18A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 8,1999
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By Rick Freeman
Daily Sports Editor
Apparently, 58-yards under pressure
is good, but not good enough for fifth-
year senior quarterback Tom Brady to
wrest the second quarter from Drew
Henson's hands.
After Saturday's game, Michigan
coach Lloyd Carr said that he would start
Brady, but give the
second quarter to FOOTBALL
Henson. Against Notebook
Rice, most backups.
would likely see sig-
nificant action anyway (assuming the
Michigan offense can produce more than
field goals in the first half Saturday). But
Henson is no ordinary backup, as Brady,
Carr, Henson and the modern-day
NCAA-record crowd of 111,523 at
Saturday's game know all too well.
No DOUBTING THOMAS: Anthony
Thomas, who has said in the past that
he's a slow starter, seemed to have little
trouble on Saturday, since he outrushed
his team. Thomas had 138 yards on 32
carries, while Michigan posted just 124
yards of total rushing offense.
Thomas started strong, but he may
have finished stronger. His two touch-
downs came in the second half, including
the game-winner with 1:38 left. He may
have actually scored three. On second
down, the officials ruled that Thomas'
knee hit the ground before he crossed the
goal line. Replays appeared to show his
knee on another player. The one that
counted also looked questionable.
Before the second touchdown, full-
back Evan Coleman told his teammate
"We'll get you in the end zone'
He did. and the final and most impor-
tant yard ofThomas' opening day perfor-
mance also gave him a stronger start than
another Big Ten workhorse back.
Wisconsin's Ron Dayne rushed for
135 yards and 3 touchdowns against
Division I-AA Murray State.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Chris
Ziemann, who was listed at right guard
in Michigan's depth chart Saturday, did-
n't play a down. Steve Frazier started at
right guard, but moved to center after
Michigan's first play, after an injury to
David Brandt, the starter.
Brandt is nowhere to be seen on
Michigan's two-deeps for the upcoming
game against Rice. But what does that
really mean?
"You know I don't talk about
injuries," Carr said Monday. Michigan's
listed starters on the line for this week-
end: At left tackle, Jeff Backus; at left
guard, Steve Hutchinson; at center;
Frazier, Ziemann at right guard; and at
right tackle, Ben Mast.
WAKE UP THE ECHOES: Notre
Dame's marching band, proud of its tra-
dition and exposed to the nation via
NBC nearly every Saturday (although
their game with Michigan was shown on
ABC because of the Big Ten's contract
with the network) showcased a new song
in their repertoire Saturday. The tune -
Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca.'
NYAH NYAH: Irish coach Bob Davie
inspired some potential sour grapes with
his scheduling of a game before
Saturday's. Had Michigan lost, the
Wolverines may well have trotted out the
Irish's scheduled pounding of Kansas the
week before as a "reason" for losing.
Instead, Davie found that Michigan's rel-
atively late start to the academic year
may have played a role.
"Every year you play (Michigan) and
they don't have classes. They have plen-
ty of time to focus on Notre Dame,"
Davie said. "I thought (Michigan) played
a heck of game. I knew we'd have to hold
them off early in the game"
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: According
to the Oakland Tribune, Michigan and
California are in the process of setting up
a series of games beginning in 2003. The
Golden Bears would visit Ann Arbor in
2003, 2005, and 2007. In order to make
the deal work, Cal is attempting to
reschedule a date with Illinois.
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Anthony Thomas had one of the best games of his Michigan career Saturday, gaining 138 yards on 32 carries. The junior run-
ning back also scored two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 1:38 left.
Penn State crushes Akron, Nebraska spanks Hawkeyes
STATE COLLEGE (AP) -- No. 2
Penn State's 70-24 victory over Akron
turned into milestone Saturday for the
Nittany Lions.
Rashard Casey scored his first col-
lege touchdowns, one rushing and one
passing. John Gilmore, Eddie
Drummond and Bryant Johnson each
caught their first touchdown passes at
Penn State, Mick Blosser ran for his
first score and Askari Adams returned
an interception for his first touchdown.
The Lions (2-0) put up 70 points for
the first time since beating Maryland
70-7 in 1993.
Akron (0-1), a 45-point underdog,
remained winless in 10 games against
Top 25 teams since joining Division I-A
in 1987.
No. 5 NEBRASKA 42, IowA 7
Bobby Newcombe atoned for three
first-half turnovers by running for two
touchdowns and passing for one as No.
5 Nebraska opened the season with a
42-7 victory over Iowa.
Leading just 7-0 after a mistake-
laden first half, Nebraska (1-0) gradual-
ly asserted control behind Newcombe
and No. 2 quarterback Eric Crouch to
spoil the debut of Iowa coach Kirk
Ferentz.
Crouch, who lost a highly publicized
battle with Newcombe for the starting
job, ran for three touchdowns.
Newcombe threw a 47-yard touch-
down pass to Sean Applegate to get the
Cornhuskers going early in the third
quarter, then had scoring runs of I and
5 yards to stretch the lead to 28-0.
No.9 WiscoNsiN 49, MURRAY ST. 10
Ron Dayne rushed for 135 yards and
three touchdowns despite sitting out the
second half as No. 9 Wisconsin pound-
ed Division I-AA Murray State 49-10
Saturday.
The Badgers' senior tailback got 20
carries as Wisconsin's starters scored on
their first six possessions against the
undermanned Racers (0-1). Wisconsin
(1-0) led 42-7 at halftime, and coach
Barry Alvarez elected to hold Dayne
out of the second half.
MINNESOTA 33, OHIo 7
Billy Cockerham threw a career-long
89-yard touchdown pass and scored on
a 35-yard bootleg as Minnesota opened
a season of high expectations with a 33-
7 rout of Ohio.
