~12F -he Michiga Daily r y' Saturday -November 6,#999 ' 1 0 Truo-beeps When Northwestern has the ball ... NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS No. PLAYER Pos. H WT. E. 1 Shegun Cummings-John DB 5-11 196 Jr. S12 Kevin Bentley LB 6-1 226 So. NB a e A FB 3 aI Me i Ian Miller FB 5-10 237 Sr. i34 Louis Ayeni 28 Brian Marshall 4 Mycal Jones SS 5-11 204 Jr. 5 Vince Cartaya LB 6-4 225 Fr. 0 0 *vember 6, 1999 - Footbabau-y - The Michigan~ily - SF QB 10 Zak Kustok FL 4!g 13 Nick Kreinbrink l TeddyJohnson RT RG C LG LT IE 7 Aar 9 D. Thompson 61 R. Johnson 56 Mike Souza 66 Mark Perry 62 Austin King 76Waynel.ucier 67 Leon Brockmeier 84iayTant 77 Lance Clelland 70 8. 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Standring 43 Preston Letts 44 Billy Silva 45 Jeff Baer 47 Conrad Emmerich 48 Chris Stiernagle 49 J Quentin Brown 51 Chris Jones 52 Adam Fay 54 David Penake 55 George Woods 56 Mike Souza 57 Ty Garner 58 Matt Anderson 59 Onaje Grimes 62 Austin King 64 Jon Walters 66 Mark Perry 67 Leon Brockmeier 68 Carl Matejka 70 Brian Hemmerle 71 Jack Harnedy 74 Derek Martinez 75 Joe Collins 76 Wayne Lucier 77 Lance Clelland 78 Darryl Hodge 80 Kunle Patrick 81 Rob Johnson 82 Jon Schweighardt 83 Mike Sherry 84 Jay Tant 85 Phil Miller 86 Corbett Elsen 87 Eric Worley 88 Eron Kosmowski 89 Ben Kennedy 91 Gabe Nyenhuis 92 Javiar Collins 93 Pete Konopka 94 Salem Simon 95 Dwayne Missouri 97 Gladston Taylor 98 Pete Chapman 99 JeffDyra DB WR DE LB WR DB QB LB QB QB TE WR PK/P QB WR QB RB DB RB SS FS SS RB DB RB DB FS FS WR DB RB DB SS FS WR PK LB DB P LB LB DT LB FB WR LB OL P DL DL OL DL LB OL OL OL OL O L OL OL OL OL OL OL DT WR WR WR TE TE WR TE TE P TE DL DT DE DE DL DL OT, 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-3 5-9 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-5 5-10 6-3 6-5 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-10 15-10 5-11 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-11. 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-4 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-7 6-6 6-8 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-4 197 206 232 230 163 245 212, 225 203 219 227 200 185 204 184 220 198 185 188 199 213 197 205 176 209 175 213 206 202 194 185 185 190 197 195 195 225 184 202 240 229 281 255 216 181 241 301 189 270 285 301 250 217 265 275 274 282 280 315 297 25S 299 279 301 281 195 212 170 219 2 54 207 229 245 252 240 245 305 243 257 252 263 259 290 Sr Sr Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Around the Horn Inside the Nation Big Ten bowl picture e best defense iz tie land.? MSU e no, you want a defense that- ference that has provided Florida license, and me signing it, even if I looks like Michigan's from State with an average of seven free did want to keep a secret. 1997? Check out MSU's. No, wins per season, the Big East has this We all know how poor J.R. was not the bunch that sent Michigan's sin to answer for. tricked into using the cell phone of season into a tailspin. The bunch that One of its best teams this season, an athletic department employee. oe Paterno's coaching record at against Michigan and will play the has held opponents to fewer yards Boston College, lost to Temple. This, of course is an improper bene- Penn State this century has been Buckeyes this weekend, or Purdue's than any other unit (less than 202 a It's second biggest sin: The two fit. Rather than face to the NCAA a little strange. He's been the Drew Brees, who actually is a game, thanks) dwells in Starkville, teams most people feel are its best - and say he had been duped, he chose Nittany Lions' coach for exactly half Heisman candidate but didn't look Miss. Syracuse and Miami - only have marriage. Man and wife. Till death of the century, 50 years. He's spent like it against Michigan. Brees and They have the that reputation from past achieve- (or an NCAA-imposed one-game 35 of those years as the head coach. the Boilermakers host Wisconsin on only Southeastern Rick ments. if you'll remember, won some suspension) do you part. He put together three undefeated Saturday. schedule worth Freeman national titles a while ago. But he never told his coach. He teams in his first In the final two weeks, Michigan envying (they Syracuse, if you'll remember, beat never told anyone who could help 10 years as head bosh plays Penn State and Ohio State, and don't play the defending national champs last him. Should he have received a one- coach, but he the Spartans host the Lions. Florida, year. But Michigan, defenders of the game suspension? Maybe. Should he didn't win a This is what it all boils down to: Tennessee or Citrus Bowl crown (and 33 percent have not used the cell phone? Well, national title until - If Penn State wins out, the Georgia, they do of the Big Ten title) managed to beat maybe he should have known better. his 17th, and that " Lions go to the Sugar Bowl. If they play Vanderbilt the Orangemen this year. But marriage, over fessing up? 1982 team had lose a game, they go to the