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FIDDLING AROUND?
BOB: I THINK THEY WILL REALLY
KEITH: JUST A FRACTION TOO
LONG.
SO THEY SEND HIM ON A FLY.
IF THE BALL IS THROWN INSIDE
INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE IT IS A
BIG PLAY.
BOB: I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD A
QUARTERBACK YOU ARE AND
RODNEY PEETE IS CERTAINLY A
GOOD QUARTERBACK, YOU HAVE TO
BOB: HE IS ON 3O FOR A 3-YARD
PICKUP.
KEITH KOOJ THE MICHIGAN
DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
MOVE AROUND SOME TODAY TO
OFFSET THEIR DISADVANTAGE.
BOB: THEY ARE NOT BIG FLUF TO
JUST STAND THERE AND FIGHT
THEM.
MESSNER VERY QUICK BUT NOT A
BIG DEFENSIVE LINEMAN LIKE
YOU ARE USED TO SEEING FROM
MICHIGAN.
KEITH: AFFHOLTER ACROSS THE
4O.
HE HAS A FIRST DOWN.
ON THIRD DOWN, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IS AT 57% ON THE
SEASON.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REASONS
WHY THEY ARE 10-1.
BOB THEY RANKED FIRST IN THE
PAC-10 IN MAKING FIRST DOWNS
OUT OF THE THIRD DOWNS.
TWO OF THE FIRST THREE PASSES
HAVE BEEN PASSES TO
AFFHOLTER.
THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING LIKE
THERE.
KEITH: NUMBER 94 T.J. OSMAN,
A JUNIOR FROM PITTSBURGH,
MAKES THE TACKLE FOR THE
WOLVERINES.
THE LOSS IS BACK TO THE
38-YARD LINE.
BOB: MICHIGAN'S DEFENSE LED
THE BIG 10 IN TOTAL DEFENSE
AND AS BO SHEM BECKER HAS
SAID MANY TIMES, YOU WIN THE
BIG-10 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
KEITH: AFFHOLTER STRETCHES
OUT AND PULSE AHEAD.
6 FOOT 1 INCH, 190 POUNDS.
THEY GET PREOCCUPIED WHEN YOU
KEEP THROWING TO ONE GUY.
THAT'S GOING TO FREE UP
JACKSON ON THE FAR SIDE.
BOB WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
JUST A THREE-DEEP ZONE.
KEITH: YOU GOT A PEN NAMT
FLAG AND I DON'T KNOW -- I
THINK RODNEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PAST THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BOB YES, HE WAS.
KEITH: IT WAS CLOSE BUT I
KEITH: THE OPENING PO SESSION
OF THE 75TH ROSE BOWL GAME.
REFEREE, GORDON REESE.
MIXED CREW TODAY.
FOUR PACK-10ERS.
ROBERT PICKENS.
REFEREE: PENALTY INCLUDES THE
LOSS OF DOWN.
KEITH: NOW IT IS THE
WOLVERINES' TURN.
FIRST DOWN AT THEIR OWN
15-YARD LINE.
THEY WILL COME UP NOW.
THE BIGGEST MAN ALONG THEIR
OFFENSIVE LINE IS GREG SKEP
KNACK.
KEITH: THEY DON'T GET MUCH
OUT OF IT AS THE TROJANS ROLL
HIM UP AND REEL HIM BACK.
THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR
MICHIGAN IS DEMETRIUS BROWN.
KEITH: BOLES MOVES IT OUT
ACROSS THE 2O.
DEFENSIVELY FOR THE TROJANS
--
KEITH: DEMETRIUS RUNS IT DOWN
TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
CHRIS HALE BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
BOB: DEMETRIUS BROWN CAME IN
THE 18TH GAME OF THE YEAR
WHEN WALKER WAS INJURED.
HAD A TOUGH YEAR LAST YEAR,
THROWING 18 INTERCEPTIONS.
HAS NOT THROWN AN
INTERCEPTION SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN THE
POCKET.
BOB: NOW THE TAILBACKS ARE
OUT OF THERE AND TWO
FULLBACKS ARE IN THERE.
KEITH: HE CROSSES MIDFIELD.
HE WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY TRACY
BUTTS.
BOB: LET'S WATCH KOLESAR, HE
IS GOING TO COME ACROSS THE
FORMATION.
PLAY-ACTION FAKE.
THE INSIDE MAN WILL RUN A
LITTLE BIT TO THE OUTSIDE.
A NICE DRAW OVER THE
LINEBACKER'S HEAD AND A NICE
PICKUP.
KEITH: BOLES IS BACK INTO THE
LINEUP NOW.
KEITH: BOLES IS CLOSE TO THE
4 WITH ERNEST STEER GETTING
THE TACKLE.
HORD'S BIG BALL GAME OF THE
YEAR WAS THIS A CONFERENCE
PLAY AGAINST INDIANA.
BOB: HE IS TWO BIG BALL GAMES
RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
BECAUSE OF HIS RUNNING SKILL
FROM THE FULLBACK POSITION,
BO SCHEMBECHLER HAS RUN HIM
2O TAILBACK.
