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*The Michigan defense, the
nation's stingiest in 1985, got
no defense from Bo after
Saturday's performance. "I'm
not here to make excuses for
them," he said. "When you
don't force a team to punt,
you've got a lot of work to do."
*Senior safety Doug
Mallory, who suffered a
bruised left thigh in last
Saturday's game is expected to
playagainst Oregon State this
week. Mallory was not
scheduled to practice with the
team yesterday.
" Schembechler was asked
about the often-quoted
Michigan ball boy who said
Notre Dame's Joel Williams
was in bounds on the
touchdownbthatdwasn't. "Ex-
ball boy," he corrected.
+Carlitos Bostic may
replace Steve Thibert as the
starter at outside linebacker
this week, according to
Michigan's depth chart.
*Schembechler said he is
pleased with John Vitale'sL
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performance at center. The
junior made the switch this
year from guard. "This kid's
got marvelous feel for a
center," the Wolverines head
coach said. "His feet are just
dancing."
" Notre Dame scored a pair
of touchdowns on the ground
Saturday. The Michigan
defense yielded
touchdowns on the
entire '85 season.
only two
ground the
*The last time Michigan
went an entire game without
making its opponent punt was
in 1962 against Michigan
State-no wonder
Schembechler could not
remember.
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By GREG MOLZON
For their season opening meet,
Michigan head coach Sue Parks
and her women's cross country
team travelled half way across
the country this past weekend to
visit the Show Me State and
participate in the Missouri
Invitational in Columbia, Mo.
The Wolverines finished third
out of seven teams, but they were
hampered by illnesses which kept
the team from showing the
Missourians two of its better
runners, Cheri Sly and Melissa
Thompson.
SLY HAD the flu and wasn't
able to compete at all, while an ill
Thompson attempted to run but
was ineffective and finished 29th.
Still, the other young
Wolverine runners were able to
pick up the slack and finished
with 66 points, behind only
Arkansas, with 29 points, and
Kansas State, 48 points.
"Arkansas and Kansas State
are pretty good teams," said
Parks. "They're two of the best
in the nation."
EVEN WITH Sly and
Thompson healthy, Michigan
probably wouldn't have been able
to catch these top teams, so Parks
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was just pleased that the young McPeck rou
runners stepped up and filled in scorers by o
successfully so early in the
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season.
"For our first meet, they (the satisfied w
freshmen and sophomores) opening me
competed really well," she said. Wi th
"They weren't intimidated at all i m p r ov e r
by the other teams." inexperien
Senior Kelli Bert led the squad healthyr
over the 5000-meter course and Thompson
placed seventh with a time of reason to b
18:37.3. She was followed by rest of thes
sophomore Traci Babcock, Parks w
freshman Mindy Rowand, and to showc
sophomore Debbie Palmer who hopefully
followed each other in to take the team in th
13th, 14th, and 15th spots, Kentucky
respectively. Freshman Jennifer Kentucky]
third
unded out the Michigan
coming in 17th place.
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with the results of the
eet.
the expected
ment of these
ced runners and the
return of Sly and
, the team has good
be optimistic about the
season.
ill get her next chance
off her young, and
healthy, Wolverine
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next weekend at the
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COLUMBUS (AP)- Ohio State
is off to its worst start this century
and many Buckeye followers are
worried.
But Buckeye coach Earle Bruce
is not one of them.
THE LAST time Ohio State lost
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its first two games was 1894, when
the Buckeyes fell to Akron 12-6
and Wittenberg 6-0.
So far in this, Ohio State's 97th
season of intercollegiate football,
the Buckeyes have shown a
similar lack of firepower in
dropping a 16-10 decision to
Alabama in the Chase Kickoff
Classic and a 40-7 humiliation
against Washington Saturday in
Seattle.
The pressure is on, not only on
the team but also the eight-year
coach of the Buckeyes.
"I'VE BEEN traveling through
the alleys and staying away from
everyone," Bruce said with a
laugh yesterday at his weekly
news conference. He joked that
he has started checking the
undercarriage of his car for
bombs prior to starting out in the
morning.
Not since 1911 has a Buckeye
team had a slower start
offensively. That team managed
a pair of opening victories on a
total of nine points.
The natives are restless, as are
members of the largest alumni
organization in the country. Ohio
State started the 1986 season with a
.705 winning percentage.
Buckeye fans are not accustomed
.to losing.
"WHO HAS played Alabama
and Washington back to back?"
Bruce asked rhetorically. "Who
has?... I have said all along that
those were two great football
teams and this was as tough a
start as Ohio State has ever
faced."
But Bruce hasn't blamed the
two defeats strictly on the
schedule.
For one, he pointed to
inexperience which has led to
numerous mistakes.
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