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..Blue gets no satisfaction in victory
Defensive effort
lacking in win
1 Defense wins games. At least, that is what all football /
coaches say.
There must be more to it than that though. Saturday,
the Wolverine defense had more holes than Swiss cheese, /
missed tackles like the Cougar ball carriers were greased
and covered as well as cold butter on burnt toast. Despite' ;
the disappointing defensive showing, Michigan did still r A
defeat Houston, 42-21.
After two weeks to work on fundamentals and repair - ,
the defense after falling to Notre Dame, play did not /
improve much. q a{
"Our defense didn't tackle well.
People were wide open," Wolverines ,
coach Gary Moeller said. "Obviously,
z we're concerned. We will improve." -/
Disgustingly, that quote closely .F<,
parallels what Moeller said after los-
ing to the Fighting Irish. His hopes y
ANDY ' were not fulfilled. The defensive
DE KOR TE progress has been mired by injuries,
Judgment but injuries happen to all teams.
of De Korte The opponent made the largest
difference for Michigan. Giving up
seven first-half points could hardly be credited to the
defense, but rather to moronic plays by the Cougar
offense.
Offensive drives by both teams studded the first half. - - M
The Wolverines' drives ended in touchdowns; the Cou-
gars', mistakes.
After driving 77 yards following a Michigan touch-
down, Houston fumbled a field goal snap and ended up
with nothing. A couple of Wolverine touchdowns later,
the Cougars went 76 yards before being foiled again by 4
fumbling into the end zone.
The miscues were not limited to the offense. Kickoff
returner Donald Moffitt downed a ball in his end zone, ,
unfortunately for his team, he caught it at the two-yard
line.
Unfortunately for the Wolverines, the Big Ten sched-
ule looming in the not-so-distant future is full of teams EVAN PERIE/C
whose talent level is much closer to Notre Dame's than Tailback Tyrone Wheatley celebrates with center Marc Milia after scoring on a five-yard run. It was one of his
Houston's. They will not be able to play defense like they three touchdowns on the day as Wheatley ran for 171 yards on 26 carries in Michigan's 42-21 victory over
did Saturday and win. Houston Saturday.
42-21 win vs. Cougars
is big, but not a rout.
By ADAM MILLER
DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER
The Michigan football team's 42-
21 victory over Houston Saturday af-
ternoon did feature a three-touchdown
spread. And the Wolverines (2-1 over-
all) did put an impressive number of
points on the board. Butyou'll be hard
pressed to find anyone particularly
pleased with the outcome.
The game was predicted as a rout;
the line stood at 34 points at kickoff.
After the loss to Notre Dame, and an
off-week allowing for extra prepara-
tions, the Wolverines were supposed
to be hungry, angry and ready for
conquest. Additionally, the Cougars
(0-3) were supposed to be as good as
the junior varsity - of a high school
team. Having lost to Southern Cal,
49-7, to start the season, and mired in
a difficult offensive transition, Hous-
ton was expected to provide nothing.
more than 11 warm bodies for the
respective Wolverine units to maneu-
ver around.
Such was not the case.
"Obviously a win's a win, and that's
the important thing," Michigan coach
Gary Moeller said. "(But) I didn't
necessarily like the manner in which
it was done.... We kept stopping our-
selves to some degree. It was an okay
performance. I don't think it was bad,
but I don't think it was sharp . You'd
think with the time we had to practice
we would have been sharp, and we
really were not offensively."
If only the first four Wolverine
offensive possessions of the game
were viewed, one would believe dif-
ferently. With little difficulty, Michi-
gan marched down the field and
punched it in the endzone. The first
two scores came on runs by junior
tailback Tyrone Wheatley, who fin-
ished the game with 171 yards on 26
rushes and three touchdowns.
Wheatley's first two scores
seemed to showcase improvement in
the Wolverines' much-maligned of-
fensive line. At 11:32 of -the first
quarter, the Heisman-candidate
charged through a huge hole on the
left side of the line and scampered 25
yards to the endzone.
His second touchdown of the day,
which came less than eight minutes
later, also featured a large clearing,
this time in the center of the line.
Wheatley took the ball at the Cou-
gars' five and went in untouched.
This is notable because the line has
struggled this season with its interior
blocking.
While he stopped short of rating it
as stellar, Wheatley said that this line
does have merit.
"There's not too much difference
(from last year)," Wheatley said.
"They probably had more experi-
ence (last year) - you know, if you
miss a block you know how to make
it up. You make a mistake, you know
how to make it up. So there's just
little differences, of knowing where
to go and how to do it. But physically,
blocking-wise, it's basically the
same."
