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The Detroit News a AijX Section 4 0f det High schools Swim championships Juliana Schmidt and Grossc Pointe North couldn't beat Ann Arbor Pioneer for the Division 1 title. Page 3D Tht Detroit Newt Onfliw All day. every day httpAletnews com Scenes 2D NFL 4-5D College basketball 60 Motor sports 150 ill Sunday, November 21, 2004 PUNCHES AT THE PALACE Warn A' 1 Wolverines no match for OSU, but they still get a trip to Pasadena because Iowa obliges by beating Wisconsin. By Angelique S. Chengelis ins TV Detroit News COLUMBUS, Ohio One season salvaged, another season smudged.

Unranked Ohio State, boasting the nation's io8th-ranked offense, girt offensive in a big way, upsetting seventh-ranked Michigan, 37-21, at Ohio Stadium on a balmy Saturday afternoon. Michigan, a Big Ten co-cham-pioa suffered its first loss in lv Robin Bucksun The Detroit News Ben Wallace drew an indefinite suspension for his role in Friday night's altercation. Brawl is part off am mgly treed OSU37 league play, but the Wolverines are still destined for the Rose Bowl for the second straight season. While a victory at Ohio State would AS iroJNawsu U-M 21 REACTION Fans, players and coaches comment on the nasty incident at The Palace. Page 80 HOW HAPPENED A photo sequence shows the key moments of the brawl between the Pacers and fans.

Page 10D POLICE PROBE Police say their investigation into Palace incident will take at least a week. Page 10D WHOSE FAULT? Columnist Rob Parker puts the blame squarely on the shoulders of Ron Artest With the decline of respect and civility, incident could have happened anywhere. Absolutely sickening. Could you watch the brawl in The Palace stands Friday night and feel anything other than complete disgust, and simmering shame? Let's call it what it was. It was the ugliest fan-player incident in NBA history, and one of the worst incidents of any kind in Detroit sports history.

For some, the Pistons-Pacers brawl is being called a watershed (even bloodshed) moment in American sports. I waterred as most people watched, from a distance, as ESPN spent a huge chunk of Fri- day evening and Saturday morning replaying and dissecting the near-riot. The prevailing theme was that this would change the culture of sports in America. Please. This is becoming the culture of sports in America.

It's about confrontation and disrespect and outrageousness. There's so much of everything passion, money, noise it was bound to spill in both directions, from the stands to the floor, from the floor to the stands. Please see WOJO, Page 10D have guaranteed an outright Big Ten title and Rose Bowl spot, they had to rely on Iowa's victory over Wiscoasin on Saturday to determine their bowl game. The Wolverines finished the regular season 9-2, 7-1 Big Tea Ohio State finished 7- 4-4 after an 0-3 start in the Big Tea Iowa also finished 7-1 in league play to earn a share of the chimpuHiship, but the Hawkeyes' loss was to Michigaa Michigan players said this was not how they wanted to earn the trip to Pasadena. "We never want to lose to Ohio State, especially when we have so much on the line," senior comer-back Marlin Jackson said.

"Not to perform well and not come out with a victory hurts." Please see U-M. Page 13D Consolation Carr says Wolverines still had a good season in spite of toss. Page 130 A Page 10D lohnT. Creilick The Detroit News Michigan's Braylon Edwards takes Ohio State linebacker A.J. Hawk for a ride.

Spartans fumble bowl chance Big Ten standings Bad feeling Smith had an idea his Spartans were not ready to play Saturday. Page 14D Clarence Tabblr. The Detroit News Security people tried to separate fans from one another during Friday night's brawl at The Palace. Fan confrontations have long history p- MSU turnovers help Penn State score four touchdowns in third quarter and pull away. By Dave Dye The Detroit News STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

A week after being at its best, Michigan State was at its worst Sound familiar? The Spartans still haven't learned how to Conf. All Michigan 7 1 9 2 Iowa 7 1 9 2 Wisconsin 6 2 9 2 Northwestern 5 3 6 5 Ohio St. 4 4 7 4 Purdue 4 4 7 4 Michigan St. 4 4 5 6 Minnesota 3 5 6 5 Penn St. 2 6 4 7 Illinois 17 3 8 Indiana 17 3 8 Pistons criticize officials Brown unhappy there was no clear ruling after Artest made contact with Wallace.

