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The Michigan Daily michigandaily~com December 3, 2012
Michigan to face Michigan football team is spend-
ing New Year's Day at the Out-
South Carolina in back Bowl.
The Outback Bowl, which is
S vtback Bow vn held at Raymond James Stadium
New Year's Day day afternoon that it had selected
the 19th-ranked Wolverines as its
By BEN ESTES Big Ten representative. Several
Daily Sports Editor hours later, the bowl announced
that South Carolina would be
Break out the Bloomin' Onions Michigan's opponent, as antici-
and get the barbie fired up - the pated.
Most prognosticators believed
before the official announce-
ment that South Carolina would
be chosen to represent the SEC.
The Gamecocksare ranked 10th
in the BCS standings and were
the logical choice for the Out-
back Bowl, with other SEC teams
Georgia, Alabama, LSU and
Texas A&M reportedly headed
to other bowl destinations. Thpe
Outback Bowl has the third pick
of Big Ten teams and SEC teams.
"We are excited to represent
the Big Ten in the Outback Bowl,"
Michigan coach Brady Hoke said
through the football team's offi-
cial Twitter account. "The SEC
is an excellent conference and we
look forward to the challenge of
facingthem on New Year's Day."
The selection to the Outback
Bowl could be seen as something
of a letdown for the Wolverines.
It appeared that they would be
chosen for the slightly more pres-
tigious Capital One Bowl -which.
has the second pick of the Big Ten
and SEC - had Nebraska won the
Big Ten Championship Game.
But the Cornhuskers' blowout
loss to Wisconsin pushed them
to the Capital One Bowl instead
of the Rose Bowl, which in turn
then relegated Michigan to the
Outback Bowl.
The Outback Bowl, formerly
the Hall of Fame Bowl, has been
a traditional New Year's Day
game since 1989, when it was first
played on that date, and thus car-
ries a relatively solid reputation
among bowl games.
In a release from the athletic
department, Athletic Director
Dave Brandon said he was excit-
ed for the Wolverines' selection
as well.
"The University of Michigan
happily accepts the invitation to
play in the Outback Bowl on New
See OUTBACK BOWL, Page 3B
Michigan salvages split
with shootout victory
Freshman guard Nik Stauskas made his first career start, scoring a game-high 22 points in Michigan s victory.
Wolverines hold off
Bradley in road test
By MICHAEL LAURILA
Daily Sports Writer
BIG RAPIDS - After the
Michigan hockey team suffered
its firstshutoutloss ofthe season
in a dismal 5-0 defeat against
Ferris State on a Friday night
that saw the Bulldogs score
three second-period goals and
two more in the third, 42 sec-
onds into Saturday's series fina-
le it looked like the trend would
continue.
With MICHIGAN 0
a four- FERRIS STATE 5
on-four MICHIGAN 3
after both FERRIS STATE 3
teams
earned a quick penalty, Ferris
State notched its first goal of
the game when freshman goalie
Steve Racine mishandled a Bull-
dog slap shot and the rebound
was easily deflected into the
back of the net.
The trend of easy Bulldog
goals stopped though when
the Wolverines (3-6-1 CCHA,
5-8-1 overall) scored three first-
period goals. And despite a late
comeback effort that saw Ferris
State (6-3, 7-4-2) tie the game in
the third period, Michigan was
able to pull out a shootout vic-
tory and somewhat salvage the
weekend with two points.
SARAH SQUIRE/Daily
Juniorforward Luke Moffatt scored the game-winning shoutout goal.
By EVERETT COOK
Daily Sports Editor
PEORIA, Ill. - Carver Arena,
home to Bradley basketball, is
built like a pit. The stands rise
high above
the players MICHIGAN 74
in almost BRADLEY 66
every direc-
tion, a sea of red peering down on
the court from the high-rising
nosebleeds.
Bradley went 7-25 last season,
but the crowd from the school of
6,000 was loud from the begin-
ning of the Braves' game against
the No. 3 Michigan basketball .
team Saturday. The student sec-
tion was right next to the Wol-
verine bench, so when guard Tim
Hardaway Jr. laid on the floor to
stretch, several waving plungers
followed. The junior stretched
within inches of a tool normally
used for toilets, not the stands of
basketball games.
It was in this pit, in Michigan's
first true road game, that coach
John Beilein decided to play all
five of his freshman.
Four of them have played this
season, with varying degrees of
frequency. Forward Glenn Rob-
inson III was the lone starter.
See ROAD TEST, Page 3B
"We knew. they're a good
team so we expected them to
battle just as we do," said senior
forward A.J. Treais. "If they
score a goal, we got to get right
back at them and refocus:I
think we handled that a lot bet-
ter (Saturday). Obviously yester-
day we let them off the hook."
When the Wolverines have
allowed the first goal of the
game this season they have
posted just a 2-6 record. The
boisterous Ewigleben Ice Arena
crowd only gave Ferris State
that much more momentum
after the Bulldogs scored in the
first minute.
But with 13:02 remaining in
the first period and Michigan
on its heels, Treais knocked in
his 10th goal of the season after
senior forward Kevin Lynch
perfectly screened Ferris State
goalie C.J. Motte. This started
the succession of Wolverine
goals.
Two minutes and twenty sec-
onds later, freshman Cristoval
"Boo" Nieves scored another
rebound goal to make the score
See SPLIT, Page 3B
BRUSH WITH BRADLEY.
The Michigan basketball team tapped
into its depth at the guard positions to
push past Bradley during a tough bout in
Peoria. Page 2B
ON TO THE SWEET 16
The Michigan volleyball team rocketed
past host No. 9 Louisville to earn a Sweet
16 berth. 'M' will face Michigan State on
Friday. Page 2B
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