Page 6-The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 19, 1990 4 '. As 5.. -. . ___________________________________________________________________________ SS ~5 ___________________________________________________________________________ FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK 1991 schedule changes for TV by Ryan Schreiber Daily Football Writer Just one short year ago, former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler ripped into Lou Holtz's Notre Dame squad for playing a "warmup" game before the scheduled showdown of the No. 1 Wolverines versus No. 2 Fighting Irish. Michigan lost their season opener to the Irish, 24-19, while Notre Dame improved to 2-0, having beaten Virginia in the Kickoff Clas- sic in East Rutherford, N.J., 36-13, a week earlier. Now, the shoe is on the other foot. The Michigan Sports Informa- tion Department revealed on Satur- day that the Wolverines have altered their schedule for the 1991 cam- paign. The Wolverines will travel to Boston College the week before the Notre Dame game, instead of the week after as originally scheduled. The switch was made after a request from ABC-TV, which plans to tele- vise the game between the Wolver- ines and the Eagles. In the void that has been created for the week of Sept. 21, the Michi- gan football team will be idle before facing another Top 20 foe, Florida State, on Sept. 28. SCARY PUNT RETURN: Midway through the third quarter, strong safety and punt returner Tripp Welborne returned a Dean Kaufman punt 31 yards up the right sideline to the Minnesota 20-yard line. But while Michigan's all-time season leader in punt return yardage put the Wolverines in striking distance, he injured his right knee and had to be carted off the field. Michigan coach Gary Moeller guessed that the senior safety would be kept overnight at the university hospital and would probably have his knee scoped out today. "He is definitely out for the OSU game," Moeller said. "He plays very hard; it's a big loss, but that's foot- ball. You pick up the pieces and keep going." B ACK OF THE FUTURE: First-year tailback Ricky Powers continues to assert himself as the Michigan's most prominent future prospect. While sophomore Jon Vaughn continues to see limited playing time due to his slightly in- jured ankle, Powers has carried the ball more consistently each game. Against Minnesota, Powers ram- bled for a career-high 127 yards on 24 carries, far and away the leading ground gainer of the day. "Obviously, he is a very go. back," Minnesota coach John Gutekunst said. "We tried to recruit him. He's got a great future." "We made some blocking ad- justments and Ricky got us some good, tough yards," Moeller said. RUMBLIN', STUMBLIN', BUMBLIN': In the meantime, an- other Michigan back by the name Jarrod Bunch continues to churmour big gains from the fullback slot. Af- ter this weekend's performance (9 carries for 75 yards), Bunch bumped his average up to 5.22 yards per carry from his grind-'em-out ruq$; Over the last four games, Bunch has bulled his way for 287 yards on just 43 carries, an astounding aver- age of 6.67 yards per carry. In addition, the senior co-callai had the longest run of his career, a 53-yard burst down the left sideline to the Minnesota six-yard line. HONORED WOLVERIN'S: Two of Michigan's top seniors were named to the 1990 Kodak All-Amer- ica Team. Welborne and offensive guard Dean Dingman were selected by the American Football Coache of America as representatives of thW first team. The honor marked the second such selection for Welborne. Tailback Ricky Powers avoids a Gopher defender as he races toward the goalline. Powers led the Wolverines with 127 yards on 24 carries. LEMONT Continued from page 1 Senior Blaine Siegel took in the whole experience by walking around the turf after the game and reflecting. "It didn't hit me until afterwards that the next time I come to a game it will be as an alumni coming through another entrance," he said. Blaine Siegel? Hey, he's another senior for which Saturday marked his last home game. After four years (or five or six), a good chunk of Saturday's student section, including Siegel, would not be back for football Saturdays next year. Attending a game at Michigan Stadium - if looked at in a realistic, non-partisan, layperson manner - begs the question of why those graduating are sad to leave it. As any middle-aged, middle manager IBM-type employee would ask: who would want to wake up at nine in the morning to drink beer before embarking on some mass pilgrimage up Hoover Street before noon? All before eating breakfast. Who would want to sit in just- about-freezing weather for four hours with the goodly chance of being "marshmallowed" to death, or, a much worse fate, decapitated by a rapidly descending Domino's pizza box? (Author's note: when someone