2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 29, 1999

CLUB SPORTS CORNER;

EDITED 6YDAVID DEN HERDER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

M' skateboard club digs in

AP POLL
Associated Press Top 25, Nov. 28
(first-place votes in parentheses)

Members battle local police;
The Michigan skateboard club has
recently been established, and club
founder and president, Engineering
junior Aaron Tartof, is ready to board.
"We're trying to get members togeth-
er right now," Tartof said. "I know there's
tons of skateboarders in the area."
Tartoff said those who want to join the
club are encouraged to email skate-
board@umich.edu. There are currently
around 10 members, but Tartof hopes
that will soon increase. He feels that
although interest may be there, it's hard
to motivate skateboarders.
"Skateboarders by nature are unmoti-
vated," Tartof said.'
The club received $150 from the
Michigan Student Assembly with which
they will either buy equipment or pay the
fines for illegally skateboarding. The
skaters in the club cannot use the money
to buy capital goods, according to MSA
regulations. Tartof thinks that there is a
possibility that, if the members keep
their receipts for fines, they could be
reimbursed.
"It would be pretty cool if we could do
that," Tartof said, "I think I'm going to
try doing that."
But Tartof's primary objective is to
rouse enough interest in the club.
Currently, the skateboarding hot spots
are by the Dennison Building and the

founder hopes for changes
ledge near the Union. The problem for
skaters is that the Department of Public
Safety knows the hot spots too, and is
willing to enforce the $50 fine. But
Tartof says sometimes he manages to
weasel his way out of the fine.
"Sometimes they let you go," Tartof
said. "Usually you just lie and tell them
that you're a freshman and you don't
know - I've used that line many times.
But eventually they're going to start rec-
ognizing you."
Tartof is trying to make the black top
by Palmer Field a safe place to skate,
where the skaters can't be fined.
"I know the roller hockey team plays
down there, so I want a piece of that
black top to at least put some equipment
there;" Tartof said.
He plans on talking to Michigan
Athletic Director Tom Goss about
putting some equipment that doesn't
interfere too much with University prop-
erty.
"We just want a ledge or a curb where
you can grind on. We don't have the
money to build any half-pipes," Tartof
said.
He hopes that unification will make
all skaters at the University better off.
"Right now, we can't skate. We're
straight-up oppressed," Tartof said.
- Dave Roth

Team
1. Florida State (64)
2. Virginia Tech (6)
3. Nebraska
4. Wisconsin
5. Florida
6. Tennessee
7. Alabama
8. Kansas State
9. Michigan
10. Michigan State
11. Marshall
12. Texas
13. Minnesota
14. Penn State
15. Southern Miss.
16. Mississippi State
17. Georgia Tech
18. Texas A&M
19. Purdue
20. East Carolina
21. Georgia
22. Stanford
23. Miami (Fla.)
24. Arkansas
25. Boston College

Record
11-0
11-0
10-1
9-2
9-2
9-2
9-2
10-1
9-2
9-2
11-0
9-3!
8-3
9-3
8-3
9-2
8-3
8-3
7-4
9-2
7-4
8-3
7-4
7-4
8-3

Pts
1,744
1,685
1,599
1,488
1,428
1,385
1,320
1,299
1,175
1,132
1,042
957
871
717
707
685
652
581
485
432
316
267
140
134
114

