Page 12-The Michigan Daily-Monday, October 25, 1987 Adamantly Speaking BY ADAM OCHLIS BLOOMINGTON - No one seemed to think of the consequences. Indiana beats Michigan. Fans go nuts. Goalposts get torn down. No one seemed to think of that sequence of events. Particularly the first part. Indeed, how could Indiana, a team whose seniors lived through an 0-11 season just three years ago, beat Michigan, a team that hadn't lost in Indiana to the Hoosiers since 1959? How could Indiana beat the Wolverines and thus complete the sweep of Michigan and Ohio State in the same season - something Indiana football had never accomplished in its 103 years? Who would have thought to hire extra security to prevent fans from dismantling the goalposts? "At the beginning of the season, I really didn't believe we could beat Ohio State and Michigan in the same season," admitted Hoosier wide receiver Ernie Jones after Indiana's 14-10 victory. When head coach Bill Mallory walked into the post- game press conference, he leaned over and grabbed his stomach. "Kidney stones?" a reporter asked in reference to the ailment that put Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler in the hospital recently. "No. Heart attack," smiled Mallory. Despite entering the game with a 5-1 record, wasn't this just a little too much to ask from Indiana, a school known primarily for its basketball team and its volatile head coach? "Do we have a basketball team?" asked one Indiana player after the game. "I didn't know we had a basketball team. Are they any good?" Organized bedlam is the only way to explain the Hoosier locker room following the game. Some players talked about the possibility of Indiana going to the Rose Bowl. Others talked about keeping the win in perspective. One Hoosier even played bowl representative and said Michigan fans should buy their tickets for Birmingham, the site of the All American Bowl - the same bowl a 6-6 Indiana team attended last year. Indiana football... ...sunlikelyWinner It is still too early to tell if Indiana is a legitimate power. There is no doubt that the Big Ten is as weak as it has been in a long while. In addition, Rice and Missouri (two of Indiana's earlier conquests) don't remind anyone of Oklahoma and Nebraska. It is fair to say, however, that Indiana is a better team than Michigan and deserved to win Saturday's game. The Hoosiers took the game to the Wolverines. Indiana played with the thought of winning the game. The Wolverines, who repeated all week to themseleves that they couldn't lose another game, played with that thought in mind. When Michigan had to punt on its first possession, Indiana put 10 players on the line of scrimmage in an attempt to block the kick. Forget that Indiana succeeded in doing so, that is no matter. When Indiana had fourth and one at the Michigan four-yard line midway through the third quarter, Mallory didn't even think of kicking a game-tying field goal. "We weren't going out there and play soft," Mallory said. "We wanted to win the game." When the rain and wind kicked up in the third quarter, Indiana didn't stray from its game plan of mixing the pass and the run. Michigan didn't look like it had a game plan. When Wolverine quarterback Demetrius Brown halted play for 10 minutes by claiming his teammates couldn't hear him call signals, the Hoosiers refused to let it bother them. Indiana had almost everything go wrong for it, yet in the words of coach Mallory, "we didn't buckle." Despite being dominated in many of the total statistics, Indiana played better when it had to. So now, Indiana is the frontrunner in "the run for the roses." Unbelievable? Probably. Inside the Hoosier locker room is a chart of team goals for the season. Goal number one: Win the Big Ten. More realistically, perhaps is goal number two: Beat Purdue. In the year of the Hoosiers, however, anything is possible. Indiana football is for real. "No one ever marked the Indiana game on their calendar as being a tough game," said Jones. "Now, maybe-it will." Indiana coach Bill Mallory gets doused with a bucket of water after the Hoosiers' 14-10 victory over the Wolverines. I Miller Time BY SCOTTG. MILLER Bo sees red, no roses after loss to Hoosiers ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Week Survivors can choose to speak openly, or anonymously from backstage. Thur. Oct. 29, 8 pm Michigan Union Ballroom Call the UM Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center at 763-5865 PUBLIC WELCOME What's Happening Recreational Sports ROCKCLIMBING TRIP TO GRAND LEDGE, MICHIGAN Experience vertical rock climbing on the 50 ft. cliffs at