Page 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 14, 1988
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BY MICHAEL SALINSKY
On the day of the game for the Rose
Bowl, Leroy Hoard and Tracy Williams
woke up to find out they would be carrying
the running load for Michigan. Tony Boles'
groin pull had put him out of action.
All week, Boles was expected to see at
least limited action. Hoard and Williams
knew that the ball would be in their hands
more than in recent weeks since Boles
would probably not play every down.
But Boles' recovery was not as quick as
expected and Friday Boles told Williams: "I
don't think I'm going to be playing. My
leg's still hurting."
At Saturday's morning meeting, coach
Bo Schembechler pulled the two aside.
Boles would not play, no matter how the
game was going. Schembechler told them
to be ready to carry the ball 25 or 30 times.
HOARD said he laughed when he was
told he might carry 30 times. By game's
end, he had carried 29 times for 137 yards
and two touchdowns. Williams added 85
yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.
Hoard, for the first time this year, found
himself at tailback in the "I" formation. "It
wasn't really a big change," he said. "I ran
tailback during two-a-days before the
season. It's just not as much blocking."
His performance came just two weeks
after being suspended by Schembechler for
missing two 8 a.m. classes.
Hoard, a third-year sophomore from New
Orleans, started off slowly, gaining only
six yards on six carries in the first quarter.
On his first carry of the second quarter, he
ill Boles' role
took a pitch from quarterback Demetrius
Brown from the option for 20 yards.
Hoard gained 30 more yards in that
series - including a gutsy third-down draw
play from the Illini eight-yard line and a
three-yard scoring run - as the Wolverines
widened their lead to 17-3.
Hoard's second touchdown -
Michigan's final score - exemplified his
running all day. Hoard bounced off two
Illini before finally powering into the end
zone. Throughout the game Hoard seemed
to be dragging guys along or running
through them. "It wasn't easy," Hoard said.
WILLIAMS was also doing some
dragging and pushing. His touchdown came
on a fourth down from the one. Williams
jumped and landed on the back of teammate
Jarod Bunch, but kept his feet and scored.
"We had all the power backs in today."
Williams said. "Their defense is a small
team, so we knew we had to just beat them
up.
Williams, like Hoard, has had to
overcome adversity. It was Williams'
fumble on the one-yard line that prevented
Michigan from taking the lead at Iowa,
resulting in a tie and the only blemish on
Michigan's conference record.
"I was a little ball conscious on the first
couple of plays," said Williams, who only
carried the ball four times in between the
Iowa game and Saturday's contest.
Williams started the game in the spot
that has been monopolized by Boles this
year. He and Hoard switched in and out
throughout the game.
LIKE HOARD, Williams started
slowly, gaining most of his yards in the
second half. "The first few plays, everyone
was uptight," said Williams, a third-year
sophomore. "As everyone relaxed, you're
going to get better blocking. The offensive
line blocked really well."
Although Schembechler insisted during
the week that Boles would play, some
players seemed to know more than Bo was
letting out.
"We knew (Boles) was hurt all week,"
Walker said. "We weren't going around
publicizing it."
In the end, it didn't matter.
"We knew Boles was hurting," Illinois
coach John Mackovic said. "We didn't
change anything. They ran all the same
plays, the same as they've run against other
teams."
Hoard echoed Mackovic's feelings: "I
don't think whether (Boles) was going to
play or not was a factor. Every guy that
backs someone up is capable of doing the
same thing in a given situation."
Even Boles - who was on pace to
break the Michigan single-season rushing
record - was not irreplaceable.
Williams and Hoard woke up Saturday
to find they would be carrying the load.
With standout performances from both,
one would imagine that they went to sleep
Saturday night very satisfied, having led the
Wolverines to victory and a berth in the
Rose Bowl.
Michigan running back Leroy Hoard bowls over an Illinois defender during
Saturday's game. Hoard helped make up for the absence of starting tailbacl
Tony Boles by gaining 137 yards on 29 carries..
Continued from Page 1
Wolverines won the game handily.
"The way we practiced and the
way our frame of mind was, I really
believed coming into this game, we
were going to win," said Michigan
fvllback Jarrod Bunch, who
contributed a third-quarter touchdown.
"I didn't think they could come in
and take it away from us."
ILLINOIS coach John Mackovic
said: "That's the best anyone has
played against us all year. Michigan
has shown that they can play with
anyone anywhere."
For outgoing seniors such as
Husar, co-captains Mark Messner and
John Vitale, David Arnold, John
Kolesar, Jeff Brown, and Mike
Gillette, it was one last chance to
play before the home crowd.
