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6D DETROIT FREE PRESSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1989 prepares for Wisconsin but thinks MSU time. We can look ahead and lose to Wisconsin. That is conceivable. I don't know what their feelings are on that. But I can tell them mine." INJURY UPDATE: Schembechler said he expects outside linebacker Alex Marshall (sprained knee) to start Saturday.

Defensive back Dave Ritter (broken hand) is the only other injured player likely to return this week. In addition to Kissling, Badgers backup free safety Tyrone Mahone (fractured left thumb) and kickoff returner Tywin Claypool (bruised shoulder) are questionable. U-M fullback Jarrod Bunch remains out of practice two weeks after having arthroscopic surgery to repair a partially torn ligament in his left knee. "I don't think it's realistic to come back for Michigan State," Bunch said. "I think Iowa is my goal." Quarterback Michael Taylor (pulled back muscle) began working at practice Monday, but is not yet ready for team drills.

KICKOFF IMPROVEMENT: J.D. Carlson made U-M's first 60-yard-plus kickoffs Saturday. He averaged 59.5 yards per boot and reached the end zone once. Schembechler said he would again handle the duties against Wisconsin. The Wolverines had averaged 53 yards per long kickoff with Carlson, John Albertson and Gulam Khan in the first two games.

That improvement might not seem like much. But it means 39 yards per game on six kickoffs. NUMBERS GAME: What a difference a week made. Michigan's total offense amounted to 494 yards last Saturday, Maryland's 383. Neither the Wolverines nor their opponents (Notre Dame and UCLA) surpassed 275 in the first two games.

Neil O'Donnell threw for 197 and Scott Zolak 123, giving the Terrapins 320 yards passing the most since Miami passed for 335 against U-M last year. But the Terps were limited to 63 yards running after seven sacks lost 52. day. But Wisconsin is not scheduled to start one player who started against the Wolverines last year. Lionell Crawford replaced quarterback Tony Lowery in last year's U-M game, and Crawford now backs up redshirt freshman Sean Wilson, 5-feet-10, 181 pounds.

Morton also said Monday that he will begin experimenting with Crawford at wide receiver, a team weak spot. "My defensive coaches say this guy Wilson is Doug Flutie," Schembechler said. "He runs around and throws, and that worries me." Wilson threw for 130 yards and ran for 134 yards in Wisconsin's 23-10 victory over Toledo. But keep in mind that Flutie did that and more against such teams as Miami Schembechler can't be blamed for trying to plant seeds of fear. He wants to keep his squad focused on the team at hand.

"Is there anything I can do?" he said. "Probably not. But we're going to the old adage: Take it one game at a Racism charged in Vikes' contract flaps Browner's putting him in the middle. At one point in the ESPN interview, Browner said Wilson has "just done it one year and he's only played in a certain amount of games and he's still getting a million dollars" and Kramer, a backup, "doesn't have to play every down; he can sit on the bench and make a million dollars." Wilson called the statement "unfair," partly because quarterbacks are paid more than other players and partly because Browner has two years left on his contract and Lynn "told me last year he didn't even negotiate if a player has two years left." Wilson and Kramer, both entering contract option years, received million-dollar renegotiations and extensions. Wilson, who hasn't played a full year but went to the Pro Bowl last season, signed the largest contract in club history: four years at $4.35 million.

He suffered a fractured ring finger on his left hand Sunday and will miss Sunday's fiwwilliroi'wiyjiniiw -tm 1 tWa.A.. wfflV'w 'flu telling them they have to play well to beat Wisconsin. And if we do, we'll win." MSU can't afford to look ahead, either the Spartans play Saturday at Iowa. U-M's roughest part of the Big Ten schedule begins next week. The Wolverines play Michigan State, Iowa and Indiana in consecutive weeks.