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RESULTS
Mississippi State 23, Mississippi 20
Texas A&M 20, Texas 16
Marshall 34, Ohio 3
Nebraska 33, Colorado 30 (OT)
Virginia Tech 38, Boston College 14
Tennessee 38, Vanderbilt 10
Georgia Tech 51, Georgia 48 (OT)
Stanford 40, Notre Dame 37 (OT)
BOWL OUTLOOK
AP bowl locks by date
Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 18
Fresno State
Heritage Bowl, Dec. 18
No teams locked
Mobile Alabama Bowl, Dec. 22
Texas Christian vs. East Carolina
Aloha Bowl, Dec. 25
Arizona State vs. Wake Forest
Oahu Bowl, Dec. 25
Oregon State vs. Hawaii
Motor City Bowl, Dec. 27
No teams locked
Alamo Bowl, Dec. 28
Penn State
Holiday Bowl, Dec. 29
Washington
Music City Bowl, Dec. 29
No teams locked
Peach Bowl, Dec. 30
No teams locked
Micron PC Bowl, Dec. 30
Illinois
Humanitarian Bowl, Dec. 30
Boise State
Sun Bowl, Dec. 31
Oregon vs. Minnesota
Liberty Bowl, Dec. 31
Southern Mississippi
Independence Bowl, Dec. 31
No teams locked
Insight.com, Dec. 31
No teams locked
Cotton Bowl, Jan. 1
No teams locked
Outback Bowl, Jan.1
Purdue
Gator Bowl, Jan. 1
Georgia Tech
Citrus Bowl, Jan. 1
Michigan State
Rose Bowl, Jan. 1
Wisconsin vs. Stanford
Orange Bowl, Jan.1
No teams locked
Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 2
No teams locked
Sugar Bowl, Jan. 4
Florida State

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Who: Jamal crawford
Hometown: Renton, Wash.
High school: Rainier Beach

Sport: Basketball
Year: Freshman

Why: Crawford scored 21 points against Western Michigan and hit
the game-winner against Detroit to help the Michigan men's basket-
ball team move to 3-0 on the season.
Background: Named Washington State's class 3A player of the year
in 1998 and '99 ... averaged 23.7 rebounds and 11 assists as a
junior in high school.

Crawford

Men's golf finishes
season; Harris on top.

COACHES' POLL
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Top 25, Nov. 28
(first-place votes in parentheses)

SPORTS BRIEFS

Team
1. Florida State (56)
2. Virginia Tech (3)
3. Nebraska
4. Wisconsin
5. Florida
6. Tennesee
7. Kansas State
8. Alabama
9. Michigan
10. Michigan State
11. Marshall
12. Texas
13. Minnesota
14. Texas A&M

Rec.
11-0
11-0
10-1
9-2
9-2
9-2
10-1
9-2
9-2
9-2
11-0
9-3
8-3
8-3

Izzo is top paid
college sports
stud in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit
News released a list of the 10 coach-
es and sports administrators at
Michigan public universities who
earn the most. Total earnings can
include income from outside the
school.
Michigan State men's basketball
coach Tom Izzo topped the list with
$780,800.
Michigan football coach Lloyd
Carr was next at $763,000. Michigan
State football coach Nick Saban
earned $697,330.
Michigan athletic director Tom
Goss took in $278,000, while
Michigan men's basketball coach
Brian Ellerbe earned $231,500.
Michigan State hockey coach Ron
Mason was sixth, with $184,500, and
Michigan men's hockey coach Red
Berenson followed with $152,875.
Michigan women's basketball
coach Sue Guevara was next with
$145,875, and Michigan State athlet-
ic director Clarence Underwood took
in $143,500.
Western Michigan University

men's basketball coach
Donewald, $137,100.

Bob

Tigers new ark
nearly comp ete
DETROIT (AP) - Construction
of the Tigers' new ballpark is wind-
ing down as crews prepare to light up
the playing field for the first time.
Comerica Park, set to open next
spring, was scheduled to turn on the
lights at twilight Monday.
The stadium's upper-bowl seats
are nearly all installed, and workers
are putting in seats in the lower
bowl.
Groundkeepers are grooming the
infield and tending to the grass,
which was laid in recent weeks.
"It doesn't take too much imagi-
nation to see what the park will look
like," team spokesman Tyler Barnes
told The Detroit News for a Sunday
article.
Workers are painting and giving
other finishing touches to the park's
luxury suites. Plumbing and carpet-
ing should be finished in the next
few weeks in the suites, which are
being leased from $90,000 to
$150,000 a year.

