Page 14--The Michigan Daily -Monday, September 17, 1990 air; .:; ... .... -., .,. v . . . 4 ...................... r" "4.f... .: ::}i ?i~'Y y 7 1 LEWIS DEBUT A WINNER SOUTH BEND - Gary Moeller was not the only one who made his debut Saturday night. Gary Lewis also kicked off his new job as the leader of the Michigan Marching Band. And surprise. For a change, the Michigan Marching Band lived up to its reputation as one of the best marching bands in the nation. And from this person's perspective, they beat Notre Dame's band in on-field performance. The Michigan Marching Band made a break from the past, playing intriguing music with arrangements fit for marching bands, and avoiding gimmicks. Instead, they marched for a higher percentage of the time that they were on the field, stood still less, and gave an enjoyable performance. The Wolverines played a cartoon show which began with the theme from the Jetsons. This time, Notre Dame used the gimmicks, having two members dance and fight each other in slapstick humor, which only took away from their music. They did not make as many formations either. The Wolverines showed creative genius. For example, they created two peanuts while playing the Charlie Brown theme and two starfishes to the tune "Under the Sea." Hopefully this is a change from the past. While it might not be as innovative as a no-huddle offense, it is a welcome change from the past when the band seemed more interested in having smoke on the field or clowns dancing around than performing and behaving like a true marching band. If this is a sign of things to come, welcome aboard Gary Lewis. -Mike Gill SHARPEN YOUR COMPETUHVE EDGE WITH AIR FORCE ROTC. No matter what area you've chosen for your college major, you can enhance your com- petitive strengths now. 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Owens, the Lions' second-round draft pick out of Southern California, started at right end before replacing All-Pro Ball in the second half. Owens assisted on one tackle. by Mike Gill Daily Football Writer SOUTH BEND - Steve Everitt slowly buttoned his shirt, knotted his tie, and went about the business that would enable him to jump on the soon-to-depart Michigan team bus. The Wolverines had just dropped a 28-24 decision to the Fighting Irish, yet there was no way Everitt could deny that there were numerous positive attributes to be found in his and his team's performance. Jon Vaughn rushed for over 200 yards, and Everitt and his offensive line cohorts were largely responsible, creating huge holes that helped enable Vaughn to bust loose. The holes that Everitt, Matt Elliot, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak and Tom Dohring created for Vaughn, Allen Jefferson, and Jarrod Bunch are worthy of as much talk as the cuts and moves the runners made to spring free in accumulating 265 total rushing yards. "We knew we could do it," Everitt said of his moves. "I just felt good because I thought I was playing alright, especially compared to last year, where I just played horrible. "It was good to see, you come up from a block and you see the back is 10 yards down the field." Last year, the line consisted of the same membership but Notre Dame muscled over them, and Michigan only mustered 94 net yards in 34 rushing attempts. The Michigan offensive line breaks open a hole for no. 25, tailback John Vaughn. Three plays later the Wolverines connected on one of their two third ouarter touchdowns. Linemen show wa or augn Continuously, Bo Schembechler tried to run, but no holes could be found. Injuries and sickness decimated the line, but the difference Everitt said between last year and this year was very simple. "Experience. Everyone played last year," he said. "It was basically the same line with 11 more games under our belt." Many critics said that Michigan's linemen tallied too many pounds and therefore would allow the Irish's quicker players to penetrate the line. During the offseason, Gary Moeller stressed conditioning and improving speed. Saturday night, the world learned an important rea- son why Moeller pushed for the better fitness: The no- huddle offense. With no break to go back into the hud- dle, physical fitness is essential. "You just get jacked up when you play a big game and you look across from you after the play and the de- fensive line is sucking wind or they're substituting, ' Everitt said. "We conditioned harder than we'd ever conditioned. We did that through after practice running and through ' practice when we weren't even huddling. 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