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ioward earns first picks of
career; Foote to return
Bad call
3y Stephanie Offen
)aily Sports Editor
Bill Howard comes to all his son's home games.
And this Saturday he saw something from his son that
Sas never seen before - a collegiate interception.
\ctually two of them.
Against Wisconsin, junior Todd, Howard had a game
te calls one of his best and his father describes as "out-
;tanding" He racked his first interceptions of his career
nd two of the team's three picks for the game.
"I was very. excited he got two picks," Todd's father
3ill Howard said. "That was something that hampered
tim last season with the broken hand. I know coming
into this year his goal was to get some picks and to be
p etitive. Hopefully this is a sign of what's to come"
0oward's first interception came on Wisconsin's first
Irive of the quarter. Howard intercepted the ball in the
ndzone as Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger
Ittempted a ten yard pass to receiver Nick Davis.
His second pick of the game came on the last play.
Nith eight seconds left in the game, Howard solidified
lhe 13-10 win for the Wolverines by picking off
Bollinger on his last attempt to get Wisconsin the victo-
r. Bollinger threw a 34-yard pass to receiver Chris
hambers but Howard grabbed his second interception
tnd the victorv instead.
"Good things come in twos, so I got two on the day"
ard said.
BROKEN FOOTE?: They took up an entire bench on the
idelines.
Unfortunately junior Larry Foote took his place on the
>ench next to his three fellow fallen linemen - Jake
Frysinger, Eric Wilson and Norman Boebert.
But fortunately for Foote he will probably be back
'ext week suffering only a twisted ankle.
Foote twisted his ankle last week and had treatment
:hroughout the week. His ankle bothered him early in
.rday's first quarter so he was carted off the field in
:he second.
Carr said after a few days of practice, Foote will be
fine and cleared to play next weeken(4 against Purdue.
The victory over Wisconsin was the first collegiate
game that Foote has missed..
"It hurts but when we win it feels. good, it replaces it,
Foote said.t
Frysinger and Boebert are still qestionable for next
weekend. Frysinger is sitting out Ath a reinjured foot4
and Boebert missed the game with a high ankle sprain.
Wilson said he is feeling better and thinks he will backs
next weekend.
"I'm feeling very good," Wilson :aid. "I've been run-
ning the last two days and we'll taV'e it day by day this
week and hopefully get in some 'practice. Hopefully
you'll see me in the field down in West Lafayette."
LOOK wHo's KICKING: Saturday,#a different foot was
the center of attention at Michigan $tadium.
Is looked like neither Wisconsin or Michigan could
score a touchdown and the field go I become that much
more important.
B ut the field goal is w here the V Volverines have been u l g h e on f r S r a s m , l
struggling this season. Before Salurday's game, field ~. y
goal kicker Hayden Epstein was ore for five for three '
points .,
So while Epstein was struggling, Carrchose to put Jeff
Del Verne in his place. Del Verne completed two of three
against Wisconsin. He missed his first attempt from 29
yards, but then completed his ne-,it two, both 33-yard
completions.
"I went out on the first one anri I don't know if my
head is in it but I missed it," Del Verne said. "I told the-
older guys that it wasn't going to hiappen again. Hayden
and I have been struggling laey ut those guys bar'
been working really hard and we arc trying to pull it out'
for them." i
Del Verne replaced Epstein foie extra points against
Illinois and made all three attempti.
Epstein has been struggling with his accuracy lately, AORiE MARSHALL/tuiy
but Del Verne admits that his rane is not as long as his After having words with the Big Ten office last week, coach Lloyd Carr had to deal with
teammate's. more questionable calls bythe referees.
GAME PROGRESSION
FIRST QUARTER:
Wisconsin marched the opening
kickoff 71 yards to the Michigan
10, but the Wolverines came up
with the first big defensive play
of the game.
Todd Howard stepped in front of
Lee Evans and made his first
career interception, giving the
Wolverines first down at the 20.