U-M flattened Wisconsin the past two years, winning 62-14 in 1988 and 49-0 in 1987. "We're going to go over film to show our team how we could have executed better last year," said Badgers coach Don Morton. "But there's nothing we can do to change the last two years." He can change his offense, though. Wisconsin (1-2) now features a one-back passing attack, using its familiar veer option much less. The Badgers return much the same defense, although key outside linebacker Dan Kissling probably won't play because of a foot sprain suffered Fri- FOOTBALL ON TV Saturday 12:30 p.m.

(MB Pennsylvania at Columbia. 12:30 (TO Bowling Green at Ohio (tape-delay on Channel 62 at 4:30 p.m.). 12:30 CW) Auburn at Kentucky. 1:30 Wayne State at Hillsdale. 2:30 SD Virginia at Clemson.

3:30 IB Ohio State at Illinois. 7:00 (EH) Georgia at Tennessee Sunday 1:00 p.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis (if there Is a Game 5 in AL playoffs). 1:00 Cleveland at Miami. 1:00 0 (D) Detroit at Minnesota.

4:00 0 San Francisco at New Orleans. 4:00 San Diego at Denver (if there is no Game 5 In AL playoffs). Monday 9:00 p.m. Los Angeles Raiders at New York Jets. THE POLLS Associated Press TEAM REC PTS PVS 1.

Noire Dame (57) 2. Miami (Fla.) (3) 3. Colorado 4. Nebraska 5. Michigan i.

Tennessee 7. Arkansas 6. Pittsburgh 9. Southern Cal 9. West Virginia 11.

Auburn 12. Houston 13. Alabama 14. North Carolina St. 15.

Clemson 16. Oklahoma 17. Syracuse 18. Illinois 19. Texas 20.

Air Force 21. Washington Stale 22. Florida Stale 23. Oregon 24. Michigan State 25.

UCLA 4-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 2- 1-0 4-0-0 3- 0-0 3-0-1 3- 1-0 4- 0-1 2- 1-0 3- 0-0 3- 0-0 5- 0-0 4- 1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 2- 1-0 3- 1-0 5- 0-0 4- 1-0 2- 2-0 3- 1-0 1- 2-0 2- 2-0 1497 1426 1344 1324 1234 1193 1118 Ml 939 939 892 879 807 669 665 637 496 419 375 22 371 24 334 171 162 121 103 19 25 Other receiving votes: Virginia 86, Arliona 48, Penn Slate 47, South Carolina 45, Washington 35, Louisville 34, Fresno Slate 29, Brlgham Young 28, Georgia 15, Hawaii 12, Louisiana State 11, Arizona State 9, Ohio Stale 6, Indiana 3, Duke 2, Florida 2, Mississippi 2, Army 1, Eastern Michigan 1, East Carolina 1. United Press International TEAM REC PTS PVS 1. Noire Dame (47) 2. Miami (Fla.) (2) 3. Nebraska (1) 4.

Colorado 5. Tennessee 6. Arkansas 7. Michigan 8. West Virginia 9.

Southern Cal 10. Alabama 10. Auburn 12. Pittsburgh 13. North Carolina St.

14. Clemson 15. Air Force 16. Washington Stale 17. Illinois 18.

Texas 19. Syracuse 20. Hawaii 20. Florida State 4-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 3- 0-0 2- 1-0 4- 0-1 3- 1-0 3-0-0 2- 1-0 3- 0-1 5- 0-0 4- 1-0 5- 0-0 4-1-0 2- 1-0 3- 1-0 2-1-0 4- 1-0 2-2-0 733 670 642 611 480 474 470 299 273 265 265 244 222 114 100 44 18 17 16 9 9 Other receiving votes: Arliona, Florida, Fresno Stale, Georgia, Michigan Stale, Oregon, Penn Stale, UCLA, Virginia. Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on NCAA or conference probation are ineligible lor Ihe Top 20 and national championship consideration by Ihe UPI Board of Coaches.

