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(1) Florida State 45, Clemson 26
(2) Nebraska 50, Michigan State 10
(4) Penn State 24, Texas Tech 23
(5) Florida 42, Kentucky 7
(6) Auburn 76, Tenn-Chattanooga 10
(7) USC 45, San Jose State 7
(8) Tennessee 30, Georgia 27
(10) Colorado 42, Colorado State 14
(11) Michigan 24, Memphis 7
(12) UCLA 23, BYU 9
(13) Alabama 24, Southern Miss 20
(14) Oklahoma 38, San Diego St. 22
(16) Virginia 29, (23) NC State 24
(17) Arizona 20, Georgia Tech19
(19) Miami 49, Florida A&M 3
Boston Coll. 20, (20) Virginia Tech 14
(21) Kansas St. 27, Cincinnati 21
East Carolina 27, (22) Syracuse 24
(24) Oregon 34, Illinois 31
(25) Notre Dame 35, Purdue 28
RYAN WHITE
White on Target
Mkhigan defense
makes Oden wish he
were somewhere other
than Ann Arbor
et's all pause now in a moment
of silence for Memphis
quarterback Bernard Oden.
He's not dead - but chances are
that he's back home in Tennessee
wishing he was.
While the Michigan defense was a
bit rude to the Tigers' passing attack
Saturday, and downright nasty to
anyone who tried running the ball, the
Wolverines saved their worst for
Oden.
The Memphis quarterback was
beaten, bent, twisted, turned, planted
and generally abused in the Tigers'
24-7 loss to Michigan.
If the Michigan defense was a
monster truck, Oden was one of those
little cars that get run over, again and
again and again.
"I knew it would come," Oden said
of the Wolverines' rush, as he
gingerly searched his body for parts
that weren't bruised or broken. "They
have a lot of great players. I wish
them the best."
He's probably wishing that he'd
had a little more protection as well.
Michigan got credit for only three
sacks, but Oden sa more turf than a
sod farmer in peak season.
It would have been funny, if not for
the fact that you really had to feel bad
for him.
Late in the second quarter, while
trying to get outside, Oden was
yanked down and bent back by
linebacker Mike Elston. He was
helped off the field, but returned
before the half was over.
Then, on one of his first plays back,
Oden was leveled by cornerback
Clarence Thompson - and was down
again.
In spite of the pounding, Oden was
still the Tigers' leading rusher at the
half, with seven yards. Memphis as a
team had four net yards rushing after
the first 30 minutes.
The beating continued in the
second half. Oden was nailed again
by Thompson, he turned head-on into
a charging Rasheed Simmons, and
there was one play where it would
have been easier to figure out who on
the Michigan defense didn't hit Oden
than who did.
It was a lot to ask a quarterback
who was playing in only his second
collegiate game to take.
I probably would have checked
out of the game some time around
last Monday, after the first film
session.
"He took a pounding," Memphis
coach Rip Scherer said. "He made
some bad decisions, but he played
hard and I can't fault him."
The Wolverines were fortunate that
their defense played as well as it did.
The Michigan defenders played
with enough intensity to cover for the
lackluster performance of an offense
that never really showed up.
Memphis turnovers set up two
Wolverine touchdowns. Combine that
with the four turnovers that led to
Michigan scores last week against
Illinois, and you can thank the
defense for six of the last nine
Wolverine scores.
This should be a major concern for
Michigan.
While the offense has shown the
capability to strike quickly with big
plays, they haven't been able to put
together many sustained drives.
And with the exception of some big
runs by Tshimanga Biakabutuka,
Michigan hasn't run the ball with the
success that it would like.
It was even the offense that ended
the Wolverines' bid for a shutout
when George Howell's fourth-quarter
fumble was returned 28 yards by the
Tigers' Jerome Woods for a touch-
down.
The Michigan offense is going to
have to be better.
The defense won't be able to
dominate the line every week like it
did against Memphis. It won't be able
to make every quarterback for the rest
of the season wish his sport were
chess and not football.
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Spikers fall in Kaepa Challenge
By Doug Stevens
Daily Sports Writer
Sometimes things just don't turn out
as well as hoped.
That was the case for the Michigan
volleyball team this weekend. The
Wolverines entered the Kaepa Chal-
lenge at Cliff Keen Arena hoping to
upend a nationally-ranked UCLA team
as well as Pac-10 power California.
Despite strong play by Michigan, the
team lost to the Bruins 10-15, 15-10,
15-8,16-14 Friday and fell to the Golden
Bears 9-15, 15-8, 15-7, 15-10 Saturday.