KEITH: A GOOD TACKLE BY CHRIS
HALE.
IF HE DOESN'T GET A PIECE OF
HIM GOING BUY, HE MIGHT STILL
BE RUNNING.
BOB: THERE ARE FIVE ALL-PAC
PLAYERS ON THIS DEFENSIVE
TEAM OF THE SOUTHERN CAL
TROJANS.
SCOTT ROSS, THE LINEBACKER,
OWENS AND RYAN.
I GUESS THERE ARE ONLY FOUR.
WELL, CLEVELAND COLDER, WHO
IS INJURED FOR THIS SAFETY.
FIVE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ON THE
ALL- PAC-10.
KEITH: HOARD.
IT WILL BE CLOSE TO A FIRST
DOWN.
SCOTT ROSS PICKS UP THE
FULLBACK AND BROUGHT HIM
DOWN.
IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH, I THINK,
FOR THE CHANGE TO COME ON.
SO WE DO SEE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT LOOK ON THE
MICHIGAN OFFENSE EARLY, DON'T
WE?
BOB: TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR
LINEBACKERS FOR SOUTHERN CAL.
35 IS SCOTT ROSS.
CLOSEST TO US AT THE BOTTOM
OF OUR SCREEN.
SEIZE IT ALL THE WAY.
HOARD GOES UP AND MAKES THE
RECEPTION.
KEITH: AT THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 38-YARD LINE,
FIRST DOWN FOR MICHIGAN.
AND FOUR SUBTY TUETS ONTO THE
FIELD, INCLUDING JEFF BROWN.
CALLOWAY COMES BACK.
MCMURTRY COMES OUT.
KEITH: IT IS HORD.
CLOSE TO ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
I THINK HE HAS ONE.
THE MAN ON THIS SIDE WILL BE
A YARD SHORT.
BOB: BLOCKING UP FRONT.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
MICHIGAN LINE, YOU MENTIONED
THE ALL PAC-10 PLAYERS,
MICHIGAN'S OFFENSE HAS TWO
BIG-10 PLAYERS IN THE
OFFENSIVE LINE.
VITALE AND MIKE HUGH CZAR.
KEITH: HANDOFF TO HORD.
GOES FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE IT.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A
LIVING RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE,
I DON'T THINK, AGAINST
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BOB: THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO RUN UP THE MID-L.
BUT SCHEMBECHLER SAID HE IS
NOT GOING TO GO AWAY FROM
WHAT GOT HIM HERE.
HE IS GOING TO TRY OWL THE
GYM IX AND GOJ ET GADGETS.
IF HE NEEDS THEM, HE WILL USE
THEM.
BUT HE WILL NOT GO AWAY FROM
HIS BREAD AND BUTTER OF
FOOTBALL.
KEITH: HAND THE BALL OFF TO
HOARD.
HE HAS GOT THE FIRST DOWN AS
HE MOVES JUST INSIDE THE
TROJAN 25.
BOB: MICHIGAN'S OFFENSE
REALLY WAS MORE DOMINANT IN
THE BIG-10 THAN MICHIGAN'S
DEFENSE.
MICHIGAN'S DEFENSE LED THE
BIG-10 IN TOTAL DEFENSE.
BUT MICHIGAN'S OFFENSE LED IN
POINT SCORED, THIRD DOWN
EFFICIENT SIS, FEWEST GIVE
AWAYS & OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
THAT REALLY CARRIED THIS CLUB
ALL YEAR.
KEITH: BOLES LOWERS HIS
SHOULDER AND RAMS TO THE 2.
THAT'S A PICKUP OF ABOUT 3
YARDS.
BOB: SOMETIMES THE BETTER EWE
OFFENSE IS AND THE LONGER IT
STAYS ON THE FIELD, THE
BETTER IT CAN PROTECT YOUR
DEFENSE.
BO STAYED I SAID HIS DEFENSE
WAS REALLY NOT A GOOD
DEFENSE.
BUT HE HAS HAD BETTER.
KEITH: BOLES IS CAUGHT BEHIND
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BOB: BOTH DEFENSIVE TEAMS
LIKE THE SLANT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE MEAN
BY SLANTING.
HERE IS OWENS RIGHT HERE.
NORMALLY HE WOULD GO STRAIGHT
INTO THIS MAN BUT WATCH HIM
SLANT TO THE INSIDE.
AS THEY TRY TO CROSSBLOCK,
THE OFFENSIVE MEN ARE GOING
TO MISS HIM.
SKREPENAK TRIES TO GET HIM.
KEITH: HUNDRED SUCKER GETS
HIM.
NUMBER 4O, HE IS BLOCKED BY
THE TIGHT END WALKER.
BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH.
AS SOUTHERN CAL WAS SLANTING
AND BLITZING TWO OF THEIR
LINEBACKERS AND HARTSUYKER
MADE THE PLAY.
GILLETTE.
GILLETTE HAS 56 FIELD GOALS
IN HIS CAREER.
THAT'S THE BEST IN MICHIGAN
HISTORY.
KEITH: JUST GOT INSIDE.
