Sports Monday Trivia When was Indiana's last appearance in the Rose Bowl? turn to the (For the answer, bottom of page 2) Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 APTop 25 Results 2 'M' Athlete of the Week 2 Griddes 2 Sheran My Thoughts 3 Q&A 3 Cross Country 5 Golf 5 Soccer 5 Water Polo 5 Football Coverage 6-7 Basketball 8 The Michiaan Daily - Soorts Monday October 14, 1991 ... .. ...y .. .. ., r .... ... ... ........ - *Blue avengers rout Spartans, 45-28 No defense for Moeller to complain of triumph EAST LANSING - Defense is the best offense, the saying goes, but when your team is averaging 35.6 points per game, how much defense do you really need? The Michigan offense is becoming so powerful that it's almost gotten to the point where it's expected that the Wolverines will score every time they touch the ball. After the first two Michigan drives Saturday, quarterback Elvis Grbac was eight of eight, Desmond Howard had two touchdowns, and the running backs had 37 yards on the ground. Between screens, strong backs, and Howard's knack for catching diving endzone passes, there is little oppo- nents can do to slow down Michigan. Even Florida State had trouble keeping the Wolverines off the scoreboard on one of Grbac's worst throwing days. Since the Seminole loss, Moeller Theodore has been able to work in the talents Cox of Jesse Johnson and Tyrone: Wheatley. Now Michigan has three runners who have game experience and have the potential for a big play every time they touch the ball. All this occurred during the roughest part of Michigan's schedule. "It's frightening," Moeller said. "I don't know why the scores are so high in college football now." With schools like Houston, who pass every down and play weak competition, the explanation is easy. But Michigan runs a ball control offense. And take a look at the other Big Ten scores this week. Only Indiana scored more than 10, winning 44-6, but the competition was Northwestern. Michigan State coach George Perles wasn't con- cerned his stunt 4-3 defense allowed 45 points. "Keep your heads up," he told the Michigan State beat writers as he was leaving his press conference. Hey, his team had scored 28. Moeller, on the other hand, spent a lot of his press conference worrying about his defense. "I was surprised we got 45 points, but I was more surprised they got 28 ... That bothers me," Moeller See COX, Page 6 Wolverine offense runs rampant over MSU by Matt Rennie Daily Football Writer EAST LANSING - Football legend Vince Lom- bardi once said, "There's nothing that stokes the fire like hate." With at least a little hate in their heart, a fiery group of Michigan Wolverines torched their arch-rival Michigan State, 45-28. For the Wolverines, the victory avenged last year's 28-27 loss, after which the Spartans lit the fire by al- legedly questioning the toughness of Michigan. The Wolverines established their toughness early Saturday, dominating the line of scrimmage and taking a 14-0 lead while the last chords of the national anthem were still echoing across Spartan Stadium. Michigan's offensive line was particularly over- whelming all afternoon, opening huge holes for tail- backs Ricky Powers (28 carries-148 yards) and Jesse Johnson (6-59 and two touchdowns) and protecting quarterback Elvis Grbac. The Wolverines were so effi- cient offensively that on their first two drives of 71 and 67 yards, they only had one third down. Grbac was masterful on both of those drives, con- necting on all eight passing attempts, including two scoring strikes to his favorite target, Desmond Howard. "I tell you a guy who's playing good football now is that quarterback," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said of Grbac. "He's making good decisions and getting the ball there." Howard maintained his stock in the Heisman Tro- phy race, catching eight passes for 101 yards and cap- ping Michigan's first two drives with touchdown re- ceptions. "I really should have had two more," Howard said later. "But today, all I wanted to do was beat Michigan State." Even when Michigan showed signs of slowing down, the Spartans wasted their opportunity by com- mitting mental errors. After apparently forcing the Wolverines to punt for the second consecutive possession, the Spartans roughed punter Eddie Azcona on a fourth-and-10. The See ROUT, Page 7 Michigan's David Ritter runs back an interception in Saturday's 45-28 victory over Michigan State. Leading by Theodore CoxAnd Daily Football Writer A d the hit rson's intensity se Receivers beware. Michigan inside linebacker Erick Anderson isn't satisfied by just bringing you down. He craves something more. Anderson wants to drill you so hard