3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 28, 2016 — 3A 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 Michigan’s coach cites late spot, ‘gift interference’ penalty after defeat JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor