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Tracking 'M' teams
Check out the defending national champion Michiganl
hockey team's annual Blue-White exhibition game,
played tomorrow night at Yost Arena. The puck drops
7 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults and $1for children.
Thursday
October 1, 1998
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Despite doubled prices, hockey tickets sell out
By Mark Francescutti
Daily Sports Writer
Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmos and Cabbage
Patch Kids all sold out of stores - evenatbhigh
prices.
gMichigan hockey tickets have now done the
same.
sDespite a price increase that approximately dou-
bled the cost for season tickets, the Michigan ticket
office reports that Michigan Hockey tickets have
mostly sold out for the entire season.
Thus, 6,100 screaming hockey fans will once
again fill Yost Ice Arena, hoping for repeat of a
national championship season.
There was, however, a significant drop in the
number of student season tickets sold.
Michigan coach Red Berenson wasn't particular-
ly surprised that the tickets sold out so easily.
"When you look at it, nothing has changed,"
Berenson said. "We haven't changed, I haven't
changed, our program hasn't changed."
When the Michigan Athletic Department discov-
ered that the prices they had been charging for years
were around half as much as some other compara-
ble schools, the season ticket cost jumped from $85
to $155.
Jerenson wanted people to look at it in a more
"If a student has to pay $2.50 more for a game, I
don't think that's a problem. Now if it is, then he's
worrying about the wrong things. Most kids will
spend $2.50 on nothing five times a week."
- Red Berenson
Michigan hockey coach
positive light: That there hasn't been a significant
price increase for a long time.
"We haven't had a price increase in some seven
years; this is unbelievable," Berenson said. "I think
maybe it was too good to be true." a
Berenson said he was surprised that student sales
were down, and that he feels some of the lost stu-
dent support was caused by media attention to the
increased prices.
"The students are a huge part of our fan base,"
Berenson said. "I'm surprised that the students
would (buy less), and I think it may be more about
what they read than about what they knew."
Berenson also added that he believes that the
price increase won't really affect students in the
long run.
"If a student has to pay $2.50 more for a game, I
don't think that's a problem," Berenson said. "Now
if it is, then he's worrying about the wrong things.
Most kids will spend $2.50 on nothing five times a
week."
STILL WANT TO SEE RED AND BLUE?: Season
ticket ,holders may have gobbled up most of the
tickets, but as of yesterday, there is still hope for
anyone interested in seeing Michigan Hockey.
The annual Blue-White exhibition game will take
place tomorrow night. Tickets are on sale at Yost for
$4 for adults and $I for children. All proceeds will
go to the Dekers Club - the booster club of the
Michigan Hockey team.
-
MARGARET MYERS/Daily
Geoff Koch returns for the Wolverines this season, as does the majority of last"x
year's national championship team. The departures, however, were notable ones.
Making big plays easy as milking a
cow for Hawkeyes' lineman DeVries
By Sharat Raju
Daily Sports Editor
On cold Iowa mornings, a young
Jared DeVries would wake up, bleary-
eyed and ready to start the day. The sun,
still low on the horizon, did not have a
chance to warm up the prairie home-
stead.
"We usually got up at 6 a.m. before
leaving for school," DeVries said. "We'd
have to do 42 pails of grain and 17 bales
of hay a morning."
Most kids were still snug in their beds,
snoozing until morning cartoons came
on TV. DeVries, on the other hand, was
out in the fields, helping out his parents.
"We did mostly grain and livestock;"
DeVries said. "We only own 150 acres
and custom farm 15,000. I'd like to give
back (to my parents) after they raised
five children.
"But they can wait a year. This might
pay off their debt."
From baling hay to bowling over
offensive linemen, DeVries has been
working up to paying back his parents
since his arrival in Iowa City. Over the
past three years, few defensive linemen
have been as respected as the Aplington,
Iowa, native.
"I like DeVries," Michigan coach
Lloyd Carr said. "He almost single-
handedly beat us last year:'
Last year against the Wolverines,
DeVries recorded 10 solo tackles and
one assist. Four of those tackles were for
a loss and three were quarterback sacks.
He also broke up a pass and caused a
fumble, en route to being named Big Ten
defensive player of the week following
the game.
That game would prove to be the
toughest for the Wolverines in their
championship season last year. DeVries'
performance nearly doomed the
Wolverines, who were trailing by 14 at
halftime.
Michigan "was obviously one of my
better games statistically," DeVries said.
"I had struggled before that. Michigan
thought they had the personnel for one-
on-one blocking.-
"Obviously, they were mistaken."
The Wolverines may have been mis-
taken, but they did pull out the victory.
DeVries' dominance at defensive tackle
continued throughout the 1997 season,
however.
