68- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, September 11, 1995
FOOTBALL
Before the game, many take
partm
By Antoine Pitte
Daily Sports Editor
Though game time is 12:30
of Michigan's home games1
the action around the stadiu
many hours earlier. For som
begins the evening before.
That's when the grove of re
vehicles, vans and automobi
arriving for football games.
For those that come Friday,
to be is the lot at Pioneer Hig
"I bring (my camper) down
day at about 6:00," said Jim Jc
Chelsea.
The night is spent cooking
gling with friends and then go
so they're well rested for Sat
ternoon.
Things begin bright and ea
eryone fires up their grills an
before the game.
"We're doing knockwurs
tailgating tr
Johnson said. "We do something dif-
ferent every week."
for most Johnson has been to every home game
this year, -and some away games -for the past
m begins 25 years. He noted that he never misses
ie it even a game at Notre Dame.
"I enjoy coming out and tailgating,"
creational Johnson said. "I really enjoy football,
les begin too."
For others, arriving on Saturdays is
the place just fine to them. It means having an
h School. early wake up, though, as they don't
ihere Fri- want to get caught up in traffic.
ohnson of "We came out on Friday night a
couple of times," said Pam Fitzpatrick
out, min- of Detroit. "It's just that you're here,
ing to bed you're settled, you've got everything
urday af- you need."
Fitzpatrick usually stays with her
rly as ev- young son at the camper while her hus-
id fills up band and daughter go into the game.
Over in the Crisler Arena lot, nobody
t today," arrives earlier than Paul Werth of Ply-
idition
mouth.
"I'm the first guy in the lot," Werth
said. "I get here about 7:30 and the first
job is to hoist the flag."
What a flag it is, too. Werth claims to
have the largest Michigan flag any-
where. His 10 x 15 foot possession flies
in the center of the lot.
"It's the biggest and highest flag fly-
ing at Michigan," Werth said. "I told
that to WJR four years ago and they still
haven't found one bigger. I fly it at
home and away. Everyone looks for the
flag and a familiar face. They all gather
around it."
Werth's seven children come to the
game with him. There are also a good
number of folks from Werth's neigh-
borhood who also come out-about 50
in total.
They cook breakfast, eat finger foods
and just enjoy the atmosphere. Drink-
ing begins at 10 a.m.-Bloody Mary's
only -and the first beers are opened at
noon in Werth's group.
Some of the people coming to these
contests week after week, year after
year, have consecutive game streaks
thatcomeclose to rivaling Cal Ripken's.
Werth has been to every game-home
and away - for 18 years.
That doesn't come close to Jim
Calhoun's, though. Calhoun has been
to every game since 1956. "Calhoun's
Wolverine Special" - an RV painted
with such Michigan relics as the Brown.
JOE WESRATE/Da
Thi talgae prtyIs us on ofhunred tht tkeplace I Ann Arbor every weekend.
Jug - parks right next to the Crisler
Arena for every game.
Many people stop by to say hello to
Calhoun every week. Al Wistert, who
played forMichigan from 1940to 1942,
always comes by. Wistert's No. 11 jer-
sey, also worn by his brothers Alvin
and Francis, is one of five numbers
retired by the Wolverines.
Wistert enjoys coming to tailgate
every week and remarked how things
have changes over the years.
"It used to be years ago that the wives
say, 'Oh god, I've got to go to that
football game again,"' Wistert said.
"Now it's asocial event. Everyone looks
forward to going to the tailgates be-
cause they see their old friends and
schoolmates."
Wistert is among many former play-
ers that stop at Calhoun's vehicle. A
former athletic administrator also usu-
ally makes an appearance.
Calhoun is a cousin of former Michi-
gan athletic director Don Canham. Many
credit Canham for contriving the well-
known Michigan football Saturday ao
mosphere.
"Don Canham was the one that cre-
ated this."
Tailgating provides fans with plenty
of thrills just before they go in to expe-
rience the thrillsawaitingthem in Michi-
gan Stadium.
"It's the one place where all my
friends come back - my fraternity
brothers, the people I grew up with;"
said Calhoun. "Everyone gathers
here."
Last-minute field goal boosts Tennessee over Georgia ;
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jeff
Hall's 34-yard field goal with 10 sec-
onds left lifted No.8 Tennessee to a 30-
27 Southeastern Conference victory
over Georgia Saturday night.
The freshman's kick capped a 48-
yard drive in the waning seconds to turn
aside the upset bid by the Bulldogs (1-
1 SEC, 1-1) in a game featuring 934
yards of offense.
Tennessee (1-0 SEC, 2-0) began the
winning drive at its 36 with 1:29 left
after Georgia's Dax Langley was wide
right on a 53-yard field goal try.
Vols' quarterback Peyton Manning,
who completed 26-of-38 for 349 yards
and two scores, threw 29 yards to Jay
Graham on first down, then seven to
Joey Kent before Graham crashed 10
yards to set up Hall's game-winner.
Georgia had tied the game with a 62-
yard drive that stalled only when Brice
Hunter dropped a sure first-down pass
from Mike Bobo. The Bulldogs settled
for Langley's 34-yard field goal to knot
it at 27-27 with 4:51 left.
Georgia got one more chance when
Manning's pass was intercepted by
Kirby Smart with 3:30 to go, but Hunter
once again dropped a third-d'own pass
that would have kept tle drive going,
and the Bulldogs were forced to try
Langley's long boot.
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Colorado State gets stomped by in-state rival Buffs
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Sopho-
more tailbacks Herchell Troutman and
Marlon Barnes each scored twice, and
No. 10 Colorado parlayed an early 21-
0 lead into a 42-14 rout of in-state rival
Colorado State Saturday night.
Koy Detmer completed 18-of-26
passes for 255 yards and a score as the
Buffaloes rang up 461 yards.
The Buffs (2-0) needed only 7:27 of
the opening quarter to open a 21-0 ad-
vantage. They led 28-7 at the half and
scored on their opening series of the
second half for a 35-7 margin.
Colorado State (1-1) scored in the
second quarter when on Daren
Wilkinson's 9-yard pass to Justin Shull
on the first play.
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Paul Werth of Plymouth files this 10 x 15 flag - the largest MIchigan flag he
knows of - on football Saturdays In the Crisler Arena parking lot.
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AURORA, Ill. (AP)-Chrit Barnett
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Albion (2-0) scored all its touch-
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