Volleyball vs. Marquette Friday, 7:30 p.m. Keen Arena SPORTS Tuesday, September 17, 1991 Women's Cross Country MSU Invitational Friday, TBA East Lansing Page 9 *The Michigan Daily iFOOTBALL NOTEBOOK .Howard copes with national exposure by Theodore Cox Daily Football Writer t Yesterday was supposed to be a day of rest for the football players, al- lowing them some time to enjoy last Saturday's 24-14 victory over Notre Dame. But for Michigan's Desmond Howard, the day filled up fast. After a-full day of classes, the junior receiver spent the afternoon at the Athletic *Administration Building, handling as many interview requests as he could. It is no secret Howard is now one of the top candidates for the Heisman trophy, after scoring six touchdowns in the season's first two games - all on national television. The Wolverines have not featured a player who at- tracted this much media interest since Anthony Carter in the early 80s. Michigan coach Gary Moeller avoided saying the word "Heisman" at his weekly luncheon yesterday, but he does concede Howard is a special player. 9'He's got a little God-given talent," Moeller admitted reluctantly. Moeller still follows the principle of his coach at Ohio State, Woody Hayes, which states complementing a player only hurts him because he becomes overconfident. The difference between Moeller and Hayes is that Moeller can't force himself to play psychological games with the media and fans. "I've talked to Desmond about this and I said, 'You know, I can't lie to people, and I really think you are playing extremely well right now and I'm going to tell people that. But you also understand that the minute I tell people that, I'm really doing you a disfavor because you are supposed to, get soft on me,"' Moeller said. But this doesn't mean the coach can't rib his top player: "Everybody talks about Desmond being so good - he dropped the one incomplete pass Elvis Grbac (who went 20-22 against Notre Dame) had. The other one Gr- * bac threw away." . Howard agrees with Moeller that the attention should stay on the team afid not the individual. "Anything I can do to help the team win, I'm out to do," Howard said. Howard wasn't the only target Grbac used this weekend. Flanker Walter Smith, split end John Elli- son and tailback Tyrone Wheatley all recorded their first pass recep- tions as Wolverines. Flanker Yale VanDyne helped take some of the pressure off Howard with six catches. "Yale VanDyne can catch the football. He's got good hands. He's 0a good kid," Moeller said. "Sometime he'll prove it to you, but he can run better than what peo- ple think and he can run after he gets the ball too." A MOUTHFUL: Michigan's Steve Everitt will be out three to four weeks with a broken jaw. The junior center was injured on Ricky Powers' 16-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. A Notre Dame linebacker's hel- met apparently caused the injury, his helmet making impact just under Everitt's face mask. Because his Everitt helmet had come off twice earlier in the game, many initially believed Everitt's helmet came off before the hit. After talking with the equipment manager and his players about any equipment problems yesterday, Moeller concluded the problem is not with the helmets, which feature a double-strap safety mechanism. It was also believed that Everitt lost some teeth. However, doctors re- futed this, explaining that some teeth were embedded deep in his gums. After he was taken off the field, Everitt told doctors to postpone tak- ing x-rays so he could watch the rest of the game. "He's tough. If someone can stand pain, it's him," Moeller said. "But diet becomes a very big problem. We can make milk shakes and all that, but from what I'm told, that stuff tastes terrible. So how well will he like it? 0 And will he eat it?" Moeller said Everitt was upset about having to miss the Florida State game. The Miami native said he knows half the players on the Seminole squad. Matt Elliott moved over to the center spot from left guard to replace Everitt and Doug Skene will take Elliott's position. Offensive tackle Greg Skrepenak doesn't feel the short term loss will slow the Wolver- ines down. "I don't want to play without him, but if we're going to have to, we're going to have to," the co-captain said. "The whole line is interchangeable and we could put a lot of different guys in a lot of different positions and 4 expect them to play just as good as the guy before them." Blue stickers edge Central, 1-0 Time expires on Chippewas to give 'M' third victory by Andy Stabile Daily Sports Writer One more second. That's how much longer the CMU field hockey team wanted last night's game to last. At Oosterbaan Field House last night, Michigan defeated the Chippewas, 1-0. But had regulation time lasted another second, over- time would have been necessary. As the horn signalling the end of the game sounded, Michigan goalkeeper Nicole Hoover sprawled across the front of the net for a ball that was just out of her reach. Into the net went the ball. "That would have been the tying goal," third year Michigan coach Patti Smith said. "But time ran out." Michigan (3-1) controlled play in the Chippewas' (0-2) end for most of the game, but couldn't score. After a scoreless 35-minute first half, it took 27 minutes of the second half before Wolverine for- ward Katie Vignevic put home a penalty corner. "I knewit would happen," Smith said. "We just had to keep shooting." Despite the victory, wasted op- portunities bothered Smith. "Our corners were horrible tonight; there are no two ways about that," she said. "We just wanted to concentrate on getting our shots and getting second shots." Shots on net were not the prob- lem for the Wolverine offense; they outshot Central Michigan, 29-7. Michigan's problem was CMU Michigan outshot Central Michigan, 29-7, but could only manage one goal. goalkeeper Becky Engart, who turned away all but one of the balls sent her way. "Becky's going to keep us in games," CMU coach Cristy Freese said. "They (Michigan) kept posses- sion better, their stick to stick pass- ing was better. We would have loved to come out of here with a win, but we play a young team and this is only our second game." "Their goalie was on the money tonight." Smith said. "They're a scrappy team. They have speedy players that can turn the game around. "Central Michigan always makes me nervous, but I feel we outplayed them," she added. "We had some substitutions and people playing different positions in there tonight, so things weren't always so smooth." Substitutions included rookie Jenny Ridgley who started in place of last year's leading scorer, Katie Thomas. While in the game, the young forward created two scoring opportunities, but couldn't convert. "She played a good game," Smith said. "But she's still young. She'll improve as a player." Getting Thomas back into the game proved to be a good move for Smith; it was Thomas who trig- gered the scoring penalty corner, teaming up with sophomore Kalli Hose to assist Vignevic's game- winner. ASSOCIATED PRESS FOOTBALL POLL Team (First-niace votesl Recordl Points Last~ Week I WJOIII lrlraa L7larQ Vvacai ncarvrW W-%Fll a aaa Evan k 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Florida St. (47) Miami (8) Michigan (1) Washington (1) Florida (1) Tennessee Oklahoma Clemson Nebraska Iowa Notre Dame Penn St. Auburn Baylor Texas A&M Ohio State Georgia Tech Syracuse Colorado Pittsburgh Houston Southern Cal. 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