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trifecta of Barrett, Samuel and
running back Mike Weber,
coordinator Don Brown’s unit
dominated. The Wolverines
gave up just 206 yards on 50
carries. They sacked Barrett
eight
times,
piled
up
13
tackles for loss and added an
interception.
But
the
offense
could
never deliver the clinching
blow. Down 3-0 in the second
quarter, having gained 26 total
yards on its past four drives,
Ohio State intercepted a pass
from
redshirt
sophomore
quarterback Wilton Speight
and
returned
it
four
a
touchdown. Early in the third
quarter, the Wolverines had a
chance to take a 17-7 lead when
Speight fumbled the snap on
the Buckeyes’ 1-yard line. And
after Michigan did take a 17-7
lead, it gained just 30 yards on
its last four possessions when
it could have put the game
away.
The Wolverines led for more
than 56 minutes of regulation,
sent
the
game
to
double
overtime
and
could
have
ended the game on multiple
occasions. If they had, they
would be heading to the Big
Ten Championship Game next
Saturday night with a chance
to advance to the College
Football Playoff from there.
Now, Michigan’s playoff hopes
are all but gone.
“We make our case on the
field, if you’re going to make
any
arguments
or
cases,”
Harbaugh said. “We feel like
they’ve done everything they
can possibly do, and they’ve
done it very well.”
Harbaugh’s team shuffled
off the field after the game,
trying to elude the masses as
the
opponent’s fans
rushed the field for the second
time in three weeks. In the
postgame
mayhem,
Meyer
couldn’t meet up with his wife,
though he did embrace his
son in a long hug. Then, when
he took the podium at his
postgame press conference,
his wife called him. “She said,
bring a gallon of milk home on
the way home,” he quipped.
He said he did not remember
what happened after the game,
only the Samuel touchdown,
one few will ever forget: “We
motioned the tight end across,
two backs in the backfield. We
expected them to be bear, bear
defense, and pressure. And the
left tackle, Jamarco (Jones),
did a nice job sealing it.
Tailback led, Mike Weber, and
Curtis scored, and we won.”
Curtis scored, and Ohio
State won. Michigan was as
close as it has been in a while.
But the Buckeyes’ dominance
lives.
FOOTBALL
From Page 1A
University
Regent
Denise
Ilitch (D) is a co-president of
Ilitch Holdings alongside her
brother Christopher.
In a press release, Gores
championed the project, noting
the
family’s
longstanding
relationship with the city.
“I am so impressed by the
vision of Chris Ilitch and his
parents,”
Gores
said.
“We
admire
everything
Mike
and Marian Ilitch have done
in Detroit and the passion
they have for the city. Their
dedication
has
served
as a catalyst for so much
investment and we are proud
to join them in this effort.”
However, some University
students,
including
LSA
freshman Claire Westerlund,
believe the Palace is a bit too
far to go for a basketball game.
Westerlund wrote in an email
interview that growing up
in Oakland County between
Southfield and Birmingham is
why she has only been to one
Pistons game.
“I definitely will go to
the new stadium to watch a
basketball game,” Westerlund
wrote. “I am by no means a
basketball fan but it seems like
a fun activity. With the new
location, it will be much easier
to make a day of it.”
She added that in the new
location the Pistons will be
closer to other attractions in
Detroit where she can go with
friends before a game, such
as the Eastern Market or the
Detroit Institute of Arts.
“I always thought it was
weird that the Detroit Pistons
didn’t actually play in Detroit,”
Westerlund wrote. “If you live
somewhere downriver, even
if you were a huge fan, it’s
not worth the trek, especially
on a weeknight. Having the
stadium right downtown will
give the team a greater draw
of
fans.
An
out-of-towner
wouldn’t
be
as
motivated
to come to a game and tour
Auburn Hills versus getting
to see Detroit and their team
play.”
The arena, which is being
lauded for its potential to
attract capital to the area,
has received some backlash
in the community. In October,
contractors
of
the
project
faced fines of nearly half a
million
dollars,
according
to Crain’s Detroit, for not
hiring enough local workers.
According to a city ordinance,
local labor must make up at
least 51 percent of the total
work.
To
ensure
the
Pistons’
relocation would be profitable,
Gores had a sports expert
research
the
venture,
the
Free Press reported. Mark
Rosentraub,
professor
of
kinesiology at the University,
determined the move would
bring with it construction
jobs, increased value of ticket
sales for games and concerts
and jobs both at the site and
potential spin-off locations.
The total impact is projected
to be $596.2 million relocated
to the Detroit area.
