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Nov. 1, 1987 Dayton Dally Newt and Journal Herald 1-Q CROSSCOUNTRY: Running to Columbus7 REMEMBERING: New Castle upsets Massillon1 1 Offense goes best againi as OSU loses Michigan State takes Big Ten lead GARY NUHN SPORTS sj COLUMNIST 'YiV Walking away I on a path of i green roses "V' IOLUMBUS Security people strung a pair of yellow ropes about 6feet apart. For Michigan State's Spartans, it By Marc Katz STAFF SPORTS WRITER COLUMBUS One play worked and nothing, absolutely nothing, else worked for Ohio State after that as the Buckeyes lost to Michigan State, 13-7, on fine fall Saturday afternoon in Ohio Stadium. Just 15 seconds into the game, the 15th-ranked Buckeyes completed a spectacular 79-yard Tom Tupa to Everett Ross touchdown pass on the Big Ten game's first offensive play. Then, just like after the Big Bang, nothing.

Coupled with Indiana's loss to Iowa, 20th-ranked MSU moved into first place in the Big Ten with a 4-0-1 record. After the opening play, after 79 yards and a score, Ohio State's offense was through for the day. The rest of the game, OSU's passing offense netted 66 yards. The running offense was worse, going for only 2 yards. Back in 1965, another MSU Rose Bowl-bound team shut OSU's running game down to minus-22 yards.

For the game, Ohio State's offense moved the ball only 147 yards, netting less for 59 minutes, 45 seconds than the first 1 5 seconds. The Buckeyes stayed in the game only because Michigan State could not score more. The Spartans scored only one touchdown and made two of four field goals, and Ohio State could not beat them. And senior quarterback Tom Tupa, who threw two interceptions that led to both MSU field goals, was yanked from the game on third down late in the fourth quarter after being sacked for the fifth time. His replacement, redshirt freshman Greg Frey, was sacked twice more.

"Our defense did a good job under the circumstances our offense put them in," downcast OSU Coach Earle Bruce said. "When you run the ball, you've got to get at was a pathway to their dressing room and, perhaps, the Rose Bowl. Off the field they came, in small groups of two and three, jubilant, slapping palms with Spartan fans who lined the ropes. "Rose Bowl!" sub fullback Joe Pugh shouted to no one and everyone. "Pretenders?" screamed the big tackle, Travis Davis.

"Pretend that!" and he jerked his thumb back over his shoulder toward the AstroTurf at Ohio Stadium, where the Spartans had just mauled Ohio State. Pretenders? What fool called the Spartans pretenders? The pretenders on the field Saturday were the Buckeyes, the one-play wonders. In this year of Big SKIP PETERSONCHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Michigan State's Todd Krumm picks off a pass intended for OSU's Vince Workman (left) Ten parity or, it could SEE BUCKEYES3 be argued, top-to-bottom mediocrity Michigan State suddenly is on top looking down. Indiana falls from first place Big Ten glance i lay It is unfamiliar terri Perles tory for the Spartans, something like Neil Armstrong felt when MICHIGAN STATE (4-0-1) Takes over conference lead by beating OSU, 'Hosts Purdue and Indiana, then at Wisconsin. INDIANA (4-1) Falls out of lead, but can win conference by winning rest of games.

Hosts Illinois, at Michigan State, hosts Purdue. OHIO ST. (32) Two losses behind Michigan State means the Buckeyes" Rose Bowl chase Is about over. At Wisconsin, hosts Iowa, at Michigan, MICHIGAN (32) See above. At Minnesota, at Illinois, hosts Ohio Stat e.

ILLINOIS (2-2-1) Most likely role Is spoiler. At Indiana, host Michigan, at Northwestern. overall, moved to 3-2 in the Big Ten. Fry said he was the happiest he's been all year. "Sure, we have won some good games, but this is the best," he said.

"They were doing the hokey-pokey in the dressing room. That's when I knew that we did good." Starting from Iowa's 14 on the go-ahead drive, Hartlieb hit five of six passes, including a 23-yarder to tight end Mike Flagg to the 1-yard line, setting up Hudson's touchdown that gave Iowa a 26-21 lead. A two-point conversion try failed. SEE INDIANA6 "Everybody's pretty darn good. It makes it good for the public, but tough on the coaches." Indiana quarterback Dave Kramme came off the bench to pass and scramble the Hoosiers to a 21-20 lead, back from a 20-7 halftime deficit.

Kramme hit eight straight passes on two touchdown drives, but threw late interceptions to Iowa defensive backs Dwight Sistrunk and Kerry Burt to end threats. "In the third quarter, we came back and did well the things that we were doing. Then in the fourth quarter, we didn't make the big plays and Iowa did," Mallory said. "That's the difference in a game like this." It was the first loss in five conference games this season for Indiana, 6-2 overall. Iowa, 6-3 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa Coach Hay-den Fry said his team made a lot of Big Ten friends Saturday by knocking off league-leading Indiana.

"I'd imagine that every team in the Big Ten loves the Hawks today," Fry said after the Hawkeyes spoiled Indiana's undefeated conference season with a 29-21 victory. "They opened a lot of doors for a lot of people." Junior quarterback Chuck Hartlieb guided an 86-yard drive capped by fullback David Hudson's 1-yard dive in the fourth quarter, putting Iowa ahead of 1 lth-ranked Indiana for good. "That's the thing about this league," said Indiana Coach Bill Mallory, whose team defeated Michigan and Ohio State earlier in the year. Flyers tripped by St. Joe Blockbuster trade: Rams send Dickerson to Colts Big deal 1 ERIC DICKERSON was sent to the Colts, where he will sign a tour-year, $5.6 million contract.

