NCAA FOOTBALL North Carolina 16, GEORGIA TECH 13 PRO HOCKEY Anaheim 3, BOSTON 0 Ottawa 5, FLORIDA 2 NEW JERSEY 8, Vancouver 1 N.Y. ISLANDERS 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 2, ST. LOUIS 2 Phoenix at CALGARY, inc. Friday October 31, 1997 9 7Familiar foes battle for prize DJANIEL CASTLE/Daily David Bowens, who was dismissed from the football team last spring because of aca- demics, said he will be eligible for basketball In January and for football In the fall. s Bowens may ring eef to hoops Both have expressed interest in basketball; f Minnesota and Michigan fight V}Yfor 5-gallon Jug By Alan Goldenbach axaJ s.A LDeily Sports Editor B a t dt he e k is this Little So what the heck is this Little 1. :Brown Jug thing anyway? The nation's oldest "trophy" will be up for grabs for the 81st time and there's a good deal of history behind this wooden chalice. The story begins in 1903, ironical- ly on Halloweeen, when and unde- feated, unscored-upon Michigan team, riding a 28-game winning streak, led by coach Fielding Yost, E & went on the road to Minnesota for its first game away from Ann Arbor. Yost was concerned, since it was the team's first road game of the sea- n son, whether the host Golden Gophers would provide his team .y with fresh water during the game, so Yost sent team manager Tommy .{:.Roberts to bu a large jug. With less than two minutes to go in the game, Michigan held a shock- ingly slim 6-0 advantage. Shocking because the Wolverines averaged more than62 points per game in their seven games that season up to the field. In their hurry to catch a r..~ train to Chicago, Yost forgot the jug U on the sidelines. It was later retrieved by Minnesota custodian Oscar Munson, who proclaimed with his thick Scandanavian accent, "Jost left his yug." Yost later asked Minnesota to return the jug, to which the Gophers' WARREN ZINN/Daily athletic director L.J. Cooke replied Racing around Spartan Stadium last week, noseguard Rob Renes and the Michigan defense stuffed Michigan State. See GOPHERS, Page 13 Streets may not repeat By Nicholas J. Cotsonika Daily Sports Editor ibon Jansen and David Bowens, 4~ndout football players at Michigan, may provide much-need- ed depth for the men's basketball team next semester. Tai Streets, meanwhile, may not play basketball after the bowl game as he did last season. During a media event yesterday at Crisler Arena, men's basketball coach Brian Ellerbe said he "could t be sure" any of them will play that depth is his "greatest con- cern" for the upcoming season, which begins next week. "We'll have to evaluate them and see what they can do, but if they can play, they might be able to help us,"' Ellerbe said. "Where they would probably help us the most is practice. A couple of big bodies like that+ could do a lot to get us ready for Big jp games.+ But we really won't know any- thing for certain until football season ends." Jansen is an offensive lineman and team captain in football; Streets is a1 wide receiver. Bowens, who sat with the coaches at men's basketball walk-on tryouts last Monday, played linebacker and defensive end for two seasons before he was dismissed 1 from the football team this past1 *ing for subpar academic perfor-i mance. He is enrolled in extension courses and said he expects to be eli- gible for basketball in January and 1 football next fall. Men's basketball co-captain Travis1 Conlan said Streets, who played some spare minutes as a reserve1 guard last basketball season, likely will decide in January whether he ill play basketball again. Streets} *uld not be reached for comment. Ellerbe and Conlan also dismissed ' the possibility that All-America cor- rerback Charles Woodson would play basketball. Woodson's Jordan-1 esque leaping ability enables him to i make spectacular interceptions on1 the football field and acrobatic dunks on the playground. But he+ "can't dribble or shoot," Conlan joked.. Jansen and Bowens were outstand- ing prep basketball players, receiv- ing scholarship offers in both basket-t ball and football. While at Clawson High School, Jansen even played against Conlan, then at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore. "All I remember basketball stint "I wasn't a studentathete, was an athlete. And that's going to change. I'm going to be eligible, and basketball's going to happen." -- David Bowens Former Michigan football player is that he was a big force inside," Conlan said. Playing college basketball, howev- er, would be a challenge. Not only would they have to sharpen their stale skills to perform in the BighTen, Ellerbe said, they would have to straighten out their personal situa- tions. Since Jansen is on a football scholarship, he would have to clear plans with football coach Lloyd Carr. Neither Jansen nor Carr could be reached for comment last night, but both said Monday that the sub- ject will not be discussed until the football season concludes. There is no doubt, however, that the basketball bug came back to Jansen this summer. A three-week break in early August between off- season weightl ifting and two-a-days gave Jansen the chance to work out with the basketball team. Conlan said the 6-foot-7, 300-pound Jansen was "able to keep up with" 6-foot-8, 300-pound center Robert Traylor "just fine" in unsupervised pickup games at Crisler. "But because Jon's the captain of the football team, I don't even know if Coach Carr would let him play basketball," Conlan said. Potentially, Jansen has a lot to lose. An injury could be incredibly costly. "Hey, the guy's going to be a high NFL draft pick," said Ellerbe, who also said he had not spoken to Jansen directly. "I'm sure he's going to want to take his time and figure out what's best for him and everyone involved." Bowens, the school's single-sea- son sack record holder, would have See HOOPS, Page 11 'ober Sensation' to take over TM Building, ® Student-athlete spon- sored event provides good, clean fun to kick off Alcohol Awareness week From Staff Reports "Sober Sensation," a student-ath- lete sponsored project promoting alcohol awareness, will take over the Intramural Building on Saturday. Admission is free with a student identification card and $5 for out- side guests. Free pizza and soft drinks will be provided at the event, which will run from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. A 3- on-3 basketball tournament will be held, as will a 4-on-4 volleyball tournament. Prizes will be given to the win- ners. "This is a great chance for people to have fun in a good way, while thinking about the effects of drink- ing," said wrestler Brian Aparo, one of the event's organizers. "It will kick off Alcohol Awareness week, and it will be a lot of fun. "A lot of athletes have been work- ing very hard on it, and it should be a great night." ee1e Mobil I .: *