49 YARDS FOR MIKE GILLETTE.
AND THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
DO TAKE THE TOP TO LEAD.
42 YARD
KEITH: THE TWO COACHES LARRY
SMITH AND BO SHEM BECKER
WALKING THE SIDE LINES AS
GILLETTE HITS A 49-YARD FIELD
GOAL TO PUT MICHIGAN IN FRONT
3-0.
KEITH: SCOTT LOCKWOOD BURNS
IT AUTOPSY THE ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE 35.
HERE IS WHAT RODNEY PEETE
TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW
HE WANTED TO GO AFTER
MICHIGAN EARLY IN THE BALL
GAME.
>> I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO
MIX IT UP.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO BE
BALANCED.
WE THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME BIG
PLAYS ON THEM IN THE PASSING
GAME.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POUND
THEM AND FIND OUT WHO IS
GOING TO BE THE MORE PHYSICAL
FOOTBALL GAME.
IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY
PHYSICAL GAME.
KEITH: RICKY ERVINS IS 5 FEET
8 INCHES TALL AND PLAYING IN
HIS HOMETOWN, PASADENA.
THEY PICKED UP TWO YARDS.
AFFHOLTER WILL COME TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE.
KEITH: HE IS THROWN DOWN JUST
ABOUT THE TIME THE BALL GOT
THERE.
FORTUNATE, PERHAPS, THAT HE
IS ABLE TO RETAIN IT.
LOOKED LIKE ERICK ANDERSON,
THE LINEBACKER, HIT HIM.
THE SUGAR BOWL FOLLOWS US
FROM NEW ORLEANS, THE DOME.
THE FLORIDA STATE SENIMOLES
AGAINST THE AUBURN TIGERS.
KEITH: THE PRESSURE GOT TO
HIM.
THREE WOLVERINES WERE AFTER
HIM.
THAT'S THE FIRST IDEA -- THE
FIRST EXAMPLE OF THE IDEA
THAT THE MICHIGAN DEFENSIVE
PEOPLE HAVE TODAY.
BOB: MICHIGAN IN THE NOTRE
DAME GAME, WHERE NOTRE DAME
BLITZED SOUTHERN CAL.
GOT IN THE FACE OF RODNEY
PETE L PEETE, PUT A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON HIM.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE
GET SOME PRESSURE ON HIM.
KEITH: THAT IS A REAL BEAUTY.
TAKES A SIDEWAYS HOP.
WHAT A PUNT.
HE MOVED THAT THING IN THERE
LIKE A GOOD SOLID 7-IRON.
THAT'S INSIDE THE LEATHER.
GIVE IT TO HIM.
60-YARD PUNT.
NO RETURN.
AND YES, THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DO GET
SNOW.
KEITH: HE HIT IT 60 YARDS AND
KILLED ON THE MICHIGAN 1.
THEY LEAD 3-0, MICHIGAN.
KEITH: I THOUGHT THE RIDE
SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN CAL LINE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
KICK.
BUT THERE WAS SOME MOVEMENT
THERE.
BOB: LET ME TELL YOU, SPERLE
HAS JUST MADE 1 NEW FRIENDS.
EVERYBODY ON THE DEFENSIVE
TEAM IS GOING TO GIVE HIM A
PAT ON THE BACK FOR THAT
PUNT.
KEITH: BEAUTIFUL CATCH BY
GREG MCMURTRY AND AN EVEN
THROW BY DEMETRIUS BROWN.
BOB THIS WOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
CAN YOU BELIEVE BO
SCHEMBECHLER THROWING OUT OF
HIS OWN END ZONE TO DEMETRIUS
BROWN WHO THROUGH 16
INTERCEPTIONS LAST YEAR.
BO SAID HE HAS MATURED AND IS
MUCH MORE DISCIPLINED.
KEITH: THIS IS HOARD CARRYING
THE BALL.
ON FIRST DOWN HE WON'T GET
ANYTHING.
WALKER GOES BACK IN AS TIGHT
END.
BOLES GOES BACK IN AS RUNNING
BACK.
JEFF BROWN COMES OUT.
KEITH: HE IS WAY BACK INSIDE
THE 5 BY TIM RYAN.
HE SHOULD HAVE THROWN IT AWAY
AND HE DIDN'T.
BOB THIS WAS A SCREEN PASS.
THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN GET
TIED UP AND CAN'T GET OUT TO
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
IT IS GOING TO THE OTHER
SIDE.
AND RYAN SKWAUS KEEPS COMING.
KEITH: OVER KOLESAR'S HEAD.
THE FIRST QUARTER IS OVER.
AND SO AFTER THE FIRST 15
MINUTES OF THE 75TH ROSE BOWL
GAME, IT IS MICHIGAN 3,
KEITH: PENALTY FLAG.
TROJANS ARE GOING TO GET HIT
FOR CLIPING.
NUMBER 6 CAME UP THE FIELD
AND WAL LOPED SOMEBODY IN THE
BACK.
THE TROJANS WILL GO THE OTHER
WAY FORE15.