that he sees a hallucinogenic rainbow of black, blue, red, purple, green, and violet. "When I get a big hit, I know it's good because I see different colors flash in front of my eyes," Anderson says with a sense of satisfaction. "That's cool; I like that." His first recollection of this altered state came in the seventh grade. A receiver cut across the middle of the field and Anderson sent him reeling. The hit was so powerful, the wideout lay on the ground with the wind knocked out of him. When Anderson first told his father, who was also his coach, about the colors, his father didn't know what Erick meant. But other evidence soon provided Don Anderson with the answer. By halftime his son would have knocked four or five players out of the game. The elder Anderson was regularly asked to pull Erick out for hitting too hard. "I realized Erick was one of those football crazies," Don, who tone for Blue defense parade tS played football at Northwestern in the late sixties, said. " I was a wide receiver; wide receivers don't like to get hit. Those are the crazies known as linebackers and defensive backs. I have to honestly tell you I really couldn't relate to it." But Don could detect talent and he knew his son was special. "Erick always did have an incredible ability, and there are not a lot of ballplayers that have this, but you can tell them when you play a lot of ball, there are a few players that can deliver a blow, a hit of good magnitude, while taking only two or three steps," the elder Anderson said. "They can be at a dead stop, take two or three steps and deliver a pop. Erick was one of those kids." Erick inherited a lot of his football craziness. His bloodlines have football coarsing through them from every side. His maternal grandfather, Bob Nowaskey, played for the Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Colts. Also a football crazy, Nowaskey was part of the Monsters of the Midway from 1940-42, alter- nating between defensive end and linebacker. Erick's paternal grandfather coached high school football. And don't forget about LLRon See ANDERSON, Page 8 Michigan middle blockerChris White returns a volley during a match earlier this season. The Wolverines succumbed to. Penn State in three straight games this weekend, evening their Big Ten record at 3-3. Penn State sweeps M' spikers at home . Michigan stickers split weekend home matches By Chris Carr and Tim S olar Daily Sports Writers The Michigan field hockey team recorded two shutouts during regu- lation play this weekend. However, the Wolverines came away with a split in its matches, losing to Iowa, 2-0, in overtime, and then defeating Michigan State, 2-0. The Wolverines entered Friday from last year, and overall, if we play like we can, I think we are the superior team." In the first half of the match, the Wolverines (2-3 in the MCFHC, 6- 6 overall) did come out firing, pep- pering Iowa senior goaltender Eileen Moyer with numerous shots. Michigan scored three times in the half, only to have each of them called hack because of nenalties. with timely defensive plays by Wolverine defenders, kept the Hawkeyes off the board, sending the game into overtime. Iow's momentum continued to build in the overtime period. Iowa was awarded three penalty corner opportunities in a two-minute span, each of which was thwarted by the Wolverines. 8), the Wolverines found them- selves in another scoreless game at halftime, failing to convert on nu- merous penalty corner opportuni- ties. "We were wiped out after the Iowa game," Michigan coach Patti Smith said. "We didn't play with the intensity in the first half that we had against Iowa." by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer After the Michigan volleyball team started the season with an 8-2 pre-Big Ten record, coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes was careful to note that the turnaround from last year was not yet complete. Last Friday's game against Penn State proves she was correct. The Wolverines (3-3 in the Big Ten, 15-5 overall) travelled to Penn State (4-2, 13-2) for their first conference meeting with the Lady Lions. Penn State won the two previous meetings between these teams. Penn State extended Penn State's blocking front. "Their's was more of a team ef- fort," outside hitter Michelle Horrigan said. 'They played good defense and kept the ball in play. They started out blocking very well and our communication kind of broke down." Penn State gained momentum early in the match and the Wolver- ines were unable to adjust on either offense or defense. "We were not doing what the coaches were telling us to do," Lorenzen said. "They would tell us s.- mot - - -A- 'A , *n"