2 -The ichigan Daily -- FooTBALLSATURDAY - October 21, AO 0 0 FOOTALL SATURDAY 6320M The Mhgan Dagy David Den Herder Chris"Duprey Mark Francescutti Stephanie Offen ..........Football writers Mike Spahn ...................Editor in Chief David Den Herder ..........Sports Editor Jewel Gopwani .............News Editor Emily Achenbaum............Editorial Editor Gabe Fajuri, Christopher Kula .... Arts Editors Louis Brown, Jessica Johnson. .Photo Editors Rachel Berger, Paul Wong...Online Editors Mark J. Thomford. ...,.Business Manager Jeanine Mouileseaux...Special Sections Mgr. Sarah Estella .....Display Sales Manager Brent Traidman...Assoc. Display Manager Matt Andrews, Ayalla Barkai. Bradley Davies. Jacob Fenton. Jennifer Fratarcangeli. Jareid Halajian, Jen Houtzer. Simron Hui. Kelli Knney. Jenfer Laming. Julie Lpsetz. Vnh Nguyen, Pranisa Pothpan, Genn Pow las. Jennfer Roosa, Jarnie Rose, Nicole Segel. Julie St. C lair, George Va\ aroutSOS ............................Display Staff Dana Linnane.... .Advertising Production Mgr. Vnh Nguyen...................Head Designer Joy Szilagy..............Production Assistant Proof reader ...................... Nisha Sachd Lauren Aposnran, Anne Fix, Tyler Nordstrom, Meinda Trombley..............Display Staff Cover photo: NORMAN NG/ Daily GAME ?70!W (first-place votes in parentheses) T .'gx Da ,ISS% 0745.967 i+s ouGr shcO \1ocla- rogr 5~~~ -j ~ "i.- :~gp s105. 7 SSC rn's~urriA . 'ii C g3'0 is s a s-'" _.s o x, Aso 5cnaP' Pie~ ' ASs-._.., Co : r PPS AO r5. t "~ M - ganDa !v. 420 ,,.., a 5' . ...ApO, . :.3"='- : ' .327.PHC)'dE N\IjMBERS °; Oor%052 ni74-58C ass'!edadicer-s ~~~~~g ~ ~ ~ " 7GO5.sc ~ s- ~548g764,0550,iE- I._ ...0 < V ..5g, 37'u. FOOTBALL SATURDAY Football Saturday. to those titho0 know the Nlichigan athetic tradtion,.is an institution unparalleled in excitement and spirit. From the action on the field to the "I) ing niarshmallov.s in the stands. the Big House becomes the center of life in Ann Arbor each Fall. every tine the Wolvernes tak~e the field," And So read the introduction to the first edition of Footbal Saturday published in 1997. Merely freshmen during that memorable season, your nevwest cast of Daly football writers represents the last ie to those student-journal sts who had the courage to innovate. Stil the best part of Footbali Saturday? Easy. The vters. photograhers and producers are students- just lik.e the players on the pages ahead. Enjoy. - The Football Writers TEAM 1. Nebraska (66) 2. Virginia Tech (1) 3. Oklahoma (4) 4, Miami (Fla.) 5. Clemson 6. Florida State 7. Oregon 8. Florida 9. Washington 10. Kansas State 11. Texas Christian 12. Georgia 13. Mississippi State 14. Ohio State 15. Southern Miss 16. Michigan 17. Purdue 18. South Carolina 19. Oregon State 20. Notre Dame 21. Arizona 22. Minnesota 23. UCLA 6-0 6-0 6-0 4-1 7-0 6-1 5-1 6-1 5-1 6-1 5-0 51 4-1 5-1 5-1 5-2 52 6-1 51 4-2 5-1 5-2 4-2 PTS 1,770 1.656 1.603 1.546 1.523 1.439 1.290 1,242 1,147 1,118 1.042 898 865 854 845 737 586 517 493 458 378 227 210 183 146 P VS 1 3 8 4 5 7 9 10 11 2 12 14 15 6 16. 21 24 23 20 22 NR 13 NR 17 OCT_.2000 ARTS EN ADNfrAr 'Dr. T,' 'Ladies Man' find that F -ma By Leslie Boxer Da.ily A-rts Writer w. Thr-oughout his career. Robert A\ltmantl has never portray-ed women well. In fact, AIL History points to the winner as the team that wins* ,the running game. That puts the pressure on Michigan's Anthony Thomas. DAW V OLOSH-OIX D , , - ,. -: Dr. T& the Women Grade: F At Showcase and Quality 16 his films have cr'e- ated such awful womeni characters that hie has been accused of being a Altmnan's latest film, "Dr. T. & the Women," is all about women -- there is even an attempt to glorify them to a certain degree. In his vel - it is long-,horng, and niowhere near entertaini 112. Richard Gere plays Dr. Sully Travis, a Dallas gy necologist, whose life is comn- pletely lfocused on w omen. lieI is a dot- ino and loving husband, w~ho loves his wife (Farrah Fawcett) so much that she becomes mentally ill. His eldest daitizh- ter (Kate Hudson), a cheerleader, is get- ting married even- though she is a les- bian, his youngest dauglhter (Tara, Reid) works at the JFK conspiracy museum and must be involved in all of the wed- ding decisions and his sister (Laura Dern) is a drunken-divorced mother of three girls. In addition, he is the most popular gynecologist in town and seems to Service every Dallas socialite. His staff is all women and his head nurse (Shelly Long) has a crush on him. All of the women in Sully's life are identical: They are upper class, well dressed, non-discript ladies, That is, until hie meets Bree (Helen Hunt), the one woman who is different from all of the rest. B~ree is an assistant gYolf-pro w ho knows what she wants and does not just want to be taken care of by a man- she actually has a mind of her own. Sully is refreshed by this women and falls for her effortless charms. Of tihe many characters in this film, only four at-c men: Richard Gere and his three golfing/bunting friends. The three friends are indistinguishable and essen- tially have no role other than to show that Sully does know some men. Needless to say, these men fade into the background easily amidst