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Bo, Harbaugh make '86-'87 season rosy
By DARREN JASEY
Head football coach Bo Schembechler has
guided Michigan to 12 consecutive Bowl appear -
ances, including two straight New Year's Day
classics.
Last season he coached his 200th career
victory and surpassed Fielding H. Yost as
Michigan's winningest coach with 167 wins.
Things shouldn't be that much different for
Schembechler and his team this year, despite
some changes at important positions.
The first shifts took place at the coaching
positions.
AFTER LOSING to Arizona State in the
Rose Bowl Schembechler'9 major moves
included the shifting of defensive coordinator
Gary Moeller to offensive coordinator and
defensive back coach Lloyd Carr to Moeller's old
spot.
A change will also occur at quarterback, a
position Jim Harbaugh has held for two years.
Schembechler hasn't decided which of three
prospects - Chris Zurbrugg, Demetrius Brown,
and Michael Taylor - will start.
The Michigan coach is worried most by his
defensive backfield, where he has yet to find
bonafide replacements for the departed Garland
Rivers, Ivan Hicks, and Tony Gant.
Last season's conference championship was
the first for Michigan since 1982. Here is an
outline of the Wolverines' rosy season.
-GAME 1: Lou Holtz' debut as Notre
Dame's head coach was spoiled 25-24 when his
team commited four turnovers and mized a last
gasp field goal. An apparent Irish touchdown
reception by Joel Williams was also ruled in -
complete, and John Carney botched an extra
point.
"I think somebody's telling us we ought to
have a good season this year," Schembechler said
afterwards.
-Game 2: Michigan bounced back with its
second straight poor showing but managed a 31-
12 victory over Oregon State.
Beaver quarterback Erik Wilhelm threw 64
passes and completed 39.
"I'M NOT accustomed to standing on the
sidelines and watching the other team with the
ball," Schembechler said.
-Game 3: The Wolverines moved their record
to 3-0 after beating Florida State 20-18. Jamie
Morris, Gerald White, Thomas Wilcher and
company rushed for 213 yards on 49 carries.
"It gives us a lot of confidence beating one of
the best teams in the country," Harbaugh said.
-Game 4: Michigan stomped Wisconsin 34-17
before 75,898 howling Badger fans at Camp
Randall Stadium. Schembechler got his 200th
career coaching victory and Harbaugh passed for a
team record 310 yards.
-GAME 5: After Michigan State quarterback
Dave Yarema threw the interception that cost his
team the Iowa game, Hawkeye head coach
Hayden Fry said the Spartans would beat
Michigan.
Not so. The much-maligned Wog,,rine
defense came alive in a 27-6 romp.
-Game 6: For the third time in four years the
Iowa game was decided by a last-second field
goal.
In a battle of unbeatens, Mike Gillette's 34-
yard boot gave Michigan a 20-17 win and sent
the 105,879 Michigan fans into a frenzy.
"When (the fans) mobbed the field I thought I
wouldn't live to enjoy it," Gillette said.
-GAME 10: After moving to 9-0 and second
in the national polls, Michigan found out that
20-17 isn't always friendly after losing by that
same score to Minnesota.
Golden-gopher placekicker Chip Lohmiller's
game ending 30-yard field goal shocked Michigan
and enabled Penn State and Miami to meet in the
Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2 for the mythical national
championship.
-THE GAME: It was Roses for Michigan and
Cottons for Ohio State! Harbaugh backed up his
"guaranteed" victory with a 19-29, 261 yard
performance, and Morris rushed for a career-high
210 yards on 29 carries.
Aloha: The Wolverines traveled to Hawaii and
beat the Rainbow Warriors to finish the regular
season 11-1.
Basketball star, three top QBs highlight recruits
By SCOTT G. MILLER
One of the more intriguing
recruiting stories for the Wolverine
football team concerns Lance
Dottin of Cambridge, Mass.
Dottin had to decide not only on
what school to attend but also on
what sport to play. The 6-3, 190-
pounder starred for one of the state's
top basketball teams, Cambridge
Rindge and Latin High School.
"Dottin is the best high school
athlete in Massachusetts," said
Rindge and Latin basketball coach
Al Coccoluto. "He's an instinctive
player who makes the right plays at
the right time."
ONLY New York Knicks center
Patrick Ewing and Michigan
sophomore Rumeal Robinson have
scored more points than Dottin for
Rindge and Latin. Despite his
basketball success and five Division
I basketball scholarship offers,
Dottin chose to play football for
the Wolverines.
"I feel Michigan will have better
opportunities for me in the long
run not only in football but also in
the business world," said Dottin.
On the football field, Dottin
played fullback and safety, but the
Wolverine coaching staff plans to
play him at wide receiver or
defensive back.
"I would like to play some
offense and make some big catches
in front of a 100,000 people," said
Dottin. "But on defense you can do
the same thing by picking one off
and running it back."
As a wide receiver, Dottin will
join Dan Jokisch of Clarkston,
Mich., who will wear his brother
Paul's number 84. They will catch
passes from three of the top
quarterback prospects in the nation.
Eric Bush of Quincy, Ill., Ken
Sollom of Canyon, Cal., and
Wilbur Odom of San Antonio,
Texas all committed to Michigan.
ODOM set Texas high school
records for touchdown passes and
passing yardage. He rejected the
University of Texas, where his
three top wide receivers from
Holmes High School plan to
the list.
"I model myself after Dick
Butkus because he was the
prototype linebacker," said
Anderson. "He went out and played
the game with reckless abandon."
"(Anderson) plays with
tremendous intensity," said Glen
Brook South football coach Robert
Schoenwetter. "That's his trademark
as a linebacker."
LINEBACKER Rusty
Fichtner, another big hitter, helped
Meadville High School, Pa., to a
10-1-1 record and a conference
championship. The 6-1, 205-
pounder led his team in tackles.
"Going into the Michigan
program, he will be a little
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attend. undersized," said coach Ken
Offensive lineman Matt Elliot of Achenbach. "At that level, he's
Carmel, Ind., and tight end David going to have to rely on his
Diebolt of Mayfield, Ohio, will quickness."
protect the quarterbacks. Elliot Other recruited linebackers
plans to enroll in the School of include Chris Bohn of Traverse
Engineering and hopes Michigan City, Mich., Otis Williams of
engineers his development as a Canton-Glen Oak, Ohio, Cornelius
football player. Simpson of Highland Park, Mich.,
"I am still physically and Brian Townsend of Cincinnati
immature," said the 6-4, 250- Northwest.
pounder. "I have a lot of room to Defensive linemen Alex
grow, but I love to hit." Marshall of Redford Bishop Borgess
The Wolverine defensive recruits and Ron Zielinski of Sterling
include many big hitters. Eric Heights Stevenson round out the
Anderson of Glen Brook, Ill., tops defensive recruits.
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