ROSE BOWL DITION f 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 ilini 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 ST COLUMN 2B .