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y Dan Stillman
,Daily Sports Writer
Minus four regular players, including
- first-line wingers Jason Botterill and Bill
Muckalt, the No. I Michigan hockey team
will host No. 6 Michigan State tonight at 7
'clock.
Botterill, Muckalt and defenseman
Bubba Berenzweig received game disquali-
fications for fighting in Saturday night's 4-
. victory over Bowling Green at Yost Ice
...Arena. All three will be eligible to play
.:.tomorrow at 7 p.m., when the Wolverines
.visit Bowling Green for a rematch.
: Greg Crozier will not be available either
night. The sophomore is expected to be out
eight to 12 weeks, because both bones in
is left forearm were fractured against the
Falcons. The injury - at first believed to
be the result of a dirty, two-handed slash by
f.
Scoreboard HOUSTON 90. Indiana 88
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
MARYLAND 13, Georgia Tech 10 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BOSTON 2. Pittsburgh 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION BUFFALO 5, Colorado 4
NEW YORK 99, Toronto 96 Vancouver 3. NEW JERSEY 0
ORLANDO 96, Charlotte 89 Washington 5, PHILADELPHIA 2
MINNESOTA 100, Dallas 90 Calgary 2, CHICAGO 1
Friday
November 15, 1996
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MICHIGAN VS. MICHIGAN STATE
' to try again against State
Bowling Green's David Faulkner - led to a
wild third period as tempers flared on both
teams. Once the dust settled, three players
This weekend
What: Michigan vs.
Michigan State tonight,
Michigan at Bowling
Green tomorrow
When: Both games 7 p.m.
Where: Yost Ice Arena
tonight, BGSU Ice Arena
tomorrow
TV: Tonight, PASS (10
p.m. tape delay); tomor-
row, none.
on each squad
had received
game disquali-
fications.
Not to be
lost in the con-
troversy is the
importance of
tonight's game.
The Spartans
(5-1 CCHA, 6-
3 overall) come
in to Yost just
two weekends
also tied in points (10) with first-place
Miami (Ohio).
In the Nov. 2 game, Michigan State's
Bryan Adams electrified a sold-out Munn
Arena when he wristed in the game-win-
ning goal with 52 seconds remaining, giv-
ing the Spartans a 5-4 victory.
The Wolverines, who played catch-up all
night before finally taking a 4-3 lead with
12:06 left in the third period, could not hold
on.
Now Michigan must face that same
Michigan State squad - which is without
senior wing Brian Crane, who broke his
hand against the Wolverines - without
four of its regular players.
"We play (the Spartans) one time a year
(at Yost), and that's a huge game for our
program, for our team and for our fans, and
See SPARTANS, Page 10
after handing the Wolverines (5-1, 8-1)
their only loss of the season. The teams are
tied for second in the conference and are
SARA STILLMAN/Daily
Michigan played catch-up for most of Its 54 loss to the Spartans Nov. 2.
MICHIGAN VS. PENN STATE
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Blue, Lions look for redemption
By Barry Sollenberger
Daily Sports Editor
With the actual postseason still over
a month away, No. 16 Michigan and
No. 11 Penn State meet tomorrow in
another type of bowl game.
Call it the underachievement bowl.
While this may be a bit of a stretch,
the point is clear. Neither team figured
to be in its current position at this point
in the season - tied for fourth in the
Big Ten and out of the Rose Bowl race.
The Wolverines (4-2 Big Ten, 7-2
overall) and Nittany Lions (4-2, 8-2)
meet tomorrow at noon at Michigan
Stadium in a game that will be tele-
vised by ABC.
Back in September, many thought
the winner of tomorrow's game would
decide the Big Ten championship. But
both teams have already dropped a pair
of conference games, opening the door
for Ohio State to play in the Rose
Bowl for the first time since 1985.
Still, tomorrow's game has definite.
bowl implications. The winner proba-
bly stays in contention for a Fiesta
Bowl bid. The loser starts to make
plans to travel to Texas for either the
Alamo or Sun Bowl.
"It's a big game for us," Michigan
coach Lloyd Carr said. "We knew that
going into the season; it was a game
we looked forward to playing.
Certainly, after a loss like we experi-
enced on Saturday, it's not going to be
an easy chore."
The Purdue loss was one of the
worst in Michigan's recent history, The
Boilermakers hadn't beaten a top-10
team or Michigan, ranked No. 9 at
game time, since 1984,
The Wolverines were completely
stuffed offensively by a Purdue team
that hadn't stuffed anybody all season
long. That doesn't bode well for
Michigan against a Penn State defense
that is far better than the
Boilermakers'.
"This is a veteran defense," Carr
said. "Probably, the best Penn State
defense in four or five years."
Two weeks ago, that defense was
primarily responsible for beating
Northwestern, something no Big Ten
team had done in almost two years.
The Wildcats went into State College
averaging almost 29 points per game
but turned the ball over five times, and
the Nittany Lions won, 34-9.
The victory marked the re-emer-
gence of senior quarterback Wally
Richardson. After a strong junior sea-
son, Richardson had disappeared like
Jimmy Hoffa through nine games this
season.
He was even benched for the second
half of the Nittany Lions' victory over
Indiana on Oct. 26.
But against Northwestern, he
returned to form, leading Penn State to
the blowout victory and improving his
career record as a starter to 17-5.
"He played extremely well in the big
win over Northwestern," Carr said.
"When he has a hot hand, he's tough to
deal with. He's a big guy, sees the ball,
and has a strong arm."
While Richardson and running back
Curtis Enis (103.4 yards rushing per
game) pose problems for Carr and his
team, the Wolverines are more con-
cerned about themselves after last
weekend's debacle,
Against the Boilermakers, Michigan
ltsaigame
for us. Aftera loss
like we (had) on,'
Saturday, it's i
going to be an
easy chore."
- Lloyd Carr
Michigan football coach
rushed for just 56 total yards, and
quarterback Scott Dreisbach didn't
have a clue, completing just 18 of 37
passes against one of the Big Ten's
worst passing defenses.
"Purdue did some things defensive-
ly to give us some problems," Carr
said. "Anytime (we) don't rush the
football well, we're going to have a
hard time."
Tomorrow's game marks the fourth-
ever meeting between the two schools,
with the Nittany Lions holding a 2-1
series lead. Penn State defeated the
Wolverines last year in State College,
27-17.
Late in that game, the Nittany Lions
caught Michigan napping with a fake
field goal for a touchdown that sealed
the victory.
JOE WESTRATE/ Daily
The Wolverines should have been able to run away with their game at Purdue like Tyrone Butterfield ran away with the ball
above - they didn't. Now they will meet Penn State in a game that was supposed to help decide the Rose Bowl - but won't.
Tomorrow's game still will factor into where the Wolverines spend their winter vacation, however. If the Wolverines win their
next two games, they might have a chance to go to the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Day. Of course, Michigan's offense will
have to improve dramatically to have any chance against the aggressive defenses of Penn State and Ohio State.
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