reboard- Ehrl r sTracking 'M' teams
RAGUE CINCINNATI 6, SEATTLE 5, Check out the Michigan volleyball team this weekend.
mASEBALL St. Louis 3 Tampa Bay 2 The Wolverines open play tomorrow at the All Sport
ATIONAL :IA LEAGUE OU1STON3 Cleveland AT
HICAO 4E MIwaukee 2TORONTO 3Challenge, held through Saturday at Cliff Keen Arena.
itburgh 2 San Francisco at NEW YORK 7h Details, page 14.
ONTREAL 3 SAN DIEGO, inc. Boston 5
Satita 2 DETROIT 8
T Yo 6, AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicgo A
1HILADELPHIA 2 Baltimore s TEAS B y
Oakland 2 ansas City'sa Mgttembdr et9r
toss spurns 'Niners to remain Mi1chigan's; athletic dire;ctor
By Jim Rose
Daily Sports Editor
Tom Goss, it appears, is here to
stay.
Goss confirmed yesterday that he
declined an offer to become the pres-
Ant of the National Football
gue's San Francisco 49ers, one of
the most successful franchises in the
league for the past two decades. Goss
opted instead to remain Michigan's
athletic director, a position he's held
for just more than one year.
Reports surfaced yesterday that
Goss had engaged in negotiations
with the 49ers throughout the year,
before deciding in March to remain
at the
University.
"It really.
kind of ticked
me off when I
read that,"
Goss said yes-
terday. "It's not <
an issue."
Goss said
that he Goss
"thought about
it for maybe a
minute," but felt he had a commit-
ment to honor to the University and
its students.
Goss also disputed reports that he
turned down a salary of around S1
million. He did confirm that the offer
was substantial, hut would rot ilabo-
rate on the amount. ye said only that
the reported numhei of S1 million
"was wrong," and that the actual
number was not anywhere tiear the
million-dollar mark.
Goss recently reccived a raise
from the University, increasing his
salary to $275,000. Last year, the
athletic director made 5220,000.
Goss, however, asserted that he did
not use the offer from the 49ers as
leverage to improve his standing in
his current contract.
He also disputed the contention
1ha iT negotiated extensively with
he 49Grs. Goss said, on the contrar,
ta he was initially surprised by the
oiler.
'"i wis out of the clear blue," he
G d Edward DeBartolo Jr.,
fiormecrly the sole owner of the San
Irauciso franchise, were acquait-
iaices when Goss lived in the
(aliforta Hay tarea. Since taking on
his current position as the
Uivsioty 's athletic director, Goss
has mosed to the Ann Arbor area.
[Dcl:artolo was forced to relin-
quuish his ownership of the 49ers last
ycar whIen he was implicated in ille-
gal business actisities in Louisiana.
At the tinmc, DeBartolo turned own-
ership of the club over to his sister,
Denise DefLartoo-York. But in the
ensuing months, the situation has
continued to get more and more
bizarre.
DeBartolo has since been cleared
of any wrongdoing in the Louisiana
situation, but he and his sister are
currently locked in a power struggle
regarding the team's permanent own-
ership.
In the meantime, Larry Thrailkill,
who had been a staff member within
the 49ers' organization, was named
the club's interim president.
Goss' first year has been decided-
ly high-profile. He took over in the
midst of an investigation into the
men's basketball program, which
ultimately resulted in the discovery
of three minor NCAA rules infrac-
tions.
Goss fired Steve Fisher, then
ended a national search for his suc-
cessor by naming interim coach
Brian Ellerbe the permanent coach.
In recent weeks, Goss and
University President Lee Bollinger
penned an opinion article proposing
major changes to men's college bas-
ketball, which was published in the
New York Times.
It's a bird, it's a plane...
Class is out for field
hockey freshmen
uestions surround Saturday's
football game between
Michigan and Syracuse.
Is ichigan done for the season?
Can the Michigan defense stop
scrambling quarterback Donovan
McNabb?
Will Drew Henson get to pick
apart a prevent
defense on a
meaningless
drive once
again?
help with h
ol f these
questions, I say.
There is only SNARAT
ane question I RJU
want answered
usile I'm in Sharat
ichigan in the Dark
iium on
turday: Is there a new Superfan?
:,For the benefit of the first-year
Otnts among us, Superfan is the
Iofficial mascot of Michigan.
11, he was the unofficial mascot
.who knows if there is going to be
"nbther.
Former superfan Jeff Holtzhausen
used to be clad in a full getup of
91chigan paraphernalia - includ-
m=a cape with an "M" on it, a shirt
with an "M" on it and glasses with
an M" on each side. He even ate
blue "M&Ms" during halftime. He
eOheers, danced and showed his
Michigan pride at every sporting
ivent possible.
My question: Is there anyone
brave/stupid/daring enough to pull
his off again?
Well, to this end, I decided to do a
ittle investigative journalism
nyself, trying to get a scoop on this
>b-so-important question.
Ser much searching at various
um eating establish-
nents, and interacting with the
lientele within, I have found out
hat drunk people are hard to talk to.
But after a few hours of standing
a front of Pinball Pete's, hanging
ut with some guy with a dog, I
inally found someone who could
elp me.
