Scoreboard NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE Buffalo at Pittsburgh, inc. Milwaukee at Baltimore, inc. New York at Toronto, inc. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cleveland at Chicago, inc. Atlanta at New York, inc. Minnesota at Kansas City, Inc. Los Angeles at Colorado, inc. Texas at Seattle. inc. San Diego at San Francisco, inc. a Tuesday September 17, 1996 Carr takes responsibility. for last-second blunder By Ryan White Daily Sports Writer Still wondering why you nearly had a heart attack Saturday afternoon? Why Colorado was given one last chance to repeat 1994's miracle finish? "That was a coaching error," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. While Carr took responsibility for clock mismanagement at the end of Michigan's 20-13 victory over the Buffaloes on Saturday, it hardly seems like it was his fault. According to Carr, offensive line coach Bobby Morrison radioed down from the press box that Michigan could run out the clock, but it was going to be close. The problem arose when Michigan quarterback Scott Dreisbach snapped the last two plays with "six or seven seconds left" on the play clock as opposed to only two seconds left, as he was supposed to. But that may not have completely been Dreisbach's fault. Dreisbach told Carr that on the final two plays, the 25-second clock was blocked by Colorado cheerleaders, and rather than take a delay-of-game penalty, he snapped the ball early. All of this led to what appeared to be a fumbled snap on Michigan's final offensive play. "Yes, he did bobble the snap," Carr said. "(Michigan center) Rod (Payne) was looking at the clock too, and Rod knew we weren't supposed to snap the ball until there was two seconds left. "Dreisbach stepped up under center and asked for the ball, and Rod wasn't ready to snap it." In spite of everything working against the Wolverines, Carr insisted on taking the blame, saying his team "obviously didn't do enough preparation." Aside from not quite running out the clock, there was little Carr could com- plain about from Saturday's victory. He felt the punt coverage could have been better but that the biggest problem in that area was that punter Paul Peristeris was out-kicking his coverage. Carr also would like to see more con- sistency from Michigan's offense, but felt that it continued to improve. He was pleased, however, with the fact that the Wolverines committed only three penalties, and that the defense got to Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer, knocking him down 17 times. "I think that is where we won the game defensively," Carr said. Now Carr has to focus on getting the Wolverines ready for a Boston College squad that was smoked at home-by Virginia Tech on Saturday, 45-7. And like last week, when Carr hesitat: ed to talk about the 1994 game again' the Buffaloes, he doesn't want to talk to much about the 1996 game against the Buffaloes. "Now we face the same: situatio.i where we have to play next week and everyone wants to talk about last week: Carr said. "That would be the biggest mistake we could make." WILL WINS: Senior nose tackle Will Carr was named the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Week after notching nir tackles Saturday against Colorado. Carr and the rest of the Michigan defense held the Buffaloes to just 70 yards on the ground. DOUBLE DUTY: Michigan defensive back Charles Woodson continued his play on both sides of the ball Saturday. Not only did Woodson start on defense, but he did on offense as well - as a flanker. He is the first Michigan player since Dick Rindfuss in 1964 to get extensive playing time both ways. 4 He also had a little trash talk for his fellow defensive backs, whom he now faces in practice every day. "I'm the only DB who can cover me," Woodson joked. MARK dgsIssM'"/Daily Glen Steele and the rest of Michigan's defense pressured Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer all game Saturday. 'M' women's soccer opens up against Rockets. State football on probation 40 ley Kevin Goldfein For the Daily The Michigan women's soccer team will play its home opener today at 4 p.m. at Michigan Soccer Field against Toledo. The Wolverines (2-1), who are coming off an impressive 7-1 victory over Eastern Michigan on Sept. 10, have had a week to prepare and are excited to play their first home game of the year. The Rockets are coming off an impressive 1-0 victory of their own over Ohio State. According to Michigan junior forward Ruth Poulin, Toledo fig- ures to be a formidable opponent. "(The Rockets) beat a very good Ohio State team that beat us last year," Poulin said. "We need to come out with a lot of intensity early if we want to win." The Wolverines have had a light schedule so far this season, playing only three games in a two week span. That schedule starts to heat up, however, with three games in five days and the Big Ten opener coming up in just over a week. Toledo fields a tough, physical team this year. The Rockets, a Mid-American Conference squad, have proven them- selves to be a Big Ten-caliber team with their win over Ohio State. Unlike Toledo, the Wolverines are more of a finesse team, but according to the co-captain Debbie Flaherty, the Wolverines will be able to match up physically with the Rockets. "The key to the game is putting the ball in the net," Flaherty said. "We have no problem creating opportunities to score, we just have to make sure that we capitalize on all of our chances." The Wolverines have already been hit by the injury bug this season - two returning starters will be unable to play tomorrow. Jessica Limauro, a sopho- more forward who scored two goals last Tuesday against Eastern Michigan, will be out of action tomorrow due to a bro- ken nose. The Wolverines will also be missing Vanessa Lewis who is out with a possible fracture to her cheekbone. EAST LANSING (AP) - Michigan State's foot- ball program was placed on four years' probation by the NCAA yesterday, but it does not include bans from bowl games or television appearances.. The NCAA concluded the school violated rules on recruiting, benefits, academic eligibility, ethical conduct and institutional control. In addition to the four years' probation, which began Dec. 1, 1995, the NCAA also reduced by seven the number of initial scholarships. Michigan State can grant to football players during the 1997- 98 academic year. It cut by one the number of coaches who can recruit off-campus during December 1996 and January 1997. The sanctions, announced in a telephone news conference, are in addition to penalties the school imposed on itself after investigations by it and the NCAA turned up the violations. Michigan State placed its football program on probation for two years, starting Dec. 1, 1995, fired its athletics student adviser and reassigned others connected to the program during the time the viola- tions occurred. "Ladies and. gentlemen, the process worked," Michigan State President Peter McPherson said. "The NCAA findings were fair and generally con- sistent with our investigation. We accept their con- clusions and we will not appeal the penalties." The NCAA imposed its own penalties, but it als6 adopted many of the self-imposed Michigan ate penalties as its own. Among the self-imposed penal- ties, the university forfeited five wins from the 19941 season; reduced its number of initial scholarships for 1996-97 from 25 to 23; and reduced its total football scholarships during the current year from. 85 to 79. It also already has cut by one the number of foot ball coaches permitted to recruit off-campus and c the number of official visits by potential footba players from 56 to 48 for the 1995-96 school year. The probes began in October 1994 and centered around alleged academic fraud. They also focused" on charges of improper benefits received by' Michigan State athletes from people who were not, tied directly to the university, but represented its interests. The investigations were prompted by former. player Roosevelt Wagner's charges against the foot ball program under former coach George Perle The university has spent close to $1 million investi- gating the charges and defending itself to t NCAA. Perles, who was fired in November 1994 and replaced by Nick Saban, was never personally charged with any violations. FILE PHOTO/Daily Michigan State, already without the services of tailback Marc Renaud, was put on probation by the NCAA yesterday. M NI Come to M EnergyFest-96 (An Exhibition of U-M's Energy Conservation Programs) on the Diag Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996 - Learn what the University is doing to reduce energy use in U-M buildings, and associated environmental effects. - Find out where the U-M gets its energy supplies. * Learn about the U-M's highly efficient and environmentally-friendly "cogeneration" power plant. * Find out what you can do to assist the U-M's energy conservation efforts. 1 7