Page 4-The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday - September 21, 1992 F--\ I C H I 0 A N 35 Rushing Player Att Yds Ava La Smith 1 36 36.0 36 Collins 2 -2 -1.0 0 Powers 13 64 4.9 23 Davis 4 17 4.3 9 Johnson 17 64 3.8 14 Foster 3 16 5.3 6 Leiette 4 21 5.3 13 Total 44 216 4.9 36 Passing Player C-A Yds TD Int Collins 29-42 285 2 1 Receiving Player No Yds Lg TD Alexander 7 103 44 2 Smith 4 44 19 0 Hayes 2 23 16 0 Powers 2 24 12 0 Toomer 2 15 8 0 J. Johnson 3 10 4 0 Burkholder 1 4 4 0 Malveaux 3 30 15 0 McGee 5 32 9 0 Totals 29 285 44 2 Punting Player No Yds Avg La Azcona 2 88 44.0 54 Punt Returns Player No Yds Avg La Alexander 4 39 9.8 11 Hayes 1 19 19.0 19 Collins steps forward by Albert Lin Daily Football Writer An injured ankle kept quarterback Elvis Grbac out of action against Oklahoma State, but it did not keep him off the field. Grbac did his best Gary Moeller impression during Saturday's game, pacing the sidelines and barking out instructions while pointing with a rolled-up gameplan. Most of Grbac's comments were directed at his fill-in, redshirt sophomore Todd Collins. And Collins took the advice to heart, doing his best Grbac impersonation in leading the Wolverines to a 35-3 romp over the Cowboys. "(Grbac) was really helpful before the game, calming me down a lot," the Walpole, Mass., native said. "He told me to go get first downs and not to make any errors. He asked if I was nervous, and of course I was. But he was really good - he helped me out a lot." Grbac got a new perspective of the game from the sidelines, and he was pleased with what he saw his understudy accomplish. Collins finished the day by completing a Grbac-like 69 percent of his 42 passes - set- ting a school record for most completions with 29 - for 285 yards. "It was kind of exciting actually because I'd like to get into coaching sometime and just get the feel of it," Grbac said. "Everybody said I looked like a coach. It was a different feeling. It was amazing how I could relate to the situa- ;ons he was in. "I was in a situation when I started that no 1ne caine to me and said you're going to be in this situation and you should do this, this, this and this. No one went through the situations with me. I want to show the younger guys how it should be done. "Todd played real well. He really sensed the defensive concepts. He was prepared and came out and read the defenses well, andl he did the job a quarterback is supposed to do - he led his team to a win." "It was just taking what they gave us," Collins said. "The defense dictates what we do. 1hey wanted to see if I could throw, so they got up on the run. And we were atle to throw." As Grbac's backup, Collins has had ample practice time with the No. I oftense even be- fore this week. That familiarity made the tem- porary transition easier - and all the more successful. "To get into an offense this complicated took a lot of study," Collins said. "I think my first year, I didn't realize that. Last year, I be- gan to get an idea of wiwt it takes to quarter- back here. And this year '' ik I nt it all to- gether. I still have a lot to tea :getting better. "I expected to be more ner\ ou. ldin I was. I was pretty calm fr omost of1 die gaih, Ihe coaches say if you go out and practic, d, things should go well. We had a good v, e; kof practice, and I think things went pretty well Junior wideout Derrick Ak xander was the biggest beneficiary of Collins' throws, making seven catches for 103 yards and two TDs. Alexander opened the scoring by grabbing a quick throw on a short slant and hauled in an- other touchdown that covered 44 yards. He also barely missed on two more opportunities, having a 55-yarder brought back on a holding penalty and letting a ball slip through his fin- gers on a timing pattern. "Todd can throw the ball. There's nothing wrong with (his ability)," Alexander said. "He made some good plays. I was impressed be- cause it was his first game (starting)." And probably his last - for now. Grbac is due to have the cast removed from his ankle today, and he will be evaluated afterward. The sprain Grbac suffered against Notre Dame was not serious, and he is expected to be back prac- ticing shortly. That means Collins' time in the sun is over and it's back to the sidelines. "That's the ile I assume. I'm usually the backup, but nov i'm the starter. When Elvis comes back, I'll just keep practicing hard. I know I'm always one step away from being back on the field," Collins said. Total 5 58 11.6 19 Kickoff Returns Player No Yds Ava gLa Malveaux 2 