The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 23, 2000 - 58 1A I The QB comparison !: Drew Henson Saturday: 17-of-31 for 138 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 54.8 percent Season: 80-of-128 for 1025 yards, 7 TD, 0 INT, 62.5 percent in five games Ryan Van Dyke Saturday: 26-for-37 for 292 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT, 70.3 percent Season: 51-of-92 for 610 yards, 3 TD, 6 INT, 55.4 percent in four games ADVANTAGE: Van Dyke Anthony Thomas Saturday: 25 carries, 175 yards, avg. 7.0, 2 TD Season: 186 carries, 1121 yards, 6.0 avg. 12 TD in eight games T.i. Duckett Saturday: 17 carries, 70 yards, 4.1 avg., 0 TD, 1 fumble Running back battle it -' ' t > 7 '' r ,,, ; :>;. < .% ',' n: % Season: 171 carries, 960 yards, 5.6 avg. 5 TD in seven games ADVANTAGE: Thomas A Boilermakers squeeze by Wisconsin on OT field goal block MADISON (AP) - Craig Terrill won't mind the welt on his chest this week. The freshman defensive tackle blocked Vitaly etsky's 58-yard field-goal attempt in overtime and Ashante Woodvard returned it 36 yards for a touchdown as 17th-ranked Purdue beat Wisconsin 30-24 on Saturday. "I squeezed through and it hit me right in the chest," Terrill said. "I couldn't believe it. I went after the ball, and Ashante just flew by me." Woodvard said he wanted the block, "but I don't mind somebody else getting the glory." And the bruise that goes with it. The Boilermakers (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) won the coin toss in overtime and elected to defend. The Badgers (4-4, 1-4) only went backward. Michael Bennett was stuffed for no gain and Jim Sorgi threw an incomplete pass in the end zone. After a false start, Sorgi was sacked by Akin Ayodele on third-and-15. That brought up fourth-and-25 from the 40 and after a high snap, Pisetsky's kick was flat. Woodyard scooped up the bouncing ball, shook of Pisetsky and outraced holder Kevin Stemke along e Boilermakers' sideline. Woodvard's teammates alongside him, then tackled him after he pranced into the end zone. The Badgers must win three of its final four games just to earn a bowl bid in a season that began with national championship aspirations. No. 14 OHIo STXIIr 38, IowA 10: Ohio State gave Iowa a different look Saturday, but the result was the same. Steve Bellisari threw for a career-high 315 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Buckeyes to a 38- victory over Iowa, the Hawkeves' 16th loss in / games. It was Ohio State's seventh-straight win in the series and extended its overall record to 41- 13-3 against the Hiawkeves, who last beat the Buckeyes in Kinnick Stadium in 1983. "We did a lot of different things today. We went to three wide receiver sets. We ran the ball out of it. We threw the ball out of it and that's something we haven't done all year. It's a new look for us,, said Bellesari. whose previous best was 240 yards against Arizona earlier this season. Ohio State capitalized on early turnovers by Mwa and scored on its first four possessions to -e charge by halftime -- vastly different than Ohio State's 29-17 loss last week to Minnesota in which the Buckeyes trailed 17-3 after the first quarter. All was not perfect, however, for the Buckeyes. They ran for only 108 yards. 71 yards below their average, and committed l I penalties for 104 yards. INDIANA 51, No. 23 MNiNNiEsoTA 43: Antwaan Randle El can catch the ball, too. The Indiana quarterback rushed for a career- * h 210 yards and two touchdowns, passed for 263 yards and two more scores and set up Levron Williams for three touchdown runs. But it was his recovery of a Minnesota onside kick with less than two minutes to go that pre- served the loosiers' 51-43 victory over the Gophers on Saturday. "I wanted the ball kicked to me so I could get the ball in my hands and cover it up," Randle El said. "If we don't cover it up, they have a chance." The two teams combined for almost 1,100 yards total oftense, including a career-high 473 by FOURSOME After Indiana's upset of Minnesota this past weekend, four teams remain tied for Big Ten leader. Next weekend will knock at least one more team off this list. A bye leaves Michigan in the clear as the other conference leaders go head to head with each other. With only three (or four) more weeks left of competition, this race has come down to the wire. Here is who the top four teams have left on their schedules: Michigan (4-1): bye, at Northwestern, Penn State, at Ohio State Northwestern (3-1): at Minnesota, Michigan, at Iowa, Illinois Purdue (4-1): Ohio State, bye, at Michigan State, Indiana Ohio State (3-1): at Purdue, Michigan State, at Illinois, Michigan Randle El. Both of his touchdown runs came late in the fourth quarter, then after