A source within the University -
actually, he sleeps under the gate-
<5VI
By B.J. Luria
Daily Sporns Writer
Although today is just the third day of
classes for most Michigan freshmen,
eight Wolverines have already been in
school for more than a week. But these
first-year students are not learning about
chemistry and history; they are being
taught lessons in field hockey.
Today, the Michigan field hockey
team hosts Southwest Missouri State at
Ocker Field at 4 p.m., as the Wolverines
(2-1) continue the non-conference por-
tion of their schedule.
Although the subject matter may be
difficult for the freshmen, the young
Wolverines have an exceptional profes-
sor - coach Marcia Pankratz. Last sea-
son, in just her second year at the helm
for Michigan, Pankratz led the
Wolverines to the Big Ten champi-
onship, while garnering Big Ten coach
of the year honors.
This year, Pankratz's abilities as a
coach will be tested, as the Wolverines
try to replace a plethora of talented play-
ers who graduated from last year's
squad. Julie Flachs, who was last sea-
son's Big Ten offensive player of the
year, will especially be missed. Her 29
goals were almost half of the team's
See YOUTH, Page 17A
Recent School of Public Health graduate Jeff Holtzhausen, more commonly known as Superfan, Is gone. Who will take his
place? Big Mac? Darth Vader? Captain Kirk?
Are humans illogical?
The answer may surprise you!
LINGUISTICS 212: INTRODUCTION TO
THE SYMBOLIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE
- and yet MSA credit too! -
Lecture: Monday!/ Wednesday, 2:30-4
Discussion: Friday, 9; 11; 12
way arch at night and hands out
coupon books by day - told me
that the "powers-that-be" are active-
ly searching for a new "Superfan," a
new person to lead Michigan's fans
from the stands.
And now that Michigan football
has become bigger than life, what
with the two gigantic Jumbotron
monitors at the stadium and a
nationwide radio contract, the
administration is also taking control
of spectator participation.
Here is the-short list of prospec-
tive candidates from my source:
Candidate No. 1: Gheorghe
Muresan. Current occupation: cen-
ter, Washington Wizards. Notable
accomplishments: None, really.
Muresan is considered an ideal
candidate for the pure and simple
fact that he is 7-foot-7 and can be
seen from anywhere in the stadium.
He is considered a project, and
needs some refining, since his only
cheer is, "Aaaaargh!" Which, rough-
ly translated, means, "aaargh!" -
Okay, so it's not a really creative
cheer, but after a few Kinesiology
classes he would be able to articu-
late even the simplest cheer, like
"Argh" or "Go Blue!" and may
eventually evolve into "For the love
of God, don't try to kick field goals
- even if it's 4th and 17! Just go
for it, Lloyd!"
Needless to say, Big Gheorghe is
low on the list of consideration.
Candidate No. 2: William Shatner
Current occupation: Captain
Kirk/science fiction writer/overac-
ter. Notable accomplishments:
Captained USS Starship Enterprisc.
If he can guide a space ship, then
his leadership can direct just about
anything - even Michigan fans
after Donovan McNabb runs for his
fourth touchdown Saturday.
But the crucial thing Shatner
Candidate No. 3: Mark McGwire.
Current occupation: destroyer of
records and small, white, horsehide-
wound projectiles. Notable accom-
plishments: Broke Roger Maris' sin-
gle-season home run record, has 17-
inch fiorearms.
T'Is is an easy choice, because
whenever he does anything - be it
blasting home runs, taking batting
See RAJU, Page 17A
brings to the table is his slow,
methodical delivery. Definitely a
parallel to the Michigan offensT.
"Go ... Mich .. igan . Who
isn't .. Drew Henson .,. starting
if he is the most talented
quar terback?"
Mchigan
FREE 1-8XX
numbers!
C/ Calls to the number
billed at 9.9$ /min.
Get your parents to get one of
these and save them money too!
America's Co-opallows you to start at
great low rates and then go even lower
Just think, no monthly service fee, call any
tine you want and the possibiliy oT lnwer-
ins your rates even mone byerererring
some friends and family to the Co-op,
Amerca's Co-opalso has 8.94 LD, 8.52¢ in-
state, a 14.94 calling cad and a yrgam that
pinessly ratses mvney non your organization.
Info via Fax-On-Demand:
- . ,o 949-450-0770 box 9203
-ai g-- aa voice mail: 930-1837
Email: greatrates@telecom-consultants.com
COMIC BOOKS:
FREE Subscription Service:
*20% off ALL New Comics*
*20% off Graphic Novels*
*20% off Back Issues*
FREE PREVIEWS!
AA's best MANGA selection
GAMES:
New & Used RPG's, books, dice
MAGIC the Gathering. Packs,
Singles, Monthly Tournaments.
GW Chapter Approved!
In-Store Ganing Welcome.
VIDEO & DVD:
Tons of Anime, Samurai
and Hong Kong Action!
t 1 T T "'
<
:. , o
-r c
q i;
n
(Y°Y t
4t y !
o a ' ,
, ±v ( M' Q e ' i
*
X i .
V
J
!
" y x
r'
f ~ti, .. °,
x ,
r
i
fJ ! , l
/1 F
)r ~ Id
/ 1 ;
U -