The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com *I DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 2B - Monday, November 27, 2006 'M' SCHEDULE MONDAY -11.27 M Basketball@ N.C. State, 7p.m. TUESDAY--11.28 W Basketball @Central Michigan, 7p.m. THURSDAY--11.30 W Swimming & Diving@ U.S. Open M Swimming & Diving@U.S. Open FRIDAY -123 Volleyball vs. Cal Poly W Swimming & Diving @U.S. Open M Swimming & Diving @U.S, Open W Swimming & Diing @ Eastern Michigan Initatinnal W BASKETBALL VS. NOTRE DAME, 7P.M. ICE HOCKEY VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN, 7:35 P.M. Wrestling @ Cliff Keen Invitational SATURDAY=-12.2 W Swimming & Diving @ U.S. Open M Swimming & Diving @ U.S. Open W Swimming & Diving @ Eastern Michigan Invitational M BASKETBALL VS. WOFFORD,2 PM. Ice Hockey @Western Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Wrestling @ Cliff Keen Invitational SUNDAY--12.3 W BASKETBALL VS. MIAMI, 2 P.M. *home games in all caps all times EST SAID AND HEARD "Ben Wallace makes $90 million and he doesn't hit too many jump shots, and I'm a better free throw shooter too, I believe." - Michigan senior forward BRENT PETWAY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Tim Schaetzel MEN'S GOLF Schaetzel's two-under-par score of 278 led Michigan to a surprising second-place finish at the Nike Purdue Kiahuna Collegiate Invitational. Schaetzel was one of three Wolverines to finish in the top 10. 0 Daily Sports gives thanks Sorry we're a bit late on this, but in the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, Daily Sports would like to express our thanks to the follow- ing: The Michigan hockey team's first line, as T.J. Hensick, Kevin DAILY Porter STAFF and David Rohlfs are responsible for about half of the team's goals scored. Fans at Yost keeping the "C-ya" cheer alive, despite numerous (futile) attempts by the athletic department to quell it. Jack Johnson staying in Ann Arbor. The NHL can wait - right, Jack? Minnesota. We didn't want to get too excited about winning our first College Hockey Showcase game in three years. Lloyd Carr's respectable fash- ion sense. We may have lost to Ohio State, but at least our coach doesn't look like Mr. Rogers. Mike Hart. For never dropping the ball. Literally. Alan Branch doing "The Claw" as he comes off the field and the opponent prepares to punt. Beer. The Michigan Marching Band. Who thought more than 100 people simultaneously dancing to "Thriller" could still be cool 20 years after it came out? The women's cross country team. The football team won't feel lonely as a third-place team in Wolverine land. Chris Berman - for being with leather. Isiah Thomas for providing an easytarget for sports columnists worldwide. Whoever started the "Fire Mil- len" chant. The guy who invented the fro- zen carbonated beverage. Who thought anything so delicious could be so cheap? Men's cross country coach Ron Warhurst for always having a great quote. The Tigers. For a few weeks, we actually forgot about how bad the Lions are. International maritime law. No explanation needed. Michigan State. For being des- S* perate enough to actually offer the football coaching job to Tom Izzo. YouTube. Where we can relive sports highlights and much more frequently, lowlights, one video at . Y a time. High-definition television. Yeah, it makes sports look pretty good. That Crisler Arena can't stand forever. Brent Petway's rapping. We're looking forward to your newest hit, "No. 67." Charlie Weis, for giving hope to everyone who just throws the ball deep down the field in NCAA Football'07 that they, too, can be considered offensive master- minds. The Michigan volleyball team. For providing hope that the bas- ketball team's horrible nonconfer- ence schedule won't keep it from the NCAA Tournament this year. ide all of us.AP PHOTO The BCS system. For nothing. - what are you thankful for? Tell wouldn't love to see the Irish get Daily Sports at sports@michigandaily. creamed twice by Michigan in one com and we'll put it on our blog, "The season? Game," at www.michigandaily.com. Daily Sports thanks Charlie Weis for helping us find the offensive mastermind deep insi Weboggle.shackworks.com for lation prize is the Rose Bowl. countless hours of entertainment. And that the opponent there That the football team's conso- could be Notre Dame. Who THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL I Fighters get along just fine in club By ADAM WOOD For the Daily The Michigan men's boxing club has agreed that Floyd May- weather and Oscar De La Hoya will attract plenty of attention in their "mega-bout" in May. But the team has its own "mega-bouts" to worry about. The club competes with the 24 other members of the National Col- legiate Boxing Association in three to four tournaments annually. Most recently, they competed in Pittsburgh against schools like Navy and Miami (Fla.). Six Michi- gan fighters participated in the event, compiling a 3-3 record in the tournament. But the Wolverines' focus isn't While focusing his aggression on the heavy bag in front of him, DallasGillespie, anamateur fighter who works with the