43-YARD PUNT BY GILLETTE OUT
OF THE END ZONE.
THEN HE HAD A 15-YARD PENALTY
TO IT AND IT IS A BETTER
KICK.
BOB: NUMBER 6 RIGHT THERE,
POLLARD IS GOING TO HIT WELL
BORN, NUMBER 3, RIGHT IN THE
BACK.
KEITH: ERICK ANDERSON, 6 FOOT
3 INCHES, FROM GLENVIEW,
ILLINOIS, ON THE INSIDE
LINEBACKER POSITION.
BOB: LOOK AT THE BOTTOM TOTE
OOL.
KEITH: SO FAR THE USC RUNNING
GAME HAS NOT BEEN
PARTICULARLY PRODUCTIVE.
KEITH: AFFHOLTER SHORT OF THE
FIRST DOWN.
A PICKUP OF ABOUT EIGHT ON
THE PLAY.
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED
BAD.
BOB: COMING INTO THE GAME IN
FAUKING WITH SOME OF THE
SOUTHERN CAL COACHES, THEY
FELT LIKE THEY REALLY WEREN'T
OVER THE LOSS TO NOTRE DAME.
KEITH: JACKSON'S KNEE DOWN ON
THE 41-YARD LINE.
HE HAD SOME ROOM, TOO.
THAT'S WHY HE IS SLAPPING HIS
HAND TOGETHER.
BOB THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
IS RIGHT THERE.
HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING
JOB WITH THIS OFFENSE ALL
YEAR.
SECOND IN THE PAC-10.
RANKED 9TH OVERALL IN THE
NATION.
KEITH: LET ME PUT THE NAME
LEROY HOLT IN YOUR MIND.
KEITH: HOLT HAS GOT IT UP THE
MIDDLE AND STRETCHES OUT
CLOSE TO THE 35.
HE IS VERY EFFECTIVE WITH
THAT QUICK POP PLAY UP THE
MIDDLE.
BOB: ON YOUR SCREEN, NUMBER
60 WILL BE MARK MESSNER.
HE LINED UP INSIDE WHERE HOLT
ENDED UP RUNDSING AND THEN
SLANTED TO THE OUTSIDE.
KEITH: LEROY FINALLY FINDS A
LITTLE ROOM.
BUT THAT TIME MESSNER AND
NUMBER 94 T.J. OSMAN GOT
AHOLD OF HIM AND BROUGHT HIM
DOWN.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, A
LITTLE OCEAN HAZE.
NO SMOG TODAY.
EVERYBODY IS TAKING IT EASY.
NOT MANY CARS OUT.
ABOUT A MILLION WATCHING THE
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE
THIS MORNING.
IT WAS 32 DEGREES IN PASADENA
AT 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE HAD COOL WEATHER.
BOB: AND CLEAR.
IT HAS BEEN THE CLEAREST THAT
I HAVE EVER SEEN OUT HERE.
KEITH: WE HAVE GOT A TIMEOUT.ANM
KEITH: THE FIRST TIME THE
MICHIGAN WOLVERINES AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TROJANS
MET IN THE ROSE BOWL, 1948.
SECOND YEAR OF THE BIG-10
PAC-10 AGREEMENT.
COACH OF THE YEAR WEISNER
WORRIED HIS WOLVERINES WERE
GITING COCKY, CALLED A
MEETING AND CHEWED THEM OUT.
AND THEY WON.
KEITH: BOB ELLIOTT IS STAYING
IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
HE IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
OF IOWA.
THE GOODYEAR BLIMP SOARING
OVERHEAD IN THE BLUE SKY.
IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND
ONE.
KEITH: EMANUEL FINDS
DAYLIGHT.
PLAYING ON GRASS VERSUS
PLAYING ON THE RUG.
WE ASKED MARK MESSNER AND
JOHN KOLESAR HOW THEY FELT
ABOUT IT.
HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> I CAN'T STAND GRASS.
FOR SOME REASON, I THINK IT
IS JUST WHAT YOU ARE USED TO.
THE WEEK WE HAVE BEEN OUT
HERE PRACTICING, OUR LEGS
HAVE FELT LIKE JELLY.
THEY ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO
COME BACK.
KEITH: DIFFERING OPINIONS
FROM THE WOLVERINES.
AARON EMANUEL CARRYING THE
BALL, THE BALL COMING LOOSE.
MISH HAS COME UP WITH THE
BALL.
ERICK ANDERSON, THE SOPHOMORE
FROM GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS,
MAKES THE RECOVERY.
BOB: ERVINS GOT THE START
TODAY.
A NICE RUN UP INSIDE.
NUMBER 3 IS GOING TO HIT HIM.
THE BALL -- I DON'T KNOW --
HE IS DOWN.
KEITH THEY SAY THE BALL --
KEITH: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
HAS RECOVERED THE FOOTBALL.
SCOTT ROSS KNOCKED IT OUT.
BOB: YOU SAW SHAW ON THE
SIDELINE.
HE WAS PATTING EMANUEL ON THE
BACK SAYING COME ON, GET BACK
IN THERE.
