1992 Rose Bowl Preview To get the inside story on the New Year's Day Classic, turn to the Special Pullout Section / on pages 3 through 6 instie Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 AP Basketball Top 25 2 Collegiate 2 Rose Bowl Preview 3 Q&A 5 Sheran My Thoughts 5 Swimming and Diving 7 .ti . .. : ', . ,;.. The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday December 9, 1991 Anderson wins Butkus Howard takes Maxwell; Skrep denied again by Jeff Sheran Daily Football Writer Michigan's Erick Anderson cap- tured the Butkus Award as the na- tion's top linebacker Saturday in Orlando, Fla. Earlier in the day in Kings Island, Ohio, receiver Desmond Howard was named win- ner of the Maxwell Award, given to the country's most outstanding player. After winning the award, An- derson joined ABC commentator and Michigan alumnus Dan Dierdorf and linebacker coach Jim Herrmann in singing "The Victors." The senior inside linebacker praised the entire defensive unit he has captained this season. "For every great receiver, there's a quarterback. For every great running back, there's a line. And for my part, there's 10 other guys playing defense," Ander- son said in his acceptance speech. "I accept this award on behalf of this year's University of Michigan de- fense." Anderson, who recorded 17 solo tackles against Ohio State in his fi- nal game at Michigan Stadium Nov. 23, has led the Wolverines in tackles for all four of his seasons, a. Michigan first. His 418 career stops put him second on the all-time Michigan list behind Ron Simpkins, who recorded 516 from 1976-79. Howard added to his collection of honors with the Maxwell Award; the fourth-year junior won the Walter Camp Award Nov. 26. He is the leading candidate for the premier Player-of-the-Year award, the Heisman Trophy, which the Downtown Athletic Club will pre- sent Dec. 14 in New York. Howard won the Maxwell by the largest margin in its history. The only other Michigan player to have won the award is Tom Harmon, who did so during his 1940 Heisman season. Also on hand in Kings Island was offensive tackle Greg Skrepe- nak, who lost his second major award in as many days to Washing- * ton defensive tackle Steve Emtman. Emtman won the Outland Trophy (interior lineman), after taking the Lombardi Award (lineman/line- backer) last Thursday. Skrepenak was the lone offensive finalist for both awards. Emtman and the No. 2 Huskies. face Michigan in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. Anderson said the Butkus Award will boost him and his teammates for the New Year's Day contest. "It puts extra pressure on me," Anderson said. "I played the best game of my career against Ohio State, and I'm ready to take it to one more level." i00' Defensive captain Erick Anderson savors the moment in Michigan's victory over Illinois earlier this year. The senior won the Butkus Award for the nation's outstanding linebacker. -Lakers Leaders, effort lacking at Sault by Josh Dubow Daily Hockey Writer SAULT STE. MARIE - The first four periods of this weekend's series between Michigan and Lake Supe- rior featured closely-matched and evenly played hockey. The two teams traded scoring opportunities, and Michigan's Steve Shields and LSSU's Darrin Made- ley were up to the task to turn them away. The Lakers had won Friday's game, 3-2, in overtime, and held a 1-0 lead after the initial period Saturday. However, during the first intermission, LSSU coach Jeff Jackson made an adjustment in his forechecking scheme. Jackson decided to keep his third forechecker at the blueline to prevent Michigan from making long breakout passes. The Wolverines never adjusted to this change by the Lakers, who quickly gained control of the contest. "It was all Coach Jackson. He knows how to handle other team's breakouts," Madeley said. "Most teams can't get into our zone and set up, and when they do, their line is already tired." Teams often make little changes like LSSU did, and it is the responsibility of the opposing players and coaches to counter those changes. Michigan did not. "Basically what happened is we stunk," Michigan See BLUE LINES, Page 7 swamp Blue, 3-2, No. 4 LSSU drops anchor on No. 2 'M' . by Andy De Korte Daily Hockey Writer SAULT STE. MARIE - Rather than prove it could finally over- come Lake Superior, the Michigan hockey team left its heart on the ice Friday and its composure on the ice Saturday. Friday's 3-2 overtime loss had all the drama of a classic Laker- Wolverine contest, while Satur- day's 10-0 shellacking was the list- less drubbing the score would indi- cate. LSSU's Darrin Madeley and Michigan's Steve Shields were the obvious keys in the overtime game, making 26 and 25 saves, respec- tively. "As far as goaltending, we had better chances," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "Madeley kept them in the game a lot, and Shields kept us in the game sometimes." Denny Felsner assisted David Oliver on a well-designed