Kolesar's 34-yard return on the
game's opening kickoff gave the
Wolverines excellent field position at
their own 47-yard line. They later
scored on Demetrius Brown's six-
yard pass to wide receiver Chris
Calloway. Kolesar added a 19-yard
punt return in the fourth quarter,
which he nearly broke for more
yardage, but he fell down.
Arnold returned to the lineup after
missing two games with a hamstring
injury. His first interception of the
season early in the first quarter led to
a Gillette 28-yard field goal.
THE WOLVERINES' next
score came after Welborne stripped
the ball out of the hands of Illini
tailback Keith Jones, and Messner
recovered the fumble. Michigan
marched 74 yards in nine running
plays for a touchdown to increase its
lead to 17-3.
Messner played another near
flawless game, Schembechler said. "I
saw him miss a tackle today, and it
shocked me," the coach quipped.
Messner, perhaps the best
defensive lineman the Wolverines
have ever had, saw the potential of
this team before fall practice even
started. His perception proved correct.
"When you got guys that are
going in there under pressure in a big
game like this, and they step to the
forefront like they did, that just
shows the attitude of this team,"
Messner said. "It's just a tremendous,
tremendous togetherness."
Blue Banter
-Third-year sophomore inside
linebacker Marc Spencer quickly put
to rest any doubts about whether he
could fill in for the injured J.J.
Grant, the Wolverines' leading
tackler. On Illinois' first play from
scrimmage in the first quarter,
Spencer tackled Illini fullback
Howard Griffith, holding him to a
two-yard gain.
Roses
Continued from Page 1
the team joined the'crowd chanting:
"ROSE BOWL. ROSE BOWL.
ROSE BOWL."
The mood in the locker room
after the game was, well, rosy.
Tony Boles, the tailback who
outgrew the shoes he had to fill this
season, sniffed a rose. Erick
Anderson, who ran 22 yards out of
punt formation, had a rose lying on
top of his locker. Vitale had a rose
pinned to the lapel of his sportcoat.
The FTD flower man certainly had
paid the Wolverines a visit.
There was yelling. Singing.
Laughing. A bunch of happy
players. The players had good
reason to live it up. They had
overcome more than losses. They
had injuries, too - loads of them.
For starters, quarterback Michael
Taylor was out with a broken
collarbone. But Demetrius Brown,
last year's starter, promptly stepped
in and had a Taylor-like
performance: eight completions in
14 attempts, one touchdown, and
no interceptions. That's right,
Michigan State fans, no
interceptions.
It was the no interceptions that
coach Bo Schembechler was most
pleased about. Schembechler had
written on the blackboard before the
game that Michigan could not turn
the ball over. As diagrammed, there
were no turnovers.
There was Anderson and Marc
Spencer, who filled in for
linebackers John Milligan and J.J.
Grant, the leading tackler. What
happened? Anderson and Spencer
tied for the team lead in tackles
with eight apiece.
MESSNER was asked if he
was surprised 'about the play of the
two linebackers. He said he would
have been surprised if they $had'not
played so well.
There was Tracy Williams antl-
Leroy Hoard taking over they
tailback duties with Tony Boles outt
with a groin injury. Surely Boles',;
was one Wolverine wbo" could na t+:
be replaced. He is averaging 14 ;
yards per game.
Surprise.
Hoard ran over, around', an4'
through the Illinois defense. Hd.
dragged defenders with him for 137';:
yards , and two touchdowns
Williams ran for 84 yards himself
including one touchdown's oqr
fourth-and-goal from the one when
he rode into the end zone on the !,
back of teammate Jarrod Lunch
support when he needed it most.
Even with the substitutes, the;:
toilet paper unraveled. The band
blasted "The Victors." The fish;
pumped in the air. It was for tho,
roses, baby, the roses.
' I PERU A P S Northwestern e
coach Francis Peay said it best
while his team prepared to battle 4A
injured Michigan squad two. weeks
ago. He said there is such A thing a#',
a Michigan level of performancq O
where the replacements maintain
the same level as the starters. I have
to think Illinois coach., Johq 01
Mackovic subscribes to the same
theory now. ,
And what about Schembechler.
What's gotten into him? The fake
punt against Michigan State, the
reverse flanker pass against Indiana,'
and now the snap to the blocking%
back in punt formation. Don't
worry, he'll have some time to
relax in California. Get to
Disneyland. Go on the rides. 04
All the Wolverines will. They
deserve to. They have been tested
along the way. They 'have*
persevered. 0
They are on their way tow"
Pasadena. The roses, baby, the
roses. I
DAVID LUBUiNER/Daily
Wolverine quarterback Demetrius Brown, who started Sat-
urday's game in place of the injured Michael Taylor, is
shown here trying to escape the grasp of an Illinois
attacker. Brown completed eight of 14 passes for 101 yards.
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