.99iw £dmiun ali (1) Nebraska 73, Iowa St. 14 (24) Virginia 33, (2) Florida St. 28 (Thur.) (3) Florida 58, No. Illinois 20 (4) Ohio St. 49, Minnesota 21 (5) Tennessee 42, So. Miss. 0 (6) Northwestern 21, (12) Penn St. 10 Michigan St. 28, (7) Michigan 25 (8) Notre Dame 35, Navy 17 (9) Kansas St. 49. (25) Oklahoma 10 (10) Colorado 45, Oklahoma St. 32 (11) Kansas 42,.Missouri 23 (13) Texas 48, (23) Texas Tech 7 (14) Southern Cal 31, Stanford 30 (19) Oregon 24, (15) Washington 22 (16) Alabama 10, LSU 3 (18) Arkansas 26, Mississippi St. 21 Virginia Tech 31, (20) Syracuse 7 (21) Auburn 38, NE Louisiana 14 Arizona St. 37, (22) UCLA 33 4 icers weep 3ulidogs, VP y Alan Goldenbach aily Sports Writer BIG RAPIDS - It wasn't the kind of 'ating that you see at the Ice Capades, ut then again, hockey isn't always a eautiful game. The Michigan hockey team displayed workman's attitude on its way to a pair Svictories over Ferris State this week- id, 5-2 and 4-1. Playing on a smaller ice surface and gainst a team that's built around size ri its ability to win the physical aspect f the game, the third-ranked Wolver- tes,(3-1 CCHA, 5-1 overall) out- uscled and outworked the Bulldogs (1- 3-6) to beat them at their own game. 'Nonetheless, a seemingly lifeless licliigan squad took a'while to start licking Friday. Through the first two periods, referee lark Shegos escorted 15 Wolverines id bulldogs to the penalty box, consid- rably slowing down the game. The score astiedattwo in the second period when Warren Luhning decided the Wolver- es needed a wake-up call. '"I thought we were dead the first two erigds," Luhning said. "I tried to go out here in the third, hit someone right off ie bat and forecheck real hard." He did just that, keeping the Bulldogs fom advancing the puck from their zone nd sending many of them to the ice with its that rocked Ewigleben Ice Arena. Then atthe 7:42 mark, Luhningcapped is brilliant third-period flurry. He took the rebound of a Blake Sloan vrist shot and flipped it over the head of 'erris goaltender, JeffBlashill, ashe was eing knocked to the ice. The score put he Wolverines up for good, 3-2. "He just used his physical and over- owering strength to just out-muscle his uy and put the puck in the net," Michi- an coach Red Berenson said of the unior right winger. "He was a huge ifference for us tonight." After that, it was all Michigan. Bill Muckalt notched the first of his wo third-period scores less than two ninutes after Luhning's goal. He picked p a loose puck in the neutral zone, took coupleofstridesoverthe Ferris blueline nd firedablisteringslapshotthatBlashill ; still wondering if he ever saw. 4t was the kind of goal that Muckalt eeded to get him back into a groove ftet having some problems with his hot-earlier in the season. "I was getting really frustrated, es- ecially on the power play," Muckalt See FERRIS. Page 6B State knocks off Blue for second time in three tries By Darren Everson Daily Sports Editor EAST LANSING - For a moment, the Wolverines appeared to have the Spartans right where they wanted 'em Saturday. But as it turned out, Michigan State was about six inches further than Michi- gan thought. That's the margin by which the Spartans converted a fourth-and-11 late in the fourth quarter. Five plays later, quarterback Tony Banks connected with Nigea Carter on a 25-yard touchdown pass with 1:24' left to put Michigan State ahead. The Spartans held on to beat Michigan, 28-' 25, in front of 74,667 at Spartan Sta- dium Saturday. For the Wolverines (3-2 Big Ten, 7- 2 overall), the loss does more than just. end all hope of going to the Rose Bowl. It also means that they're No. 2 in this state for the second time in three years. "We went into this game fully ex- pecting to come out of it with the vic- tory," Michigan tight end Jay Riemersma said. "Any time you have the talent that our team has, shock comes into play when you lose." It seemed inevitable that Banks would lead Michigan State (3-2-1,5-3-1) back on that final drive; he had been having his way with the Michigan pass defense all day. But then came that fourth-and-11;. With the weight of the world on his right arm, Banks hit Derrick Mason on a sideline route right at the first-down marker. The Spartans got the first down, but after an unsportsmanlike conduct pen- alty, Michigan State was at its own 28.k However, the next 72 yards came with; relative ease, thanks to the Spartans' Secret Service-like protection of their: leader. "When we went out there I looked at Clarence (Thompson) and I said, 'Clarence, they've got 90 yards to