23 11.5 13 Defense Player Tac Ast Tot KRISTOFFER GILLETTE/Daily Quarterback Todd Collins drops back to pass in Saturday's 35-3 romp over Oklahoma State. Overall, the Michigan junior had 29 completions, a school record, for 285 yards and two scores. [[BgUenstndng I Peoples Holdren Wallace Burch Ware Brown Law Charles Morrison McThomas Dobreff Steuk Dudlar Stanley Rekowski Zenkewicz Davis Ag hakhan Dyson Horn B. Powers Hutchinson B. Foster 4 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 11 3 5 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 11 3 7 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Team W L TF Ohio State 3 0 0 1 Michigan 1 0 1 Illinois 2 1 0 . Wisconsin 1 1 0 ! Indiana 1 1 0 Purdue 1 1 1 Iowa 1 2 0 Minnesota 0 2 0. Michigan State 0 2 0. Northwestern 0 3 0. THIS WEEK'S RESULTS Micihigan 35, Oklahoma St. 3 Notre Dame 52, Michigan St. 31 Houston 31, Illinois 13 Toledo 33, Purdue 29 Wisconsin 39, Bowling Green 18 Stanford 35, Northwestern 24 Ohio State 35, Syracuse 12 Colorado 21, Minnesota 20 Kentucky 37, Indiana 25 NEXT WEEK'S MATCH UPS Houston at Michigan Michigan State at Boston CollegE Purdue at Notre Dame Missouri at Indiana Iowa at Colorado N. Illinois at Wisconsin Minnesota at Pittsburgh P .0 .7 .6 .5 .5 .5 .3 .0 .0 .0 e ct. 00 50 67 00 00 00 33 00 00 00 MICHIGAN Continued from page 1 offset turnovers and penalties. Michigan's backup quarterback set a new Wolverine record for pass com- pletions in a game, breaking Bob Ptacek's 1958 mark by five. Collins recorded 29 completions on 42 at- tempts (69 percent) for 285 yards; 15 of Michigan's 26 first-downs came off the pass. Collins found Alexander twice for scores in the second quarter, the first on a short four-yarder that Alexander snagged with the finger- tips of his upraised hands. Just 28 seconds later, Michigan notched an- other touchdown on a 44-yard bomb following a Steve Morrison intercep- tion. The scores put Michigan up, 14-0, going into halftime. "Todd practices hard, and once he got in there he played like he'd been in there the whole time," Alexander said. "The more he played the better he got. He threw a couple (one) of interceptions, but there's nothing wrong with his play. I think it's just a mistake because it's his first game. "He's a good leader and we lis- tened to him. I mean, he's the quar- terback and you have to listen to the quarterback. He put the ball where you have to put it so the defensive backs couldn't touch it." Collins' passing game not only led to Michigan scores, but allowed the Wolverines to open up the run- ning game in the second half - after it had been almost non-existent in the first. Michigan rushed for only 46 total yards in the first half but gained 216 by game's end. In the third quarter, tailback Ricky Powers, who registered no yardage in the lirst half, blasted 12 yards to the goal line, breaking three tackles en route to Michigan's third score of the afternoon. Powers struck again in the fourth quarter, sciam- bling five yards for a touchdown. Redshirt freshman Ed Davis put the final nail in Oklahoma State's coffin on a one-yard 'ID run with 2 minutes 4 seconds left in the game. "We didn't get our running game started until the second half," Moeller said. "We have to have a tougher running attack. What hap- pened? ... It's simple, there is one (OSU) guy to many in there to block, so even when you're running the ball you have to make sure you convince your backs they can beat one guy. "We've got to block everybody cleanly enough so that back has that option. When Ricky came out there and decided to run over a few people and look like the Ricky Powers I like to see, that was important." Oklahoma State mustered only a single field goal, coming on a 34- yard attempt in the third quarter. The Cowboys' lack of offensive prowess was due in large part to Michigan's defense, which caused OSU to tread in its end of the field for a large part of the game. The Wolverines held the Cowboys to only four first-down conversions and 187 yards of total offense foi the game. Going into the matchup, one of the Wolverines biggest concerns was Denson, whom they held to a n,,re 33 yards rushing on 18 attempts. 01 ITHE MICHIGAN DAILY I O3 . UMN~ .UOFT U OF M KRISTOFFER GILLETTE/Daily Michigan wideout Derrick Alexander hauls in his second touchdown grab to the day. Alexander pulled in seven catches for 103 yards and two scores. I STUFF. only at i " / .'~ ! \ ' r , , ( ! 1 . . 1 , 1. Mr. Michael, Owner -Permanent Wave Special Reg. $55 NOW ONLY $40 -Highlighting Snecial I i