10- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 26, 1996
'M' football does 'something
special' in Saturday's victory
By Barry Sollenberger
Daily Sports Editor -
Michigan football coach Lloyd
Carr was still beaming at yesterday's
press conference.
And why not'?
The passing of
two days has not
dulled his memory
of the Wolverines'
shocking 13-9
upset of previously
undefeated Ohio
State.
"Opportunities
don't come very
tib , .
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The Wolverines were able to shut
down the Buckeyes even after play-
ing arguably their two worst games
of the season against Purdue and
Penn State.
"We went down there expecting to
win," Carr said. "We felt that our
offense, when we don't turn the ball
over, was as good as their offense."
Backup quarterback Brian Griese
deserves much of the credit for the
victory.
Griese replaced injured starter
Scott Dreisbach late in the first half
and directed the Wolverines to 13
second-half points. Griese is now 2-
0 against undefeated Ohio State
teams.
Last season in Ann Arbor, he
orchestrated Michigan's 31-23 upset
over the 11-0 and second-ranked
Buckeyes.
"Brian Griese played superbly,"
Carr said. "He played flawlessly in
spite of the fact that he hadn't played
much this year. It's a statement on
what type of player he is."
Dreisbach, who hyperextended his
left elbow against Ohio State, has
often to do something special in
life," Carr said. "I told our team on
Friday that on Saturday afternoon
they had a chance to do something
special."
Michigan held the then-second-
ranked Buckeyes well below their
season averages in several cate-
gories, including scoring offense and
rushing offense. Ohio State's nine
points and 147 yards rushing were
over 30 points and almost 100 yards
below its season averages.
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been ineffective in recent outings.
He threw a total of five interceptions
against Purdue and Penn State, and
could not put the Wolverines on the
board against the Buckeyes.
Michigan trailed at the half, 9-0.
Dreisbach had his elbow x-rayed
yesterday, and Carr said that he is
fine. The coach, however, stopped
short of naming his starting quarter-
back for Michigan's bowl game.
"I think his elbow is OK," Carr
said. "But I'm not exactly sure where
that stands. That left arm has a lot to
do with how you throw the ball."
BOWLING: The Wolverines won't
know their exact postseason destina-
tion until Dec. 7 or 8. The
Southeastern Conference champi-
onship game is on the seventh and
alliance-bowl bids are not extended
until the following day.
Thanks to Michigan's upset of
Ohio State, the Wolverines could be
headed to Tampa to face the third-
place team from the SEC.
Bowl berths are now solidified
much later than in years' pastand
this poses problems for today's
coaches.
"Certainly, as a coach, you'd want
to know where you're going and who
you're going to play," Carr said.
"You lose some of the anticipation
that you normally have."
THE BEST: Linebacker Jarrett
Irons and placekicker Remy
Hamilton earned Big Ten player of
the week awards following
Michigan's victory Saturday.
Irons matched his career high with
16 tackles (12 solo, four assists) and
was named Big Ten Defensive Player
of the Week.
"I think Jarrett Irons played per-
haps his best game at Michigan,"
Carr said.
Perhaps Irons' most important
tackle came in the first quarter when
he stopped Ohio State running back -
Pepe Pearson on first-and-goal from
the Michigan two-yard line.
The Buckeyes were eventually
forced to kick a field goal, missing
their best chance of the day to score
a touchdown.
Hamilton was named Big Ten
Special Teams Player of the Week
after kicking two field goals against
the Buckeyes, including a twisting,
turning 43-yarder that gave
Michigan its first lead, 10-9, on the
final play of the third quarter.
JOSH BIGGS/Daily
Despite three Damian Prescott goals, the Wolverines taught Brown a lesson twice at Yost Ice Arena this weekend.
Bears learn from Michigan's
big black and blue beatings
By Andy Knudsen
Daily Sports Writer
Brown knew what it was getting into.
Call the Bears crazy, but they wanted
to travel halfway across the country to
play the defending national champions
in their building.
It was supposed to be a learning
experience, especially for a team that is
1-6-1 overall.
"This is the best team we've ever
played," Brown coach Bob Gaudet said
of the Michigan hockey team. "When
you play against the best, I think you
become a better team. You play around
championship teams, and you hope
some of that rubs off on you, whatever
it might be."
While Brown hung close to
Michigan (6-1-1 CCHA, I1-I-I over-
all) for much of Friday's 5-2 Michigan
victory, the Bears were bombed
Saturday in a 7-2 loss in a game Gaudet
described as "an ass-whipping."
