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8C SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019 DETROIT FREE PRESS The Buzz Spartans Breslin Center, East Lansing VS. TIME TV Today 1:30 CBS Thursday 8:00 FS1 Jan. 21 MD 6:30 FS1 Jan. 24 7:00 FS1 Jan. 27 1:00 CBS Radio: WJR-AM (760).

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When: Oct. 19-20, 2019. Where: Streets of Detroit and Windsor. Info: Freepmarathon.com THE SCHEDULE Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Novak Djokovic is the odds-on favorite to end Roger two-year reign as Australian Open champion, with Federer, Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverer rounding out the top contenders in the first major. Serena Williams is the easy favorite on the side.

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7:30 Basketball: Northwestern at Michigan, WWJ- AM (950). Area Event Basketball: Michigan vs. Northwestern, 7:30 p.m., Crisler Center, Ann Arbor. 734-764-0247. THE GUIDE Former Michigan State running back Lorenzo White was named to the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday, joining a host of Spartans greats.

(The induction ceremony will be in New York on Dec. 10.) White stood 5 feet 11 in East Lansing, but had a big impact on the Spartans, taking them to the 1988 Rose Bowl in his senior season. As coach George Perles told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in 1985, call him He can gear down, let people go by him, then motor referencing his size 12EE shoes. Free Press sports writer Ryan Ford takes a look at footsteps to the Hall: BIG FOOTPRINT Despite small stature, White left huge mark on MSU football Green giants White is the 13th Spartan to make the Hall. The list, and the year they were inducted: 1959: Coach Biggie Munn 1968: HB John Pingel 1975: Don Coleman 1978: Coach Charles Bachman 1984: Coach Duffy Daugherty 1987: LB George Webster 1988: DE Bubba Smith 2001: Brad Van Pelt 2011: WR Eugene Washington 2013: LB Percy Snow 2015: RB Clinton Jones 2017: WR Kirk Gibson 2019: RB Lorenzo White The 2,000 Club White burst into the national spotlight by rush- ing for 2,066 yards as a sophomore in 1985.

At the time, he was the fifth player in FBS history to rush for at least 2,000 yards (including bowl games). (31 FBS players have done it now, led by Barry 2,628 yards in 1988.) The first five players to do it: 1976: Tony Dorsett 2,150 yards: game plan on the way to a national championship was simple: The Pennsylvania native had 370 rushes 55 more than anyone else in the country and av- eraged 5.8 yards a carry. 1979: Charles White 2,050 yards: The USC star had gained 1,859 yards on the ground the previous year, on 374 carries. In White averaged 6.2 yards on 332 carries as the Trojans finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

1981: Marcus Allen 2,427 yards: Few backs have taken advan- tage of famed Body play as Allen did. He carried the ball 433 times, av- eraging 5.6 yards, and became the first to reach 2,000 yards without a bowl. 1983: Mike Rozier 2,148 yards: Rozier had 275 carries as a ju- nior, averaging 7.8 yards a carry as the Corn- huskers finished No. 2 in the AP poll. Rozier won the Heisman and jumped to the USFL a year early.

1985: Lorenzo White 2,066 yards: The MSU sophomore was the first back to rush for 2,000 yards without win- ning the Heisman Trophy; he finished fourth in the voting, averaging 4.9 yards on 419 carries. Trophy case White missed out on the Heisman as a sopho- more a junior or senior won the award every year until Tim Tebow won it as a sophomore in 2007 and finished fourth in the voting. The top four in 1985: 1. Bo Jackson, RB, Auburn Jackson piled up 1,786 yards in 11 games before the Heisman vote, averaging 6.4 yards a carry. Jackson received 317 of 781 first-place votes in the closest Heisman voting at that time.

2. Chuck Long, QB, Iowa The future Lions QB passed for 2,978 yards, 26 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, and led the Hawkeyes to a No. 1 ranking for part of the season. He got 286 first-place votes. 3.

Robbie Bosco, QB, BYU The senior picked up more than 4,000 passing yards in pass-heavy system, but also threw 24 interceptions. He got 38, or 4.9 per- cent, of the first-place votes. 4. Lorenzo White, RB, MSU White actually received the third-most first place votes, with 50 (6.4 percent), but trailed Bosco heavily in second- and third-place votes. White would also finish fourth in Heis- man voting in 1987.