The Wolverines (3-3) came into this
weekend's tournament highly confident
and enthusiastic about their chances
against the Bruins. UCLA (4-1), na-
tional runner-up last year, entered its
matchup against the Wolverines as the
No. 5 team in the country. Michigan,
meanwhile, has been trying to improve
after a disappointing 8-23 record in
1994.
The Wolverines' pre-match enthusi-
asm carried over into the first game as
they played inspired and intense vol-
leyball to jump out to a 12-6 lead.
The Wolverines held on for a 15-10
win behind the strong serving of co-
captain Shannon Brownlee and overall
solid play by Kristen Ruschiensky. In
this game, Michigan executed particu-
larly well on offense and its defense
was able to neutralize a UCLA attack
comprised predominately ofsix-footers.
The second game was closely con-
tested at first as the Wolverines took an
8-7 lead to start it off. After numerous
sideouts, the Bruin offense finally be-
gan to click.
UCLA began to take advantage of its
height and athletic ability, surging past
Michigan to a .15-8 victory. Despite
falling in this game, the Wolverines
received fine setting by Linnea
Mendoza, who finished with 46 assists
for the match. In addition, Suzy
O'Donnell did a good job of spiking.
She had 14 kills on the night.
After the emotional letdown of los-
ing the second game, Michigan contin-
ued to display heart and intensity in
jumping out to leads of 5-0 and 8-4 in
game three. However, like the previous
game, the Bruins began to rally, capi-
talizing on Wolverine miscommunica-
tion and execution errors.-Behind the
fine serving of Amanda Selby, who had
four aces for the match, UCLA cruised
to the 15-8 win.
Once again, in the fourth game,
Michigan jumped out to the early lead
utilizing the enthusiasm and desire that
See CHALLENGE, Page 2B
The Michigan
volleyball team
dropped both of
Its matches in
this weekend's
Kaepa Challenge.
The Wolverines
fell to UCLA in
four games Friday
and lost to
California in four
games Saturday.
MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily
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A'defense keys
nin over Tigers
Scott Burton
y Sports Writer
lichigan football coach Lloyd Carr wasn't exactly in
mood to hoot and holler following Michigan's 24-7
ory over Memphis Saturday.
tre, the Wolverines opened their season 3-0, the first
higan team to do so since 1986. And yes, the defense
> dominating, the running game solid and the overall
nsive production decent.
3ut there was the matter of four Michigan turnovers,
uding George Howell's fourth-quarter fumble that led
he Tigers' only score. The cough-ups never put Michi-
in a vulnerable position, but it wasn't the brand of
fning football Carr wants to subscribe to.
From our standpoint, we wanted to win with improve-
it, and offensively we certainly did not improve," Can
.,"You can't improve when you turn the ball over."
I always tell our players that little things add up. You
:ainly don't do them intentionally as a player but I think
y are an indication mentally you were distracted."
igers' strong safety Jerome Woods recovered Howard's
ble and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown at 13:35 of
fourth quarter. The score brought Memphis within two
:hdowns, 21-7, and for a brief moment positioned the
ers to make a run at Michigan's lead.
Jnfortunately for Memphis' comeback hopes, there was
issue of the Wolverines defense. The Tigers never
ve the ball past Michigan's 18-yard line the entire day
after their touchdown, they went four-and-out on their
two possessions.
The great thing is that our defense, regardless of where
gave the ball to Memphis offensively, our defense rolls
and plays with great emotion, great enthusiasm and had
te an effort out there this afternoon," Carr said.
emphis coach Rip Scherer featured an I-formation and
ion-oriented attack, but Michigan's defensive line was
ply too quick for it to be effective. The Tigers' quarter-
k combination of Bernard Oden and Joe Borich were
Ito six yards of rushing, while the entire Memphis team
raged .5 yards per carry.
They neutralized our running game and it takes a great
n to do that," said Memphis feature back Quitman
iulding, who was limited to four yards on 11 carries.
n all, Memphis totaled an absurdly-low 96 yards of total
ense, including only seven first downs. More impor-
ly, Michigan held Memphis to 0-for-15 on third down
version and came up with three turnovers of its own.
It was a tremendous accomplishment," Carr said. "What
leans is that your getting the ball back for your offense
times."
dichigan's offense did take advantage of the extra
ortunities granted to it, scoring two touchdowns after
iovers, including its first score of the day.
didway through the first quarter, Wolverine cornerback
arles Woodson snatched a Oden pass intended for Tiger
eiver Chancy Carr at Memphis' 19-yard line. Four
imanga Biakabutuka rushes later, including a 3-yard
:hdown run, Michigan took a 7-0 lead at 5:39.
dichigan's third touchdown ofthe afternoon, in the third
irter, came after Jason Horn knocked the ball loose frot
en and Trent Zenkewicz recovered the ball at Memphis'
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