v .Att..,. br.. _ _ _. ,. ,. The Baltimore Browns? As funny as it sounds, there's a good chance that's what you'll see for the 1996 season in the NFL. Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening announced yesterday that Baltimore has a signed deal with Cleveland owner Art Modell to move the Browns to Baltimore. ModeN said the Browns had been losing millions of dollars in Cleveland. Baltimore has agreed to build the Browns a new stadium that will be ready in 1998, Page 9 Tuesday, November 7, 1995 ten's soc Iverines tie Illinois y,,Vi Ebenstein aiVSports Writer (hile most Michigan students will e'uffering in the cold Ann Arbor her, the men's soccer team will be vWq it up in Phoenix. The Wolverines advanced to the Na- ol Collegiate Soccer Association h pionship tournament in Arizona fit a strong performance at the Re- ia4 al tournament. firehigan defeated Iowa, and tied t &e and Illinois at the regional tour- apent in Champaign last weekend. Volverines' efforts earned them a kPY second seed in the upcoming atonal tournament. nois will receive a top seed at the lament because the Fighting Illini naed first at the regionals. ome Michigan players seemed sat- i with their second place finish. fleck yeah, we are relieved to make Iiational tournament," senior Ian 'h said. "We are really happy with hot we did." Omior Ryan Carriere felt more am- i'alent. Nthink we played really well and we eofike a strong team," said Carriere. i we expected to beat Purdue and e were a somewhat better team than ll1ois and only tied." M'ichigan's first game *as against rdue, a team they beat 4-0 earlier in heseason. Purdue was looking for re- eirge because of the earlier loss. per heads to Arizona to advance to national championships "Purdue was definitely fired up," Carriere said. The Boilermakers' emotion propelled them to a late goal and a 1-1 tie. Freshman Blake Novotny felt Michi- gan did not meet their potential. "We didn't perform as strongly as we could have," Novotny said. "We didn't have that little extra kick to get the victory." After the Purdue tie Saturday morn- ing, the Wolverines pulled themselves together to romp over a mediocre Iowa team, 6-0. Michigan held the ball for over 70 minutes and dominated play. "Iowa wasn't a very strong team," said Carriere. "We managed to convert our opportunities and put balls in the back of the net." Senior Eric Weinberg scored a hat trick, including one goal on a header. The Wolverines played their third and final game against Illinois, Sunday. Michigan entered the tournament know- ing the top-seeded Illini would present its stiffest competition. The Wolverines began the game knowing they might need at least atie to advance. "If we didn't tie Illinois, it would have been a number crunch," said Kurth. This "crunch" refers to the compli- cated scoring of college soccer tourna- ments and a system which could have eliminated Michigan from national tour- nament consideration. But the Wolverines tied Illinois, eliminating the need to "crunch" any numbers. Michigan played poorly at first against the Illini and fell behind 2-1. The Wolverines recovered, however, and dominated the second half. "They weren't doing much late in the game," Novotny said. "I knew we would score one goal if not two, the way we were pressuring them." Michigan did score late, forcing a tie and giving the Wolverines a national tournament berth. Michigan's players now look to the west, the regional tournament, and warmer weather. "That was one cold weekend," Kurth said. "It was survival of the fittest and we are thrilled to go to Phoenix." "It is definitely too cold around here to play soccer," said Novotny. "Phoe- nix will be kind of neat." Ryan Carriere felt that the team was focused. "We are going to Phoenix to win," Carriere said. "We aren't going to get caught up in anything extracurricular." Carriere added that the team hoped to improve on previous failures at the na- tional tournament. "This will be my third year at the tournament," Carriere said. "We have lost each year to the eventual cham- pion of the tournament. Our seed isn't any better this year but we expect to play like the strong team in our bracket." Clarence Williams and the rest of the Wolverines hope to get back on track this weekend against Purdue. Wolverineslookforwar to Purd-u, not back at los cighK temberg .1~~se 1 I a1 By Antoine Pitts Daily Sports Editor The Michigan football team certainly doesn't have any time to sit around to think of what could have been Saturday in East Lansing. The Wolverines host Purdue, who is coming off a 38-27 victory over Wisconsin, Saturday at Michigan State. Michigan coach Lloyd Carr is deter- mined to put the 28-25 loss to Michigan State behind him as the team prepares for the Boilermakers. "I don't intend to spend any more time talking about it," Carr said. "I'm not going to think about it, I'm not going to be dwelling on that football game and neither are our players. We'll find out Saturday if the distractions bothered us." The Boilermakers dominated Wis- consin Saturday for its first conference victory of the season. The Badgers had demolished Michigan State the week- end before but Purdue caught them off guard. Senior fullback Mike Alstott posted the eighth-best single game rushing ef- fort in Purdue history with 204 yards against Wisconsin. That should give the Wolverines plenty to worry about for this week. "We certainly don't have any time to feel sorry for ourselves," Carr said. "As evidenced by the Purdue-Wisconsin game, we have our hands full with a very outstanding offensive Purdue foot- ball team." The Boilermakers held the ball for an