Pts.
1,472
1,416
1,346
1,274
1,196
1,166
1,115
1,076
1,021
937
832
759
633
626
624
605
603
540
486
314
281
145
124
120
114

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By Sam Duwe
Daily Sports Writer
When Mike Harris arrived in beauti-
ful Hawaii, hula dancers were not the
only thing that caught his eye. Seeing a
chance to take medalist honors this past
week also looked very appealing -
even if it lacked a golden tan and a sway-
ing grass skirt.
"The golf team's trip to Hawaii was
great - I waited five years for it,"
Harris, the team captain, said. "I just
worked hard and played well all week."
The Michigan men's golf team took a
long awaited break from the bleak mid-
west this week and journeyed to the
Aloha State. Its schedule included two
tournaments, the Stan Sheriff
Invitational and the Mauna Kea Resort
Invitational.
The highlight of the week was Harris'
performance at the two tournaments,
taking top honors at the Stan Sheriff and
tying for first at the Mauna Kea.
"Harris is just phenomenal,"
Michigan coach Jim Carras said. "I want
to adopt him. He is something else.
"He has meant so much to this team.
He brought home another trophy this
weekend. I'm worried that we're going
to run out of space in the display cabi-
net."
On Monday and Tuesday, the Stan
Sheriff Invitational was played at
Ko'olau Golf Club, in the hills outside
of Honolulu. Settled in the rainforest,
the course was a wet, soggy mess.
"The course touts itself as the tough-
est links in the country, and they're prob-
ably right," Carras said. "If you hit the
ball off the fairway, you might as well
not even go to look for it. The mud sucks
it right up."
Eleven teams competed in the three
round tournament. West Florida took
first place with a top score of 901, fol-

lowed by Hawaii with a 918. Michigan
finished third with a 929.
"The scores do not represent the tal-
ent, Carras said. "The course played so
hard - it made great shots look bad and
good scores look high. Finishing third is
a credit for all the kids."
After a day break, the Wolverines
continued play Thursday at the Mauna
Kea Resort Invitational, at Hapuna Golf
Club on the Big Island.
Aside from a 30-mile-per-hour wind,
the course was beautiful, Carras said.
Again, the tournament consisted of 11
teams and three rounds. It was truly a
sweep for the Big Ten, with Minnesota
taking top honors with a 898, Indiana
with a 904, Purdue with a 905, and
Michigan finishing fourth with a team
score of 906.
"We made quite a comebacl at
Mauna Kea - it was a hell of a last
round," Carras said. "We began in eighth
place, but by the end of it we moved up
to fourth.
"Scott Hayes came through at this
tournament, finishing fourth. He and
Harris were important in our win."
Although finishing with respectable
scores at both tournaments, Carras feels
the team still isn't playing to par.
"We didn't play that bad," Carras said.@.
"But I felt that if we could have had
lower scores out of the entire team, we
would have been much more competi-
tive.
"We seem to start off with high
rounds and play catch-up the rest of the
tournament. You can't expect to beat the
top teams playing with this method."
Hawaii was the Wolverines' last tour-
nament of the fall season.
"Not all of our guys played as well as
they should," Harris said. "We just need
to solidify. We'll be fine. I'm really
looking forward to spring."

