4B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 27, 1995 MICHtG'AN F~..- GAME STATISTICS PASSING Glenn's idle talk ups ante mn rivahry For nd time in3 O State a trip t Player Griese Totals C-A 9-18 9-18 Yds 103 103 TD 1 1 Lg 44 16 Int 3 3 RUSHING Player Att B'batuka 37 Williams 10 Hayes 2 Davis 2 Floyd 1 Griese a( Totals 57 Yds Avg 313 8.5 43 4.3 T 4020.0 27 0 4 2.0 30 2 2.0 20 -)21(-)4.2 2 381 6.6 44 r RECEIVING Player No. Yds Riemersma 2 42 Streets 2 14 Campbell 2 13 Avg 21.0 7.0 Lg TI 83 8 + By Scott Burton D Daily Sports Writer 1 Maybe Ohio State wide receiver Terry Glenn had been reading all the newspa- 1 per stories that said that Michigan had a no chance against the Buckeyes Satur- day. Maybe he saw that the oddsmakers made Ohio State nine-point favorites in the contest. 1 But whatever it was that induced Glenn to dismiss Michigan as "nobody" early in 3 the week, he probably would have been better off to ignore it. His disparaging comments made their way to Michigan's lockerroom and helped spark the under- rD dogs to a 31-24 upset of their rivals. "I certainly don't think it hurt us," 3 Michigan coach Lloyd Carrsaid. "When 0 a guy makes a statement about a team 0 and about a program that has as much 0 tradition and as much pride (as we do), when you tell someone in their own 0 stadium that they're 'nobody', then ob- 1 viously that helps you emotionally." Besides saying that "Michigan is no- 1 body," Glenn told a collection of local media that "We should keep Michigan down where they belong, just like the rest of the teams ... We're going to go up and g treat Michigan like another team." 6 "It hurts when someone disrespects you," Michigan tailback Tshimanga Biakabutuka said. "If you disrespect me, I By Antoine Pitts Daily Sports Editor Ohio State may want to skip its next trip to Ann Arbor. For the second time in a row, the Buck- eyes came to Michigan Stadium with an undefeated mark, needing a victory to secure a spot in the Rose Bowl. Once again Ohio State went home with a defeat, de- railing its dream season. Michigan's 31-23 victory Saturday knocked No. 2 Ohio State out of the Big Ten championship and the national cham- pionship picture. The loss left the Buckeye players with bowedheads and tears welled up in their eyes. Two years ago, a 28-0 stomping by the Wolverines opened the door for Wiscon- sin to go to Pasadena. This year, the Ohio State loss sends Northwestern - which went a perfect 8-0 in the conference - to the Rose Bowl. "I'm disappointed for the coaches but I'm probably more disappointed for the senior football players on this team," Ohio State coach John Cooper said. "They've never been to the Rose Bowl. I've been to the Rose Bowl and it's a great experi- ence." Cooper coached Arizona State to a 22- 15 win over Michigan in the 1987 Rose Bowl. Since comingto Ohio State in 1988, Cooper has not led the Buckeyes to Pasa- dena. The Buckeyes' last appearance in the Rose Bowl was 1985. "This is going to be the toughest thing I'm going to live with the rest ofmy life." quarterback Bobby Hoying said. "It was really difficult after the game." Instead of heading west, a return trip to the Florida Citrus Bowl awaits the Buck- eyes. Ohio State, who has played in two of the last three Citrus Bowls, will face Ten- nessee, Jan. 1. For four straight seasons now, Ohio State has finished second or better in the conference. The 1993 team tied the Bad- gers for first place, but went to the Holiday Bowl since the Buckeyes had gone to the Citrus Bowl the previous year. The other three seasons have net- ted second-place finishes and Citrus berths. Ohio State got on the board first Satur day with a 37-yard field goal, but it would be a short-lived lead. Michigan drove 73 yards on the ensuing possession for a touchdown to take the lead for good. "They got out ahead of us early," Coo- per said. "We never got in sync, we never got the momentum back." The Buckeyes failed to score twice after having the ball inside the 10. They settled for field goals both times