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Page 4. OUTDOORS DETROIT FREE PRESS TRAVEL 11-15 HERRMANN BOTTLED UP, 26-0 the boivl picture U-M" oicks Purdue aoart Fiesta Bowl Friday, Dec. 26, Tempe, Penn State (9-1) vs. Ohio State (9-1) or University of Michigan (8-2), 3:30 p.m. .3 yardage than any other in NCAA history.

But before 105,831 fans and a national TV audience, the Wolverines held him to Liberty Bowl Saturday, Dec. 27, Memphis, Purdue (7-3) vs. Missouri (7-3), 2 p.m. just 129 yards in 21 completions. They also intercepted four of Herrmann's passes, and did not allow the Boilermakers a first By MICK McCABE Free Pre Sports Writer ANN ARBOR It was so easy.

The University of Michigan used six defensive backs to frustrate Purdue's famed Mark Herrmann Saturday afternoon as the Wolverines breezed to a 26-0 victory over the Boilermakers. The U-M win was its seventh straight and guaranteed the down in the second half. Jim awlxins THE U-M STRATEGY was to remove a defensive tackle and a linebacker and insert defensive backs Gerald Diggs and Evan Gator Bowl Monday, Dec. 29, Jacksonville, South Carolina (8-2) vs. Pittsburgh (9-1), 9 p.m.

Wolverines at least a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. But after Copper. "That was coach (Bill) McCartney's idea I don't want to Saturday's performance, the Wolverines were thinking only of roses. And the subject will be roses next week, when U-M takes on An impish Bo won't discuss what surprises await Bucks Ohio State for the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl take any credit for it," said U-M head coach Bo Schembechler of his defensive co-ordinator. "The only thing I wanted to know was how in the world were we going to stop the run.

But one thing I said was we were not going to panic if they got a few yards on us." However, Purdue (7-3 and 6-1) gained only 65 yards on the See U-M, Page 6H berth in a regionally televised affair (12:25 p.m. Channel 7 in Detroit.) Sugar Bowi Thursday, Jan. 1, New Orleans: Georgia (10-0) vs. Notre Dame (8-0-1), 2 p.m. ANN ARBOR In Herrmann, the Wolverines (8-2 overall and 7-0 in the Big The gentlemen in the blue blazers looked stunned.

Ten) were facing a quarterback who has thrown for more From Phoenix and Atlanta and New Orleans and Memphis, they had converged on little Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon, clad in their distinctive azure and turquoise and Navy jackets. Cotton Bowl Thursday, Jan. 1, Dallas: Baylor (9-2) vs. Alabama (8-2), 2:10 p.m. They had been led to believe they would be treated to a first-rate college football game.

They had come to offer both the winner and the loser holiday vacations in the sun. What the body snatchers from the Fiesta, Peach, Sugar and Liberty Bowls saw was a one-sided massa Rose Bowl Thursday, Jan. 1, Pasadena, Washington (8-2) vs. Ohio State (9-1) or University of Michigan (8-2), 5 p.m. cre that had to make even the big, bad Buckeyes of Ohio State wonder and worry what will happen next weekend when Michigan makes its all-important bi ennial pilgrimage to Columbus.

Never, in their wildest dreams, did the bowl scouts imagine the Wolverines could so completely dominate Orange Bowl Thursday, Jan. 1, Miami: Florida State (9-1) vs. Nebraska (9-1) or Oklahoma (7-2), 8 p.m. powerful Purdue. Neither, for that matter, did Mr.

Glenn Schembechler, the man in charge. "I can't believe it," the coach confessed as he sipped Go, Blue iron it on his victory Coke and contemplated yet another chance at the Rose Bowl. "I just can believe nv It was, indeed, incredible. Just one regular season game left (or the University of Michigan the big one against Ohio State Saturday for the Big Ten championship anrl a horth in Iho Rnco Rnuul Boilermakers not so mighty This, after all, was Purdue, unbeaten in the confer To help get you Michigan ence and proud possessor of Mark Herrmann, merely MY the most prolific passer in Big Ten history. SSL me And, on the other side of the line, after all, was the Michigan defense, young and inexperienced.

The de fans into the proper spirit, Thursday we'll bring you a specially drawn Wolverine iron-on, in color, which you can apply easily to T-shirts, kerchiefs or banners. Show your U-M colors. fense Bo Schembechler himself had been questioning earlier In the year. It should have been no contest. And it wasn't.

