The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 23, 1998 - 13
staff Picks
- all picks made
against the
spread.
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Game (HOME TEAM IN CAPS)
*ICHIGAN (-15) vs. Indiana
NEBRASKA (-19) vs. Missouri
PURDUE (-28) vs. Illinois
Wisconsin (-7) vs. IOWA
NOTRE DAME (-22) vs. Army
TENNESSEE (-16) vs. Alabama
Ohio State (-28) vs. NORTHWESTERN
UCLA (-14.5) vs. CALIFORNIA
WEST VIRGINIA (-5.5.) vs. Miami (Fla.)
Michigan State (-7.5) vs. MINNESOTA
#orida State (-12.5) vs. GEORGIA TECH
LOUISIANA STATE (-9) vs. Miss. State
Best Bet
Last Week
Overall (best bet)
Indiana
Missouri
Purdue
Wisconsin*
Army
Tennessee.
Ohio State
UCLA,
West Virginia
Minnesota
Florida State
Louisiana State'
Wisconsin
8-4 (1-0).
39-33-1 (4-2)
Indiana
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Tennessee
Northwestern
UCLA,
West Virginia
Michigan State
Florida State
Louisiana State
Wisconsin
7-5 (1-0)
33-41-1 (1-5)
MARK
SNYDER
I nd ana
Missouri
ilinois
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Tennessee
Ohio State
UCLA
Miami (Fia )
Michigan State
Florida State
Louisiana State
Miami (Fla.)
5-7 (0-1)
30-42-1 (3-3)
Guest Selector
BRIAN ELLERBE
Michigan
Missouri
Purdue
Wisconsin
Army
Tennessee
Northwestern
UCLA
West Virginia
Michigan State
Florida State
Louisiana State
Army
8-4 (a-1)*
38-34-1 (2-4)*
THE MATCHUPS
MICHIGAN RUSHING OFFENSE VS. INDIANA RUSHING DEFENSE
Fargas gets the start after an impressive perfor-
mance against Northwestern. Michigan's depth is
too much for the Hoosiers.
Edge: Michigan
INDIANA RUSHING OFFENSE VS. MICHIGAN RUSHING DEFENSE
Hoosiers have one option: Antwaan
Randle El. He might be enough to
counter an entire defense.
Edge: Even
INDIANA PASSING OFFENSE VS. MICHIGAN PASSING DEFENSE
Once again, Antwaan Randle El's the main man. If the
option sucks in Michigan's secondary, look out. A
Randle El on the move is a dangerous Randle El.
Edge: Indiana
MICHIGAN PASSING OFFENSE VS. INDIANA PASSING DEFENSE
Brady's strong play should continue against an aver-
age Indiana secondary. Planet alignment suggests
that Tai Streets is due for a big game.
Edge: Michigan
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SPECIAL TEAMS
Jason Vinson: Goal-line accuracy.
Jay Feely: Upright accuracy.
Indiana's punter: No. 11 in Big Ten.
Edge: Michigan
INTANGIBLES
Indiana has the option. Michigan will opt to kick off.
Michigan runs the ball. Indiana runs the baseline.
Ah, but 107,000 fans can help on defense.
Edge: Michigan
PREDICTION: MICHIGAN 30, INDIANA 20
MATCHUPS
CV tinued from Page 11
illiams catching passes out of the backfield, the
Wolverines might just be able to do without heavy hit-
ter Anthony Thomas for one more week.
Thomas is still questionable, but his presence would
stack the deck even further in Michigan's favor. Not
that it matters. .t
The Hoosiers are respectable against the run, allow-
ing 134 yards each game, but that doesn't matter,
either.
With its offensive line clicking, few teams can bang
with Michigan up front. Indiana isn't one of them.
EDGE: MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN PASSING OFFENSE VS.
INDIANA PASSING DEFENSE
Back in August and September, many people might
have projected this game as a potential freshman vs.
freshman matchup behind center. Tom Brady, howev-
er, was probably not one of those people. The junior
has been as steady as steady can be, guiding
Michigan's offense and improving with each game.
-Although last weekend's Sigma Alpha Epsilon-like
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coach."
Continued from Page 11 Carr and
So, he talked to Bobby Knight, who together for
felt Cameron should become a basket- 1990s. In th
ball coach. Cameron wanted to coach Wolverines
football, so Knight just called up Bo won six B'
Schembechler at Michigan. only once er
The next day, Cameron was hired as a While C
graduate assistant for the Wolverines. coaching re
, ameron gained experience under the quarterb
_ embechler, and then his successor, cant role in
Gary Moeller. But Cameron credits his NFL signal
own coaching skill to someone else. Grbac, Tod
"I had the privilege of working with working wit
Lloyd" Carr, Cameron said. "I was lucky receivers in
field conditions helped a couple of Brady's passes
wobble more than a bum outside The Blue Front, one
statistic was the most glaring of all: Zero intercep-
tions.
If nothing else, Brady took care of the ball. And his
team followed his lead. Jerame Tuman's timing on that
sneaky delayed dump over the line of scrimmage is
impeccable, and Williams flashing out of the back-
field has become one of Brady's most reliable fallback
targets. But come to think of it, we haven't heard much
from Tai Streets lately. Expect that to change this
weekend.