On third down, Michigan quarter-
back Drew Henson tried to
escape trouble. He stepped up in
the pocket and attempted to
throw a screen, but was hit as he
threw. The play was ruled a fum-
ble and Wisconsin recovered.
Television replays showed officials
were in error.
The Badgers were unable to pen-
etrate after the turnover, but
Vitaly Pisetsky connected on a
49-yard field goal.
Wisconsin 3, Michigan O
On the next possession, Henson
simply dropped the ball while run-
ning for the first down. The
Badgers' John Favret recovered,
his second of the day.
Then Wisconsin began to get a
little wacky. The Badgers ran the
halfback pass, and Evans'rpass
was a lame-duck for DeWayne
Patmon to intercept at the 21.
SECOND QUARTER:
Michigan runs 13 plays on its
ensuing drive to march down the
field. The drive stalls out at the
Wisconsin 12, but new starting
kicker Jeff Del Verne can't recover
from a high snap and misses the
29-yarder wide right.
On the final drive of the second
quarter, with 1:09 left. the
Wolverines moved quickly down
the field. Successful use of the
out-of-bounds line allowed for a
33-yard field goal by Del Verne as
the half expired.
Michigan 3, Wisconsin 3
THIRD QUARTER:
Following a Dave Petruziello fum-
ble recovery for Michigan, the
Wolverines began to gain momen-
tum. They didn't face a third
down until third and goal at the
Wisconsin 7. But the Badgers
stiffened again, and Michigan
accepted another Del Verne 33-
yarder as a consolation prize.
Michigan 6 Wisconsin 3
Wisconsin ended the quarter by
bouncing right back. Seven plays
in under three minutes positioned
the Badgers at the Michigan 20,
prepared to strike, as the third
quarter ended.
FOURTH QUARTER:
On third-and-goal at the 5,
Bollinger found Chad Kuhns on
the right side. The catch-and-run
got Kuhns into the end zone and
provided Wisconsin's only touch-
down of the day.
Wisconsin 10, Michigan 6
Facing a four-point deficit, the
Wolverines took their turn and ate
5:28 of clock by methodically
moving the ball. On second-and-
eight from the Wisconsin 15,
Henson rolled out of the pocket,'
in trouble. He threw across his
body, up for grabs, and David
Terrell jumped above the pile for
the touchdown.
Michigan 13, Wisconsin 10
Wisconsin's last gasp fell short at
a 42-yarder by Pisetsky was wide
to the left. Helped by a Henson
scramble on third down, the
Wolverines were successful in
killing the clock.
Final: Michigan 13, Wisconsin 10
WHO'S NEXT:
@PUR.DUE
Purdue has proved to be a crazy team. It
clicks about every other Saturday. This
past Saturday was one of those bad
days, as the Boilermakers failed to steal
a raad win at Fnt State,
Now they come back to Ross-Ade
Stadium to host Michigan for the first
time since 1996. Home expects to'be a
friendly place for Purdue, and Michigan
must he up to the task to steal a road
win there.
THE coNCERNs: Minor injuries to Norm
Boebert, Larry Foote and Chris Perry;
the intangibles associated wih playing a
wounded animal like Purdue
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BIG TEN STANDINGS
\'western crushes Michgan State;_Lions beat Purdue
EAST LANSING - No fluke. No
Yertime necessary.
Northwestern beat a ranked team for
e second straight week Saturday -
'me a 37-17 victory over Michigan
'ate. The victory follows a riveting 47-
I overtime win at Wisconsin, then
nked No. 7.
No one was better Saturday than
amien Anderson, who ran for two long
uchdowns and 219 yards on 25 carries.
m Long added three field goals for the
'ildcats.
Northwestern (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) used
ead offense to keep Michigan State
0-1) off balance early. The Wildcats
en shifted to a ground game in the see-
id half to eat up time.
"We have a long season to go. We
ve to stay focused, "Williams said.
