hands with the visiting team, the Lake Superior players line up and down the middle of the ice, from goal to goal, and wave their sticks in the air at the crowd. Then they turn to face the other direction, and repeat the performance. A little taste of the Rockettes in the Upper Peninsula. Without a doubt, though, the best choreographed tradition is the ringing of "The Bell." After the game, if the Lakers win, they go into their locker room, take off their helmets and skates, replacing them with stocking hats and shoes, and run out to the parking lot. The fans gather around The Bell and cheer as each team member "rings" it twice. The bell does not really ring or clang, however; it makes a "thud" noise. Listening to 50 "thuds" per game could make anyone a "Lunatic." I I I I I 6 Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Senior placekicker Pat Moons, who replaced Mike Gillette, boots one of his two field goals against Ohio State. Punter Monte Robbins is the holder on the play. Brewster is All-America Tumblers finish last Special to the Daily Chris Brewster yesterday became only the seventh cross country All-American in Michigan coach Ron Warhurst's 12 years of coaching. Brewster, a senior from London, Ontario, finished 16th at the NCAA championships at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. The top 25 finishers make All-America. "I AM REALLY happy for Chris. All year long he's worked ex- tremely hard to get this far and to see it pay off is very satisfying," Warhurst said. He added, "Chris is a killer. He's got that fire in his eyes before every race believing that he's going to run well. He has that hunger to win that all the great ones need, and he is great." Brewster, the only Michigan runner in the finals, finished with a time of 30:11. Wisconsin's Tim Hacker won the overall individual championship with a time of 29:18. Yobes Ondieki of Iowa State (29:29) was second and Keith Han- son of Marquette (29:47) was third. Wisconsin finished first among the 22 teams entered with a team score of 67. Arkansas (104), Colorado (167), Arizona (175) and North Carolina (200) rounded out the top five. Brewster had finished fourth in the Big Ten at the district cham- pionship (qualifying round) on Nov. 16. in season By DOUGLAS VOLAN Last Saturday, the men's gym- nastics team finished last in its season opener at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago against an unusually tough field; including seven of the top ten teams in the country. The Wolverines performance was better than their finish indicated, however. Brock Orwig, who was red- shirted last season due to injury, made an outstanding comeback. He competed in four events, and made the finals on the horizontal bars with a qualifying score of 9.4. IN THE FINALS, Orwig placed openter second with a 9.5. "It's great to have Brock return to the lineup after a year of being redshirted," said Michigan coach Bob Darden. "It was a great way for him to get back into the gymnastic community. His per- formance was a base for him to build on for the rest of the year." "I came out of retirement this weekend and I felt somewhat blessed that I performed so well," Orwig said. "It was quite an experience. Coming back from the injury was more than invigorating." Another bright spot for Michigan was the performance of team captain Mitch Rose, who placed either first or second for Michigan all events. This included a 9.35 on the horizontal bar. a6 __ i IT'S ALL OVER CAMPUS! A DAILY! G 'I7' . ri / ^~ r G . 7' GET Irl i. IZ . y r .t , " l . 'i 4> i / > % . C A I d :' 1r1' a. a irJ ')QI I '-3 F". . J m ~, I I '(A 11 I ~/i / I cC) zp~ a ~- l/ / I~, , I . 01 f N I 0 - a