Men's Soccer vs. Schoolcraft Today, 5 p.m. Mitchell Field Si S Volleyball vs. Illinois Friday, 7 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena Youthful Hawkeyes, next for 'M' QB Driscoll and offense turnover-prone; Run defense lacking By CHAD A. SAFRAN Daily Football Writer Ah, the innocence of youth - no worries, no cares, just lots of energy to enjoy life. Coach Hayden Fry wished the Iowa football team had a little bit less inex- perience and more victories. After a 2- 0 start, the Hawkeyes fell back to earth in their past two games, falling to Penn State and Oregon by a com- bined score of 10 1-39. Iowa's trip to Penn State may have been the most humiliating defeat in Fry's 16 years with the Hawkeyes - 16 minutes into the game Iowa was down, 42-0. Much of the reason for Iowa's poor performance the last two weeks rests with the team's youth. Eighteen fresh- men have seen action this season, in- cluding seven true rookies. Nowhere is the inexperience more evident than on defense, where seven new starters are in place for 1994. "We changed our defensive schemes and we haven't been playing that well on defense," Fry said. "Fun- damentally we haven't been very good. We haven't been doing a real good job of tackling." Iowa allowed the Ducks to run for 197 yards and has given up an average of 207.3 yards rushing per game. All this should be good news for Michigan as head coach Gary Moeller contin- ues to search for some semblance of a consistent running attack. Not only has the Hawkeyes' young defense caused problems, but their offense, led by sophomore quarter- back Ryan Driscoll, has let them down often because of turnovers. Against Penn State and Oregon, Iowa lost the ball eight times and had one punt blocked. Those errors resulted in five touchdowns for the opposition. In contrast, neither the Nittany Li- ons nor the Ducks coughed up the football once. "The guys really making the mis- takes are the people that havent played, or a couple of instances on defense, guys that have had to change position or play in these positions for the first time," Fry said. Some of these problems stem from the fact that Fry is in the process of infusing his team with more speed on both sides of the ball, particularly on defense. "You can't do it with those big slow-footed linemen anymore because you can't get apass rush, and you can't do it with slow people in the second- ary because you can't cover the re- ceivers," Fry said. "You can't play zone pass defense all the time- they pick you apart." Fry's reconstruction of the makeup of his team has resulted in a mediocre beginning to this season, following back-to-back average seasons. In 1992, the Hawkeyes finished 5-7, including 4 52-28 loss to Michigan. Iowa improved a bit last season, reaching the .500 mark (6-6) before losing, 37-3, to Cali= fornia in the Alamo Bowl. However, the fans in Iowa remain patient. All they need to do is dust off their old game programs to see th4 Hawkeyes went 19 seasons without a winning record (1962-1980) -- theffi- nal pairof losing seasons came in Fry's first two years in Iowa City. Since those dark days, however4 Iowa has earned bowl bids in 1 1 of the past 13 seasons. Fry remains optimistic about the Hawkeyes' return to the post- season. "We're certainly just a mediocr football team this year and should be better next year. If we can do the aca- demic work and stay healthy then the following year, we should be a con-- tender." ANOTHER AWARD: Michigan line- backer Jarrett Irons earned Big Ten defensive player of the week for his performance against Colorado. Irons registered 16 tackles, deflected a pair of passes and sacked quarterbackO Kordell Stewart once. He also forced Stewart to -fumble just inches short of scoring a touchdown. Michigan looks to start the Big Ten season on the right foot as it tackles Iowa Saturday. Rose to sign deal wit Denver today, agent sy U t1RA;94SPORTS DAI By ANTOINE PITTS Daily Basketball Writer S ® Former Michigan basketball I player Jalen Rose will sign today with the Denver Nuggets according to Rose's agent, Norm Nixon. No financial terms were released but Nixon, a former NBA player him- self, said Rose will receive a'six-year deal. Denver General Manager Bernie Bickerstaff would not confirm the deal but admitted the two sides were close to reaching a deal. z "e'll get something done," BOULUPRI11Bickerstaff said. "It won't be long." Wihthe NBA training camps 1 t srikedeals to get their draft picks int cap.One thing holding that M ' A 1up is the fact that the league has yet to set an official salary cap for the ' 1 'season. . S uth lii~ rs~?7 7Denver's apparent signing of Rose 220 out Unvetsty b5'777 makes him one of a few first round 21 and over after gpm picks that have been signed to date. "I think it's probably imminent," Bickerstaff said. "The negotiations have been very cordial." The Nuggets selected Rose with the 13th pick in June's draft. In his three-year career at Michi- gan, Rose averaged 17.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game. He became Michigan's all- time leading freshman scorer with 597 points during the 1991-92 season. In his final season with the Wolverines, Rose lead the team with a 20.6 scoring average. He earned All-Big Ten honors and was a second team All-America selection. Rose scored a career high 34 points at Iowa in Jan. 92. That game marked the only time in his 99- game career that he was not in the starting lineup for the Wolverines. Juwan Howard, the other Michi- gan player selected in this year's draft, has yet to come to terms with the Washington Bullets. 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