6B - The Michigan Daily - September 6, 2000 - SportsWednesday . :> ; - ' } :f. , , :r .s '' _.. WHO'S NEXTl S CE The Owls beat Houston 30-27 in overtime in the city's annual rivalry. THE QUESTIONS: Can Michigan play a more disciplined brand of defense this week? How will Bennie Joppru, the replacement at tight end for Shawn Thompson, step in? THE CONCERNS: Complacency and falling behind early BIG TEN STANDINGS Askew on target;* Fargas looking up =I ' , Team Illinois Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Purdue Ohio State Wisconsin Indiana Michigan State Iowa Penn State Big Ten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Overall 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS MICHIGAN 42, Bowling Green 7 Toledo 24, PENN STATE 6 ILLINOIS 36, Middle Tennessee State 7 WiscoNsiN 19, Western Michigan 7 NORTHWESTERN 35, Northern Illinois 17 OHIO STATE 43, Fresno State 10 MINNESOTA 47, Louisiana-Monroe 10 PURDUE 48, Central Michigan 0 NEXT WEEKEND'S GAMES Rice at Michigan, 12:10 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Penn State, noon Marshall at Michigan State, noon North Carolina State at Indiana, 12:10 Duke at Northwestern, 1 Ohio at Minnesota, 2:30 Oregon at Wisconsin, 3:30 Western Michigan at Iowa, 6 Illinois at San Diego State, 10 Ohio State at Arizona, 10:05 Kent at Purdue, TBA SCHEDULE Let's play favorites. My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip. Your favorite thing to do on a Saturday may well involve Michi- gan Stadium. And Lloyd Carr's favorite' play may well -. involvs a play- action fake,< rollout to the right and pass- DAViD on-the-run to DEN HERDER the tight end. Double Heh? Things Down turn into favorites because virtually every time you do them, something good happens. Sometimes you can't explain it - things just work out. In 1997, that favorite play won Michigan a game against Iowa, cap- ping a 3 TD rally in the second half. On New Year's Day, just such a play won Michigan the Orange Bowl. Last Saturday, more good news. But this time the pass - intended for the tight end Bennie Joppru - took a bizarre carom into the heads-up hands of B.J. Askew. He took the would-be incomple- tion and turned it into a big gainer. Michigan's favorite play worked again, and on a more interesting note, we found out Askew was a playmaker. He calls himself a tailback in a fullback's position - crafty, but still in there "doing some dirty work." Saturday, Askew had the pres- ence to make 87 yards out of only three catches. Still, he claims to "enjoy" popping the blocks. "If it means sticking my nose in there against somebody to win," says Askew, "I'll do it." Whether or not Askew will be incorporated as much into the ball movement during the Big Ten sea- son of blitzes and heads-down plowlines remains to be seen - but B.J.'s ability to handle it certainly does not. BACK IN THE MIX Nevermind that Justin Fargas fumbled his first handoff in the Big House in two years. The injury-redshirted sophomore is looking up - literally. In stark contrast to partner Anthony Thomas, who tends to lower his horns and charge for the best on most snaps, Fargas is always looking over defenders. Sat- urday, he even jumped over one, on his way to 70 yards rushing in eight carries. "Anthony Thomas is a great run- ning back," he'll tell you - calling Thomas' running style more mature, "more patient" than his own. And Thomas is suited well for this dominant offensive line. But what Fargas won't say is that he may be a better pure running back than the A-Train. And while Thomas picked up 108 yards in 23 carries, freshman Chris Perry had only five fewer yards - in only 10 carries. Yes, we've all run the stupid sce- nario through our heads: Quarter- back John Navarre plays very well and consistently in his Tom Brady style for three games, and then Drew Henson comes back and throws three interceptions against Illinois, and bang we have a quar- terback controversy. Not going to happen. But while everyone is busy yap- ping it up about the QBs over Coors Light and Brats, has anybody stopped to consider that we may have a running back controversy? It's worth at least one beer's worth of babble. - David Den Herder can be reached at dden@umich.edu . 44W I a _.. .1 MARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily True freshman Chris Perry burst onto the offense scene with 103 yards on 10 carries against Bowling Green. He also scored his first touchdown. Thompson out for season 'M' loses two starters in Navarre's impressive debut SEPT. 2 SEPT. 9 EPT. 16 Sept. 23 SEPT. 30 OcT. 7 OcT. 14 OcT. 21 Nov. 4 No.v 11 Nov. 18 BOWLING GREEN W, 42-7 RICE at UCLA at Illinois WISCONSIN AT PURDUE INDIANA MICHIGAN STATE at Northwestern PENN STATE at Ohio State By Stephanie Offen DalportsHito Th e Xolverines gained nine yards, but they lost something much more valuable. After tight end Shawn Thompson brought IMichigan to its own 20 yard line, he took a bad fall over the opponent - injurving1 his knee. Thompson will miss the remain- der of the season. "He will have surgerv sometime next week." coach Lloyd Carr said. "Thompson is a coach's dream. He is a tremendous football player, as good a blocking tight end at Michi- gan since I have been here. He is a great leader, a real tough guy that brings a lot to the team." Junior Bennie Joppru will start next Saturday's game versus Rice in place of Thompson. The other backups, seniors Eric Rosel and Bill Seymour, have missed much of training camp with injurys. Rosel was hampered with a pulled hamstring and Seymour with a groin injury. Both have recovered from their injuries but aren't ready to take over the starting postition. Carr said they will both se-e ample amount of playing time this season after they have some time to rest. They should both see time this veekcnd against Rice. Joppru competed in nine games last season and recorded four catch- es for 51 yards. ANOTHER BLOW: The Wolverines also lost senior Jake Frysinger in last weekend's game. Frysinger reinjured a foot that he had surgery on last season. Carr says he is out inde finitely. Dan Rumisek will replace Frysinger at defensive end. but many guyus will see time at that pos- tition. Sophomore Norman Boebert also saw many snaps at that position and will see more playing time with the loss of Frysinger. But none of the Wolverines saw much time on the defensive side of the ball against Bowling Green. So the defensive line enters next week- end with not as much experience as Carr would like. "The one thing I do not like a t a week ago is we got a lot of A, the opportunity to play but we did not have a lot of snaps," Carr said. "I think the most snaps anybody had was 42. "Rice is going to be very well condidtion football team. We are going to have to play a lot trnre snaps this week, so we are going to play more people." A HEATHlER NOTE: Fresh rt John Navarre impressed his teaW- mates and the nation with his per- formance against Bowling Green. His four touchdowns tied a school record for most in a game. But next weekend will be mope of a test for the rookie. Rice is a much quicker team with an experienced defense. The Owls will also defend Navarre with eight or nine men on the line of scrimmage. They also blitz more, and the Wolverines * eager to see how Navarre responds to the pressure. The Wolverines had trouble with the run last season against Rice, finishing the game with ten less rushing yards than the Owls. "It is going to be a much differ- ent challenge (for Navarre)", Carr said. "The good news is he can go into this game confident in his p formance last weekend." Quarterback Drew Henson is still participating in rehabilitation and Carr has not confirmed when he will return. Carr did say that the wound is healing nicely and Henson has been making strides. But the expected return date has not changed - fans can still look to Illinois or Wiscon- sin for his return. Get the most out of class with lecture notes from Grade A Notes. 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