15S. Southern Mississippi 8-3

16. Georgia Tech
17 Penn State
18. Mississippi State
19. East Carolina
20. Purdue
21. Stanford
22. Boston College
23. Georgia
24. Miami (Fla.)
25. BYU

8-3
9-3
9-2
9-2
7-4
8-3
8-3
7-4
7-4
8-3

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

AP POLL
Associated Press Top 25, Nov. 24
(first-place votes in parentheses)

Team Record
i. Cincinnati (31) 1-0
2. Auburn (10) 2-0
3. Michigan State (21) 0-0
4. North Carolina (1) 0-0
5. Temple (2) 1-0
6. Florida (1) 1-0
7. Connecticut 2-1
8. Arizona 2-0
9. Stanford (2) 3-0
10. Kansas 1-0
11. Kentucky 2-0
12. Ohio State 0-1
13. UCLA 0-0
14. Syracuse 2-0
15. Illinois 1-0
16. Duke 1-2
17. Tennessee 0-0
18. Depaul 1-0
19. Utah 2-1
20. Texas 1-0
21. Oklahoma State 2-0
22. Purdue 0-0
23. Iowa 2-1
24. Maryland 2-0
25. Gonzaga 1-0

Pts
1,604
1,552
1,550
1,404
1,365
1,349
1,284
1,252
1,233
1,030
923
878
872
798
673
593
517
475
455
342
282
237
236
205
197

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RESULTS
Army 63, Bethany,W.Va. 48
Canisius 78, Buffalo 46
Columbia 77, Stevens Tech 41
Delaware 58, American U. 57
Fairleigh Dickinson 68, Coastal Carolina 56
Fordham 87, Holy Cross 73
George Washington 88, South Florida 76
Harvard 72, Lehigh 62
Hofstra 68, Stony Brook 53
Loyola, Md. 66, St. Francis, Pa. 53
Navy 93, Air Force 78
Penn St. 85, Boston College 57
Pittsburgh 68, Ind.-Pur.-Indpls. 49
Rider 54, Bucknell 42
Sacred Heart 65, Cornell 64
Seton Hall 69, Drexel 65
St. Francis, NY 95, Queens, N.Y. 73
St. Joseph's 81, W. Kentucky 55
West Virginia66, Robert Morris 63
Appalachian St. 117, Lees-McRae 74
Belmont 71, Austin Peay 70, OT
Charleston Southern 71, North Greenville 51
E. Kentucky 97, Wilmington, Ohio 61
Florida St. 83, Jacksonville 59
George Mason 69, Coppin St. 66
Jacksonville St. 66, Florida A&M 58
Louisiana-Lafayette 70, East Carolina 64
Middle Tennessee 76, Marist 55
N.C.-Wilmington 73, Campbell 60
New Orleans 80, Norfolk St. 60
Samford 91, Texas-Arlington 63
Tennessee Tech 85, N.C.-Asheville 51
Troy St. 93, Northwestern St. 79
UAB 84, Georgia Southern 77
UNC-Greensboro 70, Northeastern 56
Vanderbilt 87, Tenn.-Martin 64
W. Carolina 94, Anderson, S.C. 81
Wake Forest 85, Md.-Eastern Shore 60
Winthrop 71, The Citadel 51
Akron 89, Illinois St. 79
Ball St. 64, Indiana St. 55
Bowling Green 91, Ark.-Little Rock 84
Cent. Michigan 78, 11.-Chicago 75
Chicago St. 65, E. Michigan 62
Creighton 85, Iowa 76
Detroit 79, Georgia St. 65
Louisiana Tech 68, Saint Louis 60
Loyola, III. 52, Bradley 45
Marquette 74, Wofford 59
Michigan 93, W. Michigan 78
Minnesota 86, Morehead St. 67
Missouri 91, Morgan St. 50
N. Iowa 68, Tennessee St. 60
SE Missouri 66, Montana 61
W. Illinois 108, Cardinal Stritch 74
Wichita St. 93, Prairie View 69
Wis.-Milwaukee 70, Missouri-Kansas City 68
Baylor 78, McNeese St. 55
Lamar 62, Drake 44
N. Carolina A&T 94, Texas A&M 77

Stranger things have
happened? Not many-
Georgia Tech is an unlikely victor, 5 1-48