A big workload Despite traditionally being a pass-heavy school, MSU afraid to give White the ball. He had 142 carries as a freshman (ninth in the Big Ten), 419 as a sophomore (first), 164 (eighth) as a junior, and 357 as a senior (first), for a total of 1,082. total ranks fourth all-time in Big Ten history. The only five Big Ten backs with at least 1,000 carries: 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99: 1,220.

2. Anthony Thompson, Indiana, 1986-89: 1,161. 3. Justin Jackson, Northwestern, 2014-17: 1,142. 4.

Lorenzo White, Michigan State, 1984-87: 1,082. 5. Michael Hart, Michigan, 2004-07: 1,015. Big Ten beasts All those carries added up to some serious yardage. White still ranks eighth in Big Ten his- tory in rushing yards, more than 30 years after his last carry.

The top 10: 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99: 7,125. 2. Archie Griffin, Ohio State, 1972-75: 5,589. 3.

Justin Jackson, Northwestern, 2014-17: 5,440. 4. Anthony Thompson, Indiana, 1986-89: 5,299. 5. Montee Ball, Wisconsin, 2009-12: 5,140.

6. Michael Hart, Michigan, 2004-07: 5,040. 7. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin, 2011-14: 4,915. 8.

Lorenzo White, Michigan State, 1984-87: 4,887. 9. Anthony Davis, Wisconsin, 2001-04: 4,676. 10. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska, 2011-14, 4,588.

The big games White had 23 career 100-yard rushing games and five 200-yard games, the most in Spartans history. (No other back has more than 19 100- yarders and three 200-yarders.) 200- yarders: Oct. 5, 1985 Iowa 35, MSU 31: The No. 1 Hawkeyes emerged victorious, but White chewed up the top rush defense, which was averag- ing less than 100 yards a game, for 226 yards on 39 carries. Oct.

26, 1985 MSU 28, Purdue 24: The Spartans needed every one of 53 carries and 244 yards to hold off the Buckeyes in West Lafayette, In- diana. Nov. 9, 1985 MSU 35, Indiana 16: The sophomore needed just 25 carries to pick up 286 yards on the ground. He also had three touchdowns while playing just over a half. Nov.

23, 1985 MSU 41, Wisconsin 7: White had quite the snow day in Camp Randall Stadium, rushing 42 times for 223 yards, and setting the Big single-season rushing record with 1,908 yards. Nov. 14, 1987 MSU 27, Indiana 3: White carried the ball a ridiculous 56 times (at 5.2 yards a carry) en route to 292 yards as the Spartans clinched their first Rose Bowl trip in more than 20 years. The pros Though it factor into the College Football Hall of call, White had a productive career in the NFL. White spent eight years in the league seven with the Oilers and one with the Browns and made the Pro Bowl in 1992.

That season, he rushed for 1,226 yards with the Oilers as Hous- ton was eliminated from the playoffs by Buffalo in the biggest comeback in NFL playoff history. Lorenzo White rushed for 4,887 yards in four seasons at MSU most of those during spectacular sophomore and senior seasons. LANSING STATE JOURNAL FILE PHOTO White rushed for at least 100 yards in three of his four career games against Northwestern. MARY FREE PRESS White his Michigan State career (1984-87) with 1,082 carries. His yardage was the eighth largest total in Big Ten history.

DETROIT FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO As a sophomore in 1985, White became the player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season. DETROIT FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO Clemson celebrates football title Clemson celebrated its second national football title in three seasons with a parade and rally before thousands of fans on a chilly, overcast morning Saturday. Spectators stood seven or eight deep along the route, with All- American defensive tackle Christian Wilkins displaying a victory cigar and tossing dough- nuts to the crowd. Coach Dabo Swinney ac- cepted the Cotton Bowl trophy and the na- tional championship prize. Georgia high school hoops player dies A Georgia high school basketball player died after collapsing during a game.

Henry County Schools spokesman J.D. Hardin says the junior varsity player was a student at Ea- Landing High School and collapsed Fri- day. News outlets report the name has not been released. Associated Press NATION WORLD.