IOA - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 21, 2000 In Indiana, a treat for Blue field hockey By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer Games aren't played on paper, but with an outcome this clear, maybe this one's on a transparency. The fourth-ranked Michigan field hockey team opens its Big Ten sea- son with a non-conference feel by traveling to Indiana in the Hoosiers' inaugural season this Friday. "We've never seen them before, we've never been to Bloomington," Michigan head coach Marcia Pankratz said. "We hope it has a con- ference feel because it is the first conference game and the Big Ten is a really tough conference that we respect and take seriously." 'The Hoosiers have struggled this season, having yet to score a goal. Indiana won't be very experienced for Michigan's game with only three games under its belt "It will be a building process for them," Pankratz said. "But we're going down to a field we've never played on and a team we've never played before. You have to take them seriously and pay attention to what we're trying to get better at." Further indication that Michigan will dominate is Indiana's previous game was a 9-0 loss to Miami (Ohio), a team that Michigan beat 10-1 last Tuesday. "Transitive properties," Pankratz said. "It's going to be rough, huh?" Perhaps the only plus for Indiana is home field advantage, although the game will only be Indiana's sec- ond game at Mellencamp Pavilion. Michigan goes back on the road for its first time in five games. "It's been strange to be home every weekend," Pankratz said. "I didn't know what to do with myself on Sunday which was great. The road is where we normally are. Sometimes it's good because the team gets focused." Michigan will come home on Sunday to face tougher Big Ten com- petition -- No. 16 Ohio State. The Buckeyes only beat Miami 2- I, but that was the first game of the SUNDAY OCKER FIELD) Who: No. 4 Michigan (&1) vs. No. 16 Oho State (&3) When: Sunday, noon. Latest: After playing at Indiana on Friday, the Wolverines will come back to Ocker Field to play Ohio State who will be coming off a game with Ball State. Michigan has only four losses over the last four seasons. season in August. Since then, they have recorded four shut-outs on their way to a 6-3 record. All three losses came against top-ranked teams. It has been a while since Michigan's defense has faced a real challenge, after Michigan outshot opponents in the last five-game home stand, 129-25. But Pankratz doesn't believe her defense should have reason to worry. "We were tested," she said. Miami was in our circle a lot. I think we'll be fine. Our defensive corner is strong and our goal tenders are solid." Michigan will have to deal with Ohio State senior Katie Hobson and freshman Mariana Solorzano. each leading the team with seven goals. Hobson also has six assists. OLD SCHOOL NT ESPN ANCHOR RECALLS RIVALRY AND HIS OWN CLASSIC MICHIGAN MOMENTS - - - Hello Faz Pizza. ? op Pizza On UofM CampusI By Benjamin Singer Iaily Sports Writcr On the upstairs level of Dominick's, Rich Eisen waits for his order of cheese pizza. More importantly, he wfits for some- body to please switch the monitor which is stuck on ESPN Classic to what may become an "instant classic." "I'm going out of my skin here not watching this game," Eisen says. UCLA and Michigan kicked off about 15 minutes ago, and Eisen has vet to see a down. Scurrying downstairs, Eisen maneu- vers to the front of a television once deemed to have too much glare from the sun, but now is Dominick's only link to a highly anticipated game. Just as Eisen approaches, Michigan tailback Anthony Thomas finishes the final 40 yards of his 68-yard touchdown run. "A-Train," is all Eisen says. Earlier in the day, Eisen co-hosted a show for ESPN Classic in the garden area of Dominick's while fellow ESPN anchor Gary Miller was at I amecr's in East Lansing. The three-and-a-half-hour show celebrated moments that fuel the fire of the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry. "It's truly bizarre to be coming back to Dominick's and doing a program where I had many classic moments myself," Eisen says. "I suggested Dominick's myself." Eisen's homecoming to Ann Arbor was no accident. "No coincidence at all," Eisen says. "As soon as the director knew he was doing this, he thought of me." To enjoy the experience fully. Eisen made sure evervone at home knew he was partisan during this show. He announced that he was the class of 1990 and took a jab at Michigan State by mockingly praising its Agricultural school. On SportsCenter, Eisen knows that's a no-no. But for today, as he said, it's about rivalries. The product of Staten Island, N.Y. wants there to be no mistake: "I'm a Michigan guy." Being a Michigan guy, doing a show at Dominick's is not your