Name the three teams that have
gained 500 or more yards of total
offense in one game against
Michigan.
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Buffs' Hail steassaone from
Victors
Defensive collapse leads
to Wolverines' demise
T he class is Football 101.
Every Monday the teacher asks the same question: "Which college
football player would you like to be?"
Two weeks ago, most of the students jubilantly responded, "Remy
Hamilton."
Today, the teacher broaches the same question, which brings about a split
poll amongst the students. Some yell, "Kordell Stewart." Others shout,
"Michael Westbrook." Very bright pupils, except for one.
He exclaims, "I want to be a part of the Michigan defense."
"What? Are you crazy?" the teacher says as she
places the dunce cap atop the Wolverine wanna-be's
head.
After watching the Michigan defense perform in the
first three games of 1994, the kid must indeed be
Ssomewhat insane after offering the Wolverines' defense
as an answer. No one would want to imitate Michigan's
defense, especially following Saturday's atrocious
CHAD A. performance against Colorado.
SAFRAN Inexplicably, the Buffaloes scored two touchdowns
Safrancisco in the final 2:16. The second score, on a Hail Mary
Treat pass that will forever live as the "Miracle at
Michigan" in Boulder, occurred by the grace of some
higher authority than those on the playing field.
Colorado players mentioned God, angels and luck in their explanation for
what happened in the shadows of the South end zone. However, kindness
reigned in the Buffaloes' lockerroom as none of them mentioned Michigan's
defense. But if not for the Pillsbury doughboy-soft play by the Wolverines
during the final five minutes, Colorado never would have had a chance.
Coming into the game, everyone knew Colorado's offense had the
firepower of the United States military, but somehow Michigan blanked the
Buffaloes for over 30 minutes in the middle of the game. During that time the
Wolverines came alive.
Steve Morrison and Clarence Thompson knocked down passes intended
for wide-open receivers behind them. Jason Horn and Trent Zenkewicz
See SAFRAN, Page 4
DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily
Michael Westbrook and Kordell Stewart embrace amongst the postgame chaos that followed Westbrook's game-winning recpetion on the last play of
Colorado's win over Michigan. The football was tipped twice before falling into Westbrook's hands.
Loss lingers in hearts of Wolverines ? ** 7
By RACHEL BACHMAN
Daily Football Writer
Just 16 days ago, the Michigan
football team was leaping and cel-
ebrating Remy Hamilton's last-sec-
ond field goal amid the silence of
Notre Dame Stadium.
Saturday at Michigan Stadium, the
olverines were speechless as Colo-
rado claimed the last seconds for their
own. The contrast could not have been
more stark between Hamilton's kick
and Buffalo Kordell Stewart's Hail
Mary pass to Michael Westbrook,
which gave Colorado a 27-26 victory.
Nor could Michigan's reaction to
them.
Free safety Chuck Winters, who
pped the final pass, was the first one
o realize what had happened.
"My eyes got so big," Winters
said. "I saw the ball coming down...I
don't have any words to describe it. I
was kind of upset and sick and my
belly was hurting."
After showering and changing
into a coat and tie, captain Steve
Morrison walked, head down, duf-
fel bag in hand, into the Crisler
Arena press room. His voice was
barely audible.
"I can't believe it," Morrison said.
"It's one of those things you can't
believe could ever happen."
Quarterback Todd Collins sat in the
same media hot seat, rocking anxiously
in his chair and chewing his lower lip.
Sweat formed on his forehead, even
though he'd just showered.
"You go from thinking you have
the game won to...a second later, you
lose the game," Collins said flatly. He
said that the locker room was very
quiet; solemn.
"We gave away a game," Collins
said. "The same thing happened
against Illinois last year. It's a crappy
way to lose."
Coach Gary Moeller spoke
dazedly to the two dozen reporters in
attendance. His voice was gravely
and he took long pauses betweeen
thoughts.
'It's one of those
things you can't
believe could ever
hap pen.
- Steve Morrison
Michigan linebacker
Just before getting up to leave,
Moeller concluded, "That's why they
always say, 'Every play counts."' He
waved away questions about fourth-
quarter defense, striding out of the
room to begin the healing process.
As Morrison said, "It hurts right
now, but year in and year out, the Big
Ten is our goal."
If body language is any indicator,
this one's going to hurt for a while.
DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily
Colorado players rejoice as Steve Morrison stands in disbelief after Michigan's 27-26 loss to the Buffaloes.
Miss Michigan Soccer
'M' kickers come back
after last-minute loss
Povilaitis
By MICHELLE LEE THOMPSON
Daily Sports Writer
Ask Michigan defender Carrie
Povilaitis what the best day of
her life is, and she will tell
0ou it happened last June.
WAfter years of team spirit and
team play, her team won the Class A
state soccer championship, and just
seconds later her coach tapped her on
the shoulder and told her she had
been elected Miss Michigan Soccer.
She didn't even have time to
savor the moment- the senior
players were late for commencement.
When they ran in, the principal was
*alling the W's, but they still let
Povilaitis graduate, summa cum
laude from Troy High School.
What next? Disneyworld?
No. The senior all-night party,
where Povilaitis and her senior
teammates wore their medals and
anchors Wolverine defense
ith style
you can achieve it," Povilaitis says.
The Wolverines can only hope
that her Midas Touch will turn their
program into gold.
"Starting new, you could go to an
old program and be on a respected
team, but we are the U-M soccer
team and we are bringing on a new
tradition," Povilaitis says, pounding
her fist.
And Povilaitis could have gone
into an "old, respected" program.
After her regional Olympic
Development Program (ODP) team
spent the summer between her junior
and senior years at an intensive camp
in Wisconsin, Povilaitis says, "The
letters just started coming in. After a
while, it kind of seemed like it all
blended together."
Recruited by her share of schools,
including Detroit-Mercy, who fell to
the Wolverines just two weeks ago,
By NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women's soccer team
was angry. It had just suffered a heart-
breaking loss to Minnesota and some-
one had to pay.
That someone turned out to be
Valparaiso.
The Wolverines (0-3 Big Ten, 4-3-
1 overall) rebounded from Friday's
last-minute defeat at the hands of the
Golden Gophers with a 5-0 mauling of
the Crusaders yesterday at Elbel Field.
The win was good for Michigan, but it
did not erase the pain of Friday.
"At least we ended the weekend
on a positive note," Michigan coach
Debbie Belkin said. "The loss was
tough, but we just had to play hard
and move on."
The Gophers (3-1-2) squeaked out
of the win after cashing in on the Wol-
verines' defensive letdown in the last
a mental thing."
That lapse resulted in a scram-
bling Michigan defense, which al-
lowed the winning Gopher goal.
The Wolverines were able to sur-
vive a late Minnesota charge and a
penalty shot with 1:33 remaining. But
after a Minnesota free kick rang off
the crossbar, they couldn't stop Go-
pher Jennifer Walek. She picked up
the rebound and slid it in the goal's far
corner for the win with only 25 seconds
remaining.
"It's really a shame because we
came out strong for the first time
today," Belkin said after the game. "I
was really happy with everything until
the end. We shouldn't have panicked
and fouled people at the end.
"We're going to have to settle
down and come out strong on Sun-
day."
And come out strong they did.
MR,
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