WE HAVE GOT IT BACK.
KEITH: ROSS IS A WILD MAN.
HE WILL TAKE YOU ON.
BOB: THERE IS NO QUESTION
ABOUT THIS FUMBLE.
THE BALL WAS LOOSE BEFORE HE
HIT THE GROUND.
ROSS, NO QUESTION, CAUSED IT.
SOUTHERN CAL GETS THE
FOOTBALL.
KEITH: EMANUEL TAKES IT DOWN
TO THE 6 WITH A HARD RUN.
BOB: THE GAME PLAN WAS GOING
TO BE RUN RIGHT AT THEM
BECAUSE OF THE QUICKNESS OF
MICHIGAN'S DEFENSIVE FRONT.
AND THE SIZE OF THE OFFENSIVE
LINE FOR SOUTHERN CAL BEING
MUCH BICKER, JUST RUN RIGHT
AT THEM AND GET BACK IN
BEHIND THEM.
THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO
FAR.
KEITH: EMANUEL TO THE 2.
THE BALL GAME OUT AGAIN BUT
HE WAS CLEARLY OUT AGAIN.
IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL TO
GO.
HAVE A DA MURRAY BROUGHT HIM
DOWN.
THEY HUSTLE T.J. OSMAN BACK
IN AT NOSE GUARD.
TEETER COMING OUT.
KEITH: SOMEBODY REALLY STUCK
EMANUEL.
IT LOOKED LIKE ERICK ANDERSON
GOT HIM OVER THE TOP WHEN HE
WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIS LEAP
AND NAILED HIM.
BOB: JUST GOOD DEFENSE BY
MICHIGAN.
TWO INSIDE LINEBACKERS,
MILLIGAN AND J.J. GRANT, WERE
HURT EARLY IN THE YEAR.
SPENCER AND NUMBER 55 HAVE
PLAYED THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF
THE SEASON AND HAVE PLAYED
VERY WELL.
BUT THEY ARE MISSING THEIR
LEADING TACKLER IN J.J.
GRANT.
KEITH: WELL BORN CAN'T CATCH
HIM.
TOUCH DOWN.
BOB THEY MOVE JACKSON IN
NUMBER ONE.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT WAS A
PASS.
JACKSON DIDN'T GET OUT.
THE DEFENSIVE MAN JAMMED HIM
AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
WELL BORN, NUMBER 3, CAN'T
CATCH HIM.
PEETE IS INSIDE FOR THE
SCORE.
THERE WAS A LATE FLAG THROWN.
KEITH: THE EXTRA POINT TRY IS
GOOD.
SO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOW
STICKS IT IN THE END ZONE TO
TAKE THE LEAD 7-3 AND NSTRATION,
KEITH: THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE,
ROY RIEGELS, YES, THE SAME
MAN THAT RAN THE WRONG WAY IN
1929, AS CAL LOST TO GEORGIA
SOUTHERN.
THEY ARE CUTTING THE RIB ON
OF THE CHRYSLER COURT OF
CHAMPIONS.
ON THAT WALL WILL BE ALL THE
SCORES OF GAMES PLAYED IN
THIS HISTORIC ROSE BOWL GAME.
SCOTT LOCKWOOD HAS GOT SOME
ICE ON HIS KNEE.
THERE WAS AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE
CONDUCT CALL.
HE IS JUST UP THERE OUT OF
THE WAY.
ANOTHER YOUNG MAN GETTING HIS
ANGLE TAPEED.
BOB THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING SAID OR SOMETHING
DONE AFTER PEETE DOVE ACROSS
THE LINE.
BOB: THE WORD ON SCOTT
LOCKWOOD IS HE SPRAINED HIS
LEFT KNEE.
THEY WILL PROBABLY DO SOME
X-RAYS AND SEE IF IT IS MORE
SERIOUS.
SO FAR SCOTT LOCKWOOD WILL
NOT PLAY THE REST OF THIS
HALF.
KEITH: THE BALL IS AT THE 34
YARD LINE.
KEITH: GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY BY
CHRIS HALE.
HALE NUMBER 2 AT 5 FOOT 9
INCHES.
COAL CZAR MISSED IT AND HALE
STAYED RIGHT WITH HIM.
BOB: THEY GOT THAT
ACCOMPLISHED.
THE PAUL WAS OVER KOLESAR'S
SHOULDER AND HE COULDN'T COME
UP WITH THE PLAY.
YOU SEE NUMBER 7 CARRYING IT
TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
HE IS THE MAN THEY FOOLED
WITH THE OPTION FAKE DOWN THE
LINE.
KEITH: LEROY HOARD RUNS RIGHT
THROUGH THE TACKLERS.
AN EIGHT-YARD PICKUP.
TIMEOUT FOR A MOMENT.
WE HAVE GOT A TROJAN DOWN ON
THE FIELD.
BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IN THE ROSE BOWL
WAS 1970.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAD ONLY
A TIE IN THEIR SEASON RECORD.
BAD TRIP FOR THE WOLVERINES.
BO SCHEMBECHLER HAD A MILD
HEART ATTACK.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 10-3.