Ve just have to rally the troops, reload,
d remain within the system"
Michigan State was unable to convert
veral big plays into scores, and the
>artans had two costly fumbles.
The game was tied at 10 after the first
rer, with Northwestern's Teddy
on a 39-yard scoring strike from
sk Kustok, and Michigan State's T.J.
ackett countering with an Il-yard
uchdown run.
Long kicked two field goals in the
cond quarter, and Andersen raced 32
rds for a touchdown.
Northwestern ran for 201 yards in the
If, to only 63 for Michigan State as
th teams used their pass attacks to reg-
ig gains and pose scoring threats.
derson scored again in the third
arter, breaking loose up the middle for
Il-yard run.
PENN STATE 22, No. 22 PURDUE 20
This one was for Adam Taliaferro.
Penn State, off to its worst start in 36
ars, took advantage of three special
ims errors by Purdue and beat the
ilermakers 22-20 on Saturday.
The Nittany Lions dedicated the game
Taliaferro, a freshman cornerback
seriously injured his spinal cord last
week against Ohio State.
"When you play with heart and emo-
tion, this is what happens," senior Justin
Kutpeikis said. "Adam had a hand in it
somehow. We ca"t help him back. But
we can make his road easier."
Taliaferro remains in a Philadelphia
hospital after successful spinal fusion
surgery Monday in Ohio. The Nittany
Lions wore No. 43 on the back of their
helmets to honor their fallen teammate.
"As a coach, it was my toughest
week," said Joe Paterno, who moved
within five victories of breaking Bear
Bryant's Division I-A record of 323
wins. "It was a struggle not knowing
how to handle the squad."
Travis Dorsch missed a 46-yard field
goal that would have given Purdue the
lead with 2:32 left, allowing Penn State
to beat a higher-ranked opponent for the
first time since 1996.
Earlier, two botched punts by Dorsch
led to two short Penn State touchdown
drives.
"Special teams have to think about it
for us to have a better chance of win-
ning,' Purdue quarterback Drew Brees
said. "Special teams have to clean it up.
Guys need to start taking pride."
Brees tied the Big Ten record with his
74th touchdown pass and also caught a
touchdown, but failed to beat Penn State
for the third time. His desperation pass
fell as time expired. Purdue (3-2, 1-1
Big Ten) hasn't beaten Penn State since
1951.
MINNESOTA 44, No. 24 ILLINOIS 10
- Minnesota's Tellis Redmon was a
backup one week ago, bounced from the
starting lineup by a fumble and the
promise shown by the redshirt freshman
who replaced him.
Redmon made quite a case for his per-
manent return to the starting job by
accumulating nearly 300 yards in the
Gophers' 44-10 victory over Illinois on
Saturday.
He rani for 183 yards on 31 carries,
gaining 11 of them in the first half, and
caught three passes for 116 yards.
Minnesota coach Glen Meson had set-
tled a quafterback controversy this week
by replaging Asad Abdul-Khaliq with
Travis C tle, who passed for 170 yards
and ran fIor 82 in three quarters against
the Illini'
Mason wasn't ready to choose
between 'Redmon, who was removed
from the; field after fumbling at Baylor,
or Thonuss Tapeh, who rushed for 183
yards ip that game but was limited
Saturdas by a foot injury.
The e ophers (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) over-
whelmcI the Illini (3-2, 0-2) much as
they did in a 37-7 victory last season, by
runing between the tackles. They
gained X64 yards rushing, just 3 fewer
than in that game last season.
Mist sstrpt Sr. 47, No.3 FLORIA 35
- Stee Spurrier couldn't understand all
the fus about Mississippi State beating
his thitid-ranked Florida Gators.
"Mississippi State ought to be embar-
rassed tearing down the goal posts after
beatini this team," the Florida coach
said.
But down they went, both of them,
after Mississippi State beat the defense-
less Grtors 47-35 on Saturday.
Florida scored on the game's last play
but cotldn't even attempt a conversion.
