Women's Volleyball vs. Michigan State Tonight, 7:30 p.m. IM Building SPORTS Tuesday, October 13, 1987 Women's Soccer vs. Central Michigan Today, 4:30 p.m. Mitchell Field Page 9 The Michigan Daily 'Big Two tumble to unfamiliar depths Bo backs Brown to bitter end; .looks for defense to improve By RICK KAPLAN Bo Schembechler knows quarterback Demetrius Brown played poorly in last Saturday's 17-11 loss at Michigan State. A Michigan-record seven interceptions made assessments of the redshirt sophomore very easy. But Schembechler had an answer for Brown's critics yesterday at his weekly press luncheon. "What do you want me to do, shoot him?" asked the coach, quoting a Sparky Anderson comment about Tiger relief pitcher Willie Hemandez. Many Wolverine fans would like Schembechler to take a less violent route and bench Brown, but Schembechler is not prepared to do so. Asked if Brown would start this Saturday, he answered, "Yeah, probably, well, yes." Schembechler defended his quarterback, placing some of the blame for the Michigan State misadventures on the Wolverine receivers. "Let's give him this: Not all the interceptions were his fault," Schembechler said. "There were some routes that were run wrong and that cost him some chances. How's that? That's as far as I'll go." Schembechler did not shield the young quarterback from criticism. "He knows I like him," said the Wolverine coach. "I don't worry if I hurt his feelings. The worst thing you can do when coaching a guy who made some mistakes is whitewash it, say 'You're better than that.' "I go in there and tell him. I gave him my judgment. I gave him my judgment of our offense, (Michigan State's) defense, seven interceptions, everything. If he is a man, he'll take it, if he's not, he won't." Brown did not take what the Spartans offered, according to Schembechler. "He must learn to take plays they'll give him," Schembechler said. "He must pass to the receiver they'll give him. There were three plays where I thought his alternative was scrambling. On other plays, I wanted to see him find the short receiver and dump the ball off. "If he does that, he'll be dam effective." The 19-year Michigan coach said he has a plan "to correct this" and help Brown improve, but he would not reveal it, fearing future opponents would get hold of the information. Schembechler was more willing to speak out on his defense. He called the Michigan defense in the first half against Michigan State "the worst since I've been here," and said defense remains his biggest concern. "We've only played two football teams - Notre Dame and Michigan State," he said, discounting Michigan's three blowout victories. "Both moved the ball on us. The defense has been subpar in both of those games. "Michigan State beat us up first half. They just beat our defense up. That first half I was so upset. I won't soon forget a performance like that." Bruce ho COLUMBUS (AP) - Ohio State coach Earle Bruce knows his team has some problems after Saturday's 31-10 humiliation at the hands of Indiana, but he said he really hasn't pinpointed how to solve them. "There are probably some headaches around in college football, but the biggest one is in Columbus, Ohio," Bruce said yesterday at his weekly media conference. "I don't know where it will end." Bruce's headaches are throbbing on several fronts: -The Buckeye defense, which had entered the Indiana game ranked first in the Big Ten in points allowed, was pushed around in the second half as the Hoosiers reeled off three touchdowns. Along the way, Indiana, which ended a 31-game winless streak against Ohio State, rushed for 205 yards. "THEY DID something I did. not think was possible," Bruce said. "They ran the ball against our defense. In fact, they ran for more r yardage than they passed for (200 yards)." -The Buckeye offense continued to show all the explosiveness of a s problen wet firecracker. Ohio State did not pick up a first down in the third quarter and managed just 132 yards rushing and 132 more passing against Indiana. "Quarterback Tom Tupa did a much better job this week than last week," said Bruce. "He had three dropped passes - two on possession downs - including one on third and 24 that would have given us a first down. "I think he did make some bad decisions on his two interceptions. But he's the best we have and he has to get better." He added, "Statistics are for losers, but if you look at the statistics you can see the story of the game right there. They ran 77 plays to our 51, they had the ball for almost 37 minutes to our 23. We had three turnovers as opposed to their none." -BRUCE SAID he was most concerned about his team's lack of enthusiasm Saturday. He said he was taking steps to provide more incentive heading into the Buckeyes' game at Purdue Saturday. "In the history of coaching, you s galore can tell a lot about the character of a young man by how they bounce back," Bruce said. "This week's going to be a real character-builder for Ohio State." -The nine-year Ohio State coach said he was planning no major changes in personnel, but that he had decided on Jim Bryant at tailback in place of last year's 1,000 yard gainer, Vince Workman. In addition, he said some juggling would be needed in the secondary to make up for the loss of four-year starter Greg Rogan, who broke his leg. -Bruce said the offense's problem was not play-calling, but execution. He said he was not planning to turn to an option attack or to freshman running back Carlos Snow. -Bruce said that the difference for the Buckeyes was the lack of a dominating player. "In football, you've got to have a dominant player on offense and a dominant player on defense," he said. 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