OReb arGUE NTIONAL NTrackinghe'M' teams MAJOR LEAGUE NATIONAL NATIONAL The Michigan men's club volleyball team will be BASEBALL HOCKEY LEAGUE FOOTBALL holding open tryouts tomorrow at 6:45 p.m. at the aAL LAUE TORONTO 4, Buffalo23, Central Campus Recreation Building. N.Y. ets 5, LOS ANGELES 3, MIAMI 18 Sacr natJi 0 St. Louis 2 Chicago at San Jose, inc.Tusy October 5, 1999 COUNTDOWN TO THE SHOWDOWN: ZIdays Mum's the word 0 Saban puts li ntrash tal By TJ. Berka Daily potts Editor EAST LANSING - Every year at this time, the Michigan- MiIgWan State football game elicits a lot of emotion. WJther faces off against brother. Father faces off against soryuring the week of the game, a mini-civil war breaks out acrtss the state. "To a fan, this game is all about bragging rights," Michigan State coach Nick Saban said. "It all about beating the guy at the office that goes to the other school." The hoopla that surrounds the game - which is crazy in its own right - will be at ridiculous levels this upcoming week. With both the third-ranked Wolverines and lth-ranked Spartans sporting 5-0 records, the hype machine will be on overload. With this being said, the key to the Spartans' preparation will be to keep the players shielded from the circus surround- ing the game. "We need to separate all that surrounds this game from the game itself," Saban said. "We need to keep the players sepa- rated so they can focus on what they need to do" As far as the Michigan State program is concerned, the Spartans need to break from the shadow cast by its maize-and- blue rival to the south. Three losses in a row to Michigan, including a 23-7 whip- ping the last time the Wolverines visited Spartan Stadium, have Michigan State followers yearning for revenge and the nation- al respect that goes along with it. But Saban will have nothing of that sort of talk, stating that a victory in this game will not give the Spartans a Rose Bowl berth or make them a national power. "This is obviously a huge state rivalry," Saban said. "Whenever you have success against your rival, that is some- thing to be proud of. But being consistent over time makes you a national power, and that is what we are trying to do. "I don't mean to minimize this game, but the loser still has a good shot of going to the Rose Bowl. There are so many big games in this conference." While Saban might not get as involved as Johnny Spirit in the hype of the Michigan game, he does understand the emo- tion that is involved. And Saban also appreciates -and welcomes the conference See SPARTANS, Page 12 ByIR Fr.e Miciga Carr fro wns ate.a z.upon title talk Daily Sports Editor Glowing with the confidence that seems to sprout when a big game follows a big win, members of the Michigan foot- ball team gave voice yesterday to what had previously been an unmentionable - the national title. They were careful to cast their use of the term in a con tional light. They made sure they pointed out that this is 199 not 1997. They cautioned against looking beyond Oct. 9. Whatever. Lloyd Carr, their coach, will have none of it. "First of all, the '97 team, and that team, I don't know how anybody could compare them," Carr said. "This team doesn't measure up in any way." In four days, though, one team will be a step closer to its goals, the other will be re-evaluating those goals. Despite Carr's pooh-poohing of national title talk, New Year's in New Orleans has been high on his list for a long time now. Addressing the crowd at the pep rally before t Wolverines' Sept. 11 clash with Rice, Carr said as much. And while playing in a conference that has seven ranked teams can make the Sugar Bowl a longer shot than it would be for, say Florida State, that doesn't diminish the significance of Saturday's game. Or the Wolverines' confidence. "Whoever wins has a shot at the Big Ten title, and maybe even the national title," said senior nose tackle and co-captain Rob Renes. Renes, used to jousting with offensive linemen and offen- sinve reporters, cautioned against callous comparisons to a team now legendary for its accomplishments - as well as attention-getting victory over Michigan State in mid-Octobe. "That team went 12-0, we can't do better than that:' Renes said. "What we can do is try to match that. Potential's nothing if you don't want to harness it" And though it may take an extra-large hamess to capture the potential these Wolverines exude along with their confi- dence, they want very badly to do so. Asked how it would feel to leave the field with the mon- strous Paul Banyan Trophy in his possession, junior defensive .,: |,;| , end Jake Frysinger said,"That's what I'm looking forward to" "That's the way it's been since I've been here:" Frysinger 5 . said. LOUIS BROWN/Daily The last time Michigan lost to the Spartans was in 1995. James Whitley, Tommy Hendricks and the rest of the Michigan defense hope to table top the Spartans this weekend. 