T f T -jr -W lw _W w -W -I 4B -- The Michigan Daily - FOOTBALL SATURDAY - Friday, September 21, 2001 Conference schedule begins with several key games After the initial conference openers were delayed due to last week's tragedy, college football is welcomed These stories were originally printed last Monday in The Michigan Daily's special section dedicated to the people and places affected by the terrorist attacks on the United States. ]UdN8 Sr By Eric Chan For the Daily As college football play resumes this week, we are faced with a week where few ranked teams outside of the Big Ten are playing other strong teams. But, key match-ups for SEC and PAC-10 teams are on the horizon. SOUTHERN CAL. (1-1) AT No. 7 OREGON (2-0), 10:15 P.M., Fox SPORTS NET: This Pac 10 ACROSS TH game is definitely one worth watching, as it features one NATON of the nation's best quarter- backs against what looks to be a very solid Southern Cal. defense. Oregon quarterback and Heisman candidate Joey Harrington is one of college football's biggest offensive threats. In the Ducks' opener a few weeks ago, Harrington burned Wisconsin for 277 yards while throwing two touchdowns and rushing for a third. Two weeks ago, Southern Cal. held twelfth- ranked Kansas State to only ten points. With this in mind, we must ask ourselves: Did Pete Carroll work a miracle with a Southern Cal. defense that was sub-par in 2000? Or was Kansas State's lack of offense just a fluke? Well, Carroll didn't do much with the New England Patriots' defense in his short stint there, so it's probably the latter. At home, Oregon has won 22 straight. Make that 23 after this Saturday. Oregon 35, Southern Cal. 17 No. 2 FLORIDA (2-0) AT KENTUCKY (1-1), 12:30 P.M.: Kentucky has the home field advan- tage here so it should be able to pull the upset. Wait, no...scratch that - the Wildcats are going to get killed. Florida is the No. 2 team in the nation and thus far, the Gators have annihilated their opponents. In its first two games, Florida averaged 52 points per game and 431 yards. Leading the Gators' offense is quarterback Rex Grossman, who is currently fifth in the nation in passing yards with 706 yards. In its first two contests, Kentucky allowed an average of 28 points and almost 300 total yards to mediocre Louisville and Ball State squads. The Wildcats need to come through with some big plays if they want to stay within 30 points. Well, what happens when you combine a nasty, relentless Florida offense with Kentucky's less-than-stellar defense? Think Michael Jordan vs. Brian Ellerbe in one-on-one ball ... Florida 41, Kentucky 6 No. 5 FLORIDA STATE (2-0) AT NORTH CAROLINA (0-3), NOON: With this match-up on Saturday, we'll see one team that's at the top of its game and another that has essentially sucked thus far. The Tar Heels just can't get a break this year. They've started off the schedule against three tough teams - Oklahoma, Maryland and Texas. Now, after a cancelled game against Southern Methodist - a team they likely would have beat- en -- the Tar Heels have to play the fifth-ranked Seminoles. Florida State redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Rix has stepped in quite nicely for the departed Chris Weinke. It's hard to come out of the shadow of a Heisman winner, but Rix has done the job. In Florida State's most recent game against Alabama-Birmingham, Rix completed 15 of 23 passes for 246 yards. Then again, it was Alabama-Birmingham ... The Seminoles' freshman quarterback has fared better than North Carolina's senior quarter- back. The Tar Heels had high expectations this year for Ronald Curry, but thus far, Curry has not been able to find his arm - he hasn't thrown a touchdown yet this season, and even worse, he's been picked four times. Can you say, "0-and-4"? North Carolina will be able to. Florida State 37, North Carolina 7 No. 15 FRENO STATE (3-0) AT TULSA (1-0), 3 P.M.: If you've ever watched the NCAA Tournament, you'll know who the Gonzaga on tower' By Jacquelyn Nixon Daily Staff Reporter CANTON TOWNSHIP- Whe Patricia Whalen's daughters - 23-yea old Meredith and 21-year-old Kristen - returned to their childhood home fc Labor Day weekend, Whalen never antic ipated this would be the last time sl would see one of them again. "You always think it happens to some body else;' Whalen said last weekend. Meredith, a 2000 University of Michigan Business School graduate, worked as a research analyst for Fred Alger Management Inc. on the 93rd floor of World Trade Center Tower One. "She thrived in New York," Whalen Merideth Whalen said. "Her presence, confidence ... mad her able to handle one of the firm biggest clients." Whalen received a call the morning o Sept. 1 from Kristen, a student at th University of North Carolina, who aler ed her that a plane had crashed into th World Trade Center. "I saw the antenna and I knew it wa her tower," Whalen said. "I was trying t count down how many floors, but ther was too much smoke." She called Meredith's roommate Mary Kowalczyk, to confirm what tim her daughter had left for work that morr AP PHOTO Oregon State's quarterback Jonathan Smith (No. 9) is stopped near the first down marker by Fresno State two weeks ago. This weekend, the Bulldogs will look to stop Tulsa. Bulldogs are. Everyone loves watching the Bulldogs because they're known as a Cinderella team. This game doesn't feature Gonzaga, but it fea- tures another Cinderella Bulldogs squad - Fresno State. Thus far, Fresno State is undefeated, having beaten some of the toughest teams in the nation in Colorado, Oregon State and Wisconsin. The main reason why the Bulldogs have been able to win is quarterback David Carr. Carr has turned a lot of heads, especially among NFL scouts. He looks to be in the huge pack of players with Heisman aspirations. In three games this