On the run tt e leading Misigan rushers are fea- t red nlirce. Tp -tIe aswers are on cie ho~aI S P R WEDNESDAY 1 michigand ily.com/sports SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 L * AROUND THE HORN Madison may be 'buzzing' on Saturday By Mark Francescutti Daily Sports Editor Is the Big Ten in trouble? Not really - but after most teams struggled during the nonconference period, people are questioning the midwest powerhouse. a en State fell offtheAPTop 25 the first week, Illinois a d Wisconsit squeaked by California and Cincinnati this past weekend. Purdue and Michigan already have losses. Indiana blew two games by seven or fewer points. Northwestern and Iowa - well, they're Northwestern and Iowa. "Three or four plays, and all those games could have been different," Indiana coach Cam Cameron said. "Last year the Big Ten won those close ballgames." Well. nosw about half of them should get a 'W' as the conferenee season begins. t. 7 WIsCoNsiN: With a not-too-threatening oppo- nent in Northwestern this week, possible bee swarms remain the hot topic in Madison. Wisconsin officials advised fans before the Cincinnati game about huge swarms of bees that may enter the sta- dium. Here's the warning from the Badgers' Website. "It is suggested that you cover as much of your body as possible in a manner that bees cannot access your body and carefully examine your food and drinks each time you partake. If you have a known allergy to bee stings. it would be wise to bring your own self-injection kit. The first-aid stations in the stadium and fieldhouse the paramedics in the stadium are prepared to pro- vide care fir those who do get stung." No. 14 OHIO SI irE: The biggest problem facing the Iluickeyes other than a young defensive front seven is that they have to get up for a Peis State team teetering on total disaster But John Cooper may be seeing deja vu, as Ohio State dealt with much of the same difficulties last season thiat Penn State struggles with today. "You lose that first game to Southern Cal just like we lost to Miami a year ago, and you lose your confidence," roper said. "It's hard to bounce back. There's going to be some peaks and valleys" The Buckeyes finished 6-6 last season, after replacing a top-notch defense with a new load of freshmen - a trend that continues this year. "We only have two seniors (up front)." Cooper said. "The rest of them are underclassmen. We're playing two freshmen and a couple redshirt freshmen up front" No. 19 ILLINoIs: While Michigan struggles with key injuries on both sides of the ball, the Fighting Illini have had the pleasure of a mostly injury-free starting roster over the past couple weeks. Quarterback Kurt Kittner, who sprained his knee and left the game against California, is fine and will start against the Wolverines. Kittner is 40-of-67 for 406 yards and seven touchdowns thus far this season. ~ "He improved his accuraev from last year, he's making quicker and better decisions" coach Ron Turner said. "He's off to a good start." No. 21 PURDIF: Tise biggest question surrounding Purdue's 23-21 loss to Notre Dame continues to be the lack of a passing attack. Brees completed only 13 of 22 passes for 221 yards with one interception. Meanwhile, the zebramen threw a horde of yellow at the Boilermsakers. Purdue committed 10 penalties for a total of 78 yards, halting much of Purdue's offensive. Four of the 10 penal- ties came in the final quarter; which halted the Boiletmakers comeback chances. No.23 MICHIGAN STTE: Three years, three wins over the Fighting Irish. But this season, the times have changed. Bob Davie and Notre Dame aren't a has-been team of decades ago. These Irish are up and coming. Nothing tells the story more than its run through a gauntlet of a schedule __ knocking off Texas A&M and Purdue, while scaring No. I Nebraska to death in a 28-24 overtime loss in between. "Notre Dame is a much better team than a year ago:' Michigan State coach Bobby Williams said. "I am very impressed with Gary Godsey. I thought he did a great job of taking that team down the field. He can move pretty well." Williams also said Ryan Van Dyke should get the start this weekend. "Ryan practiced a little bit" Monday, Williams said. He's a lot better than he was last week. I'll expect that he'll be able to go on Saturday." Running backT.J. Duckett has controlled the Spartans' offense thus far, rushing for an average of 175 yards a game. "We haven't thrown the ball a lot," Williams said. "The passing game has to conic around because people are loading up the box." Up and coming For the must part, conference play has ceased by this'.Saturday, with the exception of Notre Dame-: Michigan State and Iowa-Nebraska. Here are this weekend's games in the Big Ten. Northwestern at Wisconsin, noon Penn State at Ohio State noon..' Minnesota at Purdue, noos Cincinnati at Indiana ;2 p.m. Iowa at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m. Notre Dame at Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. Michigan at lilinois, 7:30 p.m.' , TV.. gtde Penn State at Ohio State, noon, ABC regional television. This game used to be ose of the most crucial of the Big Ten season. Now it's two middle-of- the-pack teams, hitting each other. Notre Dame at Michigan State, 3:30 p.m., ABC regional television. Michigan State has won this game three years in a row. And Spartans fans are even wilder for afternoon starts. Michigan at lilInois, 7:30 p.m., ESPN national television. A nationally tele- vised football game at Illinois is quite unusual. Add in the night start and this becomes a game that could be remembered for a while. BIG TEN STANDINGS,: Hayes - wins at Inverness By Naweed Sikora For the aily The season opener for the Michigan men's golf term at the Inverness Invitational in Toledo ended etmsplhatical- ly yesterday, as senior Scott Hayes rose above the competition and finished first in a competitive 65-man field. Hayes - who was tied for third after Monday - shot a one-under par 70 to finish with a total of 213. He won the tournament in a