The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 12, 1996 - 15A TGTEN ntinued from Page 14A ly have a home-field advantage w'hen the Boilermakers steam into "South Bend on Saturday. -When the leprechaun comes run- ning out, the home-field advantage gets pretty big," Colletto chuckled. Purdue has struggled in its annual intra-state squabbles- with Notre ame. Wouldn't Colletto like a year off from the series? "I'd like them all off," he said.' WACKY WACKER: Ball State isn't exactly a national power. So why would Minnesota coach Jim Wacker find David Letterman's alma mater anything but a bad joke when he takes his Big Ten team down to Muncie, Ind., on Saturday? Well, because the Mid-American Wonference isn't funny anymore. Miami (Ohio) upset Northwestern and gave Michigan trouble last sea- son. Central Michigan beat Michigan State in 1991 and '92. "If we take them lightly, we're crazy," Wacker said. "They scare the daylights out of you." -DAZED AND CONFUSED: Against Arizona last Saturday, Fry's football nowledge was tested. Apparently, the Wildcats were playing some silly defense or some- thing. "We had a difficult time trying to figure out what they were doing," Fry said. Well, all that head-scratching paid off. Iowa won, 21-20. VIvA LAs VEGAS: Fan support has been a storied tradition for Wisconsin, whose infamous crowds have been mown to paint faces, drink excessive amounts of certain liquids, and yank down goal posts when the Badgers beat Michigan every couple of tdecades. But this is really ridiculous. Nevada-Las Vegas- is reportedly bringing in 12,000 extra seats for Saturday's Wisconsin-UNLV show- down in Las Vegas to accommodate hordes of Badger fans. * Over 40,000 are expected to make the.trip, and they are expected to boost attendance at UNLV to a record level. -"It doesn't make any difference where we go, they come;' Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez said. But are they really coming, or are there just a lot of Wisconsin alums working the roulette wheel and the blackjack table? "No, I don't think they work in the /ainos,' Alvarez said. "I think a lot of alumni like to go to those casi- nos." The Sporting Views: Same old, same old in the boring NFL; back the Pack By James Goldstein Daily Sports Writer Never before have I felt sorry for ref- erees. But never before have I been so turned off by the NFL. If I had to write a letter to the men in black-and-white, it would go something like this: To the referees of the National Football League: As an avid sports and concerned NFL fan, Inam writing you to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for yelling at you, through the TV when you ruled that an obvious completion for a touchdown was incom- plete. I'm sorryfor cursing at you when you called a penalty on an offensive lineman when he wasn't even involved in the play. I'm sorry for laughing at you when you got bowled over by a linebacker while trying ;o get out of the way. I take back all the bad things I said about you. Yes, all of them. In return, I offer my sincerest condo- lences for having to referee a 17-week schedule, plus the playoffs. Being on the samefield as these play- ers must be painful. Watching the games are as exciting as following one's clothes round and round in the washing machine. So, you have myfull sympathy. I hope your job gets better as the 1996 season gets into full swing. Good luck Your No. 1fan, James Goldstein PS. - Ifyou have any hope at all, root for the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl this year: Or root for the unthinkable - an AFC team to actually win it all. It's our only shot of saving the NFL from utter monotony. I'm not exaggerating, folks. The first two weeks of the season have told me one thing: Do something else on Sunday afternoons. The NFL season runs like a cliched script. You know what's going to happen before the year begins. There's no need to go to a psychic to find out the fate of your favorite team. Your team's outlook is as predictable as the result of a Mike Tyson fight. But for all you pro football fans who need a refresher course, here it goes: OK, first of all, if you don't know already that the NFC is the dominant conference, then you haven't followed pro football for ... a decade. You've got the two powerhouses: Dallas and San Francisco, whom, com- bined, have been the past five Super Bowl champions. The two teams just take turns winning the Super Bowl. Who wants that? We need some fresh blood, and that's where the Packers step in. In beating the 49ers last year, Green Bay looks to be the next team to make the step up to the Super Bowl. Let's hope, actually pray, that Green Bay makes it. Because if it doesn't, then you know who will be going to Disney World again. Troy Aikman or Steve Young. Jerry Rice or Michael Irvin. The rest of the conference? Well, you know what's going to happen. The Detroit Lions will win the last five games of the season to finish the season 9-7, saving Wayne Fontes' job once again. Then they'll lose in the wildcard playoff game ... once again. Philadelphia, Minnesota and Chicago will all show glimpses of greatness, and then fade to mediocrity. This happens every year. Maybe now, you can under- stand how bored I am of the same results. And for the AFC - what's the point? You know the inferior league will never win the Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills, who are a veteran team that is bound to host the AFC championship in zero degree weather, have a good shot. The Pittsburgh Steelers, with their three-quarterback rotation, could be in the hunt. And the Kansas City Chiefs, with Marcus Allen running, Steve Bono passing, and Pete Stoyanovich shanking, always are in the race. It's a boring mess. There's no team to be excited about except ... the Packers. So put on your cheesehead. 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Quite frankly, it looks like Canada is going to top the Americans again. There is another contest on the hori- zon; though. A promoter is trying to set up a race between American Michael Johnson and Canadian Donovan Bailey. You may remember Johnson and Bailey as blurs across your Olympic Wlevision screen. Johnson set the world record in the 200-meter dash, and Bailey set the world record in the 100-meter sprint. The race between the two would be a 150-meter dash to settle who gets the title of Faster Than Most Automobiles. If the race takes place, it will be just one more example of two countries with growing disdain for each other ompeting on the playing field. Yes, folks, we have a true interna- tional sports rivalry building here. It's another red scare, but this one has a maple leaf as its symbol, eh? - Ryan White has a tendency to be sarcastic about US.-Canadian issues. :lfe can be reached over e-mail at tar- get@umich.edu. .... . - ,- >. 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