The Michigan Daily -Friday, September 17, 1993 - 11 Conference goes for second big weekend By DAVID KRAFT DAILY SPORTS WRITER While Michigan's loss last week to Notre Dame startled many a football fan, there was an even bigger surprise around the gridirons of the Midwest. The Big Ten, er, ... Big Eleven, had a winning weekend against their non- conference foes. Last Saturday, defying the current trend, the Big Ten posted an impressive eight victories against only two losses. Illinois, with its loss to Missouri,joined the Wolverines as the other victim. With Michigan having the week off to see if it can find a way to stop Hous- ton, the rest of the once-football proud conference will try to prove last week was no fluke. Week three servings: Notre Dame (2-0) at Michigan State (1-0): It's funny how things change? The Spartans finally win a season opener and everybody in the Lansing area starts frolicking as if they just won the Rose Bowl. In all fairness to Michigan State, they did defeat a Kansas team that was drained from its victory over Western Carolina the previous Saturday. Inorder to give his players that extra edge over offensive threats Craig Tho- mas and Mill Coleman, Lou Holtz tells his troops in a pre-game speech that beating a George Perles-coached team is like beating Bear Bryant and Joe Namath in Birmingham - it works. Fighting Irish, 35-24. Ohio State (2-0) at Pittsburgh (1- 1) Are the Buckeyes for real? They finally won a big game and now all those people on High Street are booking their plans for Pasadena only to realize that for Ohio State, the road to the Rose Bowl usually dies somewhere between Champaign and Madison. In Pittsburgh, Johnny Majors' pres- ence helps brighten a city whose most picturesque tourist attraction is Three Rivers Stadium. Unfortunately for the Panthers, they'llhave toborrow acouple of former Steelers to get past Dan Wilkinson and the rest of the Buckeye defense that held Washington to 12 points. Ohio State, 20-7. Arizona (2-0) at Illinois (0-1): The Illini got stomped by aMissouri team that hasn't had a winning record since 1983. On the otherhand, the Wild- cats, with their nationally-acclaimed defense, led by noseguardRobWaldrop, continue to roll towards apossible Rose Bowl date. With freshman quarterback Scott Weaver running the offense, Illinois' best hope for a triumph is a huge snow- storm in Champaign Friday night that could take the warm weather Wildcats by surprise. Arizona, 31-10. Boston College (0-1) at Northwest- ern (0-1): The much-improved Wildcats gave Notre Dame more of a scare two weeks ago than another supposedly better team could do around these parts last Satur- day. Although Boston College, with one of the best coaches in the game in Tom Coughlin, fell to Miami, it still has big play ability in senior QB Glenn Foley. Northwestern cannot consider play- ing in Evanston a homefield advan- tage? They have more sympathetic fans on the road than the people that pay to see a game at Dyche Stadium. The Eagles prevail on a Doug Flutie-like play with no time left. The Wildcats go home empty-handed once again. Boston College, 16-14. Iowa State at Wisconsin (2-0): The Badgers may just be the sleeper this season in the Big Ten. After barely. missing a bowl game last year, Wiscon- sin - under the tutelage of ex-Notre Dame defensive guru Barry Alvarez - is ready to challenge for the Big Ten crown. Well, that's probably overdoing it a bit, but in all reality, the Badgers should make a post-season trip somewhere this year. The lowly Cyclones will not get in the way despite having given Iowa a tough battle one week ago Wisconsin, 17-3. Kentucky (1-1) at Indiana (2-0): Word in Bloomington is that both schools will save themselves embar- rassment by putting their basketball teams on the field instead. The highlight of this game will be when Bobby Knight - sitting in his polished press box high above Memo- rial Stadium - realizes that Hoosier gridiron coach Bill Mallory has stolen one of his prized recruits and inserted him in the game at wide receiver. In a fit of rage, Knight throws a desk through the press box window after Wildcat linebacker Marty Moore, the SEC's leading tackler the last two sea- sons, makes his 20th tackle of the game. Kentucky, 6-2. Penn State (2-0) at Iowa (2-0): In the conference's best game of the week, the biggest question is who will shed their sunglasses first, Hayden Fry or Joe Paterno? With the Nittany Lions cruising late in the game because of the oustanding performance of Outland candidate Lou Benfatti, Paterno breaks his own tradition out of boredom by taking off his shades to clean them. Amidst cloud, overcast skies, Fry takes note of Paterno's shocking move and considers the game a moral victory despite the onslaught his team faces it the field. Nittany Lions, 30-13. Kansas State at Minnesota (1-1): In an effort to hype the game, the Minnesota Sports Information Depart- ment offers free tickets to a Vikings game for anyone who stays through the fourth quarter. Tothe Golden Gophers'amazement, the entire crowd starts cheering on their home town team to run the clock down with 13 minutes left even though Min- nesota is losing by three. The Golden Gophers realize the importance of making their fans happy and sit on the ball. Kansas State, 3-0. I Battle with Florida State is biggest . game for North Carolina in years CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - There's a big ACC game this weekend on Tobacco Road. Two undefeated teams will play before a sellout crowd on national television. The hype is enor- mous, the No. 1 ranking is on the line and the winner could capture the na- tional championship. "It should be a great game," North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith said. "I can't wait to watch it on televi- sion." Smith will be a fan Saturday night when top-ranked Florida State visits No. 13 North Carolina in the most im- portant football game at Kenan Sta- dium in a dozen years. Big gamesare nothing new in Chapel Hill, but they usually involve Smith's basketball teams, which have won two national championships and 16 ACC regular-season titles. There hasn't been this much excitement over football since 1981, whenNo. 