Although Gaudet was disappointed
with his team's effort Saturday, he said
the Bears can still learn from the week-
end.
"We've got a videotape of our team
playing against the top team in the
country," he said. "(We can see) the
pace that they play, the desire that they
play with, the physical nature of the
team. Those are all things that we real-
ly can learn from."
As defending national champions,
Michigan is an intimidating team to
play, especially in Yost Ice Arena.
"I think when we first got here, we
thought we were playing the (NHUs
Boston) Bruins," Brown left wing
Damian Prescott said. "I've never seen
a place like this - this big."
Gaudet said Michigan lived up to its
advanced billing.
He knew the Wolverines had talent,
but was impressed by their work ethic.
"They played us harder than any
team we've ever played," Gaudet said.
"The funny thing is they probably did-
n't have to, but they (did). It's a credit to
(Michigan coach) Red (Berenson) and
his staff. They've put together a real
powerhouse.
"They don't curl away from people,
they play through the body, they shoot
the puck like they mean it every time
they come down the ice."
Gaudet also noted that the
Wolverines have a knack for drawing
penalties. He said they keep their feet
moving against the boards, not allowing
themselves to get pinned down. By
keeping their feet moving, they draw
more holding and interference penal-
ties.
But the series that seemed to impress
Gaudet the most was the play of
Michigan left wing Dale Rominski on a
penalty-kill Friday night.
Standing up by the left point, he felt'
to the ice to block a shot and was visi-
bly hurt. It took him a few seconds to
get back up, but he couldn't come off
the ice because the bench was on the
other side of the ice, and Brown had
kept the puck in Michigan's zone.
When the puck came back to the left
point, he fought off the pain and
dropped to the ice, again blocking the
shot and allowing his fellow penalty
killers to clear the puck.
"There's a lot of desire there,"Gaudet
said. "They're not just a team that has
the flash and the glitz. They work really
hard. That's a good lesson for our guys.
Berenson attributes Michigan's
readiness to the nature of the CCHA
and college hockey in general. If a team
isn't ready to play -even Michigan
it can get beaten by anyone.
Just one weekend after Michiga
State beat Michigan in the final minut
for example, Alaska-Fairbanks marched
into Munn Ice Arena and shocked the
Spartans.
"It's not just talent - it's work ethic,
it's playing together, it's breaks, goal-
keeping, refereeing," Berenson said.
"You never know.
"Just like in football - Michigan
could beatOhio State.'
CAGERS
Continued from Page 9
All three, as well as Thomas, adopted
a more assertive style of play against the
Owls by attacking the passing lanes.
However, despite all the positives this
brought Michigan, there were some
drawbacks as well in Guevara's eyes.
"I was very upset with the defense
early in the game," Guevara said. "W
were not doing a good job of keepi
the person with the ball in front of us.
We were letting the person go to the bas-
ket. Overall, the defense got better,
which was the difference in the game."
Rice found itself in the one-and-one
early, with more than 10 minutes left in
the half. But despite Michigan's foul
problems, the Owls still failed to capi-
talize. Rice hit only five of its I1 first-
half foul shots. _
Despite the changing defensive rolW
for Michigan's players, the defense
remained relatively solid throughout the
game. When Michigan's guards weren't
disrupting the passing lanes, its post
players were changing shots. Rice shot
just 39 percent from the field for the
game.
Rice (55)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A MA O-T A F P
Cafagna 16 3-6 1-1 0-2 1 2
Smith 30 6-10 1-2 2-6 0 3 13
Williams 15 2-7 01 1-1 1 2 4
Wilson 26 2-5 0-0 0-1 6 2 4
Garcia 15 0-4 Q-0 1-3 0 1 0
Escobedo 13 2-2 1-1 1-2 0 1 0
Ludwig 12 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 0 0
Brumfield 26 5-12 0-3 1-5 1 0 11
Cafferty 11 1-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 3
Jordan 11 0-2 0-1 0-3 0 3 0
Koy 10 1-1 0-0 1-3 0 1 2
Hamilton 15 2-6 2-2 0-2 0 1 6
Totals 200 24-61 5-119-311116 55
FG%: .393. FT%: .455. 3-point FG: 2-9, .22
(Cafferty 1-2, Brumfield 1-3, Garcia 0-2,
Cafagna 0-1, Ludwig 0-1). Blocks: 2 (Koy,
Williams). Steals: 7 (Garcia 3, Brumfield 2,
Escobedo, Jordan). Technical Fouls: none.
Michigan (81)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS
Murray 18 4-9 0-0 2-3 1 0 9
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