Football vs. Wisconsin Saturday, noon Michigan Stadium IR Women's Volleyball vs. Purdue Friday, 7:30 p.m. West Lafayette Moeller discusses scoring, scrambling at conference By RACHEL BACHMAN Daily Football Writer As a coach, Gary Moeller worries about his quarterback. With a backup QB who's had only a handful of snaps in his college career, Moeller is down- right overprotective of his starter, Todd Collins. So you can imagine what Collins' scramble in the opening drive of *Michigan's 19-14 edging of Illinois did to his coach. "I want one of those hook slides," Moeller said at his weekly press con- ference, "not like (what) he did." Collins scampered for an 18-yard gain before being tackled. "He wanted to mix it up with the linemen," Moeller said. "He wanted to play hard. That's just not his bag. "He got stuck that one time. That was 270 pounds coming down the middle of your back." Moeller said the play was like "not being bruised after you roll your car over 15 times. Yeah, everybody laughs, but it's not so funny if he comes out of there limping." INJURY UPDATE: There were no fa- tal blows dealt to Michigan Saturday, just the usual crop of scrapes and bruises. 1 Running back Tshimanga Biakabutuka is still nursing a slightly sprained ankle. Cornerback Deon Johnson still has a thigh bruise, and offensive lineman Thomas Guynes should recover from his hyperex- tended knee in time to face Wisconsin Saturday. Linebacker Matt Dyson's foot X- rays were negative after he left Saturday's game with soreness in his left foot, which was broken earlier this season. Dyson returned to the game. Collins is wearing a sling- after hurting his elbow on the scrambling play, but the injury isn't serious. Moeller said that Saturday, tailback Tyrone Wheatley "didn't run like he normally does." Wheatley was on an I.V. Wednesday to get rid of a virus. The treatment worked. But, said Moeller, "He was sick when he played against Penn State. That's why we should have just left him sick and not corrected him. We would've been better off, I guess." Wheatley rushed for 144 yards against the Nittany Lions. He had 73 yards against Illinois Saturday. In a worst-case scenario, what would Moeller do without his top two backs? "We'll run the ball with Eddie Davis and a couple freshmen or some- thing," he said. CWSE BUT No ScoiE: A win is a win, but Moeller is less than elated with the way Michigan's went down. "The worst thing we did, we get down there five times and kick five field goals," he said. "You're not go- ing to get in every time. But five times? You'd at least expect to get in (the end zone) two, and if you're not, you've got to look at something. That's something that we've got to correct." On the other hand, Michigan kicker Remy Hamilton's five at- tempts gave him the opportunity to make history. His fourth field goal tied a Michigan record for most field goals in a single season. Said Moeller: "It's one of those records that you're happy for but you don't like." Hamilton shares the record with Mike Gillette, who in 1988 also kicked 18 field goals. MOELLER SPEAKS ON LEAGUE SANCTIONS: Currently, there are three teams in the AP Top 25 being penal- ized by the NCAA for various viola- tions: No. 4 Auburn, No. 7 Texas A& M, and No. 15 Washington. Because Tailback Tyrone Wheatley was one of several Wolverines banged up in Michigan's 19-14 victory at Illinois Saturday. of the sanctions against them, the teams are not ranked in the USA TODAY/CNN Coaches' Poll. What does Moeller think about their inclusion in the AP poll? "I like investigations. I like to have people checked out. (Offending teams) should not be in any rankings of any kind." @ NET RESULTS Michigan volleyball team needs a spark, consistency to be competitive in Big Ten race By RODERICK BEARD Daily Sports Writer Watching the Michigan women's volleyball team from the press box can't be as frustrating as watching it from the bench. The Wolverines are not playing well, and there isn't much that Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi can do about it. The Wolverines (1-9 Big Ten, 5-16 overall) have a seven-match losing streak and have only won once in their last 11 outings. What's worse is that they don't look as if they are going to break the losing streak anytime soon. Only once in those seven matches has Michigan even won a game; that was a 15-11 win in the third game of last Wednesday's match at Michigan State. At the midpoint of the conference season, the Wolverines rank in the bottom half of every major statistical category. Michigan is ninth in hitting efficiency, kills and assists and sixth in digs. Giovanazzi said that the Wolverines need to be either a good serving team or a good blocking team to succeed; Michigan is last in the Big Ten in blocks and service aces. Giovanazzi has tried everything - short of shaving former Olympian Karch Kiraly's legs, dressing him in a wig and giving him Ramona Cox's jersey - to get his team to play better. After every match, he says that the Wolverines had a good week of practice, but they don't play well in matches. Shuffling the lineup hasn't worked, because Giovanazzi has used as many as 12 of his 16 players in some of the matches. None of the combinations have been very effective and Michigan has been blown out in some games because of it. Giovanazzi has been switching between his setters, Erin McGovern and Linnea Mendoza, to find which is more dependable. This hasn't worked, as neither has displayed championship form. Judging from his track record, Giovanazzi is not accustomed to losing. He was an assistant on the bronze medal-winning U.S. women's volleyball team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. From 1981-90, he was an assistant with the top-ranked UCLA men's and women's programs. During that span, the Bruins made six total trips to the NCAA Final Four, including three national titles. Giovanazzi also played on the 1976 men's championship team and the 1978 national runner-up team at UCLA. So what does this team need to win a match? Giovanazzi and his players have said that they only need a spark to get them out of their slump. With the way the Wolverines have been playing, it may take divine intervention - or poisoning the opposition's water supply - to get a victory. Michigan has to want to win if it is ever to get out of its slump. Wanting to win means more than saying, "Yeah, we can do it." It means creating a vision for everyone on the team, and helping the team believe in that vision. The Wolverines look like six individuals on the court, who happen to be wearing the same uniforms. There is no cohesiveness or common goal on this team. None of the players look like they have confidence enough to win a game - much less a match. In last Saturday's match at home against Indiana, Michigan was behind in the third game, 7-3, and rallied to take a 14-13 lead. With a game point, and Shannon Brownlee waiting to make a kill, the Wolverines looked like they were on their way to creating a spark. Brownlee mis-hit the ball into the net. Michigan lost the next three points, the game and the match. The spark was extinguished before it got started. Immediately on the horizon is a Purdue team that the Wolverines have already beaten this season. The Boilermakers have a four- match losing streak of their own. This time, though, Purdue will be at home, and fighting to stay out of the Big Ten basement that Michigan inhabits. Team 1. Penn State Ohio State 3. Iowa Illinois Minnesota 6. 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