MICHIGAN'S FIRST LOSS EVER IN
POST-SEASON PLAY.
KEITH: SCOTT ROSS IS BEING
HELPED OFF THE FIELD.
THE TEAM'S LEADING TACKLER.
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE LOSS FOR
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEFENSE.
BRYAN TULIAU CHECKS IN.
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KEITH: THE DEFENSE ATE HIM UP
AT THE 4O.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT FROM
BEHIND DINGMAN.
THE TROJANS TOOK HIM.
BOB: TULIAU AND CHESLEY WERE
BOTH THERE TO MAKE THE PLAY.
TULIAU 56 JUST COMING INTO
THE BALL GAME FOR THE INJURED
SCOTT ROSS.
THAT IS A WISHBONE IN LOOK
ONLY.
IT IS A POWER ONCE THEY RUN
IT.
THEY DO NOT RUN THE WISHBONE,
BUT THEY CERTAINLY LINEUP
LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO.
KEITH: ROSS HAD FOUR TACKLES
AND ONE FORCE FUMBLE BEFORE
HE HAD TO LIFE THE GAME.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
DELAY OF GAME.
OFFENSE.
STILL FOURTH DOWN.
KEITH: SO GILLETTE AND HIS
TEAMMATES WILL BACK UP FIVE
AFTER USING UP THE CLOCK.
KEITH SHORT KICK.
IT GOES OUT AT THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 37-YARD LINE.
8:10 TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF.
LET'S PAUSE FIVE SECONDS.
KEITH: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS
LEADING.
MICHIGAN SCORED FIRST IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
IN THE SECOND QUARTER,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAME
BACK.
KEITH: INSEPTEMBERED.
HE IS OUT OF THE BOUNDS DOWN
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 4O-41
YARD LINE.
IT WENT RIGHT INTO THE ARMS
OF DAVID ARNOLD.
TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS,
TURNOVERS.
THEY WILL KILL YOU.
BOB: LOOKS LIKE PEETE
EXPECTED HIM TO GO DOWNFIELD.
GOOD VISION.
THE ONLY THING HERE, HE HAD
EXPECTED HIM TO GO UP THE
FIELD.
HE IS GOING TO RUN DOWN THE
235OE8> AND AIR NOLD RIGHT
HERE IS GOING TO PICK THE
BALL OFF.
HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO
CONTINUE UP THE FIELD.
HE SEES THE COVERAGE.
HE JUST MADE A BAD THREE.
KEITH: IT IS INCOMPLETE.
INTENDED FOR HOARD COMING OUT
OF THE BACKFIELD.
KEITH: HANDED OFF THIS TIME
AND THERE IS ROOM FOR HOARD.
LEROY IS CLOSE TO A FIRST
DOWN.
BOB: THIS IS A DRAW PLAY.
THE TWO INSIDE LINEBACKERS,
TUE HOW AND CHESLEY.
THEY SEE 67 IS VI TAL HE
LOOFMT IT IS A NICE BLOCK ON
ONE OF THE LINEBACKERS.
THERE IS A NIGHT HOLE UP THE
MIDDLE FOR HOARD.
KEITH: DEMETRIUS BROWN CAN'T
GET IT FOR THE INTENDED
RECEIVER, TONY BOLES.
BOLES HAD BROKEN AWAY.
HE WAS 3-UP.
BOB: HE HAD A MAN OPEN.
RIGHT HERE BOLES IS JUST
GOING TO SNEAK BY EVERYBODY
AS THE FAKE IS GOING TO BE
MADE.
IF THE BALL WOULD HAVE BEEN
THERE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
TOUCHDOWN.
RIGHT THERE YOU SEE BOLES
SLIP BY EVERYBODY.
HE LOOKS TO THE INSIDE AND
BROWN THROWS TO THE OUTSIDE.
KEITH: A LITTLE QUICK ONE TO
THE SIDELINES.
BUT HE THROUGH IT MUCH, MUCH
TOO HIGH.
ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THAT
TIM RYEIAN, 25O POUNDS ON ONE
SIDE, AND DAN OWENS, 260
POUNDS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO TURN HIM
INTO SAUSAGE.
BOB: HE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THE BACK FIELD WITH HIM
WITH THE WRONG COLOR JERSEY
ON AS FAR AS HE WAS
CONCERNED.
SO THE TROJAN DEFENSE DIGS IN
KEITH: BO SCHEMBECHLER IS
HAVING A LITTLE CONVERSATION
OFF THE FIELD.
I KNOW SOMEBODY WILL GIVE IT
TO YOU.
BO GIVING THEM A PIECE OF HIS
MIND AFTER THEY FAILED TO GET
ANYTHING OUT OF THE FIFRS
DOWN IN GOOD FIELD BOGS.
KEITH: HE IS FINALLY THROWN
OUT OF THE BOUNDS BY DAVID
ARNOLD.
NOW THE STORY ON SCOTT ROSS.
A KE: THE DIAGNOSIS IS JUST
BRUISED RIGHT SHIN.
SCOTT ROSS SHOULD BE BACK IN
THIS BALL GAME.
