Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, October 8, 1991 Women's Soccer vs. Bowling Green Wednesday, 5 p.m. Bowling Green, Ohio The Michigan Daily SPORTS Volleyball vs. Michigan State Wednesday, 4 p.m. Keen Arena Tuesday, October 8, 1991 Rivalry teaches Blue Page 8 Golfers play up to par at OSU classic " hatred of by Matt Rennie Daily Football Writer There are certain things you learn when you become a football player at Michigan: (1) you never take Bo's name in vain, (2) you gladly trade a limb for a Rose Bowl trip, and (3) you hate Michi- gan State. While the first two rules seem a natural extension of normal cos- mic order, the third may appear foreign to some individuals, par- ticularly those who were not raised in the Great Lake State. The nation sees Michigan as the team that opens the season against Notre Dame, closes it against Ohio State, and does nothing in between. And then, it loses the Rose Bowl on New Years' Day. However, for college football fans in the state of Michigan, there is only one football game that mat- ters: Michigan vs. Michigan State. This neighborhood rivalry extends well beyond game day into bar- room debates over which is the bet- ter school. State fans call Michigan people "intellectual snobs who think the world revolves around Ann Ar- bor." Michigan fans call State peo- ple "moronic wannabes who would have gone to Michigan if their test scores were good enough." While these verbal clashes are rarely heard outside of state lines, it doesn't take long for Michigan football players to learn the im- portance of the rivalry. "When I first came here, it was just another game, really," said inebacker Erick Anderson, who is from Glenview, Ill. "Now, I know what people are talking about. There's a lot of intensity out on that field, a lot of emotion. "Along with Ohio State, this is probably our biggest game of the partans year. Senior safety David Ritter wasn't familiar with the nature of this game either when he was growing up in Hickory Hills, Ill. He, too, learned that this game re- quired a special mind set. "When you're talking about a game that really picks up the tempo, it's got to be Michigan State," Ritter said. "A season can be made or broken because of this game." Michigan learned that lesson last year when the Spartans beat the top-ranked Wolverines, 28-27, in Ann Arbor. While everyone re- members the controversy sur- rounding Michigan's failed two- point conversion in the game's last minute, Wolverine coach Gary Moeller recalls the Spartans mov- ing the ball at will against the Wolverines. The defensive captain Anderson has been anxiously awaiting his shot at vindication. "The fact that we lost stuck with us all summer," Anderson said. "Records don't matter at this point." Moeller agrees that the Spar- tans' 0-4 record will not make the Wolverines' preparation any less intense this week. "If you don't get up for this game," Moeller said, "then you're not ready to play football at Michigan." IN THE TRENCHES: One of the main factors aiding Jesse John- son's 168-yard debut against Iowa was the dominance of the Wolver- ine offensive line. Although Moeller conceded that the line did not react well initially, he was pleased with the balance between both sides of the line. "I'm really pleased with what (right tackle) Rob Doherty has done for us so fair," Moeller said. "He should have been the weak by Jim Foss Daily Sports Writer So far this season, the Michigan men's golf team has generally placed where everyone thought it would in tournaments. The Wolver- ines seem to be just one round away in each competition from being exceptional. Last weekend's third-place per- formance at the Fall Buckeye Classic in Columbus followed that same course. Entering the tourna- ment, Michigan coach Jim Carras felt that Kent State and host Ohio State would contend for the title. Carras proved to be prophetic, as Kent State won the tournament while the Buckeyes took second. Kent State finished well out in front of the twelve-team field. The Golden Flashes' team score over the 54-hole tournament at the Scarlet Golf Course was 898. Ohio State followed with 926, while Michigan placed five strokes back with 931. "We were ahead of Ohio State after the first round and then dropped back, so I still think that we are capable of playing better," Carras said. "We have some talented kids, but we just haven't put it all together yet." Individually for Michigan, Dean Kobane and Bob Henighan played solid rounds. Both were ten shots back of medalist Brian Tisdelle of Kent State, who shot 220. Their scores of 230 were good enough for a seventh-place tie. "I was very pleased with Henighan's score," Carras said. "He improved from being fifth on the team at the last tournament. This is the kind of performance that I ex- pect from him more often." Anthony Dietz also shot a good. round for the Wolverines. He carded a 232 (76-79-77), the third-best score for the Wolverines, and cap- tured tenth place