unbelievable 42:04 to Wisconsin's 17:56 in the game and held the Badgers to just one of 10 on third down. "For Purdue to do what they did to them when Wisconsin was coming off a big win says a lot for Purdue," Carr said. BANGED UP BUNCH: Several Wolver- ines came out of Saturday's game with injuries. Tight end Jerame Tuman (knee), linebacker Mike Elston (shoulder), long snapper Marc Bolach (bruised leg) and defensive end Glen Steele (muscle tear in his arm) will all be questionable for the matchup against the Boilermakers. In addition, tight end Jay Riemersma continues to be bothered by an injured foot. Carr expects him to be ready for Saturday, though. "Jay is banged up every game," Carr said. "He continues to play but I think he's definitely going to miss some (prac- tice) time." PERISTERIS TO PUNT: Carr has de- cided to go with junior Paul Peristeris as his punter against Purdue. Nate Delong has averaged 39.6 yards a punt including a 65 yarder against Miami (Ohio), but Carr believes he is not achieving sufficient hang time. The short duration ofthe ball being in the air opens things up for the punt returners as the Michigan coverage can- not get to them in time. Derrick Mason ran back a DeLong punt 70 yards for a touchdown Satur- day. "Nate's statistics have been fairly well, but the problem on the punt re- turn, in my view, was there was no hang time," Carr said. "The ball got down there too quickly." Peristeris has appeared in four games this season averaging 40 yards a punt. It's not the yardage that Carr is looking for though. "Paul in practice has gotten better hang time," Carr said. "When you have a guy like Mason you have to give your people time to get downthereand cover him. TSHIMANGA TIME: Junior tailback Tshimanga Biakabutuka continues to put some impressive numbers on the board. Saturday's 191 yard effort pushed him over 1,000 yards for the season and 2,000 yards for his career. "Biakabutuka is a great football player," Carr said. "He's having a great year." Biakabutuka carried the ball 37 times against the Spartans but is not showing any signs of wear and tear. "Obviously when you carry the foot- ball that many times, you're going to take some hits and you're going to have some bumps and bruises," Carr said. "He's healthy and he is one tough guy." Instead of Biakabutuka receiving punishment, he's been dishing some out. He used a few stiff arms to keep opponents away and offered some blocks to help protect quarterback Brian Griese. "They blitzed a linebacker on our next to last touchdown drive and I think it was the last time they blitzed us because he stepped up and knocked the linebacker sideways," Carr said. Biakabutuka earned ABC Player of the Game honors for his effort. BooKdvIDEO HISTORY SET FOR RE- LEASE: A new book and video box set chronology of Michigan football will hit the stores later this week. "Hail To The Victors: Greatest Moments in Michigan Football History" looks at the top 101 moments in Wolverine hrs- tory. No. 101 was added at the last minute. It is Michigan's dramatic 18-17 win over Virginia that began the 1995 cam- paign. The set retails for $49.95. TIME CHANGE: The kickoff time for Saturday's game has been moved up to 12:06p.m. ESPN will televise the game. B. DAMIAN CAP/Daily Sports agent Leigh Steinberg represents some of the top players in the NFL sports industry and how he has man- aged to successfully negotiate large contracts. He mentioned such terms as the signing bonus and skill guarantees as tactics utilized to bring his clients as much money as possible while play- ing within the often stringent rules of the NFL salary cap. Steinberg, whose clientele includes some of the most accomplished play- ers in football, also spoke about the problems plaguing professional ath- letes today. One of the primary things which he mentioned was the fact that athletes are pressured to play when they are injured often at the expense of their long-term health. "Athletes are in a form of denial when dealing with their own physical health," Steinberg said. "Their long- term health should be of paramount interest." Steinberg also mentioned how his law firm, Steinberg & Moorad, was in the midst. of researching two of the overriding problems affecting foot- ball players' health: the increase in concussion-induced collisions on the field and the presence of artificial turf. In addition to discussing the finan- cial side ofhisjob, Steinberg strongly stressed the humanitarian aspect of his firm. He mentioned that he only takes athletes on as clients who are willing to give back to society and act upon their duty as role models. While every agent strives to bring in as much income as possible for both themselves and their clients, it is Steinberg's charitable work which has propelled him to a level above others in his field. "I think it is really important be- cause of the power of television that athletes are role models," Steinberg said. "An athlete could build friend- ships based on the quality of his char- acter, not just on his performance on the field. (My firm) challenges ath- letes to try and make a contribution." U U '"""' "'yr , ' " , , JOIN THE MOST PROMISING PROFESSION OF THE 21 ST CENTURY Prospective Teacher Education Meeting Tuesday, November 7, 1995 6:00 p.m. Whitney Auditorium Room 1309 School of Education Building Call 764-7563 for more information. Business Data Services, Inc. (BDS) is a leading client/server systems development firm looking for top quality students to join our team in any of our four office locations in Connecticut, Illinois, New York or Virginia. 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