Sptkrier openly questioned his
defenae's effort after last week's poor
performance against Kentucky, and saw
no improvement against the Bulldogs.
Dicenzo Miller ran for 172 yards and
Dontag Walker had 156 for Mississippi
State..
Mississippi State gained 517 yards,
351 'n the ground. Miller and Walker
each bad a touchdown run, and Wayne
Madn ran for two scores and threw for
one.
It 'was the most yards rushing and
pointis allowed by Florida since a 62-24
loss to in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. The
The Spartans were the second-straight victim of Northwestern's surprise Big Ten
start. The Wildcats easily defeated Michigan State, 37-17.
Gators (4-1, 2-1) had minus-78 vards
rushing, the lowest ever under Spurrier.
Defensive coordinator Jon IHoke was
left to explain the second straight game
filled with missed tackles.
"I can't tackle for them" Hoke said.
"But the commuicatiot ott how to tack-
le is not getting taught."-
LoutISANA Sr. 38, No. I1 TENNESSEE
31 - For a night, Rosan Davey and the
Louisiana St. Tigers met every chal-
lenge.
Davev threw a 25-yard touchdown
pass -- his fourth of the game - to
Robert Royal on the first play of over-
time to give Louisiana St. a 338-31 victo-
ry over No. I I Tennessee on Saturday
night.
It was the first overtime game in Tiger
Stadium history, and sent the victory-
starved Louisiana St. fans swarming
onto the field, where they quickly top-
pled both goal posts.
After Louisiana St. scored, Tennessee
drove to the 3, but third- and fourth-
down passes to the end zone were bro-
ken up by cornerback Damien James.
"They weren't doing anything unex-
pected," said Tennessee defensive back
Teddy Gaines. "We came out kind of
flat and it took us a while to realize we
had a ball game on our hands.'"
Tennessee did not score a touchdown
until the third quarter, then scored 25
second-half points. The Vols, who over-
came an 18-point deficit, tied it at 31
with 1:30 left in regulation on A.J.
Suggs' 16-yard scoring pass to Cedrick
Wilson, and Suggso' pass to Eric Parker
on the 2-point conversion.
"This is one of the most hostile envi-
ronments we 've been in, " Suggs said.
"I thought we played well considering
that."
Team
Michigan
Northwestern
Ohio State
Indiana
Minnesota
Purdue
Penn State
Michigan State
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ble Ten
2 0
2 0
1 0
1 0
1 1
1 1
11
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
Overall
4 1
4 1
4 0
2 2
3 2
3 2
2 4
3 1
3 2
3 2
05
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WEEKEND'S BEST
NORTHWESTERN CONTINUES ROLL:
Northwestern has now victimized
Wisconsin and Michigan State.
And it has conquered both on the
road. Suffice it to say that, as of
now, the Wildcats are the ones
who are truly leading the Big Ten.
Fur of its remaining six confer-
We games are at home.
Some might have fretted when
Gavin Hoffman left the
Northwestern program, but Zak
Kustok has stepped in admirably
over the past two seasons. His
growth as a quarterback, com-
bined with the underrated skill of
running back Damien Anderson,
make Northwestern a team to
watch. How far can this team go,
now that it believes in itself?
higan has a chance to let the
Wildcats cool their jets. The
Wolverines don't play
Northwestern until Nov. 4 at Ryan
Field. By then, the Wildcats' place
in the Big Ten pileup will be made
much clearer.
One thing's for sure: Gary Barnett
and his 0-5 record are in hell now.
HOW THE AP TOP 25 FARED
Associated Press Poll for week of October 6th
Games updated through September 31st.
NEW AP
TOP 25
(first-place votes in parentheses)
TEAM PTS PVS
SABAN RIDES AGAIN: While his
Spartans were falling to
Northwestern up in East Lansing,
Michigan State exile Nick Saban
was down in Baton Rouge,
knocking off No. 11 Tennessee.