season, Carr has thrown for 778 yards and 7 touchdowns, only one inter- ception, and has a completion percentage of 59.3 percent. Fresno State shouldn't be too worried about Tulsa, but it shouldn't send out the reserves either. Tulsa's Josh Blankenship went 29 of 35 with 337 yards and two touchdowns in his first game. If Fresno State can keep the pressure on Blankenship, and Carr keeps doing what he's been doing, the Bulldogs should have their first 4-0 start since 1991. Fresno State 51, Tulsa 24 ALABAMA (1-1) VS. ARKANSAS (1-1), 3:30 P.M.: Five or six years ago this game would have been a highly anticipated game. But when they play Saturday, it will be a battle between two mediocre, unranked, has-been teams. Alabama has had tailback problems since spring training camp, so look for the Tide to look to veteran quarterback Andrew Zow for most of its offensive production. Arkansas' main weapon, or what was supposed to be its main weapon, is running back Cedric Cobbs, he looked so-so this season, and in order to win, he'll have to come throxugh. Though Alabama is unranked, it looked impressive in its opener against UCLA, losing a tight one 20-17. With the home field advantage, the Crimson Tide should be able to take this one ... but who really cares? Alabama 24, Arkansas 10 Virginia (1-1) at No.18 Clemson (2-0), Saturday, 5:45 p.m.: The Clemson coaching staff and fans came into this year with the highest expectations for Woodrow Danztler. Long before the season began, many picked him as the favorite to win the Heisman. Dantzler has recently pulled what we can politely call "a Charlie Batch"; meaning he hasn't played poorly enough to get him bad press, but he also hasn't done anything that great. So far, he's done just enough for Clemson to be 2-0. In two games, Dantzler has thrown for a com- bined 361 yards. A solid performance, but it pales in comparison to other Heisman trophy candi- dates. For instance, underappreciated Louisville quar- terback Dave Ragone has 858 total passing yards in just three games. Virginia, needless to say, has to play at its best if it wants to contend with Clemson. Cavalier run- ning back Arlen Harris has to perform against the Tigers like he did two weeks ago against Richmond, where he ran for 99 yards on just 24 carries. If Virginia wants to pull the upset, it'll have to keep the speedy Dantzler in the pocket. The Cavaliers couldn't do that last year in their 31-10 loss to Clemson. Dantzler rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns in that game. Look for Dantzler to make up for those "Batch- like" performances on Saturday Clemson 28, Virginia 10 Jill Gartenberg, with her 21/2-year-old daughter Nicole, speaks about her husband, Jim, who worked in the World Trade Center and was still missing last weekend. Jim Gartenberg was president of the University alumni association's New York City chapter. N.Y. alumni club president unable to escape 86th floor By David Enders Daily News Editor NEW YORK - Jill Gartenberg laughs when she remembers how her husband Jim woke her up three Saturdays ago. "He woke up and- said, Do you know what day it is? It's the start of college football -season!"' But last weekend, college football was suspended, and Jim Gartenberg, who graduated with an economics degree from the University of Michigan in 1987, was one of the more than 4,900 people still missing this weekend after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers Sept. 11. His friends knew him for his love of the University of Michigan. He was the president of the New York City chapter of the University's alumni association - the largest chapter in the country - for 10 years. "He lived for Michigan football - anything Michigan, he loved. He prided himself on the fact that he went back to Ann Arbor for a game every year," his wife said. "He always said he would be one of those old guys who wore the pants with the 'M' on them." Jim Gartenberg worked on the 86th floor of Tower One for Julien J. Studley Inc., a commercial real estate firm. He remained in phone contact with his wife until shortly before she watched the building col- lapse on television. "He called me at quarter to nine and he called me at my machine at work and said there was a fire at work and he didn't know if he was going to make it," Jill Gartenberg said. "I don't even know if he even knew if it was terrorism." Jill Gartenberg said her husband told her he couldn't escape because the stairwell was full of smoke and debris. Jim Gartenberg also called ABC News and was put on the air live. "To let loved ones know that they were safe on the 86th floor," Jill Gartenberg said. He was on the floor with one other co-worker, who is also missing. "He was-very calm and composed when he called - I didn't hear him on ABC News, but my friends called me and said, 'He's fine, he's fine,' because he sounded so calm." Police asked Jill Gartenberg for her husbands toothbrush to use for the purpose of DNA identification. Jill Gartenberg graduated from the University in 1989 with a psycholo- gy degree, but the two met in New York during an alumni association event. At their wedding, they walked down the aisle to the tune of "The Victors." Jim.Gartenberg leaves behind a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Nicole. "I say, 'What do you say when Daddy watches football?' And she says, 'Go Blue!' He wanted those to be her first words." Jill Gartenberg is pregnant with the couple's second child. She admitted that the reality hasn't sunk in yet that her husband is gone. "He was 35. It's way too young to go. He had a lot of life left - he enjoyed every minute of every day." Josh Scobey and his Kansas State Wildcats could only muster 10 points against Southern Cal's defense two weeks ago. This time around, Southern Cal. will be facing Oregon.