COACHES" POLL
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Top 25, Nov. 22
(first-place votes in parentheses)
Team Record Pts Pvs
1. Cincinnati (20) 1-0 748 3
2. Michigan State (7) 0-0 685 2
3. Auburn (1) 2-0 669 4
4. Temple (2) 1-0 631 7
5. Florida 1-0 628 8
6. North Carolina (1) 0-0 616 5
7.T Stanford 3-0 558 13
7.T Connecticut 2-1 558 1
9. Arizona 2-0 533 9
10. Kentucky 2-0 473 12
11. Kansas 1-0 426 11
12. UCLA 0-0 391 14
13. Syracuse 2-0 367 17
14. Ohio State 0-1 331 6
15. Duke 1-2 299 10
16. Illinois 1-0 276 18
17. Utah 1-1 256 15
18. Tennessee 0-0 241 16
19. Depaul 1-0 223 20
20. Texas 1-0 180 22
21. Purdue 0-0 169 21
22. Maryland 2-0 159 23
23. Oklahoma State 2-0 148 25
24. Miami (Fla.) 1-0 94 24
25. Gonzaga 1-0 71 -

ATLANTA (AP) - A game that fea-
tured 1,102 yards, 99 points and 62 first
downs came down to one disputed call.
Officially, Luke Manget's second-
chance, 38-yard field goal in overtime
gave No. 17 Georgia Tech a 51-48 victo-
ry over No. 21 Georgia Saturday - the
most thrilling, implausible, track-meet-
of-a-game since these state rivals first
played in 1893.
But the most decisive play was an
ordinary run off left guard just a couple
of steps from the Georgia Tech goal line
as the final seconds were ticking away in
regulation.
Georgia, having rallied from a 17-
point deficit in the second half, sent
Jasper Sanks into a pile. The ball squirt-
ed loose. Chris Young picked it up for
the Yellow Jackets with five seconds to
go, preserving a 48-48 tie and forcing
the extra period.
"Just a tragedy," Georgia coach Jim
Donnan said. "Everything boils down to
one play."
Television replays clearly showed that
Sanks had both knees down when the
rest of his body crashed to the ground,
forcing the ball to come loose. But, after
a brief discussion, the Southeastern
Conference officiating crew decided
otherwise.
"I was already on the ground," said
Sanks, who had rushed for 25 yards on
the two previous plays, carrying the
Bulldogs to the brink of victory. "They
(the Jackets) just came and took the ball
out of my hand."
Young said he thought Sanks lost the
ball before his knee hit the ground,
despite video evidence to the contrary.
"I grabbed the ball off the ground, not
out of his hands," Young said. "It was a

fumble, no doubt."
Donnan had to take some of the blame
for giving the officials a chance to make
the wrong call. With the ball at thet2-
yard line, why didn't he send out Hap
Hines for a chip-shot field goal that
would have been the equivalent of an
extra point?
"You can second-guess that," Donn
said. Georgia Tech willingly accept
the rival coach's offer.
"That was their choice to run the ball,
and they took a chance," center Noah
King said. "All they had to do was kick
the field goal. I guess they wanted to be
greedy."
Georgia still had a chance to win in
overtime, but Quincy Carter was inter-
cepted in the end zone by Georgia Tech
cornerback Marvious Hester, who had
critical fumble in the third quarter that
let the Bulldogs back into the game.
The Yellow Jackets took over on
offense, ran two plays to the Georgia 21
before Manget attempted a 38-yard field
goal. It was only third down, which
turned out to be a critical factor when
Kendrell Bell blocked the kick for
Georgia.
Holder George Godsey recovered the
ball four yards behind the line of scrim-
mage and returned it to the 21, giving
Manget another chance from the same
distance on fourth down.
"When I saw the ball flopping around
in the air, I knew I had to get it," Godsey
said. "We're taught to do that. I didn't
even have to think."
Manget, who wanted to attend
Georgia but wasn't offered a scholar-
ship, launched his next kick out of Bell's
reach and just inside the left upright for
the victory.

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