the final touch- down by the Gophers, Randle El recovered the onside kick and Indiana (3-4, 2-2 Big Ten) ran out the clock. Minnesota rallied from a 24-6 deficit to 37-35 with just over nine minutes to go. The Gophers had a chance to take the lead after Randle El fumbled on the next possession, but Indiana got the ball back three plays later on an interception by Sharrod Wallace. Randle El rushed four times, including once for 35 yards to the Minnesota six, and two plays later he scored from the 3 for a 44-35 lead. Indiana got the ball back seconds later when Minnesota's Travis Cole was sacked by Justin Smith and fum- bled at the Gophers' 29. No. 2 VIR(INIA TiXCi 22, SYR.ACts: 14: The Carrier Dome jinx is over for Virginia Tech. Barely. Lee Suggs scored twice on short runs in the third quarter and Michael Vick raced 55 yards for another score with under two minutes remaining Saturday night as the second-ranked Hokies (7-0, 5-0 Big East) held off Syracuse 22-14 to remain in the hunt for the national championship. And they did it with defense, intercepting four passes and making the Orangemen pay for their mistakes. Syracuse gained a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and never scored again. Tech has 18 inter- ceptions on the season. The game turned in the third quarter with the Hokies trailing 14-3. After a punt pinned the Orangemen inside the 5, quarterback Troy Nunes slipped on a third-down snap and fill backward across the goal line. Instead of taking the safety, though, he threw the ball down the middle of the field and Willie Pile easily intercepted it at the 15 and returned it to the 5. It was the first of three interceptions by the Tech safety. Suggs scored his 13th rushing touchdown of the season two plays later and the IHokies trailed 14-9 with 6:24 remaining when Vick's two-point con- version pass was dropped by Emmett Johnson. Maurice Jackson then went from hero to goat when Syracuse got the ball back. After catching a GAME PROGRESSION FIRST QUARTER: Repeating their feat from the Purdue game, the Wolverines take the opening kickoff and conduct a disciplined, sustained drive that results in a touchdown. Michigan converted three third downs on the drive. Anthony Thomas scored from one yard out to eclipse Tyrone Wheatley's record and give the Wolverines the lead. The drive took 12 plays and 4:29 of clock. .-.-.-.-.. ----. . -.. -- - . -. Michigan 7, Michigan State o The teams punted back and forth to each other for three posses- sions. Then Michigan began to move again. The Wolverines again converted three third downs, but they couldn't convert the fourth. Distance kicker Hayden Epstein came on for a 54-yard field goal, but it hit the right upright and bounced away. SECOND QUARTER: Michigan State came back with a drive of its own. Three straight carries by T.J. Duckett got things off on a good note for the Spartans as they pulled into field- goal range. Then they started to get away from Duckett. Van Dyke was tack- led behind the line of scrimmage twice on first and second down. A third-down pass was short, and the Spartans had to settle for a field-goal try. But David Schaefer's 50-yarder was short. Two Hayden Epstein punts downed at the Michigan State 1- yard line helped keep the Spartans from mounting any fur- ther drives the rest of the half. THIRD QUARTER: The Spartans took the opening kickoff and began a march to try and tie the game. Duckett keyed the drive, with nine rushes over the course of the drive. Michigan apparently had the drive stalled, as Larry Stevens sacked Van Dyke for a loss of, 12 on third down. yut the Wolverines were penalized for holding, and Michigan State had another chance at a first down, which it converted. That set up the defensive sequence of the day by Michigan. First down was a one-yard gain by Duckett to the Michigan 1. Larry Foote hit Duckett for a one-yard loss on second down. Third down was the play. Van Dyke option pitched to Duckett, who was hit by Victor Hobson. Duckett fumbled, and the ball went bounc- ing toward the sideline. Foote slid to keep the ball from rolling out of ' play, and Eric Wilson fell on it. Michigan State came away with no points. Michigan took the opportunity to stick it to the Spartans with a five-play, 92-yard drive. A rum- bling 30-yard scamper by Thomas gave Michigan a 14-0 lead. Michigan 14, Michigan State O FOURTH QUARTER: With nothing to lose, Michigan State had three fourth-down con- versions in the final quarter. The Spartans were unable to convert on any one of them. Michigan took over each time and attempted to control the clock with its solid running game. The Wolverines were able to move the ball enough to keep the clock run- ning down, and time ran out on Michigan