Rose and South Well, maybe Miami's reputation is Not one of the moves that NFL one loss. 9r bowl. If they lose two games ... well, Carolina). They F well-deserved this year. They did scouts look for. He spent most it's not going to happen. have made the TnEEE N OF manage to beat Boston College. THE RUNDOWN: The three service of those years U if Wisconsin's secondary can most of it. _THE ______ SOAP OPERA SEASON: It would be academies, Air Force, Navy and without a confer- handle Drew Brees, the Badgers lock Mississippi fitting if the Cowboys drafted Army are all in the top six in the ence, which may APOCALYPSE up a spot in the Rose or Citrus State is undefeated. But the Bulldogs Arizona State running back - and nation in rushing offense. So are two have hurt the Now bowls. With lowly Iowa as the are no Tulane, although they play a onetime Heisman Trophy candidate mediocre teams that, like the military national title Badgers' last game, they'll clinch the Big East-worthy schedule (are you - J.R. Redmond this April. With a schools, use the option offense chances of some of those undefeated one-loss conference season, and their listening, Hokies?) in one of the name like J.R., and his apparent trou- almost exclusively - Ohio and Rice. teams. In 1993, the Lions joined the Rose Bowl fate rides on Penn State's nation's toughest conferences. ble with women, he'd be a perfect fit The remaining team? Wisconsin, at Big Ten to make sure that didn't hap- national title hopes. Even if the They're eyeing a return trip to the for "Dallas" the TV show, if not No. 5. Surprisingly, Ron Dayne has pen again, but a year later, he put a Badgers lose to Purdue, they'd have SEC Championship game, but in Dallas, the troubled NFL franchise. only accounted for roughly 1,400 of 12-0 record together and still found just two conference losses, and could their way stands another surprising While the Cowboys need to groom the Badgers' 2,400 yards. himself the bridesmaid instead of the slip into the Rose or Citrus bowls team - Alabama. a replacement for Emmitt Smith THE RUN-DOWN: Wisconsin's sur- bride. because ... The two face each other next week soon, Redmond is a fit in other ways, prising balance even with a Heisman- Wouldn't it be fitting, then, in a The race for third place is a for the SEC's West division title, in too. He seems to display a baffling caliber running back could be why college football century that could be mess. After this weekend, either what could be one of the most inter- lack of thought in some of his off- Michigan coach Lloyd Carr has been defined by Paterno as much as any- Michigan State or Ohio State will esting games in one of the most field dealings, so keen to get Anthony Thomas some one, to close it out with a Joe Pa have a third conference loss - prob- interesting conferences. Now, to be fair, and not immedi- backfield help. national title? ably Ohio State. So will Michigan Interestingly enough, it's very like- ately join in the chorus of boo birds Another reason? Dayne, if his Not if Minnesota, Michigan or after it plays Penn State next week- ly that two of the nation's most con- jumping on the back of an obviously rushing stats were those of an entire Michigan State have anything to say end. That means the only team left sistently mediocre conferences could confused kid, I will point this out. team, would still be good enough for about it. with just two conference losses will be represented in the national title I have made mistakes. I make sev- 30th-best in the country. Michigan's With just three weeks left in the be the Spartans-Buckeyes winner, game. Florida State's lone remaining eral a day, in fact. Ask anyone I work entire team, led by Anthony Thomas season, those are the obstacles Penn and that team will have its hands full obstacle is Florida, and Virginia Tech with. Some are even colossal blun- and David Terrell (the Wolverines' State must topple to reach the Sugar in the season's final week, when the has an even clearer road. ders. Not once, though, has any of top two rushers) is 87th in total yards Bowl. Gripping a No. 2 BCS ranking Spartans play Penn State and the While the ACC is a basketball con- these mistakes involved a marriage on the ground. and sporting a sizable lead over No. Buckeyes play Michigan. Throw 3 Virginia Tech, Penn State controls Purdue in the mix, too - a victory its own destiny. If the Lions do their over the Badgers and they'll end the business on the field, they'll be par- season 5-3 in the conference. I tying on Bourbon Street come the After all is said and done, here are beginning of January. the predictions: Penn State wins outI1 But what about the rest of the con- and plays in the Sugar Bowl. ference? As the Big Ten season Wisconsin beats Purdue and plays in1 3 a enters its last lap, the big three con- the Rose Bowl. Michigan State beats 1'U ference bowls - Rose, Citrus, Ohio State, loses to Penn State and Outback - are all up for grabs. 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