KEITH: SOUNDS LIKE THE OLD
SANTA ANA WINDS HAVE DRIVEN
YOU OUT.
IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN STILL
ABOUT TEN FROM THE 33 YARD
LINE.
KEITH: PEETE GIVES THE BALL
TO AARON EMANUEL.
HE WILL MOVE IT OUT TO ABOUT
THE 38-YARD LINE.
IT WILL BRING UP THIRD AND
LONG WITH 6:47 TO GO IN THE
FIRST HALF. CLASSI
KEITH: SHOULD BE GOOD FOR A
FIRST DOWN.
EMANUEL MADE THE CATCH.
HE CAUGHT A HOT ROCK BECAUSE
PEETE PUT SOME SIZZLE ON IT.
BOB: JUST ENOUGH TO PICK UP
THE FIRST DOWN.
EMANUEL CAME INTO THE BALL
GAME WITH ONLY SIX CATCHES
FOR THE YEAR.
THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A
FIRST DOWN.
KEITH KOOJ I THINK IF I WERE
THE HOME TEAM, I WOULD
NEGOTIATE THE FIELD SIDE
BECAUSE ON THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA SIDE, YOU CAN SEE
THEM ALL SWEATING.
AS THE DAY GOES ON, THAT
BRIGHT SUN JUST BURNS A HOLE
IN YOU.
KEITH: THAT'S LEROY HOLT AND
THAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER FIRST
DOWN.
WELL BORN AND ANDERSON
COLLABORATE FOR THE TACKLE.
BUT LEROY IS 215 POUNDS.
BOB: HE DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD
BE CARRYING THE BALL VERY
MUCH WHEN HE CAME TO SOUTHERN
ARE BECAUSE SOUTHERN CAL
GREAT BLOCKERS.
KEITH: EMANUEL DIDN'T GET A
WHOLE LOT BECAUSE MARK
MESSNER WAS RIGHT THERE ALONG
WITH T.J. OS MAFNLT BUT IT
LOOK LIKE HE HAS HIS FIRST
DOWN.
HE DOES.
BOB: NUMBER 60 IS MARK
MESSNER, ONE OF THE MEN THAT
YOU SEE HIM SLANTING TO HIS
LEFT AND MILLIGAN, NUMBER 3O,
FILLING THE GAP THAT HE LEFT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MICHIGAN WAS GOING TO DO TO
OFFSET THE DIFFERENCE IN SIZE
BETWEEN THE OFFENSIVE LINE
AND DEFENSIVE LINE.
KEITH: HOLT TAKES IT DOWN
JUST SHORT OF THE 4O YARD
LINE.
PEETE IS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY
MOVE THE BALL UP FIELD.
MIKE EVANS WAS THE MAN IN PER
SUIT OF HIM IN PRINCIPLE.
BUT MIKE COULDN'T CATCH HIM.
BOB: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CLOSE TO 3O YARDS IN
DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE THE
BALL IS SPOTTED NOW AND WHERE
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED.
GAIN KEITH: THE GAIN IS 4
YARDS.
KEITH: ANDERSON IS HAVING A
GOOD DAY AND KNOCKED HIS LEGS
FROM UNDER HIM.
THEY ARE LOOKING ACROSS THE
FIELD.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE
SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN.
IT IS.
KEITH: THE BIG FULLBACK MOWS
HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 32 YARD
LINE.
THAT WILL BE A TROJAN FIRST
DOWN.
KEITH: HE'S INSIDE THE TEN TO
THE 9.
THIS IS WHAT MICHIGAN DID NOT
WANT HIM TO DO, RUNNING
AROUND.
BOB: THEY STOP THE RUNNING
GAME FAIRLY WELL AND YOU
COVER THE RECEIVERS DOWN
FIELD.
THIS IS THE EXTRA DIMENSION
YOU GET FROM A QUARTERBACK
WITH THE ATHLETIC ACT OF A
RODNEY PEETE.
THE PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE
YEAR.
HE IS AN ALL-AMERICAN
QUARTERBACK.
RIGHT THERE COMING BACK, HE
GETS IT DOWN MOST OF THE TEN
YARD LINE.
KEITH: PEETE GIVES TO EMANUEL
AND HE PICKS UP CLOSE TO 3
YARDS.
HE COMES UP JUST SHORT OF THE
6.
AND BRENT WHITE, A SENIOR OUT
OF DAYTON, OHIO, BROUGHT HIM
DOWN.
BOB: EMANUEL WAS THE TOP HIGH
SCHOOL RUNNING BACK IN 1984
COMING OUT OF SCHOOL.
HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
ALL-AMERICAN.
KEITH: PENALTY FLAG IS DOWN.
JOHN GUERREROMOVED A TAD TOO
QUICKLY.
EITHER THAT OR THE CLOCK RAN
OUT.
ONE OR THE OTHER.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL.
FALSE START.
OFFENSE.
ILL SECOND DOWN.
BOB: THE SECOND GUY FROM THE
TOP ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
WHEN YOU ARE THAT BIG, IT IS
NOT EASY TO HIDE.
