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SOUTHERN CAL 32, MICHIGAN 18
LEFT BEHIND
Souther Cal receiver Dwayne Jarrett torched the Wolverine defense for 205 yards at two touchdowns on 11 catches in Southern Cal's 32-18 Rose Bowl win .
USC runs off
with victory
By SCOTT BELL their own hands.
Daily Sports Editor Execution should be flawless, routes should
be crisp and everyone should be on the same
PASADENA, Calif - If Michigan fans have a page.
hard time putting their team's play calling into But when your opponent is just as familiar
words, maybe they would like Southern Cal's with that playbook as you are, things could get
Lawrence Jackson to give it a try. ugly.
"They're a traditional straight up offense," During Monday's Rose Bowl, Michigan
said the defensive end following his team's 32- found that out the hard way.
18 win against Michigan. "If they line up one Exhibit A: The game's first play.
way, if they're in certain formations, it doesn't As the Wolverines lined up in their typical
take a rocket scientist to pick out what they two-wide formation, Southern Cal stacked its
were going to do." defense to the right.
By season's end, premier teams are expected Michigan started almost every game this
to know their own playbooks like the back of See TROJANS, Page 4B
BYTHENUMBERS
OBowl wins forlthe senior class infour
attempts
Times that Southern Cal's defense sacked
Michigan quarterback Chad Henne
Blue proves
it's not elite
12w
Total Michigan rushing yards
PASADENA, Calif. - Seri(
Under a pic-
turesque
mountain
backdrop, with a
fired-up contin-
gent of Wolverine
fans providing
audio accompani-
ment, the sun- M
drenched field of
the Rose Bowl was SINGER
the perfect setting
for a very special Spitting Fire
Michigan perfor-
mance. Memories
of a Bowl Championship
i
Consecutive plays thatthe Trojan offense
didn't hand the ball off to a tailback
verines were still
high:
Win and expect
to vault to No. 2 in
the final polls.
Win and solidi-
fy a place as one of
the best Michigan
teams of this half-
See SINGER, Page 5B
Cagers
* topple
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A DECADE OF GLI
LETDOWNS FOR 'M'
By DANIEL LEVY'
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan basketball team suf-;
fered a serious case of schizophrenia in
its Big Ten opener
against Illinois last ILLINOIS 61r
night. MICHIGAN 71
The lethargic and
uninspired collection of individuals that ZACHARY MEISNER/Daly
See ILLINI, Page 36 Senior Courtney Sims brought down 10 rebounds in Michigan's win over Illinois.
By AMBER COLVIN
Daily Sports Writer
DETROIT - Red Berenson, the image
of the great tradition that embodies Michi-
gan athletics, fiddled
with hisl1998National MICHIGAN 1
Championship ring as MICH. ST. 4
he answered questions
after the Great Lakes Invitational champi-
onship game Saturday night.
But it seemed like a new kind of tradition
was surfacing from the legendary coach's
carefully planned answers - a losing one.
The 4-1 loss to No. 14 Michigan State at
Joe Louis Arena made it a decade since the
Wolverines last won the Invitational. They
were last crowned GLI Champions in 1996,
the final year of their record nine consecu-
tive GLI Championships.
"We had a pretty good team here,"
Berenson said. "We thought we had some
momentum ... but we just didn't do it."
Prior to this year's tournament, the 42nd
edition of it, Michigan had the most GLI
Championships of any team. But with the
Spartans (7-5-1 CCHA, 11-7-1 overall) tak-
ing home the trophy, the archrivals are now
tied with 11 titles a piece.
Michigan State made it clear it was
bound for the trophy from the minute the
puck hit the ice. The Spartans bolted from
the gates with a handful of big, physical hits
and maintained control in Michigan's zone
with ease.
See GLI, Page 35
Tigers, Broncos and
Ducks, oh my! The
bowls at a glance.
SEE PAGE 6B
Wright: Parade
highlights Rose
Bowl experience
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