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Park your car at one of the Ann
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Michigan Stadium. After the
game, the Football Ride takes
you back to your car. Just $2.00
EACH WAY. The Football Ride runs
approximately every 20 minutes
beginning two hours before
game time. Shuttles run for
approximately 60 minutes after
the game is over.
The Football Ride serves Ann Arbor hotels and motels,
U-M parking structures, the Michigan Union,
and downtown Ann Arbor.
For complete AATA route and schedule
information, call 996-0400.
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Ann Arbor Transportation Authority

No.
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
6
.6
7
8
8
9
10
12
12
13
13
14
14
15
15
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17
18
18
19
19
20
21
22
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23
24
25
25
26
28
28
29
29
30
31
32
33
34
34
35
35
36
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
45
46
49
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
59
60
61
62
62
63
63
64
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
99

Player
David Terrell
Cato June
Brandon Kornblue
Todd Howard
Marquise Walker
Tommy Jones
JamesWhitley
Victor Hobson
Jonathan West
Drew Henson
Walter Cross
Ryan Parini
DiAllo Johnson
Tom Brady
Brandon Williams
Mike Kaselitz
Jason Kapsner
Brian Smalls
Andy Mignery
Dan Williams
DeWayne Patmon
Travis DeMeester
John Navarre
Rudy Smith
LarryFoote
Tyrece Butler
Mark Bergin
Ronald Bellamy
Tad Van Pelt
Ian Gold
Jeremy LaSueur
Kevin Bryant
GregnBrooks
Cor Sarget
Charles Drake
Hayden Epstein
Michael Manning
Julius Curry
Anthony Jordan
Scott Panique
Aaron Richards
Ryan Beard
Jon Shaw
John Spytek
Anthony Thomas
Brent Cummings
Justin Fargas
Phil Brabbs
B.J. Askew
Blake Nasif
Aaron Shea
Bob Fraumann
Kurt Anderson
Dwight Mosley
Evan Coleman
Eric Rosel
TommysHendricks
Tate Schanski
Carl Diggs
Dave Armstrong
Jeff Del Verne
Phillip Brackins
Andy Sechler
Matt Johnson
Kirk Moundros
Jeff Smokevitch
Eric Brackins
Chris Ziemann
Shantee Orr
Maurice Williams
Dhan Jones
James Hall
Dave Pearson
Rob Renes
Grady Brooks
Joseph Sgroi
Grant Bowman
Cyle Young
Courtney Morgan
Brodie Killian
Eric Warner
P.J. Cwayna
Steve Frazier
Stephen Baker
Andy Brown
Kyle Froelich
David Brandt
John Wood.
Todd Mssa
Jeremy Miller
Ben Mast
Joe Denay
Demeterious Solomon
Adam Adkins
Steve Hutchinson
Tony Pape
JonathanGoodwin
Jeff Backus
Tommy Huff
Bill Seymour.
Joe Ghannam
Bennie Joppru
Shawn Thompson
Marcus Knight
Ga ry Rose
Deitan Dubuc
Norman Boebert
Josh Williams
Dan Rumishek
Jason Ptak
Eric Wilson
Patrick Kratus
Dave Petruziello
Shawn Lazarus
Jake Frysinger

Pos.
WR
DB
PK
CB
WR
WR
CB
ILB
DB
QB
RB
FS
WR
QB
DB
QB
QB
DB
QB
CB
FS
QB
QB
WR
ILB
WR
QB
WR
DB
ILB
DB
WR
DB
P
RB
P/PK
DB
55
LB
FB
WR
Rb
RB
LB
RB
RB
RB
PK
RB
WR
FB
LB
DT
LB
FB
OLB
SS
FS
LB
DE
PK
DB
OLB
SS
FB
ILB
ILB
OL
LB
OL
I LB
RLB
DL
NT
OLB
LB
DL
NT
OL
OLB
OL
I LB
OL
LB
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
P
TE
P
TE
TE
WR
DT
TE
DL
DT
RLB
OL
NT
DE
DE
DE
DE