However, when asked of his rat-
ing of the line, Moeller merely said it
was "O.K."
Two more scores, a 13-yard slant
from quarterback Todd Collins to
split end AmaniToomer and a 5-yard
run by tailback Ricky Powers, el-
evated the Wolverine lead to 28-0
See HOUSTON, Page 4
See DE KORTE, Page 4
Reg"ents confirm
Rob erson for AD
Marc of a
hampion
SBy HOPE CALATI
DAILY NEWS EDITOR
Joe Roberson was officially ap-
proved as athletic director by the Uni-
versity Board of Regents Friday.
The regents voted 7-1 in favor of
appointing the Campaign for Michi-
gan chair to-the post effective July 1,
1994.
Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar-
bor) cast the sole dissenting vote.
He spoke strongly against the
search process in which University
President James Duderstadt ignored
the suggestions of a search committee
and nominated Roberson. Baker also
said that Fritz Seyferth, associate
Michigan athletic director, was treated
unfairly in the process.
Marc Mi/ia makes most of
Baker said, in a prepared state-
ment, "I intend to support Mr.
Roberson in his new duties as athletic
director. He has demonstrated com-
petence and capability in his many
assignments in his University career.
"However, as a protest to the treat-
ment of Mr. Seyferth in the stearch
process, I will vote no on Mr.
Roberson's confirmation in the hope
that more fairness to the candidates
will be shown in future searches."
Duderstadt responded, "This was
a search process that really did follow
to the letter of the University policy."
He said that much of the information
that was leaked to the press during the
search process was "simply wrong."
his chance as
a
starter
Injured women spikers
get smoked at Illinois
By RYAN HERRINGTON
DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER
No one is really prepared for
the moment that their dream
comes true and - for once in his
life - Marc Milia is no excep-
tion.
As a young boy growing up in
West Bloomfield, Milia knew that
someday he would shine at
Michigan. He had worked
throughout his high school career
at Brother Rice and his first four
years as a Wolverine preparing for
this single moment.
During his summers, Milia
was driven by his goal, spending
hour upon hour practicing,
learning proper techniques,
reviewing assignments. He knew
it wouldn't be easy. Others of
equal talent and ability also
aspired to it.
Yet on that spring day earlier
this year, when students were
cramming for finals and student-
athletes were cramming footballs
down each other's throats in
hopes of earning a starting spot on
next season's team, his wait came
to an end.
Marc Milia - future orthope-
dic surgeon - had been accepted
to Michigan Medical School.
Only then was it time to think
about football.
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his senior season. Up to 275
pounds, the 6-foot-3 center
concentrated on making this
season his shining moment, his
last hurrah in the world of
football.
"I knew in my heart that I
could be out there as the starting
center and it was just a question
of my time coming," Milia said.
"He's just happy and deter-
mined to do a good job," said Al
Fracassa, Milia's football coach
at Brother Rice. "He just wants to
enjoy this year and cherish it for a
long time."
The drive to succeed is
nothing knew for Milia. The
foundation for his work ethic was
developed in high school at
Brother Rice. Both on the playing
field and in the classroom, Milia
accepted nothing less than
maximum effort.
"I just wanted to be as
successful as I could be," Milia
#said. "I'm just one of those
people who wants to succeed in
life and as far as I'm concerned,
doing well in school is the best
way to do it."
It wasn't until the end of his
junior season in high school,
however, that Milia truly concen-
trated on athletics in the same
manner as academics. It was at
By BRET JOH NSON
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
Injuries and poor fundamentals.
continue to plague the Michigan vol-
leyball team (0-2 Big Ten, 4-6 over-
all). The combination returned this
weekend, and it did not bode well for
the Wolverines as they took on Illinois
(1-0, 4-5) in Champaign.
With three of its biggest hitters
unavailable for action, Michigan found
itself unable to get anything going
against the defending Big Ten cham-
pions, falling to the Illini, 15-5, 15-2,
15-2.
"Illinois played the way we ex-
pected them to play -a quick offense
Michelle."
Passing also hurt the team tremen-
dously. Since losing star setterTarnisha
Thompson to graduation, Michigan
has struggled to find a replacement.
"We didn't pass well," Kanim said.
"When we don't pass well, we don't
side-out well and don't get the oppor-
tunity to score many points or control
the match."
Luze agreed that the major prob-.
lem was passing.
"Passing was definitely the prob-
lem," Luze said. "We had a tough time
with it, and it made the rest of the play
chaotic. We need to work on it."
If this was not enough, Michigan
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understudy upon arriving in Ann
Arbor. He was told by the coaches
and I'd have to stay focused and
it's tough," Milia said. "I was a
I