State's chances to get back into contention. Final: Michigan 14, Michigan State 0 WHAT'S NEXT: >YE WEEK This season's bye week comes at an opportune time for the Wolverines. They can rest emotionally after a physically and mentally bruising victory over Michigan State. They can practice light- ly and rest their wounded. And they can watch their Nov. 4 oppo- nent, Northwestern, battle it out at Minnesota next week. Obviously, one loss in any of Michigan's three remaining games - at Northwestern, Penn State, at Ohio State - would knock it from Big Ten title con- tention. This week serves as an opportu- nity to restore that focus. ................................................................. BIG TEN STANDINGS . AP PHOTO Wisconsin receiver Chris Chambers (8) catches a touchdown pass in front of Purdue's Chris Clopton (23) during the second quarter Saturday. 19-yard pass from Nunes, he fumbled while strug- "ling for extra yards and Tech's Jake louseright recovered and returned it II yards to the Syracuse Suggs gave the lokies the lead for good on a I- yard run with 2:49 left in the period, but Syracuse trailed 15-14 when Vick's conversion pass fell incomplete. LousiaNA SI. 45, No. 13 MissIsisPPi Sr. 38 (UT): LaBrandon Toefield scored on a 13-yard run on the. first possession of overtime to give Louisiana State a 45-38 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night. L.ouisiana State then held Mississippi State on a fourth-and-2 from the 17. Wayne Madkin tried to scramble for a first down, but was stopped well short by Jeremy Lawrence and Teverance Faulk. Toefield finished with 119 yards and two touch- downs, as Louisiana St. gained 220 yards on the ground against a Mississippi State run defense that entered the game No. I in the country, allowing 24 yards. The Bulldogs forced overtime when Madkin found Justin Griffith from 3 yards out with 1:59 left to tie it at 38. Three straight touchdown drives by the Tigers turned a 14-point deficit into a 38-31 Louisiana St. lead with 4:54 to play. Domanick Davis scored on two three-yard runs and Josh Booty hooked up with Josh Reed for a 20-yard scoring play. Mississippi State finally revived its offense and put together a drive that had the Bulldogs first- and-goal at the 3. The Tigers held for two plays, but on third-and-goal at the 5, Madkin found Justin Griffith wide open to tie it at 38 with 1:59 left. Team Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Purdue Ohio State Illinois Indiana Penn State Iowa Wisconsin Michigan State Bi Ten 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 Overall 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 1 4 2 2 4 2 5 1 6 4 3 3 3 WEEKEND'S BEST HOW THE AP TOP 25 FARED Associated Press Poll for week of October 16. Games updated through October 22. NEW AP TOP 25 ORDINARY VICK REBOUNDS TO LEAD VT: An un-Heisman-like Michael Vick was held to only nine net yards rushing and 75 yardsE passing in Syracuse. The Orangemen were deter- mined to AP rebound from Nebraska destroyed Baylor 59-0. The Cornhuskers scored a school record 38 points in the first quarter and led the Bears 52-0 at half. Baylor learned first-hand that Nebraska has more running backs than the rest of the Big 12 com- bined, as four I-backs rushed for over 60 yards en route to 459 rush- ing yards by Nebraska. RANDLE EL ACCOUNTS FOR 473 YARDS: It's not often that a running back r' chocr fnr tr rn n +-.,,hr..n r. 'nnri (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Nebraska 2. Virginia Tech 3. Oklahoma 4. Miami (Fla.) 5. Clemson 6. Florida State 7. Oregon 8. Florida 9. Washington 10. Kansas State 11. Texas Christian beat Baylor 59-0 beat Syracuse 22-14 idle beat Temple 45-17 beat North Carolina 3&24 beat Virginia 37-3 beat No. 21 Arizona 14-10 idle beat California 3&24 beat Texas Tech 2&23 beat Tulsa 17-3 at No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Pittsburgh vs. No. 1 Nebraska vs. Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Tech at No. 24 NC State at Arizona State vs. No. 12 Georgia at Stanford at Texas A&M vs. Rice TEAM 1. Nebraska (67) 2. Virginia Tech 3. Oklahoma (3) 4. Miami (Fla.) 5. Clemson 6. Florida St. 7. Oregon 8. Florida 9. Washington 10. Kansas State 11. TCUt 12. Ohio State 7-0 7-0 6-0 5-1 8-0 7-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 7-1 6-0 6-1 PTS 1,747 1.605 1,599 1,532 1,495 1,420 1,309 1,247 1,141 1,072 1,014 881 PVS 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS MICHIGAN 14, Michigan State 0 Purdue 30, WiscoNSIN 24 (OT) Ohio State 38, IowA 10 PENN STATE 39, Illinois 25 Northwestern id SATURDAY'S GAMES Northwestern at Minnesota, noon Wisconsin at Iowa, 2 p.m. Penn State at Indiana, 7 p.m. Illinois at Michigan State, TBA Michigan idle I Wv I I