INA- w 9 AL -1 71 DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS j , ' J 0 2B - October 17, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SAID AND HEARD "I told you all along. I thought our team was pretty good. We should get better, but games like this are a great experience for these young players to play in." -Michigan coach Red Berenson on his team's performance in 4-3 loss to Minnesota ATHLETE OF THE WEEK TYLER CLARY The freshman swimmer won all three races he entered in his collegiate debut Friday against East- ern Michigan. He won the 1,000-yard freestyle, 200- yard IM and 200-yard backstroke. Whom to fear down the stretch For coverage of women's soccer, volleyball, men's swimming and diving, men's golf and club lacrosse, check our Web site. michigandaily .com Michigan was college football's laughing stock after week one. Now people are talking abouta return trip to Pasadena. Where should expectations rest? Prob- ably some- F where in the middle. With five games" left, Michi- gan could SCOTT do anything BELL from run the ____ ____ table and win a Big Ten title, to falter against its rival and in some other tough road games. Who should you fear the most? Here's my guess. ILLINOIS (3-1 BIG TEN, 5-2 OVERALL) - SATURDAY The Fighting Illini haven't won more than five games since 2001. They lost to an Iowa team riding an eight-game conference losing streak last weekend. And they're coached by Ron Zook. Should you be scared? Abso- lutely. This weekend's matchup is scarier than anything not involv- ing Ohio State. It's a road game. Against a team with a mobile quarterback. At night. Michigan may be getting bet- ter against spread teams, but Illi- nois quarterback Juice Williams is more Dennis Dixon than Curtis Painter. You-should-be-scared rating: 8 out of 10. MINNESOTA (0-4,1-6) -OCT. 27 Michigan-Minnesota. The battle for the Brown Jug. A true rivalry game. Um, what? Minnesota is awful. Some- times in journalism, we havea tendency to overstate things to get our point across easier. This isn't one of those cases. In actu- ality, saying Minnesota is awful is a gross understatement. The Golden Gophers would lose to my high school (Fremont High is 5-3 this year, by the way). Scared? Ha. The only real fear students should have is if they spill their drink on their shirt before the game, or if they forget to TiVo actual meaningful games during the Minnesota matchup. You-should-be-scared rating: -2 out of 10. MICHIGAN STATE (1-2, 5-2) - NOV. 3 Michigan State is like the little brother that's waaaay too obsessed with you. When you start shaving, Michigan State wants to stand next to you on a stool and do it along with you. When you go out to the movies with your friends, Michi- gan State wants to come. When you're good at football, Michigan State wants to be good, too. Well, the last one might actually be coming true. Mark Dantonio has taken over the reins in East Lansing, and along with having a Michigan-centric focus - he's put up a giant clock counting down to the Michigan-Michigan State game - he's also put together a pretty decent team, too. . But hey, it's still Michigan State. I wouldn't lose much sleep over it. You-should-be-scared rating: 6 of out 10. WISCONSIN (2-2, 5-2) - NOV.10 Entering the season, nearly all the so-called experts had this circled as the game that could and should determine the Big Ten Championship. Well, that's why the term "so-called" is thrown in front of experts, because the only thing this game will determine is which team underuses its talent the least. Your only real fear should be that you'd go to Madison, see how awesome of a college town it is and not want to come back to Ann Arbor. But as for the game itself? Hakuna Matata, my friends. You-should-be-scared rating: 5 out of 10. OHIO STATE (7-0) - NOV.17 (Gulp.) You-should-be-scared rating: 39 out of 10. - Bell can be reached at scotteb@umich.edu. FIELD HOCKEY From page 1B the first half suddenlycame to life. Indiana registered four sec- ond-half corner opportuni- ties, one of which set up what looked to be the go-ahead goal with just more than 12 minutes left in the half before being disallowed by the referees. Cox attributed the sudden change in Indiana's aggres- siveness in part to Michi- gan's preoccupation with the search for its offensive spark. "We started moving some of our midfielders up to the for- ward line to see if we could generate some attack, and we learned very quickly that it wasn't being very effective for us," Cox said. "So we pulled those kids back into the mid- field." "I was glad we got to the over- time period because Indiana, they were dominating the last 12 minutes of the second half." Michigan has now won eight of its last nine meetings with Indi- ana (0-4 Big Ten, 6-7~overall) and will travel to Mount Pleas- ant to take on Central Michi- gan today at 3 p.m., a team the Wolverines have defeated nine straight times. a 6 -- 6 w,,,, .w , a.'w,,.,. ,. , .,,,«,,. r M.r h Wondering if you're making the right career decisions? Get your questions answered with 30-Minute Mentors, brought to you by the Alumni Association. Meet one-on-one with a U-M alum in a casual setting and find out what his or her job is like. Ask the questions you want. This is your chance to get your questions answered from someone who knows. It could be the most important 30 minutes you spend on campus this fall. When: Friday, November 9 Sessions offered from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. K' Pick the time that fits your schedule. Where: Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher St., at the corner of Fletcher and Washington, next to the Michigan League and across from MLB. 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