8North Carolinalost to No.2 Clemson 10-8. "People are comparing it to the Fi- nal Four," said Corey Holliday, the school's all-time leading receiver. "Weknow this is abasketball school, but we want to have our own identity," saidfellowreceiverBucky Brooks. "We want people to say, 'North Carolina is a great school for basketball AND foot- ball.'" North Carolina and Florida State are both high-scoring teams with 3-0 records. Florida State is an established power that is favored to win its first national championship. North Carolina is a rising challenger that has made steady strides under coach Mack Brown since posting 1-10 records in 1988 and X-COUNTRY Continued from page 10 cobwebs out. I want to get one more race in before we go out to Montana." In order to provide each individual athlete with the proper training sched- ule to compete at their best, McGuire has developed a framework that allows for adaptation. Hence, the resting of Babcock, Kluge and Harvey and the racing of Szabo and McClimon. "The flexibility in our training al- lows us to keep individuals running at an optimal level," McGuire said. "We have different mileage for everyone. We didn'thave to go down to this meet, but I think it helps in the overall devel- opment of the team." J I 1989. Just how far the 'far Heels have come will be determined against the Seminoles, who have outscored Kan- sas, Duke and Clemson, 144-7. "We want respect," said senior de- fensive back Bracey Walker, who has blocked five punts in his career and is known as the hardest hitter on the team. "If we beat Florida State, we'll get all the respect we deserve." The Tar Heels already have the re- spect of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who was very impressed by their 31-9 rout of Southern Cal in the Pigskin Classic. "They looked as good as anybody I've seen this year," Bowden said. "They've got some speed, especially in their defensive front, and they're scor- ing a lot of points." North Carolina will probably have to score often to beat Florida State, which is averaging 48 points and 599 yards per game. The Seminoles have been virtually unstoppable since switch- ing to their "fast-break" offense late last season, and Carolina's defense looked vulnerable last week in a 59-42 VOLLEYBALL Continued from page 10 rest of the season. Iowa State is not a top-twenty team, but they compare favorably, outside of Illinois and Penn State, with many of the teams that Michigan will be com- peting with for third place in the Big Ten. "Iowa State is a type of match that we are going to need to win the rest of the season,"saidGiovanazzi. "Although their record is not fantastic, they have played a lot of tough teams and played them well." win over Maryland. TheTarHeels think Maryland's run- and-shoot offense was good prepara- tion for Florida State's no-huddle, shot- gun attack, which is directed by Heisman Trophy contender Charlie Ward. "I think our defense is going to step up to the challenge," linebacker Bernardo Harris said. North Carolina has met many chal- lenges since going 2-20 in Brown's first two seasons. Brown said he "cried like a 2-year-old" after the Tar Heels hit bottom with a 12-7 loss to Navy in 1989, but he started to turn the program around the following season with a6-4- 1 record. Carolina improved to 7-4 in 1991 and 9-3 last season, including a victory over Mississippi State in the Peach Bowl. One of Carolina's most devoted foot- ball fans is Smith, who was a third- string quarterback on the freshman team at Kansas. He rarely misses a home game, although he'll be out of town Saturday on a recruiting trip. "I have great respect for Mack Brown," Smith said. "He's very per- sonable and he's a great motivator." While Iowa State represents the middle-level teams in the Big Ten, Colo- rado is right at the level of conference favorites Illinois and Penn State. In fact, Colorado plays a similar style to the Illini and the Nittany Lions, which should really give Michigan an idea of how they will match-up against the league's elite. "'They are a small, quick team and they handle the ball real well," said Giovanazzi. "Theyhaveawell-defined, complicated offensive scheme so it should be a real test. We'll be looking more to compete and learn and not concern ourselves with winning." DOUGLAS KANT ER /Daily Notre Dame, after its victory over Michigan, is favored to complete a Great Lake State football sweep with a win over Michigan State. RECEPTIONISTS THE MICHIGAN UNION SCHEDULING OFFICE IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 1993. GREET CLIENTS -FILE" TYPE... MONDAY 10-12, 3-5 TUESDAY 8-9:30, 12-5 FRIDAY 8-1OAM PPLY. 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