overall. Also competing for Michigan were Denny Sikkila and Carl Condon. Sikkila took 29th place overall with a 240 (75-81-84), while Condon tied for 43rd with a score of 247 (78-83-86). "So far, we have lacked the con- sistency that I think that we are ca- pable of," Carras said. "If we can get all of our players to play well, I think that we have the potential to be a very strong team." Next up for Michigan is the Persimmon Ridge Intercollegiate Golf Tournament. The 54-hole tournament takes place in Louisville Oct. 13-15. Women's golf washed out Coming off a strong showing, it looked like there was no stopping the Michigan women's golf team going into the Northern Illinois Huskie Classic on Friday. However, the improving Wol- verine squad was indeed slowed, as the tournament at the Oak Club of Genoa, Ill., was cancelled. Heavy rains forced the teams in after only two holes Friday, and play was called off for the day. When the heavy rains persisted into Saturday morning, the tournament was called off. The Wolverines stayed in town long enough to take in a movie and then took the next flight home. While the Wolverines were ea- ger to keep up their good play, LeClair didn't think the cancella- tion would hurt the team. "I think it just might be to our advantage," LeClair said. "We got a chance to break up the monotony that had set in. All of the girls get along great and they had a chance to be together." The team will spend the week preparing for its tournament this weekend at Penn State. -by Dan Linna Michigan inside linebacker Steve Morrison garnered 11 tackles, eight of them solo, during the Wolverine's 43-24 victory over Iowa Saturday. link for us, experience-wise, but he's come through." Moeller also had high praise for center Steve Everitt, who came back a week earlier than anticipated from the broken jaw he suffered against Notre Dame. Moeller re- ported that the team honored Everitt by choosing him to lead the post-game, lockerroom rendition of "The Victors." YOUTH MOVEMENT: Sopho- more inside linebacker Steve Mor- rison and redshirt frosh Tony Hen- derson played a big role in Michi- gan's second-half defensive success against Iowa. Morrison recorded 11 tackles, eight of them solos, while Henderson made some noise at middle guard with five solo tackles. ON THE TUBE: ESPN will broadcast Saturday's Michigan- Michigan State game, in addition to the Wolverines' following game against Indiana. Both games are scheduled for a 12:35 kickoff. !I Wolverine icers seek improvement after banner year by Josh Dubow Daily Hockey Writer While the boys of summer hung up their spikes Sunday after a long, grueling season of baseball, the boys of winter laced up their skates for the first official day of hockey prac- tice yesterday. The Michigan hockey team began its quest for improvement over last season's record-setting 34-10-3 mark. While Michigan has been infor- mally skating the last few weeks, new NCAA regulations prohibited official practice until yesterday. Michigan coach Red Berenson has been anxiously looking forward to that date. "We've been waiting all summer for this," Berenson said. "With only three weeks before our first & i:":f ./ . tarouF::na ar:vrae _:......?$ri game, we can't waste any time." The new rules limit preseason practice and the regular season to only 22 weeks. Last season, the Wolverines had five weeks of train- ing camp prior to opening night, but Berenson does not feel this year's rushed preseason will hurt Michigan's preparations. " This (time off) gave the team a chance to get ready off the ice and to get to know each other," he said. "Now, we have to take advantage of the next three weeks." The Yost Ice Arena ice was more crowded than usual yesterday due to a plethora of walk-ons attempting to make the Wolverine squad. Berenson and his coaching staff are one of the few that permits walk- ons to practice with the rest of the team. He will weed out the prospec- tive players in the next few days, and if there are any promising candi- dates, Berenson will keep them on the squad. The primary task for Michigan after the roster is finalized will be trying out different line combina- tions and defensive pairings. Berenson expects five lines and eight defensemen to materialize. "If the team is healthy, we should have a lot more depth than in the past," Berenson said. "We should be in pretty good shape. We're a year older and stronger than last year because we returned most of our guys. If we can avoid the un- usual injuries, we will be fine." The Wolverines must especially avoid injuries in goal. Currently, Michigan has only two goalies - sophomores Chris Gordon and Steve Shields. Another goalie is trying to walk on, but Berenson said he will be content with only two goal- tenders. Frosh Al Logis from Indianapolis is expected to join the squad at the beginning of winter term. Logis is completing the neces- sary credits he needs to enroll at Michigan this semester while play- ing for his junior team. 0 1+t