Those schools are Cincinnati, Houston, Oklahoma and Oklahoma Slate. THE MATCHUPS Michigan State at Iowa WHAT: No. 24 Michigan State (1-2) vs. Iowa (2-1) in Big Ten opener. WHEN: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa. CROWD: 67,700 (sellout). TVRADIO: Channel 23 (East Lansing) tape-delay at 11 p.m.; WXYT-AM (1270) and statewide network. LINE: Michigan State by 5. Wisconsin at Michigan WHAT: No.

5 Michigan (2-1 vs. Wisconsin (1-2) in Big Ten opener. WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday, Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor. CROWD: 103,000 (sellout).

TVRADIO: No (760) and statewide nqtwork, WWJ-AM (950), WPZA-M (1050). LINE: Michigan by 33V. of By Steve kornacki Free Press Sports Writer Michigan coach Bo Schembechler knows human nature. He realizes he can't build stone walls to keep his Wolverines from looking ahead to Michigan State. "They probably will do that," said Schembechler, who hosts Wisconsin Saturday in a Big Ten opener before traveling to MSU next week.

"But we're not. We're going to get ready for Wisconsin." U-M outside linebacker Bobby Abrams said: "It's real tough not looking ahead, because so much is focused on Michigan State." The outcome of the Oct. 14 game at East Lansing should go a long way in determining the Big Ten championship. Schembechler believes one loss would be hard to overcome, and doesn't want it coming in upset form. "Now, I'm not going to say that Wisconsin is going to contend for the Big Ten title," he said.

"But if you take them lightly, they can beat you. I'm Ezor may miss league opener against Iowa Spartans, from Page ID maybe will play. I think we should talk about those kinds of rules." Perles might opt to keep Ezor out until the Oct. 14 home game against Michigan, leaving Hickson, Scott Selzer (96 yards) and Tico Duckett (81) at tailback against Iowa. Selzer was held to minus-six yards on six carries and Duckett seven yards on 10 carries against Miami "Any team would have had poor stats against that defense," Perles said.

Practice Lights: Pedes said lights will be installed at the two practice fields alongside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building by the last Sunday in October, when daylight saving time will cut into the team outdoor practices. Four 50-foot metal poles will be installed, with eight lighting fixtures per pole. Perles said they will pay dividends in November when it gets dark earlier. "We lose one hour of daylight because of daylight savings, which means by the middle of November we're out of light at five o'clock," Perles said. "So what I've had to do is practice outside, do all the kicking first and all the individuals (position workouts) first where you need all the area.

Then at five o'clock we had to come inside to do team (offense and defense). Now that's OK except for one thing: What's the problem from going outside and inside? You've got to change shoes (going from grass to artificial turf). I've disturbed practice, the continuity. The lights can help in a lot of different ways." Likes Toughness: Going into the Big Ten season with a 1-2 record bothers Perles, but he's pleased with the team's toughness and intensity. "The players never into the games' thinking they couldn't win," Perles said about playing No.

1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Miami "We don't like losing. We're 1-2, not happy with it. We understand. We've been through this situation before that if we do well in the remaining eight games that there'll be something nice for us, and that's our goal.

This is our first league game, and we'll just count them down one game at a time from there. We should be in good mental shape for this game because we've been through this before." MSU was 0-3 at this point last season. PRAISES FOR JOSH: Perles said he might decide to run Josh Butland more out of punt formation after Butland's 31-yard run Saturday following a low snap from center Mark Shapiro. "He can run like a deer, and the guy can throw the ball 50 to 60 yards," Perles said. "If he wasn't our punter he'd be playing on the field.

He'd be a tight end because he's bench pressing over 400 pounds and weighing 240-some pounds. He'd probably be one heck of a tight end at around 260." A Butland punt was blocked in the third quarter, but Perles said Butland might have turned the play into a long run had he looked to his right before kicking. Shapiro, a walk-on who made the team after a campus-wide search for a long-snapper, must snap the ball higher for Butland (6-feet-5) to handle, Perles said. NOTEBOOK: Ken Hoffman, MSU's sports information director, said the Oct. 14 Michigan game likely will be regionally televised at 3:30 p.m.

by ABC (Channel 7 in Detroit). Hoffman he hasn't heard anything official from the network. All-America linebacker Percy Snow officially was credited with 12 tackles Saturday, giving him at least 10 tackles in 16 of his last 17 games. "We came out real intense," said Abrams, who made three sacks and. eight tackles, "then we made some mental mistakes, and the young guys came in and missed some tackles." NOTEBOOK: Schembechler, on Anthony Carter's contract demands: "What does Jerry Rice get? A million? Then pay my guy the same." Dean Dingman has progressed to where he will return as a starter against the; Badgers.