yells "heads up!" don't look skyward - a throat can be severed by the spiraling and increasingly acceler- ating razor-blade edges) Who would want to go to a game that makes you want to sleep for 20 years once you get home? Who would want to go to a game where, standing for hours at a time in order to see around the oaf in front of you, you decide to spend your last few dollars on one hot dog only to miss a Desmond Howard kickoff return for a touchdown? The answer to all four questions is "who knows and who cares." Deep thinking questions like this simply don't apply to people who go into Bullwinkle conniptions or scream "Tastes great! Less filling!" at each other. Football Saturdays are a total mind break from an otherwise intellectually-rigorous campus at- mosphere. Let's face it, a boycott or sit-in of "The Wave" is not going to be too effective if 100,000 of your brethren feel the need get one started. The only thing to do is to continue to follow the Chaucer-like pilgrimage up Hoover street while you still can. It's really a lot of, well, fun. Probable Bowl Match-ups Bowl Time/Pairings Location Sugar Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans SEC Champion vs. Virginia Orange Jan. 1, 8 p.m. Miami, FL Colorado vs. Notre Dame Rose Jan. 1, 5 p.m. Pasadena, CA Iowa vs. Washington Fiesta Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m. Tempe, AZ SEC runner-up vs. Louisville Citrus Jan. 1, 1:30 p.m. Orlando, FL Georgia Tech vs. Nebraska Cotton Jan. 1, 1:30 p.m. Dallas, TX Texas vs. Miami, FL Hall of Fame Jan. 1, 1 p.m. Tampa, FL Clemson vs. Illinois Gator Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. Jacksonville Michigan/OSU vs. SEC team CopperDec. 31, 5 p.m. Tuscon, AZ California vs. Wyoming John Hancock Dec. 31, 2:30 p.m. El Paso, TX Michigan State vs. Southern Cal. Blockbuster Dec. 29, 8 p.m. Miami, FL Florida State vs. Penn State Holiday Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m. San Diego Brigham Young vs. Texas A&M Peach Dec. 29, 12:30 p.m. Atlanta, GA Indiana vs. SEC team Freedom-Dec.29, TBA Anaheim, CA> Oregon vs. Colorado State All American Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m. Birmingham Louisville or at large vs. N.C. State Liberty Dec. 27, 8 p.m. Memphis, TN: Michigan/OSU vs. Air Force/Alabama Aloha Dec. 25, 3:30 p.m. Honolulu. Arizona vs. Syracuse Independence Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Shreveport, L Southern Mississippi vs. Baylor Cal Raisin Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m. Fresno, CA C. Michigan vs. Fresno St./San Jose St. Helping is Learning By donating plasma, you are helping hemophiliacs as well as other patients to enjoy a healthy productive life. Now, more than ever, we need your help. At Cutter Biological we are committed to improving the quality of life world-wide. Through education and service YOU can help make the lifference. We va1ue vunr timea nr Rookie Ricky Powers celebrates his fourth quarter touchdown run. :k FOOTBALL Continued from page 1' for the score. The defense held Minnesota to three downs and a punt on its next possession, but Grbac threw an interception on a third and 20. On Minnesota's next play, however, Gopher quarterback Marcel Fleet- wood's returned the favor as his pass was picked off by cornerback Lance Dottin. "Lance came up with a big-time interception," Moeller said. "That was a big turning point." Grbac's three-yard pass to Derrick Alexander capped off a 69-yard drive as Michigan took an 11-point lead with :21 left in the third quarter. After another Minnesota punt, the Wolverines marched downfield, scoring in six plays when Powers ran off tackle for a five-yard waltz into the endzone. Powers finished the day with 127 yards on 24 carries. Michigan held a commanding 78- 10 lead with 12:17 left in the game. Minnesota was unable to overcotne the deficit, as the two teams traded touchdowns to finish the scoring. "I'm proud of our team," Min- nesota coach John Gutekunst said. "They played a hard, physical game against one of the better teams in the country. Their offense eventually wore us down. They made some big plays." The Wolverines' bowl picture still remains the same. The winner of the Ohio State game this Saturday will travel to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. to play the South- eastern Conference runner-up, either Tennessee, Auburn or Mississippi, on Jan. 1. The loser will play Air , Force or Alabama in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Dec. 27. "It's a far cry from the Rose Bowl," Milligan said. "But where we go is where we go. Next week it's Ohio State and for me this is iiy bowl game." Linebacker Neil Simpson intercepts a first quarter pass against Minnesota. The interception led to Michigan's first touchdown. 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