Saban's Tigers almost blew it
- after seizing a 24-6 lead,
Louisiana State let Tennessee
send the game into overtime at
31-31 by missing a field goal in
the final seconds of regulation.
When Tennessee's fourth-down
pass from inside the five-yard
line was batted away, the
crowdstormed the field in cele-
bration of the upset.
1. Nebraska
2. Florida State
3. Florida
4. Virginia Tech
5. Kansas State
16. Washington
7. Clemson
8. Southern Cal
9. Michigan
10. Miami
11. Tennessee
12. Ohio State
13. Texas
14. Oklahoma
15. UCLA
16. Texas Christian
17. Wisconsin
18. Michigan State
19. Auburn
20. Oregon
21. Southern Mississippi
22. Purdue
23. South Carolina
24. Illinois
25. Georgia
beat Missouri 42-24
beat Maryland 59-7
lost Mississippi State 47-35
beat Boston College 48-34
beat Colorado 44-21
lost at Oregon 2316
beat Duke 52-22
lost at Oregon State 3121
beat Wisconsin 13-10
beat Rutgers 646
lost at Louisiana State 38-31
idle
beat Oklahoma State 42-7
beat Kansas 34-16
beat Arizona State 38-31
beat Navy 24-0
lost at Michigan 13-10
lost to Northwestern 37-17
beat Vanderbilt 33-0
beat washington 2316
beat Memphis 243
lost to Penn State 22-20
lost to Alabama 27-17
lost to Minnesota 44.10
beat Arkansas 387
at Iowa State
at Miami (F.)
Louisiana State
Temple
at Kansas
Oregon State
North Carolina State
Arizona
at Purdue
Florida State
at Georgia
at Wisconsin
Oklahoma (Dallas)
Texas (Dallas)
idle
Hawaii
Ohio State
at lowa
at Mississippi State
idle
South Florida
Michigan
at Kentucky
idle
Tennessee
1. Florida State (42) 5-0
2. Nebraska (28) 4-0
3. Virginia Tech 4-0
4. Kansas State (1) 5-0
5. Clemson 5-0
6. Michigan 4-1
7. Miami Fla 3-1
8. Ohio St 4-0
9. Oregon 4-1
10. Oklahoma 4-0
11. Texas 3-1
12. Florida 4-1
13. Washington 3-1
14. Texas Christian 4-0
15. Auburn 5-0
16. UCLA 4-1
17. S. Mississippi 3-1
18. Southern Cal 3-1
19. Georgia 3-1
20. Mississippi St 3-1
21. Tennessee 22
22. Northwestern 4-1
23. Oregon State 4-0
24. Wisconsin 3-2
25. Notre Dame 2-2
1,745
1,731
1,576
1,574
1,451
1,353
1,274
1,218
1,031.
1,017
999
940
920
875
869
831
608
514
455
406
364
312
279
210
118
2
1
4
5
7
9
10
12
20
14
13
3
6
16
19
15
21
8
25
NR
11
NR
NR
17
NR
THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS
MIcHIGAN 13, WIsconsin 10
Northwestern 37, MicHIsN STuTE 17
PENN STATE 22, Purdue 20
INDIANA 45, Iowa 33
MINNEsoTA 44, Illinois 10
SATURDAY'S GAMES
Michigan at Purdue
Indiana at Northwestern
Michigan State at owa
Penn State at Minnesota
Ohio State at Wisconsin
'M' SCHEDULE
Date
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Nov. 4
Nov. 11
Non. 18
Qoonent Time-TV/Result
BoWuNG GREEN W. 42-7
RICe W,38-7
at UCLA L 23-20
at Illinois W, 35-31
WISCOsNI w, 13-10
at Purdue Noon, ABC
INDIANA 3:30, ABC
M Nu S Sort T3:30, ABC
at Northwestern TBA
PENN STATE TBA
at Ohio State Noon, ABC
Dropped Out: No. 18 Michigan State, No. 22
Purdue, No. 23 South Carolina, No. 24
Ilinois
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