But not the way everyone expected. Antidotes for football fever Can't stand the wait till next Saturday's Michigan-Ohio Instead, the standard capacity crowd at Michigan Stadium and the millions more who tuned in via State classic? Today's Detroit magazine can help. The issue offers a quiz to test your IQ on U-M vs. OSU. And a story introduces you to the men behind the voices that national TV, saw the men of Michigan play defense as no Bo Schembechler team has ever played defense before.

warn Free Press Photos by ALAN AMU DA call the plays of the Michigan, Michigan State bands. Fee! better? U-M's Robert Thompson (99) sacks Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann for seven-yard loss. top 20 teams Central Michigan wins title shootout By BRIAN BRAGG Free Press Sports Writer KALAMAZOO One quarter of suicide attempts and three quarters of good football were enough to give Central Michigan its second successive Mid-American Conference cham pionship Saturday. The Chippewas put away the cyanide and razor blades in the second quarter, roared back from a 10-0 deficit and whipped Western Michigan, 22-10, to retain possession of the MAC crown and wrap up another impressive (9-2) grid season. A conference record crowd of 32,139, shoehorned into Waldo Stadium, watched senior quarterback Kevin Northup finally emerge from the shadow of his predecessor, Gary Hogeboom, with a superb option-play performance that left "You mean Purdue didn't get a first down in the second half?" the jovial coach inquired incredulously when that titillating tidbit of information was relayed after the game.

"They really didn't? Unbelievable. "We've never shut anybody down like we did Purdue in the second half," he declared. "Not like this. Never. Who would have ever thought our defense would be riding a streak of 14 quarters without giving up a point?" Michigan prevailed Saturday in fact the Wolverines made Purdue look pathetic because Bo was willing to gamble.

He approved assistant coach Bill McCartney's daring plan to challenge Purdue with six defensive backs rather than four, and defy Herrmann to pass. It could easily have backfired. Given time, Herrmann could have picked the Michigan defense apart. Or the Boilermakers could have gained enough yardage on the ground to force Michigan back into a more conventional defense. The whole courageous scheme could have backfired.

And Bo would have been the man we all would have blamed. Once again, we all would have proclaimed: "Bo Schembechler simply can't win the big games." But he did. Saturday's was, without a doubt, Michigan's most significant test so far this season. And the Wolverines not only won, they dominated play in the most convincing manner imaginable. Buckeyes can take a Fiesta Afterwards, one had to wonder what surprises Schembechler may have up his blue sleeves for next Saturday's battle in Columbus.

But wily Bo wasn't telling. "I'm not saying what I'll do next week," he announced with an impish grin. Someone asked Bo if he thought the same strategy that succeeded so marvelously against Herrmann How the top 20 teams In the Associated Press college football poll fared Saturday (records In parentheses): 1 Georgia (10-0-0) beat Auburn, 31-21. 2 Southern Cal (7-1-1) lost to Washington, 20-10. 3 Florida State (9-1-0) did not play.

4 Nebraska (9-1-0) beat Iowa 35-0. 5 Alabama (8-2-0) lost to Notre Dame, 7-0. 6 Notre Dame (8-0-1) beat Alabama, 7-0. 7 Ohio State (9-1-0) beat Iowa, 41-7. 8 Pittsburgh (9-1-0) beat Army, 45-7.

9 Penn State (9-1-0) beat Temple, 50-7. 10 Oklahoma (7-2-0) beat Missouri, 17-7. 11 Michigan (8-2-0) beat Purdue, 26-0. 12 Baylor (9-1-0) beat Rice, 16-6. 13 Brlgham Young (9-1-0) beat Colorado 45-14.

14 South Carolina (8-2-0) beat Wake Forest. 39-38. 15 North Carolina (9-1-0) beat Virginia. 26-3. 18 Purdue (7-3-0) lost to Michigan, 26-0.

17 UCLA (7-2-0) the Broncos frustrated again in their quest for a conference title. Western has never won an undisputed MAC football cham pionship in 33 years of trying. The Chippewas now have two trophies to show for just six seasons of MAC membership. See CENTRAL, Page 7H U-M's Tony Jackson runs with pass interception in second quarter. Brother Rice high school scoreboard Spartans boat Gophers: Michigan State wins its second game in a row by beating the Minnesota Gophers, 30-12, on the road Saturday.