KEITH: EMANUEL PULSE OUT AT
THE FIVE TO THE 4.
WELL, LARRY SAID HE THOUGHT
HE HAD SOME BACKS THAT COULD
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN ON THEIR
OWN.
EMANUEL IS TRYING STARTING TO
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
BOB: THE REACTION TO THIS
LAST PLAY BY BOTH
BO SEES IT VERY WELL AND
DOESN'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT
IT.
KEITH: IT WOULSEEMME
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO EN
UP POSSESSION HERE WITH THIS
LAST EFFORT.
THEY ARE DOWN AT THE 4-YARD
LINE.
THEY HAVE RUN 1 PLAYS AND
HAVE GOBBLEED UP A BUNCH OF
TIME.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIRD
DOWN AND GOAL.
YOU HAVE 1:19 TO PLAY IN THE
FIRST HALF.
SOUTHERN CAL IS LEADING 7-3.
KEITH: RODNEY PEETE RNS IT
INSIDE.
TOUCH DOWN.
BOB: YOU MENTIONED IT IN THE
OPENING ABOUT THE HEALTH OF
RODNEY PEETE.
THEY SAVED HIM FOR A GOALLINE
SITUATION.
RODNEY PEETE GOING DOWN THE
LINE.
WATCH THE LINEBACKER DOWN
HERE.
HE WILL COME UP FIELD.
AS PEETE COMES DOWN, HE
CHOOSES TO TAKE IT INTO THE
ENZONE HIMSELF.
STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE.
KEITH: HE ALSO TOOK A SOLID
HIT ON THAT PLAY AND HE
HIMSELF SAID HE WAS KEER YUS
AS TO HOW THE SHOULDER WOULD
FEEL, THE SEPARATION HE HAD
SUFFERED AGAINST NOTRE DAME.
CLINT IGUEZ ES THE
EXTRA POINT GOOD.
THE TROJANS LEAD 14-3.
BOB HERE ARE THE LINEBACKER.
HE WILL BE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN.
HE EITHER PITCHIT HERE OR
TAKES IT UP INTO THE END
ZONE.
IT IS S CE TO TAKE IT
UP.
KEITH: THE LINEBACKER IS IN
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD
PLACE RIGHT THERE, ISN'T HE?
KEITH: SO FAR EVERYTHING
SEEMS ALL RIGHT.
HE GOT HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN.
HE TOOK A SOLID HIT PRETTY
MUCH ON THSULDE
AND CHRIS SPERLE IS BACK OUT
ON
KAL TO QUICK IT OFF AS USC
ADS 14-3 IN THFIRST HA.
KEITH: HARTSUYKER AND TRACY
TTS BRING HIM DOWN.
BOB: L GO BACK AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN AND SEE
THE REACTION OE TWO
COACHES.
SEE THAT BRIGHT SUN.
LARRSKWINTSING THROUGH IT.
HE IS HAPPY ENOUGH.
1:O8 TO GO.
FIRST HALF.
KEITH: THE PASS IS
INCOMPLETE.
SPWENGDS FOR CHRIS AY.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH MIKE
ADAMLE.
MIKE: WILLIE PEETE DOESN'T
HAVE TOO MANY OPPNITIES
TO TCH HIS SONLAY BECAUSE
OFTORS TTHE GREEN
Y PACKERS.
>> EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE
GOING OK SO FAR.
MIKE: THGREEN BAY PACKERS
HAVE THE SECOND-ROUND PICK IN
THDRAF
PACKERS GO FOR
RODNEY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
KEH: PCOMPLETE TO
KO
A MICH AT 56
SECONDS TO PLAY IN
LF.
BAY TO BELIE EEN
PICKS LDRICH.
ANOTHER MICHIGAN RST
ITS.
LOS LIKE HE HAS GONE
DOWN RIGHT AT THE SOUTHERN
CAL 44.
THAT'S WHEREHE SS ARE
THEY WILL STOE CL AND
HAVE A LOOK AT IT
MAY HAVE TO MEASURE IT.
KEITH: THEY WILLCALL
WBE VERY SHORT.
@
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BALL WAT OVERTHROWN, HAVE CAUGH.
BOB: THAT'S RIGHT.
WANT TOT THROW IT HE
STPATHE HE WA
OWN.
THE BALL END ZONE AND NOBODY SE
BUT KOLESAR, WHICIS GOOD
FOR HIM.
HE'S THE OY
BUTZ IS ALREADY DOWN.
HALE'S BACK IS TO IT.
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MIAN N.OULD BE GOOD R A
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18 SECON TO GO IN TFIRST
THINK SOUTHERN L'S
WILL BE BACK
PROTECTING.
THEY WILL NOT BE USING ANY
USE GIMMICK PLAY
IN THE A LL GAME.AL
I DON'T THINK THEYAN EXPECT
TOGET TOUCHDOWN THIS THIS
SITUION BECAUSE OF THE WAY
SOUTHE L'S DEFENSE WILL
BE PLAYING.
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DOWN TH16.
THAT STO THE CLOC THEY
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