go in: three minutes. There's no way in hell: they're going to do that,'" Michigan defensive lineman Will Carr said. "I guess they proved us wrong." Along the way, Michigan defensive back Charles Woodson got his hands on a pass intended for Derrick Mason. However, Woodson, who was trying to intercept the pass instead of knocking it See SPARTANS, Page 56 Above: Michigan State's Scott Greene drags Michigan's Steve King into the end zone in the fourth quarter. Below: The Spartans celebrate their 28-2S win over Michigan. It was Michigant State's second win in the last three years against the Wolverines. Photos by ELIZABETH LIPPMAN/Daily " " By Scott Burton Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - Michigan is a good football team. That much is obvious after the way the Wolverines came back from despair to beat Virginia in the opening week of its season. Or the way0 they utterly demolished Minnesota last weekend. But why isn't Michigan a great team? What has kept the Wolverines from what seemingly could be an unde- feated season? Why did they lose to a Michigan State team Saturday that had but obscure hopes for a bowl bid? Well, in any sport, the difference between being good and being great usually comes down to one thing - what you do when you're faced with a big play. Great teams consistently execute on crucial plays whereas teams that are just good, like Michi- gan, struggle to make things happen when it counts the most. "Michigan State was able to make the plays they had to make to win and we weren't able to make the ones to get us the win," Michigan coach Lloyd Car said. The biggest plays of all, of course, See BIG PLAYS, Page 4B6 Interview with an athletic director Michigan's Joe Roberson talks about Lloyd Carr, Nike and a college football playoff Comeback kids Jo Roberson tookoverasMichigan's thdeic director in early 1994. Since en, he has dealt with both the highs rid lows of Wolverine athletics. While the teams have continued to Di' there have been numerous prob- ems° off the field concerning both coches and players. L'dst year, in response to some ofthe ncidents, Roberson helped draft a Stu- ent-Athlete Statement of Rights and esponsibilities. He was also a major part of the $6 nillion Nike deal signed last year. In'response to the deal with Nike and he contract buyout offormer football oach Gary Moeller, the University oard of Regents will vote later this nonth on a plan to bring the Athletic apartment under the University 's fi- ancial wing. Daily sports editor Ryan White sat Carr? Roberson: He's the interim coach. D: Is there any time frame that has been determined for naming a head football coach? R: No, none that I'm going to talk about. That's obviously a very touchy subject, and I get asked about it all the time. I will do what I think is right, when it's time to do it and right now is not the time. D: Are you happy with the job Carr has done? R: He's done a superb job. The attitude of the kids, which is terribly important, is great. They are enthusiastic; they enjoy playing foot- ball; they enjoy Lloyd and the staff. What he has said at press confer- ences, to the media and alums, is excel- lent. talk to the players in terms of this deci- sion? R: Well, I don't know what Brian said ... D: He endorsed him. R: Yeah. I have read where two or three did, but I don't have to talk to them. I watch them. I see them in the lockerroom after the game; I watch them in practice. Their opinion is important to me, but it doesn't have to be verbalized. When a kid comes in to me and says, "You know Joe, for the first time I'm really enjoying football," he's told me a great deal already. I value their opinions very, very much, and I'm getting them in a variety of ways. You just gave me one. I hadn't talked to Brian; I talked to Brian several times, but not about that. I have read quotes from Jarrett Irons you." But you bet their opinion is impor- tant. D: Have you talked to Lloyd at all about the situation? R: Every time there' has been any kind of speculation about anything that I thought might concern Lloyd, I have talked to him. And Lloyd's answer has always been - and sometimes I think he gets a little impatient with me -"Joe, don't bother me with this, I'm trying to get ready for Minnesota, or Boston College or Michi- gan State. Those are things I can't con- trol. I'm just going to do the very best I can do." So, while it's fair to say Lloyd and I have talked, we haven't been very spe- cific about the situation. D: Switching to another personnel question, President Duderstadt an- -.. ; ,.