Middle guard Mike Teeter (Fruitport) and cornerback Todd Plate (Brooklyn) have replaced T.J. Osman and Lance Dottin as starters this week. John Filiatraut (Dearborn Divine Child) is Wisconsin's top backiip offensive tackle. Schembechler said losing Bunch and Taylor for the', early season has been his main disap- -pointment. Elvis Grbac's develop- ment at quarterback has been the most i pleasing experience.

Betty Schem- bechler, mother of the coach, is recti- Derating at home in Barberton, Ohio, and will turn 87 agreed with Browner's assessment. "I'm not going to go through all that stuff," Doleman said. "Let's talk about something else." Browner, Doleman ($300,000) and Carter ($450,000) all want new con- tracts. Browner and Carter held out most of training camp. They watched as Kramer, Wilson and white teammates Keith Millard, a defensive end, and Todd Kalis, a guard, got extensions and signing Black teammate Carl Lee, a corner- back, also got an extension and bonus Millard told ESPN he "could under- stand the black players' situation be-, cause it really does look like" blacks are treated differently than Lynn said looks can be deceiving, adding: "There's no pattern." Last year, for instance, the contract disputes concerned Gary Zim-; merman, Kirk Lowdermilk and Doug Martin.

Zimmerman and Lowdermilk are white. ALAN R. KAMUDADetrolt Free Press Sunday's 23-3 loss tq.Pittsburgh. well as crime prevention and anti-drug campaigns in the Detroit area. Fontes joked about the loss of a personal record, one he set with the NeW York Jets in 1962 for the team's, longest interception return (87 for a touchdown against Houston).

Erik McMillan broke it Sunday by returning an interception 92 yards against Indianapolis. "I have all those Jets facts books for all those years I held the record," Fontes said. "I will keep them." Mark, Mr P. Exacta (5-1) paid 517IJ0 TrHecta (5-1-4) paid 5143100 10th-dm, pace, rntei 24M 05 Danletcs Express (DxnjMO 360 2J0 Frosty Howie (B Lewis) UO 5.90 Lou's Son (R Roesch) 5.00 Buckeye Par, Jan's Bama, Game Daniel, Orange Crush, Sister Tipster, Sterlet BaM, SCRATCH-Bultertly Dragon. Exacta (7-1) paid 524.40 TrHecta (7-1-6) pak) 5314.20 Few Four carryeven ll-cand, pact, mle: li 15 SIsrIHic (R Burns Jrlll.OO 6.00 Barbery Coast (J Rosson) 6.40 Rapid Rudy (T Marls Jr) mee; 02 05 Go Go Lucky, Highland Triumph nonorane i-eia, Katn mi, Burnt.

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TrHecta (5-1-4) paid 613M0 Pilot, Roman Allendance: 2,067, Handle; Vikings, from Page id white problem on this team. There may be a green problem. I'm talking about the color of money. I've been accused of being fiscally responsible. If there is any racism on this team, I don't know of any." Browner said Monday that he was sticking by his belief, but he refused to give any examples or proof.

"I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it, so I'll have to live with it," he said. "I don't care what can be done (in a contract). I'm not backing down." Most of Browner's teammates dismissed his comments. Some noted that he has been "flighty" in making comments as negotiating ploys saying he would quit football and act in martial arts films or saying he wouldn't play on special teams. "Aw, Joey doesn't know what he's saying half the time," Tommy Kramer said.