as the 6.5 7 Toomer Hayes Williams Totals PUNTING Player Peristeris Totals 1 1 1 9 16 14 4 103 16.0 14.0 4.0 11.4 16 14 4 35 MARK FRiEDMAN/Dadiy Heisman Trophy favorite Eddie George rushed for 104 yards Saturday. No. Yds Avg L 4 142 35.5 4 4 142 35.54 mistake was not in the comments them- selves, but the fact that those comments were indicative of an overall disrespect for the history of the rivalry. "I don't know what he was thinking, to come out and say that he was going to treat us like just another team," said Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson, who had the distinction of covering Glenn Saturday. "This is the Michigan- Ohio State game - you can't do that." There was an additional school of thought on Glenn's comments - that they were simply insignificant when it came time to prepare for the game. "You don't need any extra incentive to go out there in this rivalry," Michigan co-captain Jarrett Irons said. "(The com- ments) didn't spark us up. What sparked us up is the rivalry, to contribute to its tradition." And tradition has certainly proven that Michigan-Ohio State is rarely "just an- other game" no matter who is the under- dog. After all, in both 1969 and 1993, Buckeye teams seemingly on their way to Pasadena via Ann Arbor had their pass- ports denied by the Wolverines. Glenn declined to speak to the media following the game. PUNT RETURNS Player No. Yds Toomer 3 8 Totals 3 8 Avg 2.7 2.7 Lg TD 6 0 6 0 am going to prove to him that what he thinks about me is wrong. Terry Glenn came out and said things that we didn't appreciate and Michigan showed him we're not at the bottom, we're at the top." Several Wolverines said that Glenn's KICKOFF RE Player No. Yc Hayes 3 5 Toomer I' B'batukal Totals 5 1 DEFENSE Player Irons Thompson W. Carr Hankins Woodson Winters Steele Sword Anderson Copenhaver Horn Toomer FWeathers Zenkewicz King Payne Sanders 1 6 TURNSAcp URs AgLT Michigan accepts bid to ds Avg Lg TD 50 16.7 20 0 By Antoine Pitts Saturday's Texas-Texas A&M game Dec. Daily Sports Editor 28 at 8p.m. ESPN will televise the contest. 4 4.0 4 0 The Michigan football team will ap- The Alamo Bowl is in its third year of L3 13.0 13 0 pear in its ninth different bowl game this operation at the Alamodome, home of 37 13.4 20 0 holiday season. the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. Iowa The AlamoBowlinSanAntonio,Texas, lost the inaugural game, 37-3, to Cali- has extended a bid to the Wolverines, con- fornia in 1993. Last year, Washington tinuing Michigan string of 21 consecutive edged Baylor, 10-3. Solo Ast Tot trips to a postseason Michigan last travelled to Texas in bowl game. 1981 to play UCLA in the Bluebonnet 9 2 11 Penn State will Bowl. The Wolverines prevailed, 33- 7 3 10 hold a press confer- 14, over the Bruins. Ot ence today to an- The Alumni Association will offer a 5 4 9nounce that they tourpackage. Call 763-6676 for details. 6 2 8 Notebook have been selected Ticket prices for the game range from 5 2 7 to play in the $10.50 to $60.50. For information call 2 Outback Bowl in the Alamo Bowl at (210) 226-BOWL. 3 3 6 Tampa, Fla. Jan. 1. BIAKABUTUKA FACTS: Some more 3 2 5 . The Outback had numbers from tailback Tshimanga considered Michi- Biakabutuka's 313-yard performance 1 2 3gan as a finalist for against Ohio State: 1 1 2 its game. Only one other man in Michigan his- 2 0 2 Michigan and Penn State had identi- tory has gone over 300 yards in a game cal 5-3 conference marks, but the Nittany - Ron Johnson did it against Wiscon- 1 1 2 Lions won the head-to-head matchup, sin in 1968. - p s-- - in n 96. A I '1 P. Uamo Bowl son with 1,724. Jamie Morris held the old mark at 1,703. Biakabutuka is also eighth on the all- time rushing list with 2,716 yards. The junior received some extra moti- vation before the game from Greg Harden, a special advisor to Athletic Director Joe Roberson. "My man told me that I was going to get 300 yards today," Biakabutuka said. "I didn't believe him but I guess he was right." AWARDS LIST: Seven Wolverines have made the Big Ten all-academic team. Junior quarterback Brian Griese, se- nior placekicker Remy Hamilton, se- nior cornerback Michael Hynes, junior linebacker Sean Parini, junior offen- sive tackle John Partchenko, senior punter Paul Peristeris and senior tight end Jay Riemersma made the list. Biakabutuka is one of eight finalists for the Doak Walker National Running Back Award and senior defensive tackle Jason Horn has been named to the Football News Second Team All- America squad. 