According to the company,
the stadium will open Sept. 17
2017.
PISTONS
From Page 1A
Inclusion plan, which aims to
improve campus climate.
“The
goal
of
white
nationalists has been to appeal
to disaffected white students
who may be unhappy with
the
University’s
diversity
initiatives,” he wrote in an
email interview. “This is one
of the reasons why the first
set of racist posters appeared
on Monday, September 26, the
week before President Schlissel
formally released the Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion (plan).”
McCoy
wrote
he
also
frequently undergoes severe
Twitter backlash from alt-
right
accounts,
highlighting
a pattern of intense, often
faceless, online harassment by
alt-right social media bots. LSA
freshman Kori Thomas, who
tweeted of racist posters she
discovered outside South Quad
Residence Hall last month,
faced dozens of tweets riddled
with racial epithets and insults.
“White nationalists not only
seek to create a safe space for
themselves … but to provoke a
backlash that may prove their
claims that those opposed to
racism and white supremacy
oppose
their
free
speech
rights,” McCoy wrote.
SPEECH
From Page 1A
across the University.
Though the survey has been
given annually since 2012, Robert
Marans, one of the co-principal
investigators
of
SCIP
and
a
research professor at the ISR, said
SCIP data will not be collected this
year.
“It’s partly (because of) budget,
but also we’re not seeing the kind
of changes we were hoping to see,”
Marans said. “And the general
feeling is that trying to change
people’s behavior is a slow process.
The annual survey shows small
changes here and there, but for the
most part, no changes.”
The survey will resume in
the fall of 2017 and will then be
administered every other year,
with hopes that more significant
changes will be observed in the
data with a larger gap between
surveys.
There are currently four long-
term
sustainability
goals
for
the
University,
created
under
University
President
emeritus
Mary Sue Coleman in 2011. These
goals, which are implemented by
the same program that distributes
the survey, outline University
initiatives
on
climate
action,
waste
prevention,
a
healthy
environment
and
community
awareness. SCIP was created as
part of the community awareness
goal and tracks the “culture of
sustainability” on campus.
The data showed an increase
in
community
awareness
of
areas of sustainability, such as
travel, transportation and food.
The full report also shows the
campus community has become
more knowledgeable about waste
prevention, and has increased
recycling and reusing of materials
both on campus and at home.
Beyond the survey, SCIP is
currently piloting several projects
on campus to increase awareness
of sustainability.
In Bursley Residence Hall,
an
experiment
to
increase
composting opportunities beyond
the dining hall is currently in
place. Marans said the experiment
began last January and will be
extended to other residence halls
if successful.
“If you want to order pizza,
what do you do with the leftover
pizza and the box and all that stuff
in the room?” Marans said. “If
Bursley residents know more about
composting(after this experiment),
do more composting, than students
in other residence halls, then we
can say, ‘Hey, that experiment was
worthwhile; we should take it to
other residence halls.’ ”
Students around campus are also
getting involved in sustainability
in various other ways on their
own. LSA senior Jayson Toweh,
a Program in the Environment
major, is the president of Students
for Clean Energy, the chair of
Central
Student
Government
Sustainability Commission and
an
administrative
liaison
for
the Students for Sustainability
Initiative. He said students are
becoming increasingly involved
in part because they see a lack of
interest from the administration.
“One
reason
that
we’re
really active is because a lot of
people involved in sustainability
organizations do not believe that
the University itself is making any
large commitment towards being
more sustainable,” Toweh said.
Other
students
said
they
wanted to University support on
sustainability, such as in Greek
Life. LSA sophomore Aliza Sitrin,
a member of Delta Phi Epsilon
sorority,
wanted
to
introduce
composting to her house but ran
into barriers due to potential cost
and smell. Eventually, she and the
friend she was collaborating with
decided to drop the project.
Currently, the sorority house
has recycling bins but Sitrin says
she doesn’t know of any other plans
to increase sustainability efforts.
Marans
acknowledged
that the SCIP survey shows
that communication from the
University about sustainability is an
area that could use improvement.
“There are signs up in the
Fishbowl and all over, but no
one reads them,” Marans said.
“We need to do a better job
communicating.”
Toweh
said
based
on
his
experiences, he would like to see
the University launch an online
educational program similar to
AlcoholEdu could help students
learn more about practices like
conserving energy and washing
clothes in a sustainable way.
“Currently you have a lot of
people who are really informed
and really invested, and a lot
of people who would be more
invested if they knew what the
impact was,” Toweh said. “The
whole concept is just staying alive.
