Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Saturday, 4 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORT S Ys. Friday Hockey Lake Superior State and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The MichiganDaily Thursday, January 5, 1989 Page 7 Brown should have '89 QB job White ...in Peete's face ;Blue keeps *Trojans. in line BY MICHAEL SALINSKY SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PASADENA, Calif. - While .eroy Hoard and Demetrius Brown W ere in the spotlight Monday, the Michigan defensive line was banging it out as usual. Ask the people who were down on the field what the key to Michigan's victory was, and you'll hear a lot about the line. "The most important thing playing Southern California is to stop the run," Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler said. But Bo, what about Rodney Peete big arm, awesome receivers, Heisman runner-up? "When you boil it down to him (Peete) having to do it himself, I think you can contain him." IN THE first half, the Trojan iunning attack was gaining almost five yards perF carry.. Afterth Malftime break, the Michigan run defense solidified, giving up only 45 yards the whole half. USC was forced to throw to 4nove the ball, and Michigan knew it .vas coming. Its running game cut "iff, USC's offense was inept. So simple - and so unexpected. ;No one thought Michigan could eutralize USC's running game... r stop Peete. Trojan wide receiver John Jackson had said a few days before the game: "We're prepared for (the Michigan defense) to go out and 'take big chances. I'll be surprised if they sit back and let us beat them." THE TROJANS expected Michigan to come with its Zinebackers - as Notre Dame had 'done in sending Troy to its only defeat all season. The Wolverines blitzed from the secondary a bit, but the linebackers stayed at home to stop the run. Stop the run, then worry about Pecte, not the other way around. And it worked. The credit has to go the front line. "They dominated our offensive line a little bit," USC fullback Leroy Holt said. "The penetration of the defensive line set up plays for the linebackers." T.J. Osman and Brent White played spiritedly. Outshone by All- *America linemate Mark Messner throughout the season, this time they came up with the big plays, while Messner was his usual self. WHITE (two tackles for losses) was in close pursuit of Peete all day. 'He exploded through the line to sack W eete the first play after Michigan lad taken a 15-14 lead. ° Two plays later, Peete fumbled oluding the rush and Osman pounced on it. For the day, he led the triad with seven tackles, one for a loss. While shutting down USC's offense the way they did is stunning in itself, it was especially so in light -of the Wolverines' poor performance in their last regular-season game. "Their confidence was pretty SNAP JUDGMENT BY MICHAEL SALINSKY SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PASADENA, Calif. - C'mon Bo, give the guy a break. All Demetrius Brown has done his past five games is lead the Wolverines to a comeback win over Alabama, come off the bench to beat Minnesota, and lead Michigan to wins over Illinois, Oh io Siate and Southern Cal. And what does coach Schembech ler have to say about the quarterkick spot in 1989. It's up for grabs ... again. Not many Michigan quarterbacks can claim a Rose Bowl victory, even fewer over a team of USC's caliber. Brown can IN FIVE straight wins -four big ones - the important constant has been no interceptions. 'D', as he is known on the team, has shed the curse that afflicted him in 1987. "The first year, he had trouble because of his ability," said teammate Mark Messner. "He tried to do too much." This year Brown has realized his own limits. And he has come through in the clutch. Down 14-3 Monday, Brown came out of the tunnel for the second half and completed three of four passes to lead Michigan in for a score. He got the ball inside the 10 on a 22- yard scramble and connected with Chris Calloway for the touchdown. "WHEN THEY scored that touchdown, that was the motivating factor," the Trojans' Leroy Holt said. Holt felt that that drive led by Brown fired up the Wolverines. 