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 27-17, in State College last week. The Wolverines will play the loser of Biakabutuka now owns the Michigan record for most rushing yards in a sea- INTERCEPTIONS Player No. Woodson 2 Totals 2 Yds 25 25 TD 0 0 MICHIGAN SCHEDULE A27 VIRGINIA 18-17 S2 Illinois 38-14 S9 Memphis 24-7 S16 Boston Col. 23-13 S30 MIAMI (OHIO) 38-19 07 N"WESTERN 13-19 021 Indiana 34-13 028 MINNESOTA 52-17 N4 Michigan St. 25-28 N11 PURDUE 5-0 N18 Penn State 17-27 N25 OHIO STATE 31-24 D28 Alamo Bowl 8:00 EVERSON Continued from Page 18 Not even after this game, in which the opponent made for superlatives in all of those categories. All yearlong, Ohio State was viewed as the 1995 version of the '94 Penn State team, and with good reason. It was as if they were put together by Ford and Mercury - same drivetrain, similar quality, just different nameplates. We all remember how good Penn State was. Some were skeptical of the Nittany Lions' defense, but what did that matter? Those Lions could score at will. And they Ann Arbor and proved it to Michigan. The Buckeyes were supposed to do the exact same thing. After rolling over Notre Dame, Washington, Penn State and ev- eryone else on their schedule, what chal- lenge could Michigan pose? A pretty big one, as Terry Glenn and the Buckeyes found out - too big, in fact. The Wolverines beat 'em and beat 'em pretty good, evidenced by Tshimanga Biakabutuka's 313 yards rushing. To go for 300+ yards on anyone is impressive; to do it on the No. 2 team in the nation is unreal. So, chalk up one for Michigan, but just one, because that's all this win is worth. It might have lifted the spirits of the Wolverines, but it didn't lift them into first place - far from it. And lest ye forget, first place was this team's stated goal at the start of the season. This isn't to say that the 1995 Wolver- ines are failures. They can still post Michigan's first 10-win season since 1991, Continued from Page 1B After a Michigan punt, Ohio State took the ball at its own 37 with 2:01 left in the fourth and trailing by eight. Buckeye quarterback Bobby Hoying moved his team down to the Michigan 34 with 1:14 left. Hoying spiked the ball on first down and threw two straight incompletions to set up a fourth-and-10. On fourth down, Hoying looked over the middle for his top receiver, Terry Glenn. The play was broken up, though, when Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson out-jumped Glenn and re- turned the interception 23 yards to the 36 yard line. It was the second of two big intercep- tions for Woodson on the game. The first came at the beginning of the third quarter. Hoying dropped back on the first play from scrimmage of the second half and tossed a pass to the left sideline intended for Glenn. However, the throw was be- hind Glenn, and Woodson made the Interception. "The turning point as far as I was concerned was that first pass of the second half," Cooper said. "(The Wol- Charles Woodson's Interception of a Bobby Hoying pass late in the fourth quarter se The Turning Point: With Michigan holding onto a 17-15 lead over Ohio State late in the fourth quarter, Michigan tailback Tshimanga Biakabutuka spurted through the middle of the Buckeyes' line and jaunted downfield for a 38-yard run. That gave Michigan the ball at Ohio State's 19-yard line and a chance tp pad its lead. The Wolverines did just that five plays later when Clarence Williams took a pitch and vaulted through the left side of the end zone for an 8-yard t n: trdA~jnri n m . -::