He finished with eight sacks, 19 tack-
les for losses and 73 total tackles, earn-
ing him Big Ten defensive lineman of
the year honors. DeVries was also
selected to the All-American second
team and all-Big Ten first team.
The season before that, the former
farmer amassed 67 tackles (22 of those
for a loss) and 13 sacks, and was an all-
Big Ten team member. As a freshman,
he racked up 12 sacks and 54 total tack-
les.
So the 6-foot-4, 284-pound senior is
not sneaking up on anybody this season.
Everyone knows he's coming.
How has that worked out for the
Hawkeyes, you might ask?
Oh ... just fine. Last week against
Illinois, the fifth-year senior made
tackles and two sacks, and was nanm
the Big Ten defensive player of the week.
"Rushing the passer is one of my
strengths," DeVries said. "I'm obviously
not the biggest guy, but I'm quicker than
most offensive linemen, so I can get into
the backfield."
DeVries has gotten into the backfield
eight times, dropping ballcarriers for 30
yards of lost field in the '98 campaign.
He's also recorded three sacks and
pounced on one fumble.
Now, into his third season playing for
the Hawkeyes, there is no question if he
can play well, if he can dominate a fot-
ball game or if he is a potential profes-
sional superstar.
The only question is: Would he have
been a better farmer than football play-
er?
"I was the only person to work on the
farm'" Devries said. "I love to do
sort of thing. Two years ago was the-l
time I could go home during harvest
time. They say I bale well. I didn't lift
weights until I was a sophomore in high
school.tk
"But I sure could bale hickory good."
AP PHOTO
lowa's Jared DeVries (94) learned the value of hard work early In life, working at the crack of dawn on his family's farm in
Aplington, Iowa. DeVries, a second team All-American a year ago, recorded 10 solo tackles in the Hawkeyes' near-win over
Michigan last season. On Saturday, DeVries and the Hawkeyes welcome the Wolverines into Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
Williams is back on ball after early struggle
By Jim Rose
Daily Sports Editor
M'Clarence Williams has been through a lot in the past
few weeks.
He didn't exactly start the season off they way he'd
have liked, fumbling away a momentum-turning kick
return that eventually yielded a touchdown at Notre
Dame.
Then he got hurt, courtesy of a knee in his lower
'ack, and though he's played in all four games, he's
"een less than 100 percent.
But against Michigan State, Williams played what
-ouch Lloyd Carr called "his best game at Michigan."
That's strong praise for a senior who's been playing
;iilce he was a true freshman.
"Not only did he run the football well, but he made
some good blocks, too" Carr said. "He played a com-
lete football game."
For Williams, who had 88 yards on 17 carries, the
fact that he played so well against Michigan State was
zspecially gratifying. For the Detroit native from Cass
Tech High School, the emotion that accompanies the
Michigan-Michigan State rivalry was ingrained in
Williams long ago.
And after struggling in the early part of the season,
Williams didn't want his last shot at the Spartans to be
one associated with disappointment. Carr said he
thought the Michigan State game held "special signif-
icance for" Williams. So, in a team meeting, with his
teammates surrounding him, Carr challenged his
senior tailback to pick up his level of play.
"I challenged him last week, that it was time for him
to play like he was capable," Carr said. "And I think he
did. He picked up his play."
Williams admitted that he was happy to play well
against a longtime rival, but also said that he thought
he could - and should - continue to play as well in
coming weeks. And with the bulk of the Big Ten sea-
son still ahead, the Wolverines will need the depth he
provides at running back.
"I thought we did a good job keeping them off-bal-
ance," Williams said. "We mixed it up very well, and
Michigan State didn't know what to expect.
"I think we can do that every week, if we play
together and listen to the coaching staff."
A VERY BRADY WEEKEND: Quarterback Tom Brady
was named the co-offensive player of the week by the
Big Ten for his performance against Michigan State.
Brady was 15-of-26 passing for 208 yards, with a
touchdown and an interception.
His touchdown pass was a five-yard jump-ball to
Tai Streets that pulled the Wolverines out of a 10-10
tie. Later, Brady scored Michigan's final points of the
game with a one-yard sneak in the fourth quarter. It
put Michigan up 29-17, and came just one play after
Brady hit Marcus Knight with a 48-yard strike down
the left sideline.
Brady has completed 65 of his 105 passing attempts
(61.9 percent) in four games, for a total of 707 yards,
three touchdowns and three interceptions.
Brady shared the weekly honors with Wisconsin's
Ron Dayne, who ran for 168 yards on 22 carries in a
38-7 victory over Northwestern.
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The senior ran for 88 yards on 17 carries against the Spartans
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