ordinary assignment for ESPN. "I would definitely place this above being the guest host on RPM 2 Nite," Eisen says. "I'm probably the only RPM host that has had trouble changing his tire." Eisen covered football for The Michigan Daily in 1989, which was Bo Schembechler's final team. For Eisen's first Daily road trip, he covered the hero- E Call 741-7777. Free Delivery * 2 Large Pizzas Only $12.99 with cheese + any item O I W s-oM "M- ics of Elvis Grbac and "J.D. for three," when kicker J.D. Carlson kicked the game-winning field goal at the end of Michigan's 24-23 win in Pasadena for their win over the Bruins. Now he's watching the rematch I1 years later with a small crowd of drunk Michigan stu- dents huddled around the tele- vision. "Bo should have been at this," Eisen says of the show while watching the television. "But Bo is at the game." Somewhere in that Rose Bowl is Bo. Somewhere in that Rose Bowl is the past and present greatness of the Wolverines merging. "I've got to leave at halftime," Eisen sans. "I have to soak it all in." Eisen did all lie could to enjoy the return to his alma Riater He spent the eveiiing before at Rick's. He'd been before, but never as a student. "When I graduated, I was 20," Eisen says. "I could never get in there. They were very strict about checking IDs." "They still are," someone chimes in. Eisen also played the Michigan golf course. He cannot praise it enough. "I love the course here," he says. "It's beautiful. It's one of the best I've ever. played on" One of the students pipes up again and asks "What do you think about on the 18th green when you're looking out at Ann Arbor?" Eisen responds "I look out and I say, 'Why do these people say 'pop' instead of 'soda?'"' Eisen then recalls other cultural differ- ences he ran across as an out-of-stater.' "My freshman year I lived in Markley," he remembers. "My second day there, someone knocked on my door and said, You wanna euch?' I thought, 'Does he think I'm bulemic or some- thing?' Somebody had to explain to me that it was cards." A collective gasp of amazement come from those watching the game as David Terrell makes a circus touchdown catch that will surely make the SportsCenter highlights, as the Wolverines go up 13-3. Eisen missed it. He hasn't really been able to "soak it all up" like he wanted. He's been busy answering questions and relating stories. He watches the replay with the same objective expression that he would use if he were announcing the highlight. . One student then starts telling Eisen a crude story about one of the high-profi* Michigan players that apparently "half the campus knows" The story includes vulgar expressions. Students joke with Eisen that one should become his new catch phrase for which SportsCe;nter anchors are so famous. ic says he'll work it in somehow. One girl is outed by her boyfriend as a wanna-be sports broadcast- er. She savs she'll probably end up announcing dog- sledding for a while befo@ A she finds a decent job. "What advice do you have for an aspiring broadcast- er?" her boyfriend asks. w Eisen clearly has. no immediate answer. Eventuallyhe says it's the same clich6 as for any other job. "Just don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough" For Eisen, it almost came too easil1 After graduating from Michigan, I went back home to Staten IslanId I wrote for a local paper for three artig hialfy ars. Then he decided to go to gri school. "Going back to school w~s'aU best thing I ever did:' he says. After graduating from Medill's g"ad~- ate school ofjournalism at NorthweSt . University in 1994. Eisen becari) sports anchor at KRCR-TV in the smNil market of Redding, Calif. (population 66,462). Then ESPN offered him a spot SportsCenter. "I'd only been working 16 months and I got a job at ESPN," he says. "It's like winning the lottery." When writing for the Daily, his by- line was Richard Eisen. "Rich is more like a sportscaster- Eisen explains. "If I'm Richard, I could be the King of England." The half ends. Eisen has to go. He has a plane to catch. He bids farewell to 0 his newfound friends. They are forever linked by their outstanding passion for not just Michigan football, but the University itself. "It's a home away from home," Eisen says. "It's a cozy town. Friendly, laid- back people. It's great. I can't wait to get back here whenever I come." As for the game, there were no J.D.- for-three-type heroics this year. Michigan kicker Hayden Epstej missed two field goals in the gany including one in the final minutes frqon 24 yards out that would have tied'tthe score. But Eisen will miss the end. HG'tr basically missed the beginning, as well, He'll just have to catch the highlights on SportsCenter. -;. - Le9. o ed9h Bblpffcivy I V SPECIAL SIx-WEEK SEMINAR! 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