Ht.
6-3
6-1
5-10
5-10
6-3
5-8
5-11
6-1
5-11
6-4
5-11
6-2
6-3
6-5
5-11
6-4
6-6
5-9
6-4
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-6
6-3
6-1
6-5
6-2
6-1
5-10
6-1
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-2
6-2
6-0
6-0
6-0
5-8
5-10
6-0
6-4
6-2
5-11
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-0
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-3
6-1
5-10
6-2
6-0
6-2
6-7
6-1
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-1
6-2
5-10
6-3
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-5
5-11
6-4
6-1
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-0
6-4
6-7
6-7
6-3
6-5
6-7
6-4
6-6
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-1
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6-4
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-4

Wt.
198
201
180
178
189
177
190
229
192
221
196
172
189
213
180
195
223
170
225
185
181
200
220
210
211
200
196
175
179
213
177
183
175
187
185
194
204
180
215
250
170
203
190
217
221
180
185
170
210
185
251
220
272
219
258
225
215
190
220
260
210
190
234
186
210
225
229
288
220
283
225
257
240
288
250
200
258
264
318
226
275
216
288
230
285
299
293
242
291
234
284
293
260
280
296
290
290
288
190
248
175
251
243
181
263
224
251
279
251
292
279
265
267
227
272

Elig.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
So.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Fr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Fr.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
So.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
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Sr.
Fr.
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Fr.
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So.
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Fr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Fr.
Fr.
Jr.

se.tember 11, ann arbor 12:10 p.m.,.ESPN2

OFFENSE
QB Chad Richardson
LT Rod Beavan
LG Neal Gray
C Matt Baldwin
RG Heath Fowler
RT Aaron Sandoval
TE Shan Jackson
RB Leroy Bradley
FB Jamie Tyler
WR Gilbert Okoronkwo
WR Evan Meeks

DEFENSE
DE Jake Jackson
DT Judd Smith
NG B.J. Forguson
DE Nick Sabula
ILB Rashard Pittman
ILB Wesley Kubesch
OLB Dan Dawson
SS Travis Ortega
FS Jason Hebert
LCB Josh McMillan
RCB Adrian Sadler

RICE
O w L S
5-3 WAC Mountain, 5-6 overall

SPECIAL TEAMS KR Sadler
K Derek Crabtree PR Hebert
P Victor Young LS Ryan Pontbriand
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DAILY SPECIAL: Dawson, the 'Bandit' linebacker in the
Owls' 4-3 defensive scheme, is one to watch.
GRADE: Rice is about as bland as can be this season,
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Owls still consistently

By Josh Kleinbaum
Daily Sports Editor
Danny Kissane has some thoughts on
the Michigan-Rice football game. No,
Kissane isn't a football expert, analyst
or anything of the sort. He isn't even a
football fan. He's the executive steward
at Smith and Wolensky's, a world-
famous, New York-based steakhouse.
And he knows that rice and beef don't
mix.
"Rice is not an item that you can do
too many things with," Kissane said.
"We don't do too many rice dishes."
If Rice is the rice, where's the beef?
That would be Michigan's offensive
line, a 1,472-pound force featuring four
returning starters (seepage 12).
Although rice is a grain, its football
team resembles baked goods. It's the
one non-conference game on
Michigan's schedule that could be con-
sidered a cupcake, sandwiched between
nationally-ranked powerhouses Notre
Dame and Syracuse.
The frosting on the cupcake?
Returning quarterback Chad
Richardson, who took over that starting