Grand Ledge Park. An introductory course in rockclimbing will include instruction in knots, belay techniques, and overall climbing safety. TRIP DATE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1987 PRE-TRIP MEETING: WED., OCTOBER 28 7 pm North Campus Rec. Bldg. Which One? Would you rather drive? BLOOMINGTON - Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler redefined the word curt at his press conference following t h e Wolverines' 14-10 loss to Indiana. Hell hath no fury like an angry Schembechler. "This is not a very good team, and I told them so," fumed the 19th- year head coach. "To play like that, ahhhhhhh..." Last week, Schembechler felt great. He took pills to ease the pain from his kidney stones, and his team destroyed Iowa, 37-10. The loss to the Hoosiers was a bitter pill to swallow. Defeat hurts Schembechler. It eats L _m S "The T A e c S H E F F ,. HEU fFe St ate of it Network News away at him. A few more performances like Saturday's and the 58-year-old will not last to retirement age. SCHEMBECHLER tried to convey his frustration after the loss - as much as possible in two minutes. He stormed out of the interview room but took one step back inside. He wanted to go off. Erupt. "And you know what the sad thing is...," he said. But he left before finishing the thought. Here are some possibilities: -Michigan will not fulfill its reason for existence - traveling to. the Rose Bowl. One Indiana player after the game repeatedly said, "All- American Bowl, Michigan. All- American Bowl, Michigan." The Hoosiers played in that most meaningful contest last year. The Wolverines (4-3) may be lucky to play in any bowl game. -Michigan has lost to every good team it has faced. The Iowa victory is meaningless. Iowa is a poor Hawkeye team, having a poor year. In a weak season for the Big Ten, Michigan should easily have won the conference. Period. -THE WOLVERINES made two team's seasons. If either Indiana or Michigan State make the Rose Bowl, they can thank Bo's boys. Michigan lost to both those teams, literally handing them the games. No one stopped the Wolverines except themselves. -Despite numerous injuries on defense, Michigan yielded 14 points to Indiana and 17 to Michigan State. With any offensive output, the Wolverines clobber these teams. It doesn't matter that Michigan has the best talent in the Big Ten at the skilled positions. Most of those players never touch the ball because of a horrendous passing attack. _j-Visiting Marsh Professor L_ -Former Executive Producer for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite -As Vice-President and Director of News for CBS he developed the CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt 7 B u rton Benj amin r~ T U E S D A Y october 27 -Penalties. Michigan hadn't been penalized much this season, but penalty flags littered Memorial Stadium. Erik Campbell and Allen Bishop were both called for pass interference on third-down-and-long plays. Campbell definitely interfered with a receiver in the end zone. The call on Bishop, though, was questionable. "DID YOU ever see a worse call in your life?" asked Schembechler. "That's third and 12 when that dumb cluck makes that one. That's unbelievable." -The kicking game conributed heavily to the loss. Kicking had been a strength all season. Punter Monte Robbins, though, had a kick blocked, leading to a Hoosier touchdown. -The weather. Someone willed that Michigan would not win the game. Every time the Wolverines mounted an offensive drive the wind and rain increased. Schembechler thought he arranged it so his team would have the wind at its back for the fourth quarter. Instead, the wind changed directions at the start of the final quarter. "If you're a good football team, you overcome adversity," said Schembechler. He's absolutely right. No excuses. Michigan is a bad team. Rced-eyed Schembechler saw red both literally and figuratively after the game. The coach icily stared at me and my soaking wet attire at the press conference. I wore a red Indiana rain poncho. Needless to see, I won't do that again anytime soon. Highwayhighlights Warning: Driving through Indiana with Michigan license plate can be hazardous to one's health. Six hospitable Hoosiers drove along side the Daily football writers' car. After giving us a friendly gesture with a middle finger, one pulled out a gun and brandished it. Eventually, we turned off onto another exit. Another great highway experience occurred at 2:15 a.m. yesterday. We drove past a Godfrey moving truck containing the Michigan football equipment. 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