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Visit our booth at the Career Planning and Placement Job Fair on October 5th 12:00pm - 4:00pm in the Michigan Union Ballroom Learn more about the Systems Analyst program at our Firm Presentation on October 14th 6:00pm at the Campus Inn Learn more about the Business Analyst Program at our Firm Presentation on October 18th at 6:00pm at the Campus Inn By Geoff Gagnon Daily Sports Writer The Michigan hockey team can for- get about just getting its feet wet as it starts this season - the Wolverines will be forced to jump in head-first. And they'll look to come up on top after opening both regular season and CCHA play when they travel to Notre Dame this Thursday and Friday. The cause for Michigan Coach Red Berenson's concern stems from a Notre Dame program quietly becom- ing a force to be reckoned with in the CCHA while garnering a bit of respect along the way. This year's pre-season conference coaches poll had the Irish holding the CCHAs fourth spot while the media put the South Bend school a place in fifth. Notre Dame's fifth year coach Dave Poulin is joined by a strong core of returning veterans anxious to stake their claim as a conference power. But Poulin and his team know that if they are going to put together the kind of season they've been unable to string together in the past, the matchup with Michigan this weekend is crucial. "What a way to start," Poulin said. "We're going to be tested early in going up against a team like Michigan right out of the gate, but we'll be ready." A key common denominator in this year's season opener was last week's tune up that both teams played a little- known Canadian team Wilfrid Laurier. On the strength of two power-play goals, Notre Dame rallied from a one- goal deficit to beat Laurier, 4-1, a night before Michigan Josh Langfeld and Mike Comrie led the Wolverines past the Golden Hawks, 6-2. While the game served as little more than e warm-up for both teams, it also reaf- firmed what Berenson already knew - the teams are very similar. "In talking to the Wilfrid Laurie coach he said that we were a lot like Notre Dame in a lot of ways," Berenson said. Due to new scheduling practices used by the CCHA this year, this week's matchup will mark the only time these two teams square off. And that, Berenson says will make his team's meeting with the Irish all the Visit our Web site: www.dc.com/careers O * FRANCE * GREECE * THAILAND * RUSSIA * MEXICOe 0 0o M z z m z~ r C a -ye ?99 = N C Octoor 7xC1999 Michigan Union Ballroom *4:00 t@o OPM e z7 4 11 fmBeen thereindone z that- yetY A The Umiversity of Michigam r Z Office of Intermational Programs 0* G513 Michigan Union C 'U734764 4311 tel z Lo olp~urichedu 0 "CHINA,* ENGL.AND " JAPAN " GERMANY * AUSTRIA.* more important as the squads vie - valuable conference standing points. "These games are big," Berenson said. "They're four point games, so if you lose both its like giving up eight points. Plus, we don't play them again, so that means that if we win two games it's a really great week and if we lose two games, that's a really tough week." This week's implications have also forced Michigan players to give seri- ous thought to the conference race. The game will begin to paint a plaf picture that won't come into full view for another six months. "It's really like the end of the year right now," Mark Kosick said. "These games are big now, but they'll be huge come playoff time when we want to be in a position to be the best team in the league." A Notre Dame team marshaled by last year's leading scorer Ben Sim will be eager to stand in MichigA way. The senior captain tallied 18 goals a year ago, sparking the Notre Dame offense from the point, where he's averaged nearly a point a game throughout his career. Blue read ortfripto South Bend By David Mosse Daily Sports Writer Fresh off consecutive drubbings of Big Ten opponents, the Michigan women's soccer team (5-0-1 Big T 6-2-1 overall) heads to South Bens. for a non-conference showdown with the No. 6 Notre Dame (4-0 Big East, 6-2). The Wolverines could not have asked for a better time to take on the Irish. After crushing Indiana and Purdue by a combined 7-1 score, Michigan has won four consecutive games and soared to the top of the Big Ten standings. But after beating up on the undo belly of Indiana, the Wolverines now must battle the cream of the crop in a Fighting Irish team that is enjoying a sensational season. Revenge will also be on the minds of the Wolverines - Notre Dame ended their '98 season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 3-0 blanking. The Irish com- pletely stiffled Michigan's offense holding the Wolverines withoutN See IRISH, P ge 12 Deloitte Consulting A very differentapproach. For very different results. 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