The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 18, 2002 - 11 BOILERS Continued from Page 10 regain his confidence quickly. Edge: Even SPECIAL TEAMS: What will Philip Brabbs do this week? Michigan coach Lloyd Carr has shown he'll do just about anything except kick a field goal. Pur- due is having similar problems, as kicker Berin Lacevic is just 3 of 8. Purdue has one punt-returning touchdown, which came from receiver Anthony Chambers. Chambers gives Purdue the advantage over a Michigan special teams unit that has been anything but special. Edge: Purdue INTANGIBLES: Purdue, at 3-4, is playing for the right to go to a bowl game. The Boilermakers are desperate for a win, and nothing would give them more sat- isfaction than giving their fans a chance to rush the field for the second straight time against Michigan. But Carr is 0-2 in Ross Ade Stadium, which means he'll pull out all the stops to get it done. Edge: Michigan. PROCRASTINATION STATION' MICHIGAN 13 PUR DUE 22 Before every football game this sea- son, two of the Daily football writers will take the weekend's matchup to the Playstation 2. For this week's matchup, coach Jeff Phillips led the Wolverines and David Horn coached the Boilermak- ers. Play of the game - Down 13-7 late in the fourth quarter, Purdue WR No. 82 makes a spectacular catch in traffic and rumbles 88 yards to put the Boiler- makers ahead by a point. QB No. 18 showed great awareness, taking advantage of an offsides by opening the field up. Coach Phillips, confident in his offense's ability to answer, instructed his defensive backs to pull off WR No. 82. As for the offense? No answer. Most unrealistic play of the game - Michigan K No. 34 was perfect, stroking two field goals beautifully through the pipes in such a close game. He was fixing to take home the game ball before coach Phillips col- lapsed emotionally and Purdue stormed back. Player of the game - Coach Horn gave the gameball to RB No. 3, whose productivity on the ground (normally a weak link in a Horn-coached offense) kept coach Phillips on his toes, and opened up the pass. Michigan key stats Passing: QB No. 16 - 8-of-19, 101 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs Rushing: RB No. 23- 16 carries, 67 yards, 1TD; FB No. 35 - 6 carries, 20 yards Receiving: TE No. 83 - 3 receptions, 44 yards; WR No. 19 - 2 receptions, 17 yards Defense: MLB No. 37 - 5 tackles; MLB No. 6 - 4 tackles, 3 tackles for a loss; FS No. 2 -1 INT; CB No. 3 - 1 INT Purdue key stats Passing: QB No. 18- 12-of-22, 242 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing: RB No. 3 - 13 carries, 81 yards, 1 TD Receiving: TE No. 83 - 3 receptions, 25 yards; WR No. 5 - 3 receptions, 29 yards; WR No. 84 - 3 receptions, 49 yards, 1 TD; WR No. 82 - 2 recep- tions, 118 yards, 1 TD Defense: MLB No. 51- 5 tackles; CB No. 12 - 1INT PRESS ("()NFERENCE QUOTES: Michigan head coach Jeff Philips: While I'm disappointed at the final score of the game, I was glad in that the rivalry between coach Horn and I can finally be restored ... I did not appreciate coach Horn's refusal to score when allowed to with a ,minute left. Especially after he punched it in after running the clock down to the final second ... I would say that QB No. 16 was well on his way to MVP of the game before he threw his first quarter interception and eight consecutive incompletions. His final pick didn't help his cause either. Purdue head coach David Hom: This is huge for the Horn legacy. We've resparked a rivalry that was extinguished after the Illinois fiasco of late September, in which Coach Phillips handled me like the friggin UPS guy. But now ... NOW we're back. This is like the AFC finally beating the NFC; the Road Runner getting duped by Wild. E. Coyote; the BoSox tak- ing down the Yanks ... Coach Phillips' bravado has finally got- ten in the way of his coaching abili- ties. I'm not the type of guy who would tell a beloved coach to hang up his spikes, but ... I was on no sleep ... NO sleep. Yes- terday's history midterm left me bleary-eyed and disoriented. But when you've got athletes like QB No. 18 and CB No. 12, well, the players coach themselves. Michigan 31, Purdue 24 STAFF PICKS WEEK 6 SELEcTIONS ALL PICKS MADE AGAINST THE SPREAD. HOME TEAM IN SMALL CAPS. GIchIgan (-35) at Purdue MICHIGAN STATE (-3.5) vs. Minnesota ,FNN4 STATE (-25.5) vs. Nothwestern IowA (-12.5) at INDIANA Oh o State (-7) at WISCoNSIN UTAH (-1) vs. Colorado State ALA AMA (-11) vs. Mississippi OKLAHOMA (-9) vs. Iowa State NEN (-10.5) vs. Arizona State TEXAS TECH (-6.5) vs. Missouri KAisAs STATE (-2.5) vs. Texas SOUTHERN CAL. (-8) vs. Washington ..()vs. Auburn AIR FORCE (-3) at NOTRE DAME A (-3.5) at. CAuFOnNIA Best bet Record last week (Best bets) Overall record (Best bets) David J. Brady Horn McCollough Michigan State Michigan State P n t te Northwest rn Jeff Joe Phillips Smith MIChIgan M higan Michigan State Norahwestern Iowa Iowa Iowa Ohio State Wisonsin Colorado State + Colorado State Mississippi MNs:ipl Oklahoma Iowa State Oregon Oregon Missouri Texas Tech Texas Texas Southern Cal. Washington Florida Auburn Wisconsin Colorado State Mississippi Iowa State Arizona State Missouri Texas Washington Florida Notre Dame California Mississippi 10-5 (1-0) 48-40-2 (5-1) Minnesota Northwestern Iowa Ohio State Colorado State Mississippi Iowa State Arizona State Missouri Kansas State Washington Florida Air Force UCLA Michigan 8-7 (0-1) 37-51-2 (2-4) Hey, Freshmen and Sophomores... Notre Dame Calisni Michigan 6-9 (0-1) 44-44-2 (2-4) Notre Dame Catforria Michigan 9-6 (0-1) 47-41-2 (3-3) IRISH Continued from Page 10 support and rally came from their sidelines, regardless of the cold weather and rainy conditions. "We had trouble keeping pos- session and sliding it through to the strikers," senior Carly Williamson said. "We just have to come out focused and hard for our next game." This upbeat outlook will keep the Wolverines ready for their next game, when they face Northwestern in Evanston on Sunday. Michigan must win the rest of its conference games - and get some help from Penn State - in order for the Wolverines to secure the Big Ten regular season title. T- SHIR T PRINTING LOWEST PRICES! * HIGHEST QUALITY! H FASTEST SER VICE! U 0 1002 PONTIAC TR. U 99 4-13 67 the forum on religion and learning presents: "the case for faith-informed scholarship" dr. george marsden francis a. mcananey professor of history the university of notre dame thursday, october 24th 2002 angell halt auditorium b 4pm d sponsored by the association of regous counselors and the history department the university of michigan ...is yourD simply not C~i You've got the business savvy, but things aren't challenging. 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