rt , Of the 126 different schools Michigan has faced on the gridiron, how many have winning records against the Wolverines? (Answer, page 2) - ,, n ;4 , AP Top 25 'M' Sports Calendar Griddes Q&A Forrest Fires Football Field Hockey Women's Golf Men's Soccer Women's Volleyball 2 2 2 3 3 4-5 6 7 7 8 Hawks no math for _-..... ....... .-.-... a----..-. ..-.-.--._. - . - .- -..--.-.- -...- Vheatley, Biakabutuka grind one- ....- out against valiant Iowa, 29-14 rushers By RACHEL BACHMAN Daily Football Writer IOWA CITY - Michigan ap- proached its game with Iowa as it would a bowl of broccoli. The Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 3-1 verall) knew finishing the Hawkeyes 4-2, 2-3) would be good for them, but getting it done was a chore. Behind Tyrone Wheatley's 182 yards rushing, Michigan digested Iowa, 29-14, at Kinnick Stadium Sat- urday. The victory helped settle the Wolverines' stomachs after their last- second loss to Colorado a week ear- lier. "Did we play sluggish? Was it ase because of our game last week? o," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said. "It was close because they did a great job. "This is a tough place to play," he said amid the visitors' press room walls, painted pink to decrease ag- gression. The psychological ploy was lost on Wheatley. In his second game back from a eseason shoulder injury, the senior tailback started out slowly, with 51 first-half yards on 16 carries. His long- est was just nine yards. But he came on strong in the last half, eventually rushing for two touch- downs. "We're probably the slowest-start- ing team in the nation," Wheatley said. "You're like a kid in a candy gre. There's just so much going on. we just have to settle down." Wheatley devoured Iowa's defense late in the game. On his second touch- down -a twelve-yard run with 6:56 to go - he carried the ball eight of the drive's 11 plays. "I think he got back to his old self, particularly in the second half," Moeller said. Amani Toomer came alive after halftime, too. His 34-yard catch set up the go-ahead touchdown, a seven- yard run by Tshimanga Biakabutuka with 8:49 remaining in the third quar- ter. After Remy Hamilton's extra point attempt sailed wide right and Michigan held a 19-7 lead. On the Wolverines' next posses- sion, illegal procedure and unsports- manlike conduct penalties put them in a first-and-30 situation. But Michi- gan was unfazed. The Wolverines emerged from the drive up 22-7,thanks to Hamilton's 32-yard field goal. Iowa quarterback Ryan Driscoll responded 49 seconds into the fourth quarter with an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Scott Slutzker. The play cut the Hawkeye deficit to eight at 22-14 and sent four rows of Iowa stu- dents bounding into the end zone to celebrate. "We've never had a team at Iowa that played harder. It was an incred- ible performance by a group of kids ... some of them really didn't know what they were doing out there," said Iowa coach Hayden Fry, whose start- ers included a walk-on at outside line- backer. See IOWA, Page 4 Wolverine talback Tyrone Wheatley is tackled by Iowa's Bobby Diaco (45). Wheatley gained 182 yards and scored two touchdowns on the day. ALMOST ... Wanna be a football coach? Fry, Moeler face constant demands OWA CITY - Wanted: Football coach. Hours: Continuous, plus overtime. No respect, constant stress. More film viewing than Gene Siskel, worse social life than Roger Ebert. Goal: Win 12 games, by at least 50 points each, then improve next year. Benefits: People recognize you on street. Then they spit on you. If interested, call (313) 763-BLUE. That would be an accurate job description if Michigan fired Gary Moeller today, as some fans think the school should. Moeller's job can't be much fun for him anymore. No matter what he does, he can't win. Oh, he MICHAEL can win football games, as he ROSENBERG showed again Saturday with a 29- Roses are 14 victory over Iowa. What he Read can't win is the admiration of Michigan fans. The fans always want more, and when they get more. they want more still. Moeller has captured at least a share of the Big Ten title in three of his first four years as coach. His teams put together a 19-game conference winning streak, longest in Big Ten history. Against Notre Dame and Lou Holtz - the school and coach often considered the nation's best - Moeller is 2-2-1. The fans don't seem to care. He hasn't won a national title, they say. His play-calling is too conservative. They ignore his record. .g You win 202 games, as Hayden Fry has, and you tend to feel like you are a pretty good football coach. You take your team to the Rose Bowl three times, as Hayden Fry has, and you start to think you're doing a decent job. Yet there's no shortage of fans in Iowa City who want Hayden fried. They're upset that the Hawkeyes have only won I1 games over the past two years. They're angry that Iowa has not made the Rose Bowl in four seasons. They're upset that they live in a podunk town with no nightlife and a terrible odor. They blame all but the location on Fry. Getting upset with Hayden Fry because the Hawkeye program has taken a step back the past three years is like getting upset with Bill Gates because Microsoft had a bad quarter. Without Fry, there would be no Hawkeye program. In the 10 years before Fry took the helm at Iowa, the team won 30 games and went to no bowls. In the 16 seasons since, the Hawkeyes have won Ill games and been to 11I bowls. Yeah, yeah, the fans say. Why can't he keep it up? .". Admittedly, the coaches are not perfect. Moeller's See ROSENBERG, Page 5 AP PHOTO ATodd Collins pass sails just out of the reach of Michigan's Mercury Hayes in the first half of the game Saturday. Te Wolverines settled for a field goal on the drive to open the scoring. Field hockey outlasts Penn State after loss to Bucks Natural-born talent Lightning-quick Biakabutuka makes a name for himself By RAVI GOPAL Daily Sports Witer This past weekend, the Michigan field hockey team received a wake-up call. Then they woke up. Friday, the Wolverines (1-3 Big Ten, 5-6 overall) fell to No. 7 Ohio te, 3-0. They bounced back yester- ,thoughto defeat No.6 Penn State, 1-0. Friday's game against the Buck- eyes (1-1, 7-1) saw Michigan attack early, with midfielders Michelle Smulders and Sherene Smith getting numerous shot attempts. However, Wolverines' downfall. At the 23:50 mark, following a Buckeye penalty corner, Ohio State midfielder Emelie Leewens got the ball past a diving Koreishi for a 2-0 lead that broke Michigan's back. "After goal number two., we didn't have enough character to stay in the game," Wolverine coach Patti Smith said. Another goal by Pederson, after another Buckeye penalty corner, wrapped up the scoring. Converting after penalty corners was the story of the game. The Wol- verines came up scoreless on 10 op- By CHAD A. SAFRAN Daily Football Writer e is lightning in football cleats - quick, explosive and dangerous. Unlike lightning, Tshimanga Biakabutuka may hit the same place twice, but once he gets to that point, he shows the defense a move it did not see the first time. In only his fifth year of organized football, Biakabutuka has demonstrated he has skills most returned kicks, which is something he wants to do while at Michigan. But for now, he remains a running back and has been the Wolverines' best runner this year, amassing 493 yards on 68 carries. He credits Michigan running backs coach Fred Jackson with his improvement over last year.' "On a scale of one to 10 I'm now an eight," Biakabutuka says. "Last year I was a two. He taught me to read the defense." . . $ ... .w ' 'r J.,.....