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Michigyan. forward Ambher: Y, BerendowsIW. doesn't hve much to say,.,- but her scorin outpt speaks for itself rendowsky probably didn't write as her favorite food, she's been gob- tp all season l ong. The forward has goals and 16 assists for 48 total eason. She leads the Big Ten in. each :gorier and is one of the top- 10 point enation. . is Berendowsky? iyear, Berendowsky shattered the ngle-season points record of 19 - a as a freshman -- in just nine games. ddle name is Star. 't sound like an accomplished ath- >u talk to her. She doesn't lead youi to one of the best women's soccer ecountry. sky is a very humble, reserved per- ,sn't pay much attention to the is breaking. She didn't even realize he mark for points in a season Wlien@' a very quiet leader,' freshman Kacy She's definitely one of the top lead- am- even though she's less o'utspo; )t of players." See STAR, Page*12 By Alan Goldenbach Daily Sports Editor Brian Griese had to be thinking about taking out an additional insurance policy :before the season. Who could blame him? The five men whom the Michigan ;quarterback put his trust in to protect him from opposing teams' maniacal pass crushers had never played a down togeth- er as a unit before this season. Trips to the hospital had to be expect- ed on a weekly basis. Of those five, two of them -- redshirt freshmen Steve Hutchinson and Jeff Backus - had never seen game action and sophomore Chris Ziemann's shoes were still pretty new to the turf. Yet seven games into the season, this unit, considered by many to be the team's weakest link, has perhaps overachieved its, .expectations more than any other component of this team. It was pretty obvious that the question inark was on the offensive line," left tack- te Jeff Backus said, "because we lost three guys." The Michigan offensive line quintet- left tackle Backus, left guard Hutchinson, Oenter Zach Adami, right guard Chris Ziemann and right tackle Jon Jansen, with David Brandt serving as the sixth man - has allowed only eight sacks in The battle for the Jug Who: No. 4 Michigan vs. Minnesota Where: Michigan Stadium (102,501) When: Saturday, 12:20 p.m. TV: Channel 20 seven games this season, while allowing Griese to ascend to the top 20 rated quar- terbacks in the nation. And as has been the case with many of the team's other units - none has one spectacular player other than Charles Woodson in the secondary - team unity has been of paramount concern. That cohesiveness has been no more evident than on the offensive line. "Especially having two older guys and three younger guys, I didn't think we'd be as tight as we are," Backus said. The unit's personal contact among each other has also helped it perform at the level it has. According to Backus, if something affects one person on the line, it affects the entire line. "No offensive lineman wants to see his quarterback get hit," Backus said. "Every person on the offensive line takes it per- sonally if his quarterback gets sacked." Of course, all six have performed exceptionally well all season, but if you ask the younger players, most of the credit for the success goes straight to the veterans, Jansen and Adami, not just for their individual abilities, but the leader- ship and inspiration that they carry with them on both the practice field and on gameday. "Zach and Jon told us that we needed to step it up and that if this team was going to go to the Rose Bowl it was because of the offensive line," Backus said. Adami has proven to be a real inspira- tion to his younger linemates a result of his transition to center after three years at right guard. "The hardest thing about switching was just having to snap" Adami said. "Making calls and stuff like that wasn't really hard for me." Now that this unit has settled into their respective roles and know each other's quirks and nuances, they know enough about each other to let the jokes fly. "There's always comments about who's the fattest," Adami said. "Usually, it's the coach. "And the biggest eater has to be (back- up left tackle) Paul Tannous. I don't think he ever stops eating" As long as he stops on Saturdays, Griese has no problems with that. HOWARD TAKES TOP HONOR: Michigan tailback Chris Howard's 110 yards rushing and three receptions helped earn him Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors. He is the first Wolverine to receive that honor this season. On Michigan's final drive of the first half, an I1-play, 95-yard march culminat- ing in a Brian Griese touchdown, Howard gained 78 of the yards - 51 of them coming on a single gallop, his longest this season. Early in the fourth quarter, Howard put Michigan up 20-7 with a two-yard touch- down run, his fourth of the season. BLUE IN THE NFL: Former Michigan wide receiver Mercury Hayes, who was cut by the New Orleans Saints, the team that initially drafted him earlier this sea- son, was signed last night by the Atlanta Falcons. Former Michigan quarterback, Jim Harbaugh - now with the Indianapolis Colts - already out of Sunday's game with a tender ankle, extended his stay on the injured list by fracturing a bone in his hand punching NBC commentator and former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, who accused Harbaugh of "over- dramatizing his injuries." Harbaugh is now expected to miss another four weeks of action. SARA STILLMAN/Daily, Chris Ziemann and Zach Adaml (68) are two reasons that Michigan's offensive line has surpassed preseason expectations. . 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It's a battle that is as intense and as storied as Army-Navy, Harvard-Yale, even Michigan- Michigan State. As if an introduction this grand need be, we're obviously talking about the Michigan Daily-State News rivalry. No, this has nothing to do with word processors, good quotes or breaking stories. This is football. This is what they really mean when they say pigskin classics. Every year, The Daily and The State News get together on a late Friday afternoon at one of the two home campuses to toss around the football and occasionally each other. The following day, there's always offensive linemen). What it all came down to this year was the Daily just sucking it up. Last year's victory was especially heartbreaking for the Daily, as The State News pulled a trick play by hiding the ball under the shirt of a player (already on the portly side) who rumbled (and I mean rumbled) downfield for the winning score on the game's final play. But this year's Daily team ALAN embarked on GOLDENBACH the trek west- The Bronx ward seeming- Bomber ly unfazed by its recent lack of success. Last year's graduating class was the first in Daily history to graduate without a victory over the State News and the Daily was not about to let two fine crops go winless in their four years at 420 Maynard. Led by captain John Leroi, who grew up within a stone's throw of Munn Field and knew the sweet 10-yard line, the scribes from Eas' Lansing seemed rattled. Superb-pas defense by the Daily's secondary of. Sharat Raju, Josh Rich, Warren Ziii t and Goldenbach showed that this was clearly a different Daily team than in past years - a team that was not about to deny its seniors a i . moment in the spotlight, a year of; state pride..a Who's your daddy? . The Daily promptly took over'and drove the length of the field cuh lt nating in a touchdown pass from quarterback John "Don't-You-Dare- Call-Me-Elway" Friedberg to flanker Chad Kujala. _. After both teams traded touch- downs, the Daily defense clamped,; down, perhaps in response to the television cameras (OK, just one camera) roving the sidelines. ((.mJ not kidding. Call WDIV-Chaniel if you don't believe me.) The first-time appearance of-an Arts contingent, led by Rich and offensive tackle Aaron Rennie. intimidated The State News receivers similar to the way suspend- ed tight end Nick Cotsonika does to drive-thru attendants at Arby's. Interceptions by Leroi, Zinn and Jim