Cockerman drove the Gophers (1-0)
to four TDs against a small Bobcats (0-
1) team that had to replace most of its
front seven.
He was erratic much of the day but
made up for it with big plays, including
his long TD toss to Antoine Henderson.
It was the second-longest touchdown in
school history.
MIAMI,OHIo 28, NORTHWESTERN 3
Randy Walker's old school showed
his new one how to play solid, funda-
mental football Saturday.
Travis Prentice ran for two scores to
move into third place on the NCAA
career rushing touchdown list and Mike
Bath threw two second-half TD passes
to Sly Johnson as Miami (Ohio) (1-0)
routed Northwestern 28-3, ruining
Walker's debut as coach of the Wildcats
(0-1).
Most of Miami's players were Walker
recruits. He coached at Miami for nine
years, compiling a 59-35-5 record
before moving to Northwestern last
January to replace Gary Barnett, who
went to Colorado.
ILLINOIS 41, ARKANSAS STATE 3
Kurt Kittner passed for 217 yards and
two touchdowns as Illinois beat
Arkansas State 41-3, only the fourth
Illini victory in the last 26 games.
The Illini (1-0) also scored on a punt
return, two field goals and Rocky
Harvey's two TD runs.
Illinois committed no turnovers and
had only one penalty in winning its first
opener since 1992. Arkansas State (0-1)
has lost its last four openers.
No. 22 PURDUE 47,
CENTRAL FLORIDA 13
Drew Brees threw for 273 yards and
four touchdowns as No. 22 Purdue
matched its longest winning streak in
20 years with a season-opening 47-13
rout of Central Florida.
The victory was the seventh straight
for the Boilermakers (1-0), who won six
in a row each of the past two seasons.
Brees took up where he left off in a
record-breaking sophomore year with
TD passes of 27 yards to Chris Daniels,
18 to Tim Stratton, two to Randali Lane
and 22 to Vinny Sutherland.
Safety Adrian Beasley set up touch-
downs with two of Purdue's four inter-
ceptions off Vic Penn, a junior college
transfer making his debut as Daunte
Culpepper's successor for Central
Florida (0-1).
Big Ten Standings
Purdue's winning streak is
longest since the Boilermakers
seven straight in 1979.
the
won
Team
Penn State
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Purdue
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwestern
Ohio State
Overall Record
2-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
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INDIANA 21, BALL ST. 9
Antwaan Randle El passed for 154
yards and two touchdowns and rushed
for 118 yards and a TD as Indiana (1-0)
started the season with a 21-9 victory
over Ball State (0-1).
Randle El, the only quarterback in
Indiana football history with at least
100 yards rushing in five games, used
his speed to slip past, spin through and
around the slower Ball State defenders
in the first half, but all were completed.
After a Ball State punt with under two
minutes left in the half, Randle El threw
to Franklin for a one-yard loss, then
passed to Verise Gaddis, who raced 81
yards for a 21-0 lead at halftime.
Last Week's Results
Michigan 26, Notre Dame 22
Illinois 41, Arkansas State 3
Purdue 47, Central Florida 13
Indiana 21, Bail State 9
Minnesota 33, Ohio 7
Penn State 70, Akron 24
Wisconsin 49, Murray State 10
Nebraska 42, Iowa 7
Miami (Ohio) 28, Northwestern 3
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played as sharp as ever. Brady complet-
ed 71 percent of his passes, his second-
best mark in games he started. And they
weren't Nebraska-esque, in length either
- he hit three for over 20 yards.
Just minutes after scoring the game-
winning touchdown, Thomas was in the
Michigan lockerroom, suffering from
dehydration. His 32 carries demolished
his career high of 21, and his 142 yards
was the second-most in his career.
Simply put, Thomas was a workhorse.
The only other Michigan tailback to
touch the ball was Walter Cross, who
lost two yards on his only carry.
Making just the second start of his
career, sophomore Terrell showed why
he was the top-rated high-school wide-
out two years ago. He darted all over the
field, frequently giving Brady an open
target and constantly giving the Notre
Dame secondary fits. Setting career
highs in receptions (eight) and receiving
yards (115), he quickly made Michigan
fans forget all about Tai Streets.
But the three were barely enough to
put Michigan ahead of the Irish. Led by
the slippery quarterback Jarious Jackson
and an option offense that might make
the Michigan coaching staff consider the
suicide option, the Irish pushed
Michigan to the limit in a splendid dis-
play of college football at it's best.
Like George Constanza playing
Frogger, Jackson dodged and weaved his
way around would-be tacklers in the
backfield, setting himself up for preci-
sion passes.
And he did it the best when it counted
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fourth-down situations. Midway through
that quarter, he hit four straight passes
totalling 49 yards before completing the
drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to
Jabari Holloway, staking Notre Dame to
a 22-19 lead.
After converting the two-point con-
version, the Notre Dame's Bobby Brown
flagged for excessive celebration, a 15-
yard penalty that gave Michigan great
field position and helped set up the late-
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game heroics by Brady & Co. Throw in
a 15-yard penalty for a late hit, and
Michigan had to move the ball just 43
yards for the victory.
But Jackson wouldn't let the Irish go
down quietly. With just 1:38 left, he
marched the Irish offense 68 yards to the
Michigan 12, including a 36-yard pass
on third-and-10.
"It was a sick feeling," Carr said W
watching the final Irish drive. "I've seen
a lot of bad things happen at the end of a
football game.:
But this time, Tommy, Hendricks
wouldn't let anything bad happen. With
the clock running down to the final 15
seconds, Jackson stepped back to pass
on third-and-20 from the Michigan 31.
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