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Page 12 -The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, September 23, 1987
Miller Time
BY SCOTT G. MILLER
Ban
Long
Beach State
Collusion. It's spreading. There's
no other way to explain the
comments about this weekend's
football opponent Long Beach State.
Wolverine coaches, players, and
boosters must have taken lessons
from Major League Baseball owners.
People associated with the Michigan
program just won't say anything bad
about the 49ers. Here's a sample.
"Washington State was a pretty
good team, and Long Beach State is
not as good as Washington State,"
said Michigan head coach Bo
Schembechler. "I'm not going to say
we're playing another Notre Dame.
But they're on the schedule. The
officials are hired...."
"We're just trying to get better
every week and go out and destroy
the opponent," said wide receiver
Greg McMurtry.
"This week is a bigger mental
challenge than other games," said
linebacker J.J. Grant. "Anybody can
beat anybody in college football.
Look what Miami of Ohio did to
LSU last year."
"We can't take Long Beach State
lightly at all," said defensive back
Erik Campbell.
"I would like to have Michigan
play a schedule like Notre Dame
every year," said Gerry Zonca, the
president of the UM Booster Club of
Detroit. "But a contest is a contest.
It's nice Long Beach State has a
fairy tale chance to try to beat a
perennial power.
"Goliath always better be ready to
take on David."
Enough. Stop the civility. David
vs. Goliath? This game is worse.
After careful consultation with
California's own Inspector Joe
Friday, here's the real story. Just the
facts.
Long Beach State's athletic
department almost went bankrupt
last year. Had it not been for an Oral
Robert's type campaign - donate or
we die (or fold in this case) -
Saturday's game may have never
occurred.
Long Beach State is an awful
football team. The 49ers of the
PCAA lost to Cal State Fullerton,
31-12, last week for their first defeat
of the season. Long Beach State had
beaten Division I-AA schools
Montana State and Weber State to
start this year.
The 49ers have played in front of
16, 634 fans so far this season. That
number is the total from two home
games and one away contest. More
Michigan fans stand in line waiting
to use a port-o-john during one
game.
Long Beach State is the worst
football team Michigan has faced
since it beat Central St. Teachers
THE GAME.
SLong Beach State
at Michiganx
Michigan football and treat games as
social gatherings, they won't start
laughing until Saturday when they
check their ticket books.
Someone offered a scalper $50
and two Long Beach State tickets for
a pair of Iowa seats last weekend.
The scalper refused the offer. "Long
Beach State, that just shouldn't be
allowed," he said.
Amen.
Letterman's top ten
Here's the projected David
Letterman top ten reasons why
Michigan is a sure bet this weekend.
1) The 49ers are the type of team
Northwestern plays on homecoming.
2) The 49ers get their name from
the average amount of points the
opposition scores on them.
3) The number 49 also represents
the number of injuries Long Beach
State expects to sustain against
Michigan.
4) The 49ers won't have enough 4
money to get to the game. The team
bus will break down in Nevada.
5) The 49ers may look past
Michigan to next week's nationally
televised matchup on ESPN against
Fresno State.
- 6) The 49ers football training
table consists of tofu, seaweed, and
California wine coolers.
7) The most popular major at
Long Beach State is surfboard
management and maintenance.
8) The most popular class at
LongaBeach State is sunscreen
application and use.
9) Long Beach State is playing
Michigan so they will appear in
Griddes this week.
10) Long Beach State is only
coming to Ann Arbor so they can
see the Beach Boys concert on
October 17 at Crisler Arena.
College, 27-0, in 1931.
The point spread for Saturday's
game is 35. 5 points. The contest is
such a mismatch that no sane bookie
will take a bet on the game.
Maybe the only honest opinion
that can be found on campus is from
ticket scalpers if you can find any.
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New York (AP) -
Commissioner Pete Rozelle
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yesterday, and the two sides agreed to
more full-scale talks in hopes of
cutting short the day-old walkout.
Rozelle was identified by several
sources as the "mystery man' who
union chief Gene Upshaw said had
the authority to end the strike.
His involvement came as all but
a handful of the 1,585 players
reluctantly went to picket lines, and
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Quarterbacks Gary Hogeboom of
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Day one of the strike began with
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Hogeboom and Wilson broke
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"Apparently both sides are stupid
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after the 49ers, despite some
dissenting votes, agreed to walk out
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Ron Wooten of the New England
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"If Upshaw can't get it resolved
in a hurry, we want -omeone else
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The union announced it had filed
an unfair labor practice charge
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ago, the league did the.same against
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said it probably would call them off.
The television networks were
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39-20, victory over Denver.
Teams, meanwhile, went ahead
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