scorecard playoff' with Fresno State's Nick Watney, who also finished with a 213. In a scorecard playoff, the last nine holes for the two players are matched up together. Hayes' score oilthe back nine, 34, was two shots better than Watisey's, making him the winner. Hayes was extremely ecstatic about his first individual title at Michigan. "This means a ton to me," Hayes said. "This is the first individual tournament title in my career, and to win at one of the best venues in the world for a collegiate tournament is very, very special.' Hayes extended Michigan's streak of at least one individual medalist honor to five straight years. The Wolverines couldn't fully capital- ize on Hayes' performance. They fin- ished tied for ninth in a field of 13. Michigan turned in a score of 909, 31 shots behind the winner, South Carolina. Considering the strength of the field and the difficulty of the course, Michigan coach Jim Carras was pleased with the results of the tournament. "In my 21 years with this team, this is the second most difficult course I've See HAYES, Page11 6 m awreaimusineromr s rustsma AP PHOTO Another Purdue loss would really put the hurt on quarterback Drew Brees' Heisman hopes. INIANA: Is Antwaan Randle El tired out et? The multi-talented quarterback rushed 39 times in the first two gaies, while completing 25-of-53 passes through the air. You think regular quarterbacks are important - Randle El nosy accounts for more than 75 percent of Indiana's offense. Ihis performance thus fr still hasn't been enough to finish offihte Hoosiers'opponents. Indiana dropped a 41- 34 contest to Kentucky and a 41-38 matchup to North Carolina State, something Cameron blames on fouirth- quarter follies "We were able to do it against Illinois last sear in over- time," Cameron said. "We've just got to believe in what we're doing and finish plays. We go right down the field (against Kentucky) in a minute (to the 10-yard line) and then we throw three incompletions." See HORN, Page 12 Team hiinois Ohio State Wisconsin Michigan State Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Purdue Penn State Indiana Iowa Big Ten Overall 0 0 -3 0 0 0 ,3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 o o 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 0 0.0.2. S0 03 Blue recruit is 'clear academically By Raphael Goodstein Daily Sports Writer The newest verbal commitment to Mn Michigan basketball team, Wssmstattic Inmgersoui, at (s-hot-) guard ranked by most recruiting ana- lysts in the top 25, is academicallv eligible and has received a qualify- ing test score. Ingersor averaged 20.2 points per game last season and 5.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. Monday, Hoop Scoop recruiting analyst Clark Francis said, Academically "he's a question mark, >ig question mark. I've heard he 'ght not make the grades." Ingersoin's coach at Santa Barbara High School, Jeff Lavender, disputed this statement. "He has a 3.3 grade point average, and he passed his tests," Lavender said. Francis recanted: "I was wrong. I didn't know firsthand. I'd never seen his transcript." Francis also previously said that re are "real attitude questions" a out Ingersols. But the only attitude questions that Lavender had about Ingerson was with his trash-talking at summer camps, which most camp players do. "He (trash) talked a lot this sum- mer at some camps,," Lavender said. "While he was playing for me, lie didn't. I wouldn't allow it." Lavender said that Ingerson's trash-talking stems from a me- # inst-the-world attitude instilled in him when he was growing up in Oakland, Calif. Last year, Ingerson moved to the Santa Barbara area, where he now lives with his aunt. Ingerson also knew a friend he played with in All- Star games, who lives in Santa Barbaira. "He'll gravitate to whatever influ- ences he has - good or bad,," Lavender said. Lavender went on to say that since Ingerson began living with his aunt in Santa Barbara, he has gravitated to Lavender. Even a fresh start didn't make Ingerson want to stay on the west coast for college. "He wasn't interested in the west coast," Lavender said. Ingerson considered attending Villanova, Saint Louis and Georgetown. Ingerson's grandfather and great- grandfather live in Milwaukee and Ingerson anticipates seeing theim often. MoRE SILRS IIN(LNEWs: TVson Chandler, a 7-fiot-h center, consid- cred one of the best three prospects in the country, has scheduled only one in-home recruiting visit - with Michigan, Lavender said. Some expected that Chandler would jump straight to the NBA, but apparantly that decision has been put on hold. Chandler is from Compton, Calif., and received a "We want Tyson" chant during Michigan's 104-97 loss to Duke last season. Chandler attended the game on his own. "Obviously, Tyson is a great bas- ketball player," Lavender said. "le and Dommanic would continue to help Coach Ellerbe rebuild." Michigan schedule The Michigan-Wisconsin game on Sept. 30 at Michigan Stadium has been officially announced as a noun start, ABC will televise the game. Games at home against Purdue on Oct. 7, at Northwestern on Nov. 4, and at home against Penn State on Nov. 11 are still officially listed as "to be announced." As the games draw nearer, televi- sion networks will decide which games they will air. The contract states the networks must stake an official determination either six or 12 days before the game. Remaining Michigan schedule Sept. 23 at Illinois '7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 Wisconsin noon Oct, 7 at Purdue ".TBA Oct. 14 Indiana 3:30 p.m Oct. 21 Michigan State 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at N'western TBA Nov. 11 Penn State <.TBA"- Nov. 18 at Ohio State noon Poll watching Michigan occupies the No. 10 spot in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls. In each of the two polls, the Wolverines (2-1) are the highest- ranked team with a loss. Nebraska, Florida State and Florida went 1-2-3 in both polls. LECTURE NOTE BLOWOUT!! 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