If people care about sustaining life
as it is, caring about sustainability
is a key thing.”
Though the survey has been
given annually since 2012, Marans
said SCIP data will not be collected
this year.
“It’s partly (because of) budget,
but also we’re not seeing the kind
of changes we were hoping to see,”
Marans said. “And the general
feeling is that trying to change
people’s behavior is a slow process.
The annual survey shows small
changes here and there, but for the
most part, no changes.”
The survey will resume in
the fall of 2017 and will then be
administered every other year,
with hopes that more significant
changes will be observed in the
data with a larger gap between
surveys.
SUSTAINABILITY
From Page 1A
“I always
thought it was
weird that the
Detroit Pistons
didn’t actually
play in Detroit.”
COLUMBUS — When the
Michigan football team loses to
Ohio State, especially in games
decided by just a few points,
there are often plays that haunt
Wolverine fans for decades.
The 2006 game, possibly
the biggest in the rivalry’s
history, brought Shawn Crable’s
momentum-changing, helmet-
to-helmet
hit
on
Buckeye
quarterback Troy Smith. The
2013 game ended with an
attempted 2-point conversion
by Michigan, where Devin
Gardner’s
potential
game-
winning pass was picked off
and denied the Wolverines a
monumental upset.
The 2016 version of “The
Game” — the teams’ most
important showdown in 10
years — ended in heartbreak
again for No. 3 Michigan, which
fell to No. 2 Ohio State, 30-27, in
double overtime.
Yet again, there will be
plays Wolverine fans will have
ingrained in their minds for a
while. But this time, Michigan
coach Jim Harbaugh directed
the blame elsewhere.
“I am bitterly disappointed
with the officiating today,” he
said. “That spot … the graphic
display
is
the
interference
penalties. The one not called
on us on Grant Perry, (who)
clearly was being hooked before
the ball got there. The previous
penalty they called on Delano
Hill — the ball is uncatchable
and by the receiver.”
There was a third-down pass
from Ohio State quarterback J.T.
Barrett that sailed incomplete
well beyond his receiver’s reach,
only for Michigan senior safety
Delano Hill to get whistled for
pass interference. There was
another third-down pass, this
time from the Wolverines in
the second overtime, where
sophomore
receiver
Grant
Perry received no call from
the officials despite appearing
to have his arm hooked by a
defender.
And, most crucially, there
was a 4th-and-1 conversion by
Barrett in double overtime,
which the referees ruled a first
down and upheld after review
— if he had been ruled short,
the game would have been over,
and the Wolverines would have
escaped with a 27-24 victory.
Those
final
controversial
plays were the decisive ones,
but they weren’t the first times
the
officiating
crew
drew
Harbaugh’s ire. Late in the third
quarter, he was incensed after a
potential Ohio State false start
was ruled an offside penalty by
the Wolverines.
Harbaugh tossed his play
card into the air and spiked
his headset into the ground,
drawing an unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty that further
baffled him.
“(The referees) could have
been watching the game rather
than being concerned about
(me),” Harbaugh said. “If you
throw a hat, you throw your
script toward your sideline,
that’s a penalty? I asked (the
referee) that, and he said, ‘Well,
it is in basketball.’
“I
go,
‘Well,
this
isn’t
basketball.’ ”
Harbaugh
reiterated
his
disappointment several times
in a heated, eight-minute post-
game press conference, but he
wasn’t the only one feeling it.
Redshirt
sophomore
quarterback
Wilton
Speight
chose his words carefully after
the game, physically stopping
himself from criticizing the
officials’ calls in the overtime
periods.
Fifth-year
senior
defensive end Chris Wormley
made his thoughts a little
clearer — he was a part of
Barrett’s decisive conversion,
shoving
the
quarterback
backward with his right arm as
Hill hit him low.
“I think he was short,”
Wormley said. “But I guess the
refs saw something different.
You’ve gotta play through those
types of calls, those types of
adversity.”
Michigan made plenty of
other mistakes — a stagnant
fourth quarter offense and a
few costly turnovers let the
Buckeyes back in the game in
the first place, and running
back Curtis Samuel ran 15 yards
to the end zone untouched on
the game’s final play.
But in the end — like some
fans might for decades to
come
—
Harbaugh
found
himself unable get past the
controversial calls.
“We’re probably just going
to keep beating a dead horse
here,” he said to end his press
conference. “You know how I
feel.”
Harbaugh ‘bitterly disappointed’
by officiating after nail-biting loss
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JACOB GASE
Daily Sports Editor