Women's Soccer vs. Windsor Tomorrow, 5:00 p.m. Mitchell Field S TS Men's Soccer vs. Siena Heights Today, 6:00 p.m. Mitchell Field The Michigan Daily Wednesday, September 15, 1993 page 9 Big weekend for Big Ten football th tdu.eosulir t2 anr yno VisDrop of your picks at the Michian Daily sports desk on the second floor of Victories by Buckeyes, Spartans overshadow Wolverines' letdown aelmtd fvenrs eweek.SfiarsEtry u otsat By KEN SUGIURA DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER If you wanta reason why-the Michi- gan football team faltered againstNotre Dame, consider the possibility of sore shoulders. After all, the Wolverines have been carrying the Big Ten for the past few years. Finally though, while Michigan was unable todefend the conference's honor in losing to Notre Dame, the rest of the Big Ten came through. With victories by Ohio State (over Washington), Michigan State (Kansas), Minnesota (Indiana State), Wisconsin (Southern Methodist), Iowa (Iowa State), Indiana (Northern Illinois), Penn State (USC) and Purdue (Western Michi- gan), the Big Ten went 8-2, with Illi- nois' defeat at the hands of Missouri providing the other loss. Northwestern, after losing to the Irish, 27-12, two weeks ago, was idle. The overall strong record was a break from the recent past, in which the Big Ten teams have suffered many embarassing non-conference and bowl game losses. Regardless, in his weekly teleconference yesterday, Michigan coach Gary Moeller said he is not all that impressed. "You have to wait and see what happens in the entire season.," said Moeller, last season's B ig Ten Coach of the Year. "Opponents change and all those things become a part of it, but as we all knew, the Big Ten's going to get stronger, it was just a matter of time to bounce back and do some of those things. "Maybe (the league's) concentra- tion wasn't quite there or whatever, but maybe something hit us over the head and got our attention," he added. Apparently, the teams who were hit hardest over the head were Moeller's two rivals, Ohio State and Michigan State. The Buckeyes put the hurton then No. 18-ranked Washington, 21-12. Michigan State beat Kansas, 31-13. Coincidentally, players from both teams, Spartan running back Craig Tho- mas and Ohio State linebacker Lorenzo Styles, were named this week's Big Ten Players of-the Week. "I think that Michigan State played very well, obviously, to beat a good Kansas team," Moeller said. "I saw a few minutes of the game Saturday night (between) Ohio State and Washington and Ohio State looked very good tome. They've got a great defensive team and they can run the football." With the upcoming open date,Michi- gan has ample time to mull over its loss to Notre Dame, a point which concerns Moeller. "I think that's always a problem. Sometimes if you have a game right next week you get going on it because you can't keep turning and looking back," said Moeller, whose team dropped seven places in the AP Poll to No. 10. "Obviously, (the loss) is going to make a big impression on us only because we're going to dwell on it a longer period of time." Michigan's next opponent, Hous- ton, is also taking the week off. The Cougars are 0-2 so far this season. They opened with a49-7 smearing from USC and then came back to lose at home to Tulsa, 38-24. THE WHEATLEY FILE: Tyrone Wheatley's 318 all-purpose yards against Notre Dame (146 rushing, 39 receiving, 133 on kickoff returns) was the fourth-highest single-game total in Michigan history. Ron Johnson's 347 yards against Wisconsin in 1968 still leads. Now, with 3,054 career all-pur- pose yards, Wheatley ranks 10th in Michigan history. Saturday marked the firsttimeMichi- gan has lost in agname in which Wheatley has gained 100 yards. The Wolverines are now 8-1-1 in those contests. 4- U U Cash In at Marty SAVE$Oj S On the purchase of any suit* $35 off all sortcoats off all Slacks I',TREEi BuV a tuxedo at regular price and receive FREE "a cummerbund - silk black tie set of studs & cuff links Saile 91,1 4.93 h roiiizh 9 26,93 1 I rcl i r '0 t i DOUGLAS KANTER/Daity Michigan halfback Tyrone Wheatley rushes in the first half against Notre Dame, Saturday. The loss marked the first game in which the Wolverines failed to win when Wheatley gained more than 100 yards. 4 .1 1 310 S. State St. HIOuRS Mol-rmr ) MARTY'S MENSWEAR & rORMIAL\\[\R-lw VS - On the Campus - 668-6338 it - Fr s o s For etclever gS eine. Apple Macintosh Color Classic" 4/80, Built-in 10" Color Monitor and Apple Keyboard II. The Macintosh Color Classic: It offers a bright, sharp Sony Trinitronl display. It's compact enough to fit on any desk. And right now, this already iffnrlqhlP model is liiable at an unheard-of nrice. You can also yet special financing with the Apple' Computer Loan* -to make owning one even easier. Visit your Apple Campus Reseller today. For the power more college students choose. The power to be your best 5.