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.role half-way through last season in
place of the injured Jeremy Bates.
"I feel real good about our quarter-
back situation," Rice coach Ken
Hattfield said. "Chad Richardson is
definitely our No. I quarterback, his
backup played a little bit last year, too,
and if Jeremy Bates is completely
healed, we'll have three quarterbacks
who are experienced and have won
games for us."
Richardson is an option quarterback,
and the option gave Michigan fits last
year against Notre Dame and Syracuse.
But it probably won't be too much of an
advantage. The Wolverines learned a lot
about the option last year in those two
losses, particularly how to simulate it in
practice to prepare for the upcoming
game. And, since the Wolverines first
three games are all against option
teams, they'll spend far more than one
week preparing for it.
And other than Richardson, the Owls
are more than a few hoots short of a
filet mignon. Almost half of last year's
starters graduated, leaving just a shell of
the team that couldn't even finish .500.
So while Hattfield says his team is

By Andy Latack
Daily Sports Editor

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Kevin Rogers has been a thorn in
Lloyd Carr's side for a while now.
Rogers, Syracuse's offensive coordi-
nator last season, devised the option
offense that embarassed Michigan in its
home opener last season, 38-28, and
dropped the Wolverines to 0-2 for the
first time in 10 years.
Then, during the offseason, Rogers
left to occupy the same position at Notre
Dame. His schemes gave Carr and the
Michigan defense so many sleepless
nights that, after the Wolverines sur-
vived the Irish's option in this year's sea-
son opener, Carr was glad to bid
farewell to his nemesis.
"I'm sick and tired of him," Carr
joked about Rogers after the game. "Get
him the hell out of here."
Of course, Rogers wasn't the only
person that made the Syracuse option
attack so deadly.
Remember Donovan McNabb? The
Michigan defense hardly does, since
they never got a good look at him all
game last year. To refresh their memory,
he was the orange and white blur that set
up camp in the end zone at Michigan
Stadium.
Well, like Rogers, McNabb has gone
on to greener pastures. He plays with the
Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL, and
Carr and the Michigan defense are just
as glad to see him go. Well, all of them
except Michigan linebacker Ian Gold.
You see, Gold missed the Syracuse
game with an injury last season. Which
means he also missed the chance to
chase McNabb around for 60 minutes.
"I'm really disappointed that he's not
playing this year," Gold said. "I would
have loved that challenge. I was bitter
that I didn't get the opportunity to play
against someone with that much talent.

OFFEN
QB
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
TE
RB
FB
WR
WR

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Troy Nunes
Mark Baniewicz
Bill O'Donnell
Cory Bowen
Joe Burton
Jeff Pilon
Stephen Brominski
Dee Brown
Nick Sudano
Jeff Lowe
Quinton Spotwood

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SPECIAL TEAMS
K Nate Trout
P Peter Ferris


AP PHOTO
Syracuse freshman Troy Nunes will do his best to captain the Orangemen's option
attack, but he still has some big shoes to fill.

"But this year, I'm sure they'll have
another good option quarterback in
there trying to replace him."
Whoever that is, he'll have to try pret-
ty hard. Now that McNabb is gone,
Syracuse coach Paul Pasqualoni has the
unenviable task of choosing from two
quarterback prospects with limited
game experience.
Sophomore Madei Williams, who
saw time against Michigan last year
after McNabb had been removed from
the game, battled with redshirt freshman
Troy Nunes for the spot through spring
and fall practices.

Pasqualoni took a familiar approach
to the controversy, refusing to reveal the
starter until ESPN did the same during
the season opener against Toledo. And
even after Nunes got the starting nod
and appeared to stake his claim to the
position, completing nine-of-13 passes
for 118 yards and a touchdown,
Pasqualoni refused to name either as the
starter for the following game. Williams
played sparingly due to a hand injury
suffered two weeks ago.
While there may be some uncertainty
as to who will call the signals for the
Orange, whoever wins the job will have

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choose from two fairly susi
proven quarterback, the of
a veteran offensive line looking out for
him. Syracuse returns four of its five
starters from last season, and the unit is
led by senior left tackle Mark
Baniewicz, who has started every game
in the past two seasons.
On the defensive side of the ball,
senior linebacker Keith Bulluck returns
after leading the team with 104 tackles
last year. Bulluck was second-team All