The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 21, 2000 -- 9A
purrier admonishes
ators for trash talking
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The
only trash talk coming out of Florida
this week will come from coach Steve
Spurrier.
And most of that is going to be
directed at his own players.
Despite a comeback victory over
Tennessee that kept the third-ranked
'ators in contention for a national
championship, Spurrier ripped into his
team for spending too much time talk-
ing and not enough attention on fixing
mistakes.
He suspended freshman receiver
Jabar Gaffney for the first half of
Saturday's game against Kentucky for
making a throat-slash gesture at the
Tennessee bench after his game-win-
ning touchdown catch.
And he issued a gag order on the
ators' other top players.
Utah's O'Keefe charged
with attempted murder
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A
University of Utah football player has
been charged with attempted murder
and aggravated assault for allegedly
hitting a teenager with a baseball bat,
ending him to the hospital with seri-
Wus head injuries.
Sean Patrick O'Keefe, a defensive
end from Sandy, was charged yester-
day, according to KUTV News. Coach
Ron McBride has already suspended
O'Keefe from the team along with
teammate Corey Dodds, a scholarship
freshman linebacker from Salt Lake
City who was reportedly with O'Keefe
at the time.
Neither O'Keefe nor Dodds had
flayed for the Utes yet.
A Salt Lake City Police Department
spokesman said the alleged attack
took place at a weekend party.
O'Keefe allegedly hit 17-year-old
Nathan Pherson so hard the baseball
bat broke.
Pherson remained hospitalized yes-
terday with skull fractures and internal
bleeding. A doctor said he "could not
believe that Pherson was still alive."
lice changes mind on
reported deal with Bulls
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago
Bulls' anticipated deal with Glen
Rice fell through yesterday, the lat-
est blow to the club's rebuilding
plans.
"The Chicago Bulls no longer
have any interest in signing free
gent Glen Rice," the team said.
The Bulls reportedly were set to
announce Rice's signing yesterday.
But a league source, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said the for-
ward changed his mind to consider
other options, although it's not
immediately clear what they are.
Initial reports said Rice was set to
sign a one-year, $7.5 million deal.
David Falk, who represents Rice, was
Ot available for comment. Neither was
Bulls general manager Jerry Krause,
whose offseason plans, with $20 mil-
lion in salary cap room, have fallen far
below expectations.
'M' SCHEDULE
Tomorrow: Women's soccer vs. Wisconin, p.m. at
Michigan Soccer Field
Field Hockey at Indiana. 5 p.m.
Men's tennis at Notre Dame Invitational, all day
MLB STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Knock, knock, Illinois
Fighting Illini have a golden opportunity
Kittner's numbers
Illinois quarterback Kurt Kittner's
numbers through three games.
Linksters host invite,
hope for top three
Att Comp. ntI TD
67 40 1 7
Yards
406
By Chris Duprey
Daily Sports Editor
Illinois is entering this Saturday's
game against Michigan with the opportu-
nity to put itself in complete control of
the Big Ten race.
And it's only the first conference game
of the season. Heck, there's still a full
week left in September.
Should No. 17 Illinois beat a battered
Michigan team in Champaign, there is
nothing stopping them from seizing the
crown.
Wisconsin and Purdue are absent from
this year's schedule. Illinois has the good
fortune of hosting Ohio State and the
Wolverines, both of whom the Illini beat
on the road last season.
Realistically, the only thing in the way
would be a looks-worse-than-it-is two-
game swing at Penn State and Michigan
State on Oct. 21 and 28.
Illinois might not even have to run the
table to capture part or all of the champi-
onship. Given the scheduling obstacles
the rest of the contenders have to face, the
Illini could conceivably lose a game
somewhere and still be in the hunt.
All of this goes to show: In this two-
bye era, anything can happen.
Wisconsin slipped into the Rose Bowl
last season without confronting Penn
State or Illinois, two teams that combined
to go 18-7. Ohio State and Michigan, the
teams Illinois misses in 2000, went a
combined 16-8 last season (largely on the
strength of the Wolverines' 10-2 mark).
"They don't play Wisconsin or Purdue.
They have good home schedule," said
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, agreeing
that the Illini are a contender for the title.
Now that the logistics are worked out,
all that's left is for Illinois to go out and
win the games.
Illinois (3-0) hasn't necessarily torched
its nonconference schedule - and was a
two-point conversion away from going to
overtime against California without start-
ing quarterback Kurt Kittner - but it's
won all three games and quietly slipped
into position to make a charge.
"They've got all the confidence in the
world," Michigan's Jeff Backus said.
The Wolverines say their confidence is
still intact after Saturday's loss. They're
aware of what the game means to the
Illini - and to themselves.
"If we win these next eight games,
which we're capable of, then things can
Passing efficiency: 142.10
Completion percentage: 59.7
By Swapnil Patel
For the Daily
fall into place for us," Michigan offensive
lineman Steve Hutchinson said.
The weird thing is, Illinois is thinking
the same thing.
KITTNER PRACTICES: The Illini appear
to have evaded quite an injury scare.
Kittner, who sprained his knee this past
Saturday against California, is progress-
ing well and should start against
Michigan.
"He was probably a little further along
than I thought he might be," Illinois
coach Ron Turner told The Daily Illini on
Tuesday. "He did well. He didn't go full
speed all of the time, but he did all the
team stuff."
LOUNGING AROUND: Michigan's
Hutchinson would rather have a tradi-
tional noon or 1 p.m. start for this
Saturday's game. Night games don't par-
ticularly appeal to him because they
throw off his game-day routine.
"You're really sitting around all day in
the hotel," Hutchinson said.
The Michigan men's golf team, fresh
off a ninth place tie in the Inverness
Intercollegiate Invitational held in Toledo
earlier this week, hosts a field of 13
teams in the 2000 Wolverine North
Invitational this weekend.
The two-day tournament, which will
kick off Saturday, will provide the
Michigan golfers with the opportunity to
show off their game on the University of
Michigan Golf Course.
The team is led by senior Scott Hayes,
who is coming off a thrilling first place
finish at Toledo after firing a 70 in the
final round. Hayes' tournament total of
213 was a personal record, topping his
pervious best of 218 set at the Mauna
Kea Collegiate in November, 1999.
Others on team that will officially partic-
ipate in team play include juniors
Andrew Chapman, Andy Matthews and
Kyle Kilcherman and freshman Scott
Carlton. Michigan will battle against
teams mostly from the midwest area, but
other programs such as St. John's and
Kentucky will come to Ann Arbor to
compete. From the Big Ten, Minnesota
and Indiana will visit.
Besides Hayes, the tournament will
feature skilled golfers from the nation.
James McLean, a junior golfer for the
University of Minnesota, was the NCAA
champion in 1998. Nevertheless,
Michigan men's golf coach Jim Carras
hopes for a strong showing in this week-
end's tournament.
"We've got returning players which
gives us a strong team," Carras said. "It
will be disappointing if we don't finish in
the top three."
Five players per team will compete,
with the low four scores counting each
round. Thus, it will be interesting to see if
the rest of the team can rally around
Hayes' individual success to lift the
team's overall performance.
While the team hopes to be competi-
tive in at the Wolverine North
Invitational, the fall part of the golf sea-
son remains an opportunity for Michigan
to find which golfers will make the best
overall lineup throughout the year.
"Initially, we'll experiment to find our
top five golfers, but I'm very optimistic
for the 2000-2001 season," Carras said.
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