Wade Wilson, who like Kramer is a white quarterback, objected to Gray's injury Lions' latest lousy luck BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer The Lions continue to be plagued by bad luck as well as bad football. Receiverkick returner Mel Gray, whose 26.3-yard average on kickoff returns is among the best in the NFL, suffered a partially separated shoulder in Sunday's 23-3 loss to Pittsburgh. Coach Wayne Fontes said Monday that Gray will miss three to four games, but he does not expect to put him on injured reserve. Gray was hurt in a collision with Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd late in the game. Running back Barry Sanders, who was playing with a hip pointer suffered a week earlier, also was re-injured but apparently not seriously.

"Barry is better today than he was last Monday," Fontes said. "He should be 100 percent ready to play this ball game," Sunday at Minnesota. Long Waits For Decision: Quarterback Chuck Long, who has been on injured reserve all season, is eligible to begin practicing this week, but Fontes hasn't decided whether to bring him back. A player on injured reserve must remain inactive six weeks and can't even practice for four. "If I practice him now I have two weeks to decide whether he's ready to go," Fontes said.

"I have two weeks to activate him or waive him, or the game against the Lions. ESPN's "NFL GameDay" and CBS's "The NFL Today" both reported Sunday that Minnesota's slow start (2-2) might stem from several key black players' dissatisfaction with their contracts, and a perception that Lynn treats white players more favorably. The Vikings are considered a Super Bowl contender. Wide receiver Anthony Carter! tight end Steve Jordan, defensive end Chris Doleman are among other blacks who have complained. Jordan, a three-time Pro Bowl tight end and the Vikes' union representative, received a three-year, $2.25 million deal just before the season, making him third in pay on offense.

Jordan told ESPN that he noticed a black-white disparity, but neither Jordan, Carter nor Doleman would back up Browner after Sunday's game. "You want to talk football, I can talk football," said Carter, when asked if he ni'W" 11 NOTEBOOK: Fontes acknowledged the Lions' shortcomings Monday but made a plea to fans to stick with them. "Hang in there with us," he said. "Cheer for us. We're going to get it done.

I don't know when, but I'm as disappointed as anybody who paid his money to sit there." Offensive tackle Lomas Brown accepted a $1,000 check on behalf of the Big BrothersBig Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit from the Travelers Companies' NFL Man of the Year program. Brown was honored for his efforts in the Big Brothers program, as Toledo raceway Park Sunday's results Anal mil i Nanbll (D in Mel Gray lays on the ground after suffering a partially separated shoulder Browns say they'll try to put leash on 'Dawg Pound' doctors have to say he reinjured his elbow. "I might hold him for the entire six weeks, and then I can keep him (on injured reserve) all season. If I'm looking at the long-term, I might keep him out six weeks." Long, who underwent surgery on his right elbow Feb. 2, was put on injured reserve to give him time to rebuild his arm strength.

He has said he wants to begin practicing as soon as possible and does not want to spend a full season on injured reserve. bleachers and had them stand there and started making our arrests more visible," Byrne said. "We had arrests yesterday in the bleachers, but we. tried to do it with some discretion. "These guys we're playing against," said Mike Pagel, quarterback and holder for placekicks, "are human beings.

We don't want to hurt them. Throwing things gets scary. There are some great arms out there." DALLAS: Doctors operated on rookie quarterback Troy Alkman'i non-passing hand, Inserting lour screws into a broken Index finger and putting on a cast that win sideline him at least a month. Aikman was hurt In the first period of the Cowboys' 30-13 toss to the New York Giants. Dr.

Robert Vandermeer, a team physician, said Alkman "was very fortunate it wasn't his throwing hand. That would have been a season-ender." Rookie 8tv Walsh replaces Aikman. CINCINNATI: James Gallery, who beat out Jim Breech for the kicking job In preseason, was dropped from the team and replaced by Breech. Gallery missed four of jfo six field goal attempts in the first four games. Breech, the Bengals' placeklcker the last 10 years, Is the club's career leader In points with 802 and field goals with 154.

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