The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 11, 1992- Page 19 SMITH Continued from page 11 touchdown glories. In his most important game to date, last season's Rose Bowl, Smith scored Michigan's first points on a 7-yard touchdown grab - the first of his career - of an overthrown ball. The TD tied the game and kept Wolverine hopes alive, albeit only temporarily. Yet a moment that would be the apex of most football careers does not mean as much to him as a confrontation on a Saturday in late September. "A lot of people ask me about the touchdown in the Rose Bowl," he says. "It really doesn't strike me as being a highlight film in my memory bank. The highlight film, I keep telling people, is blocking like I did last year, to let my running backs run for as much yardage as possible; picking up the fumble that may fall off my running back or quarterback; hustling when a play is downfield and a running back or receiver needs somebody to come help them. "The play as far as catching the touchdown in the Rose Bowl, any- one could have done that, you know, anyone could have caught the pass (because it was up for grabs after it) was not well thrown. "My biggest memory is when I came back to help Yale VanDyne run in the Florida State game, and I hit (all-America and Butkus Award candidate) Marvin Jones as hard as possible, and he came back up. That is my biggest memory." And while Smith recognizes the added visibility he could gain on na- tional TV tomorrow, he will not be searching for the limelight. The last- ing image ingrained in fans' heads from last season's Notre Dame game is an outstretched Howard floating through the air and hauling in the game-clinching score. But again, it is not the touchdown that fascinates Smith. "The biggest point I remember about that game is when (Howard) came across the middle and got hit by the all-American linebacker (Demetrius) DuBose," Smith says. "A lot of people will think about ... the touchdown - he's capable of making those plays. The greatest play to me is when he came across the middle and got hit by a linebacker twice his size, because he withstood the blow, he kept the ball in his hands, and he also hopped up for the next play." DuBose will be serving the back end of a two-game suspension to- morrow, so Smith will not get the chance to test his grit in the same manner. Instead, he will focus on a friendly competition he has with his high school teammate Bettis, now Notre Dame's fullback and a strong Heisman contender. People at this end of the Michigan-Notre Dame ri- 'I wouldn't be surprised to see Walter Smith put a couple of guys out this year. With Walter - if you're not mentally with it, if you're not really ready - he'll hurt you, and hurt you ' bad.' - Corwir Brawn Michigan safety valry like to envision both these MacKenzie stars starting for the Wolverines, but maybe Bettis wasn't as close to coming here as fans and coaches like to think.; "When we were in high school, we would talk about the Michigan- Notre Dame game upcoming, and he used to root for Notre Dame, and I would root for Michigan," Smith says. "I liked (former Wolverine1 tailback) Tony Boles and he liked (ex-Irish quarterback) Tony Rice. Now when we talk to each other, we always say people back in our high school are gonna talk about Walter from Michigan and Jerome from Notre Dame (like we did with Boles and Rice). "My goal is to go in and in any way possible beat Notre Dame. And I believe his goal is the same thing (to beat us). We always talk about me running their players over and him running our players over, and we would kind of laugh and say that won't happen. But the truth of the matter is, we'll see what's gonna oc- cur Sept. 12 in South Bend, Indiana, at one o'clock." Walter Smith knows every step he takes on the field could be the last. Reality hit when Alexander tore up his knee last year. One collision with a large safety or an aggressive linebacker, and the fat lady sings. Yet Walter Smith runs each route undaunted, searching out the oppo- nent. No running out of bounds here. "I don't ever go out looking to get hurt; I go out looking to hurt someone else," he says. "Each and every play I get up, secretly I thank God for, and give the cross sign across my chest, and thank him that I have the opportunity to play one more play. And I never think about the future, I think about each and every play. "But as far as getting hurt, if I have to get hurt to beat those teams (on our schedule) to win five straight Big Ten championships, then that will have to occur." Playing tough football is just business for Walter Smith. His ca- reer is only beginning, and ample confrontations await. When Walter Smith is through with this game, he hopes to have started a revolution. Power receiving will be in. "I want to make myself known differently," he says, "to try to make a lot of other receivers change their style. People think a receiver is not really a mean, tough guy, and right now I'm gonna change the nation's mind." i Sunday Special $209' 1/3 lb. Cheeseburger One third of a pound of lean ground chuck, charbroiled and served on our homemade French bread & Fries :" p No One CWT9 " Be "" Se. 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