Story on Page 3H. coasts to final By HAL SCHRAM Free Press Sport Writer Brother Rice High, playing the role of opportunist, left little doubt that it is Michigan's No. 1 Class A football team Saturday afternoon before some 6,500 fans at Birmingham Groves Field. Rod Vings lose: George Lyle scores two goals for the Red Wings, but Detroit loses to the Flyers, 5-2, in Philadelphia. Story on Page 2H.

The Warriors, gunning for their sec beat Arizona 23-14. 18 S. Methodist (7-3-0) lost to Texas Tech, 14-0. 19 Mississippi St. (8-2-0) vs.

Louisiana 55-31. 20 Florida (7-2-0) beat Kentucky, 17-15. Following are the results of this weekend's high school football semifinals. Winners all go on to the finals Nov. 29 at the Silverdome.

Class A Birmingham Brother Rice (11-0) defeated Detroit Central (9-2), 49-12, in Birmingham. Dearborn Fordson (11-0) defeated East Kentwood (10-1), 28-12, in Lansing. Championship game: 2 p.m. Class Okemos (11-0) defeated Farmlngton Harrison (10-1), 14-3, in Brighton. Muskegon Catholic (10-1) defeated Chesaning (10-1), 30-0, In Flint.

Championship game: 8 p.m. Class White Pigeon (11-0) defeated Detroit Lutheran West (10-1), 20-0. Friday night in Battle Creek. Munlslng (11-0) defeated Middlevllle (10-1), 27-14, in Grand Rapids. Champiopship game: 5 p.m.

Class Norway (9-2) defeated Beal City (9-1-1 26-6, in Petos-key. Fowler (10-1) defeated Reading (10-1 8-0, in Jackson. Championship game: 10 a.m. Irish stun 'Bama, 7-0 might also work against Ohio State's ace quarterback Art Schlichter. Bo feigned ignorance.

"I don't even know how to pronounce his name," he laughed. From the back of the crowded interview room, another reporter suggested this year might represent the finest job of coaching Bo Schembechler has ever done. "Naw, I'm the same guy who coached all those bowl games," he laughed. "The same guy. Just different results, that's all." Bring on those Buckeyes.

Bo is ready. For Pasadena, that is. The Fiesta Bowl can have Ohio State. ond state title in four years, pounded Detroit Central, 49-12, in one of the biggest routs in state playoff history. It was the 1 1th straight win for coach Al Fracassa's Catholic League champs, who face Dearborn Fordson in the Class A finals Nov.

29 at the Silverdome. QB Dave Yarema hit on nine of 14 passes for 157 yards and four TDs, all in the first half, as Rice sped to an unbelievable 35-6 lead at the intermission. "We played an almost errorless first half," said Fracassa. "You can't explain everything that happens in high school football. We simply cut down on our See BROTHER RICE, Page 5H Our Swszii is 0 fcr 8: Although he's still blushing over having picked Central over Brother Rice, Free Press prep writer Hal (The Swami) Schram selected five winners out of Saturday's eight semifinal playoff games.

rating, accepted a bid to the Sugar Bowl and a chance for the national championship against top-ranked Georgia. Notre Dame has lost games to Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia Tech on sojourns below the Mason-Dixon line in recent years, not to mention close encounters at South Carolina ad Clemson and the embarrassing 3-3 tie at Georgia Tech a week ago that deprived the Irish of their No. 1 rating. But this time the Irish acted like they'd been eating black-eyed peas and grits all their life as they ran their season record to 8-0-1. See NOTRE DAME, Page 7H By JACK SAYLOR Free Press Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Notre Dame put an end to this Southern jinx nonsense Saturday and the Fighting Irish weren't Just whistlin' Dixie! The Irish bagged a second-period touchdown thanks to an Alabama fumble (Southern hospitality, what then let their brilliant defense bam, bam Bama, 7-0, before 78,873 stunned fans in Legion Stadium and millions of others via TV. How sweet it was Sugar sweet, really, since Notre Dame, which entered the game with a No. 6 national 4r- Insido, The gap between the World Series and spring training can be cavernous. But not to worry: Today's Inside of Sports page offers the stuff baseball nuts dream of. Page 8H.

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