COLTS' DRAFTEE Cornelius Bennett was sent to the Bills, where he wiB sign a (Ive-year con tract reportedly worth $4 million. RAMS RECEIVE running' back Greg Sell from the Bills along with a 198a first-round pick and Buffalo's first two picks In 1989. From the Colts; running back Owerv Gill, plus the Colts' first-and second-round picks in 1 988 and No. 2 pick in 1989. By Will McDonough BOSTON GLOBE There is just one way to describe it: Big.

Big names and big money and big thinking combining to bring about the biggest trade in recent National Football League history. After nearly four days of frantic negotiating, the Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills put together a three-way deal that ended with running back Eric Dickerson leaving Los Angeles for Indianapolis. Dickerson reportedly will dress for the Colts' game against the New York Jets at East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday but said he did not expect to play. "I'm very happy," Dickerson said Saturday. "To me, this was a business deal.

They weren't paying me enough (he was earning $685,000 this year with the Rams), and I had to do what I felt needed to be done to get the money I deserved." Dickerson, considered by most ex- hopped onto the moon's surface for the first time and found out it wasn't green cheese, after all. 1 The Spartans haven't won an outright Big Ten title since 1966. They hadn't beaten OSU here since 1971. Darkness dawns again "Everything we do," said MSU Coach Perles, "someone says, 'It's been 16 years or 20 years or 18 years since we've done It's like we've been on vacation." v- The Buckeyes were on vacation "Saturday. With 13 Bowl reps looking on aghast, -one would assume the Buckeyes went a long way toward spending the holidays in one of those dreadful bowls that exist just to fill a spot on a TV log.

Didn't Earle Bruce call that loss to Indiana three weeks ago "the darkest day since J've been associated with (Ohio State football)." 1 What does that make Saturday? Darkness Revisited? Infamy, Part II? Son of Gloom? All of those and more. 2 The Buckeye offensive line, which blocks with the ferocity of Mother Teresa, put in another no-star effort. The Bucks gained 2 yards rushing. Not 2 yards per play; not 2 yards per series; not 2 yards per running back. Two yards total.

Two lousy, incredible, stupefying yards. Buckeye quarterbacks, to use that position code in its loosest form, were sacked seven times. The Buckeyes netted 147 yards, 79 of it on one play. "We knew we had the capacity to dominate the game," said linebacker Percy Snow, whose nine tackles led the Spartans. "We knew from studying the films their offensive line wasn't so tough.

Plus, we were a lot too quick for them." The head butt did it Too quick? This was like a bee vs. a snail. The biggest defensive play was made by Davis, the man who had left the field yelling, "Pretend this!" to whatever unknown demons had branded his team "pretenders." The play came as Ohio State sputtered down the field on its only drive of the day early in the fourth quarter. The Buckeyes somehow managed a first down on the Spartan 33 with 9:21 to play. Considering how impotent the offense had been up until then, this may eventually be listed in Ohio State football guides as an Official, Approved Miracle.

Tom Tupa dropped back to pass, an exercise in courage with an offensive line like this. Davis swooped in and pinned Tupa to the earth as would any 100-year-old oak tree falling on an unsuspecting youth. How did you come so free, Davis was asked. "I head butted my man," Davis said. "His knees buckled.

And I went around him." We're talking 1-2-3 here, Sesame Street fans. Head butt; knees buckled; went around. SEE NUHN3 V-A PRO FOOTBALL A perts the best running back in football, triggered all of this by saying he wanted to be traded because he was not be- SEE DICKERSON3 Late field goal sends UD down By BuckyAlbers STAFF SPORTS WRITER It was a game that had more twists and turns than a bag of pretzels. Perhaps it was fitting that the hero was a guy who looked as if he spent half his life eating them. Bob Budziliak, a 5-foot-9, 195-pound fireplug who doesn't look much like a football player, kicked a 35-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining Saturday afternoon to give St.

Joseph's College a dramatic 24-22 victory over the penalty-plagued University of Dayton Flyers. The Flyers' Mike Duvic attempted a 54-yarder with four seconds left, but it was 8-10 yards short. Budziliak, who was recruited from the St. Joe student body after the season began, had missed badly on a 38-yard attempt earlier in the fourth period, which allowed UD to take a 22-21 lead with 4:02 remaining on a bizarre two-point conversion. "It was the first time I've played on (Astro )turf in my life," said Budziliak, who uses the old Lou Groza method with a square-toed shoe.

"I stubbed my cleat on the first one." Nevertheless, he said he was confident as he lined up to kick the game-winner into a mild breeze. "The one I missed was the one I was worried about," he said. "I thought the wind might do something to it, but I was going straight into it." His kick wasn't dead center, but it was good enough to hand the Flyers their second defeat of the season and put their postseason playoff berth in jeopardy. SEE FLYERS3 Quarterback takes spotlight on CSlPs homecoming night By Chick Ludwig STAFF SPORTS WRITER A star was born for the Central State University football team Saturday night. Well, not actually born.

Just thrown into the spotlight. And to dredge up a cliche, he was "outta sight" on homecoming night. Junior quarterback Eric Moore took control of the Magnificent Marauder Machine and led CSU to a 51-14 victory over Hillsdale College before a crowd of 6,500 at Welcome Stadium. Moore, a transfer from Pasadena (Calif.) Community College, warmed up with two first-half touchdown passes to Garland Watts. Watts then energized the crowd when he took the second half klckoff and exploded for an 85-yard touchdown.

It was the third kickoff return for a TD this season for Watts, who sailed away against Florida and Hampton University. He finished with five catches for 124 yards. "It's getting to be routine," said Watts, named the game's offensive MVP, about his kickoff heroics. "I talked to the guys in the huddle. I SEE CENTRAL3 v' TV GREENLlESMAFf PHOTOGHAPHtH Dave Jones rushed for 1 04 yards and cracked the 1 ,000 mark.