01 October 25, 2002 michigandaily.com sportsdesk@umich.edu SPORTS 8A *I Nanooks add flavor to CCHA By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer At first glance, this weekend's visi- tors to Yost Ice Arena seem to come from a different seed. While Michigan normally has road trips that consist of two-hour bus rides, Alaska-Fairbanks normally takes two long plane flights in addition to a four- hour bus ride. While Michigan boasts an 11-time national champion football team, Alak- sa-Fairbanks boasts a back-to-back-to- back-to-back national champion rifle team. But the Alaska-Fairbanks hockey program - which Michigan will play in its CCHA opening series this week- end - likes to think it's not much dif- ferent from any other school in the league. While it may not make sense to have a school from Alaska in a league that consists mostly of schools in the Midwest, the Nanooks have settled into the CCHA pretty well since they became a full member of the league Spartans Smoker suspended EAST LANS- ING (AP) - Michigan State quarterback Jeff Smoker was sus- pended indefinitely yesterday for vio- lating team rules. Smoker will sit out Saturday's ...: game against Wis Smoker consin at Spartan Stadium. "The decision was made after con- sulting with Jeff and others," Michigan State coach Bobby Williams said in a statement. Reached at his on-campus home yesterday, Smoker declined comment. School officials declined to release the specific reasons for the suspension. Cagers to at Crisler By Charles Paradis Daily Sports Writer Football Saturday No. 8 Mihgan yd No.1 3 I/aa TOMORROW, 1:5P.AL, ESPN TONY DING/Daily Michigan defenseman Mike Roemensky and the rest of the Wolverines' depleted blueline will have a tough task in handling the Nanooks in their CCHA opener. in 1996. "It's doesn't sound very practical to have a team like Alaska-Fairbanks in your league, but they've given us plane tickets and they pay for part of our hotel," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "It's just about as cheap for us as it is to go to Lake Superior or Ohio State." Alaska-Fairbanks has had a varsity hockey program since the 1920s and it joined the NCAA in 1980. The Nanooks came in along with Alaska- Ime nlcgan Daily Disp ea AE of the Week g ' neby D'Amato's i Italian Restaurant Anchorage, as independents with scheduling nightmares. But no conference wanted to add both Alaska-Fairbanks and Alaska- Anchorage. So to help salvage two programs that had invested greatly in college hockey,. the WCHA took in Anchorage and the CCHA took in Fairbanks. See NANOOKS, Page 9A YOST ICE ARENA Who:Michigan (3-1-0) vs. Alaska-Fairbanks (1-2-1) When: 7:35 p.m. tonight and tomorrow Latest: The Wolverines open up their defense of their CCHA regular-season championship when they take on the Nanooks, who have split with Michigan in their last two trips to Yost. SchoolChoice Research Feed ,Slib es/ 1 hr pays $4-$19! (R12 at-g) Econorics study of decision makin;. SJGN U P avta'u schoolchoiecresearch . og /f;: itiuuwich amu 7ii is a X SJ an-d f/Al Research Pr~j/erl Michigan basketball coach Tommy Amaker is hoping that the large num- ber of fans from the Iowa football game will carry over to Crisler Arena to watch his team's intrasquad scrim- mage, just as he's hoping that his team's last two weeks of practice will spill over to the season. "We're looking to see if we can have carry over"Amaker said. "We want to see if we can take what we do in prac- tice and carry it over into the game." After two weeks of practice, the Michigan basketball team will suit up for its Maize and Blue scrimmage tomorrow at 4 p.m. The scrimmage is the highlight of the free events in the See SCRIMMAGE, Page 9A The Big Ten title may be on the line for the Wolver- ines (3-0 Big Ten, 6-1 overall) as they take on the sur- prising Hawkeyes at the Big House. Iowa, winless in the Big Ten just a few years ago, has taken the conference by storm this season. The Hawkeyes (4-0, 7-1) boast an almost perfectly bal- anced offense, led by quarterback Brad Banks. Inside this edition of Football Saturday, you will find: D-line disappointment - The Wolverines' defensive line has admittedly underachieved at times this year. But shutting down Iowa's potent offense could serve as redemption. Different breeds - Iowa quarterback Brad Banks and Michigan's John Navarre have very different styles, but both can beat you. 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