Jfy Chris McCosky yhe Detroit News J. AUBURN HILLS The NBA spent a lot 6f time Saturday Vilifying players for their actions In the brawl Friday night. J' Much more quietly, they probably also will have to reprimand the officiating crew that worked the game. The feeling among Pistons and Pacers officials was that the referees Ron Garretson, Tun Donaghy and Tommy Nunez Jr. didn't take control of the situation quickly enough.

"Does anybody even know what the original call was?" Pis-Iqns Coach Larry Brown said, referring to Ron Artest's push in tne back on Ben Wallace that triggered everything. "No call was even made. We watched the film. There was a foul prior to that play where (the Pacers') Stephen Jackson had two hands on Ben, and they've been Instructed to call that a foul. If call that, everything stops right there." The referees also were criticized for not getting the teams separated quickly enough, for not removing Wallace and Artest from the floor quickly enough, and for backing away once the melee started.

1 game during the same season. This one was a big blow for the Spartans (5-6, 4-4 Big Ten), who were eliminated from bowl consideration. "It's really sad," senior safety Jason Harmon said. "I've seen guys who left without playing in a bowl game their final year. I told myself it can't be like that my last year.

This hurts inside. You look at all the games we should have woa could have won." MSU quarterback Drew Stantoa who threw two costly interceptions, suffered an eye injury midway through the third quarter and didn't return. The Spartans were outscored 28-0 in the third quarter, during which they threw three interceptions one each by Stantoa Damon Dowdell and Stephen PSU 37 handle success, losing Saturday to Penn State, 37-13, at Beaver Stadium. It came seven days after a 49-14 rout of previously unde Assoduted Press Joe Paterno was all smiles after Penn State's 37-13 rout of Michigan State. Reaves and the Nittany I.ions blocked a punt.

"It was ugly," MSU Coach John L. Smith said. "Mistake after mistake after mistake." MSU has been outscored. 282-131, while losing six straight at Penn State since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993. Red Wings, Tigers were involved in two of the strangest, most-heated incidents.

By Vartan Kupelian The Detroit News The phenomenon of sports fans invading the field of play and athletes charging into stands to get their pound of flesh goes back to the ancient Roman and Byzantine empires. When it comes to modern-day sports, although there have been incidents to rival Friday night's melee at The Palace, it is the most serious example of uncontrolled violence between players and fans in NBA history. NBA Commissioner David Stem's description of the incident "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable, a humiliation for everyone" can and has been applied to other fracases through the decades. CyberSurvey Punishment fair? The NBA has suspended Ben Wallace and Indiana's Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson indefinitely. Is this fair punishment? www.detnews.complstons In perhaps the most famous North American sports riot ever, Montreal Canadiens fans took to the streets in 1955 after their superstar, Maurice Richard, was suspended by NHL President Clarence Campbell.

On St Patrick's Day, March 17, 1955, four days after announcing Richard's suspension for the final three regular-season games and the entire Stanley Cup playoffs, Campbell was pelted by Canadiens fans at the Forum in a game against the Red Wings. Please see BRAWLS. Page 10D After trailing 6-3 at halftime, Penn State (4-7. 2-6) scored two touchdowns in 51 seconds in the third quarter and never looked back. Joe Patemo confirmed afterward that he will return next season for his 40th year as Penn State's football coach.

His team came back from a six-game losing streak to win its final two games. MSU 13 feated and then-fourth-ranked Wisconsia Since 1997, after beating a top-10 team, MSU is 0-7 in its next THUMPED BADGERED Clinton Solomon, Iowa upend Wisconsin. Page 12D NO SWEAT Jason White and Oklahoma roll over Baylor. Page 120 Kirk Williams, Michigan Tech fall to North Dakota. Page 10D AS SHORE MORTGAGE WWLHH )K HOME LOAM, ARE Alt WE DO 'luUjUui- 1 1-800-678-6663 vvww.stioremortgage.com ousu to low mom, emit wrerrr I.