'D' ended up fielding questions as a champion. The other guy, Michael Taylor, fielded questions this year after losing to Notre Dame and Miami (Fla.) and after a disheartening tie with Iowa, explaimnig glumly how his perfoimances didn't I-man anything if the team lost. Taylor's stats were excellent. Maybe the fates were just kinder to Brown than to Taylor. Nonetheless, right now Brown is a winner, Rose Bowl champion. How can you bench a guy like that? BO CAN. He'll praise him one minute - "he's tough as nails" - and declare open season on his job the next. Obviously, Bo likes having two starting quarterbacks. This flexibility is what provided Michigan the luxury of replacing Taylor, when the Michigan turf shattered his collarbone, with a tried and true starter. Remember when Steve Smith went out of the 1983 Rose Bowl with an injury? His departure meant the game for Michigan. David Hall came in. David who? This year's Trojans would have been vastly easier prey without their one and only, Rodney Peete. So competition is good. Complacency is bad. Granted. But fair is fair. Brown has been awfully good since replacing Taylor on a rainy November 5th in Ann Arbor SURE he wash1-of-24 on Monday, but that was due, to a large extent, to a bombs- away passing attack. And one of those bombs was a perfect strike that Greg McMurtry somehow dropped. Anyway 11- for-24 aren't the important numbers. 22-14 are. Brown deserves to be given the inside track for 1989. Give Taylor the chance to win the job. Make Brown earn the right to keep it. But make it Brown's to start with. Brown has gotten the rep of being second fiddle to Taylor and his football smarts. Monday, Michigan scored the winning touchdown, Leroy Hoard's fourth-quarter end around, on a Brown audible. Obviously, Brown has some smarts of his own. Did he call the play? "No, it was something the defense gave me," answered Brown sheepishly. "He called the play - he's just not going to tell you," laughed his coach sitting next to him. Humble, tough, gritty and a winner c nion Bo give the guy a 0a ROBIN LOZNAK/Doiy This Leroy Hoard touchdown late in the fourth quarter, his second of the game, put the Rose Bowl away for Michigan. Hoard put the Wolverines in position for the score with a 61-yard gallop several plays earlier. Victors Continued from Page 1 the Game. Mind you, Michigan had already gone to Disneyland. "I'm going to Tijuana," Hoard yelled coming off the field. Tijuana? And Bo was going to celebrate also. Like the old days. Remember "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?" Remember when little Charlie Bucketthad to have one more chocolate bar? One more chance at the golden ticket even though he couldn't afford it? And how good it felt when he had that Wonka Bar in his hand? Well, Bo couldii't hold back either. He had a cigar on the bus ride back to the hotel in Newport Beach after the game. Couldn't resist. One of those big Garcia Vegas that doctors ordered him to give up after his heart troubles. He had to. Then there was the phone call waiting for him i ti. huish elomn Iroi hism iomi Bety h. who A antd to talk to Bo about the game It was going to be one of those moments when Mom gets on the phone and tells her son how proud she is of him, right? "Well, for God's sake, what were you doing in the first haIP" she yelled. And all her son, little Bo, could say was, "Messing up, Mom. Messing uP." It was all right, though. Mom couldn't complain about Michigan's performance in the second half. The defense, whose confidence was shattered when it surrendered 31 second-half points to Ohio State in the regular-season finale shut down USC Zen points in the second halt All Trojans coach Larry Smith could say was, "They had it, We iidnl't." And when the players marched of alter the win, hugging and icheering, siuging and yelling, there was one chant that stood out. "We'll be back. We it be tck. We it t back" echoed in the tuinne Yes. They wili NI 'd >ea o2 Ni 1 th3 lira} be { toill e w li A i ' U t I CLASSIFIED ADS! Call 764-0557 I U-; BE NICE TO YOURSELF BUY AATA SEMESTER PASS $75.00 CONVENIENT, ECONOMICAL UNLIMITED RIDES 4".7 WTHE Ride Ann Arbor Transportation Authority FOR FURTHER INFORMATION I ,,I * TEXTBOOKS 'EW .AND USLD, kEQUIRED \ND RECOMMNLDED BOOKS FOR ALL COURSES * BOOK BUY BACK CASH FOR YOUR USED BOOKS THROUGHOUT TI lB YEAR. 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