club, stopped training to show his support for a Wolverine and yelled, "Come on Joe! There you go! Come on!" and gave him a pat on the back. The team's members also have to battle each other in sparring bouts to prepare for upcoming tournaments. "It seems really stupid to let someone go in there and kill you," junior David Koren said. "But it's with friends, so it's fine." These friends seem to have a united opinion on all things box- ing. Most important, they all established they box for more than iust the fightin itself. Greg Sizemore: "I've been a foot- ball player my whole life, and it was about keeping in shape more than anything." Many college athletes would like to have the honor and prestige of having varsity status, but the Michigan boxers felt they were better off as a club sport. Once the NCAA decided to stop sanction- ing boxing in 1960, it took 16 years for the NCBA to step in and orga- nize boxing clubs across the coun- try. The Michigan boxing club is delighted it did. "I'm glad, because otherwise I wouldn't be here," Sizemore said. Because of the club team's sta- tus, Eastern Michigan boxers can train with Michigan, and in return. Eastern Michigan pro- three times a week, and it's at your own individual pace." This flexibility in the schedule allows the boxers to take off time after tournaments and train hard before the next tournament on the schedule, much like a professional boxer would. The main focus in professional boxing these days is on the bout between the pound-for-pound champion, Floyd Mayweather, and the middleweight champion Oscar De La Hoya. The Wolverines had some thoughts on the fight that everyone is talking about. "Mayweather will crush him." Gillespie said, "De La Hoya is too rich andtoounfocused. Tobox,you have to be focused all the time." Sizemore promptly interrupted I nu, tlc v, ., I J- a, purely on wins and loses. The "Boxing teaches you to be a vides some equipment to the gym and shouted from across the gym. S.Louisiana State: TOs is the best two-ins team snte entire team has formed a tight man," Gillespie said. "You have to in Ann Arbor. "No way, De La Hoya is still country, and quite possibly the best squad in the SEC. bond by making each member train right and eat right. It's really "I wouldn't want to be a varsity good! It's definitely a draw." The Tigers will miss utno the SEC Championship of the club a better, more skilled a lifestyle." athlete, with the pressure," Koren Well, maybe they don't agree on game, but will be dangerous in a BCS bowl. fighter Said Eastern Michigan student said. "Here, we practice two or everything. 6. Wsconsi Unfrtntely fr te Bagers, eting hb-hS d eth. htw terBgTeums he B C S Troans couldprevent rish BCS berth- 7. Oklahoma: Remember when the Sooners essentially I their game against Oregon stolen from them almost t LOS ANGELES (AP) - Too UCLA (6-5) at the Rose Bowl next months ago? Without that tainted loss, Oklahoma could much speed, too much defense and weekend, they'll probably face apart of the longline of angry one-loss teams. had hree be a too much Dwayne Jarrett. With all that, Southern Cal didn't need last-second heroics to beat Notre Dame this year. John David Booty passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns to Jar- rett as Southern Cal overpowered the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish 44- 24 Saturday night and likely leap- frogged Michigan in the race for the national championship. Then-No. 3 Southern Cal con- tained Brady Quinn, the Irish's Heisman Trophy contender, and put together a performance that boost- ed its Bowl Championship Series standing. The Trojans were a close third behind the Wolverines last week, but now the roles have been reversed, with Southern Cal sitting at second and Michigan at third. "I think we're a pretty good team right now," Southern Cal coach Pete Carroll said. "We'll play any- body, any where." Should the Trojans (10-1) beat top-ranked Ohio State in the BCS title game Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. Southern Cal has beaten its cross- town rivals seven straight times. And now the Trojans have won five straight against Notre Dame (10-2). The Trojans played in the BCS title game the past two years - winning one and losing one - and earned a piece of the national championship three years ago after being bypassed for the title game. "It was really a fun night of foot- ball," Carroll said. "For the most part, we felt in command in the game. The offense was ripping, it was just an extraordinary night for Dwayne Jarrett. He made the plays great players make." Booty, who completed 17-of-28 passes and was intercepted twice, watched from the sideline when the Trojans beat the Irish 34-31 at Notre Dame last year on Matt Leinart's 1-yard sneak with three seconds remaining. 10. Boise State: The Broncos fn ybra notheDayTp 10, but no thanks to the'r dism ceue. Boise W' btndfated uimayo .lbt t strengthcfched un, ebrak, Noteuop100. Also receiving votes: Auburn, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Rutgers. Southern Cal pushed away from Michigan in the BCS rankings by toppling Notre Dame.