the brightly colored, ani- mal print wearing, fur toting, Dallas w~omen. Sully seems to truly revere women. He names his hunting rifle after a women, he believes that each one is special, unique and should be ci seems to be Robert Altura with respect to x".0men. Yetc of his deference to thef Women, hie sees them as cl need to be w~atched over at of. This is wThy Bree, a s( women, is so amazing to St most disturbing is the patients conduct themselves ing room. Altman has made women revolting- they an and impatient and whine lik Each of the office scenes at Regardless of the way) trays women, the film is tern The plot is suspect, the pretty poor and the endinl sense. Overall three prettyr tures for the film. I belie movie is simply a vehicle ft capture a live birth on carr 24. North Carolina State 5-1 25. Northwestern 5-2 Dropped Out: No. 19 Auburn, No. 25 Texas New leaders compete for Bunyan trophy I By Stephanie Offen R )aiv Sports Lditr With lMlitlncsota absent from the \Vol\ critics' Schedule once again this seasonl, fans miss the annual tradin. of the Brown Jutg. But this Saturday, those fans w~ill be relieved, as a lcsscr-kno\v i trophy will be awarded. A tradit ion of o1\ 1in10a Paul Bunyan statue to the w\inner of the in-state rivalry ilame began w hen Michigan State joined the Big Ten. The small wooden statue Was donat- ed ill 1953 by Gov ernor G. NMennen Williams and depicts a largae lumber- jack holding an a~x over a map of the state. The trophy currently belongs to the Spartans. Last season Michigan State beat the WVolverines in East Lansing. 34-31, giving then-No.3 Michigan its first loss of the season. Its hard to forget that game or tw\o specific Spartans -~ Plaxico Burress and Bill Burke. The quartetback-wide receiver duo combined for 235 reedy=- ing var-ds and a touchdown I and B~urke had 400 total passing y ards. But neither of those Spartans are back this season. Instead, the Spartans hav e had similar problems to the Wolverines at the quarterback position. Junior Rvan \''.n1Dyke, who was projected rbelbre tihe season~ as Michigan State's starting quarterback. sprainled his thumb in the first quarter of the Spartans' debut game against MarsihallI. Who took his place'' A f'reshiman, with no game experience. Sound familiar'? Van Dyke, a nativ e of Mlarshall, located on the west side of the state, anld Brighton nativ e Drew H-enson were two incredibly well-known prospects in the state wxhen they gradu- ated high school in 1998. They never played against each other but H enson said that they were mladle vcrv aware of one another fromi rcrfuiting0 Illagazies and mledia inquiries. "Those twxo wxere the imost higwhl\ touted players to come out olf this state at the same tulle - mlax be Lce'er, Michigan coach Lloyd Cloar said. H enson struggled last season in thec loss to the Spartans. Down 11by 1 0. Hlenson wa intercepted as thle WVolverincs tried to mount thecir come- back. lie was replaced by TomnlBrady. who11 went 30-for-41, but Bradyv did not have ellotich time to et the \ Ictorv. Van Dvkc will face the \Volxernnes after losing his first complete ga.tm last weekend to Wisconsin. But the focus of' Michigan State this season hlas been thle defenise. xxhich is currently leading the Big Tcn. Despite their 0-3 coniference record, the Spartans arc only gixving tullanlax erage of 297 vard s per gamie. "~Give those guys a lot of credit and it's nice to look at the stats and see that this unlit leads thle Big Teti in total decfense;"'N;Mich iganl State coach Bobby Williams said. "Hopefully. wxe can continlue to play xwell on defenlse but most imlportantly, xve need to vv in some football games." The Michigan State defense stopped Michigan's runlning gamei last season. allowing the W\olverines just six rush- ing yards. But things ha\ve chatnged fior ;Michigan's runing backs anid often- siyc line this season. 'A'e have more yards rushimnt noxx thatn we had all last year'. That means a lot;' offensive lineman .leff'Lackus salid. Anlother statistic that may c iw etile WVolverines confidence is that the Spartans have riot beaten Michligan ill back-to-back games since the 1966- '67 seasons. But nothing is forl sure in this game. The only thing that aill the planers can ag!ree in is that the records can be tlirowtn Out the window. Whloever- wanlts it 11101-e Saturday wxill take home tile victorV - and a fOurI- foot tall wooden statue. attempt to painlt a more realistic portrait of women, Altnmn has lost his ability to tell a good story "Dr. T." is mindless dri- By Chris Kula Daily Arts Editor Umn yeah, this mlovie is wxhat I call niasty. I had the lights turnied down low, I ihad my bottle of Carvassier. I even had a lady -- 0011, it's a lady - by my side. I wxas all ready for "The L~adies Mail," the newest film inth ie proud tradition of "Saturday Niglht Live" sketches-turned-mnovies. Instead. I got a slit sanidwich. "The I adics Matn" just mlighlt be thle nmost unfunny of any SNL film, sx.:..aaiic" X'VOXS-5Wssd+:# ! PJi , IN ALIANCE WITH ANN ARM8OR NEWS, BAY CITY TWMEE FLINT JOUR~NAL, GRAND RAPIO PRESS, JACKSON CITIZEN W1MIT. KALAMAZOO GAZETE MUSKEGON CHRONICLE, SAGINAW NEWS N t , o4 .i s%,." : 7 1 , ZI Z I I