play to draw first blood against the Lakers. The textbook play ended with Oliver's goal. "It was just like practice, we practice that over and over." Oliver said. "We were both in, and Denny put the puck right on my stick." Lake Sunerior came back with a two-on-one, which developed when Felsner fell, and LSSU's Jay Ness beat Shields on a drive from the top of the right circle. The Laker power play had been anything but textbook lately - 1 for 13 last weekend against Miami. However, after two unsuccessful attempts against the Wolverines, Kurt Miller rapped home a rebound off Shields for the Lakers' second goal within 55 seconds. Michigan defenseman Doug Evans evened the score with a feed from Denny Felsner as he was being dragged to the ice in front of Made- ley. "We were a little nervous when we came out ... I was off-balance on the first two goals," Madeley said. "But we realized as the game went on that they weren't world beaters, and that we could play with them ... we became confident." Neither team could take advan- tage of its chances in the rest of reg- ulation, and the game headed for overtime with the score deadlocked, 2-2. "We did a much better job of containing them and not giving them opportunities," LSSU coach See LAKERS, Page 7 BRIAN CANTONI/Daly Michigan's Ted Kramer handles the puck in a game earlier this year. The Wolverines had trouble handling the puck all weekend, dropping two games at Lake Superior, 3-2 and 10-0. T r M.. 'M' spoils Convocation debut r by Albert Lin Daily Basketball Writer CLEVELAND - Michigan ru- ined former assistant coach Mike Boyd's housewarming party Satur- day night, defeating Boyd's Cleve- * land State squad, 80-61. It was the Vikings' first game at their new Convocation Center. The Wolverines (2-0) played an- other mistake-filled game, totalling 27 turnovers, including 16 in the first half. But in the end, Michigan just had too much talent, especially down low, for the overmatched Vikings. Ironically Boyd, Fisher's top assistant before taking the * Cleveland State job last season, had a hand in recruiting much of the team Fisher fielded. The Vikings (2-3) played Michi- gan tough in the first half, scratch- ing and clawing their way to a 13-12 lead. After Jalen Rose put back a Juwan Howard miss off the opening tap, Michigan went 12 straight possessions without a score. Fortunately for the Wolverines, * Cleveland State wasn't doing much missed some easy, easy shots early, before Sa and it set the tide for the rest of the like to b game." added. Fisher berated his team for its Durin sloppy play during halftime, and the possessi Wolverines responded with some Michigai better, although far from mistake- defense s free, basketball. The adde "We've got a lot of work ahead Wolveri of us," junior James Voskuil said. Clevelan Voskuil returned from a one-week seconds layoff to play 19 minutes, con- getting a tributing nine points and six re- Ever bounds. "We just had too many scored, turnovers. We'll fix it definitely with tw Toledo blasts by Ken Davidoff team tha Daily Basketball Writer they are, aturday (vs. Duke), but we'd before Chicago State," he ng the first few Viking ons of the second half, the n players emphasized their stands by slapping the floor. ed intensity paid off, as the nes continually forced d State to run 30 or more off the shot clock without good attempt. y time Cleveland State Michigan would answer o or more baskets. The ' M'Wo Wolverine lead just continued to grow, and garbage time arrived early. Michigan rookie Chris Webber once again led the way for the Wolverines, finishing with 19 points on nine of 10 shooting. Fel- low newcomer Rose chipped in with 17 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Michigan outrebounded the Vikings, 52-23, and Boyd was not happy with his team's work. "Rebounding's just desire," he said. "There's no skill in it. It's who See VIKINGS, Page 7 men. -8969 I 7 t's used to winning the way , they just feed off that like TOLEDO - Sometimes, there's no subtle way to put things, no witty non sequitur that will help ease the pain of a tough loss. All one had to do Saturday night was look at the scoreboard to see how the Mich- igan women's basketball team suf- fered against Toledo. Even the 89-69 final did not piranhas. They sense the tentative- ness, and they just turn up the heat. Then, when we struggled early, the team started to doubt themselves and pressed a little bit, and that's when it went from bad to worse." Indeed, for when the Wolverines started to press, Toledo responded by stepping up the pressure a notch. with his squad's effort. "It was the first time that we've played with the emotion and enthu- siasm this season that this team's been noted for," Fennelly said. "They played from the very begin- ning of the game, and they sustained that throughout the game." Before the contest, Fennelly had been concerned about his club's height disadvantage. However, that "