Although senior linebacker Jabar Robinson leads
the conference with four interceptions, the Hoosiers'
leader in the secondary is Randle El - Curtis Randle
El, that is - the older brother of the quarterback.
Curtis earns points by way of association, but that's
about it. Indiana's secondary is in trouble if Brady
controls the ball the way he has in recent weeks.
Another turnover-free performance from his quar-
terback might get even Lloyd Carr smiling. OK,
maybe not. But it would go a long way toward a
Michigan victory.
EDGE: MICHIGAN
SPECIAL TEAMS
Jay Feely hit a clutch field goal last week, which
was just this side of remarkable considering that the
turf conditions had only gotten worse since contribut-
ing to his two early misses. Jason Vinson was Carr's
designated "he-had-his-best-game-at-Michigan" play-
er of the week.
Sophomore placekicker Andy Payne could be a
good one for the Hoosiers. He's connected on eight of
nine field goals this year, and is the Big Ten's fourth-
leading scorer.
On the other hand, Indiana lists exactly zero punters
among the le gue's top 10. Of I I teams.
EDGE: MICHIGAN
INTIANGIBLES
The Wolverines have the crowd, the momentum, the
all-important running game and a shot at the Big Ten
title.
The H oosiers have Randle El, the option, the other
Randle El and the pick-and-roll.
ELGE: MICHIGAN
PREDCTION: MICHIGAN 30, INDIANA 20
season stint But the biggest change is the success
meron was Indiana has had this season, leading the
ional ranks. Big Ten in rushing offense and in the top
red him as a five in passing offense.
g his three This weekend's game at Michigan (3-
roved each 0, 4-2) marks his first return back to Ann
0 to 9-7. Arbor as a coach. The Hoosiers have
how much proved that they are dangerous and on
uenced the the verge of something big. Could the
ugh to earn next big step for the program be getting
ob back in a v'ctory in Michigan Stadium?
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d Cameron were assistants
the Wolverines in the early
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went to five Rose Bowls,
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nded up .500 or worse.
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sponsibilities, Cameron was
back coach. He had a signifi-
the development of future
callers Jim Harbaugh, Elvis
id Collins, not to mention
th a slew of dangerous wide
cluding Desmond Howard.
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with the Wolverines, Car
snatched up by the profess
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quarterbacks coach. Durin
seasons, the Redskins imp
year, going from 3-13 to 6-1
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improvement, but it was eno
him the head coaching j
Bloomington. At Indiana, he
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Nebraska offense is back to basics,
funnmg up score on opponents
By Lisa Vonnahme
Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska)
(U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -
Coke in hand, Josh Heskew had to
pause for a moment to catch his
breath.
It was not because he was tired after
Saturday's game against Kansas, but
bjuse he was tired from walking up
the stairs from the locker room to the
South Stadium lounge.
"Hold on," said the 290-pound
senior center. "Let me take a breather.
I was told to take the stairs, so that's
where I went.
"I just do what I'm told. I don't
make up new things. I'm not creative."
Neither was the Nebraska offensive
a k against Kansas. And that is just
th ay the Huskers like it.
Backed by the defense's first
shutout of the season, the Cornhusker
offense went back to the basics,
pounding a season-high 466 yards on
the ground en route to a 41-0 victory
over the Jayhawks before 76,174 at
Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
"We knew we were going to run it
aight in between the tackles," Heskew
said. "The guys stuck their noses
wherever they needed to be stuck into,
and they did a great job pushing peo-
ple around."
Starting for injured I-back
DeAngelo Evans, sophomore Correll
Buckhalter rushed for 133 yards on 18
carries.
Buckhalter also scored a career-high
three touchdowns, including a 32-yard
run that capped Nebraska's first drive.
The Huskers (2-1 Big 12, 6-1 overall)
kept the ball on the ground their first
12 plays from scrimmage.
"We knew we were going to come
out and run power football against
Kansas," Buckhalter said. "Running
straight at people is my type of foot-
ball, and I was very effective."
So was Nebraska's defense.
Though it surrendered 220 yards of
total offense, the Jayhawks crossed
Nebraska's 45-yard-line only once.
The result was a goal-line intercep-
tion by rover Joe Walker -his second
of the season.
The sophomore's grab preser ved
Nebraska's shutout - a shutout that
wasn't expected by coach Frank Solich
after losing to Texas A&M 28-21 one
week earlier.
"I didn't see us coming in and shut-
ting them down like we did," Solich
said. "Kansas can score very quickly,
and they have thrown the bail extreme-
ly well against everyone they've
played."
Against the Huskers, however,
Kansas quarterback Zac Wegner com-
pleted just eight of 25 passes for 121
yards.
And though the defense didn't
record a sack Saturday for the first
time in 19 games, Nebraska senior
rush end Chad Kelsay was more than
satisfied with the defensive perfor-
mance.
"To get a shutout, it makes our
defense feel really good, and now we
have something we can start building
on," said the 250-pound senior.
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