The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - September 18, 1989 - Page b Notre Dame 24, Michigan 19 Elvis appears: rallies offense 1by Steve Blonder daily Football Writer Wolverine fans hoped that a "No Vacancy" sign would be hanging in S ront of the Heartbreak Hotel, but Elvis came in and Michigan checked in just before closing time. Elvis Grbac, who claims not to be named after the legendary rock Star, began his Michigan career in a way he had not imagined. "The way I expected (to play) was ;coming in the fourth quarter and running out the clock," the redshirt *rosh said. "I never expected to go into the game with us being down." After a sack by Notre Dame's Ned Rookie quarterback Grbac takes control for Michigan GRBAC in the first place. Bolcar finished off starter Michael Taylor for the game, Michigan coach Bo Schem- bechler turned to Grbac with the game on the line. Afterwards, Schembechler said he probably should have started Grbac Grbac did just that, completing 17-21 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns in under one half of football, and impressing those on both sides. "That young quarterback came in and did a great job," said Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz. "He made some excellent throws. I think that kid has a great future." 'The way I expected (to play) was coming in the fourth quarter and running out the clock. I never expected to go into the game with us being down., - Michigan QB Elvis Grbac Grbac is a drop-back style passer, who admittedly needs to improve the way he runs the option attack that Michigan uses. But despite any" deficiencies, Grbac hasdthe support of his teammates. "We had confidence in Elvis," said linebacker J.J. Grant. "We knew he could get the job done if we could get him the ball back." Offensive tackle Greg Skrepanek added that Grbac did "more than he had to do. He did his job. He passed well, and checked well at the line of scrimmage." But Grbac refused to assess his own performance, saying, "I just tried to go out there and lead the team the best I could. But my main goal was to try and win the game." "It's not like I just grabbed him out of the pack. We anticipated we could end up playing this game with Elvis anyway," Schembechler said. "We probably should have started Elvis and let the chips fall where they may. "I've always had a rule that if you don't practice, you don't play., Michael practiced, but he did not throw." Taylor has missed most of fall JOSE JUARE'UJ"aiI Michigan wide receiver Chris Calloway stretches to complete a Michael Taylor touchdown pass in the second quarter of Saturday's game. Wolverine receivers notched 22 receptions for 178 yards in the game. practice with a sore right (throwing) shoulder. His status remains doubtful for next week's game at UCLA, with a final decision expected later this week. But if he is not ready to go, the cocky frosh from Willoughby Hills, Ohio will be more than ready to go. "I'm prepared if Mike goes down," Grbac said last week. "It's dawned on me that somebody has to take over (if Taylor gets hurt)." He continued after the Notre Dame game saying, "I'm just going to go in there and lead this team." FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Halftime honors 'M' basketball champions by Steve Blonder and Adam Schrager Daily Football Writers -The Michigan basketball team officially hosted three recruits at Saturday's game. Coach Steve Fisher said Lorenzo Orr, a forward from Detroit Pershing High School, Bill Curley from suburban Boston, and Rich McIver of Texas all were in the press box. Also in the press box was Detroit Country Day star Chris Weber. The Wolverines are only looking at players over 6-foot-7, according to Fisher. -Michigan has raised $10.5 million of the $12. 3 million needed to finance building the new Center of Champions football complex, according to University President James Duderstadt. -Chris Calloway's seven catches for 72 yards were career highs. -Notre Dame is the only school to beat a Bo Schembechler-coached team in three consecutive seasons. -Three of the four Notre Dame touchdowns during the last two Michigan-Notre Dame games have come on kick returns. -Greg McMurtry's streak remains alive, as he now MCMURTRY has a reception in his past ten games. His four receptions moved him into sixth place on the all-time reception list. -Raghib Ismail's two kickoff returns for touchdowns set an all-time record at Notre Dame. His four returns for scores breaks the old record of three held by former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown. -The loss is the third straight on opening day for the Wolverines and their third straight in Michigan Stadium openers. -At halftime, last season's championship teams were honored. Recognized were the men's and women's swimming teams, the football team, and the basketball team. Also during the halftime festivities, the basketball team received their national championship banner, which will hang in Crisler Arena. 'Ofthe many Sunday morning quarterbacks that second-guessed Schembechler's play-calling, Holtz wasn't one of them. "I think of Bo like I think of Coach (Woody) Hayes," Holtz said. "If Bo did it - he's right. Bo's won an awful lot of games doing that." -When asked who coaches the Michigan special teams, Schembechler responded: "Bo Schembechler. He coaches the quarterbacks, receivers, the offense, the defense, the linebackers, the defensive backs, all of them." -Elvis Grbac on the advice Schembechler gave him when he entered the game: "He told me if I screw up on the first play, don't worry about it." -Michigan drew over 100,000 people for the 87th straight time. The Wolverine football team is shooting for its 16th straight NCAA attendance crown. -After J.D. Carlson hit the upright with an extra point attempt and Ismail had already returned a kick for a touchdown, Schembechler was asked if he had thought about not kicking the ball deep. "If you looked at our kickers, I was just trying to keep the ball in bounds." o 0d06ooboo 0 The Right Bike The Right Price 0 0 The Right Place o 0o SPEALIZEL® STUDENT DISCOUNTS o BIKES $99 & UP GREAT LAKES CYCLING & FITNESS for a great deal, anda great dealmorael 50S We guarantee satisfaionand the best prkes. 560 S. MAIN at Madison " Ann Arbor " 668-6484 3U NUMB Continued from Page 1 And they didn't, giving up only ninety-four total rushing yards to a team that makes its living moving the football on the ground. Notre Dame picked up where Michigan left off, only throwing two times all game, and gaining 213 yards on the ground. It's not that this success made the Fighting Irish exciting either, because they just took a similar boring offense but ran it well. All week we had been hearing from the Michigan coaching staff how they would be "opening up" the offense now that they had confidence in Michael Taylor. And how Taylor had been throwing the ball in practice. Only after the game did we find out Taylor had not thrown a pass on the practice field and probably shouldn't have been out there. And because they started the game with a sore-armed quarterback, the Wolverines didn't open up their game plan and kept trying to do what wouldn't work. When Grbac came in and immediately went to the air, the offense showed the versatility we had been hearing about all week.. Had Michigan done what the coaching staff had been predicting, everything would have been fine and the Wolverines might have even won the game. But they didn't and now the record books will show that an opponent has beaten a Schembechler-coached team three consecutive times. It didn't have to be that way. Michigan had everything going for it when it entered the field on Sunday. But after it took took the field, it gave it all away. I Write with us i Call 764-0552 I SUPERSHIRTS Custom Lettered T-Shirts and Sweats for IM Teams, Dorms, Sports Clubs, Student & Staff Organizations Choose from our supply of 50/50 and 100% cottonT- Shirts, tank tops, sweat shirts, long-sleeve tees, etc. 404 E. 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