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NFL football: San Francisco at Miami scoreboard Complete sports rundown. Page 4. COLLEGE SCORES 7 INSIDE OF SPORTS OUTDOORS DETROIT FREE PRESS TRAVEL 11-15 IB io HERRMANN BOTTLED VP. 26-0 Ion for the HOBOS U-M picks Purdue aoart The Wolverines' Rose Bowl picture became perfectly clear Saturday and it's a familiar script. U-M's 26-0 victory over Purdue means that the Big Two the University of Michigan and Ohio State University will have a Rose Bowl invitation on the line when they collide next Saturday in their final regular season game.

And, with the Roses at stake, ABC-TV (Channel 7 in Detroit) has decided to telecast the game. The starting time for the telecast is to be announced. If Michigan beats Ohio State, the Wolverines will be making their first New Year's appearance in Pasadena since they lost to Charles White and the Southern Cal Trojans in 1979. The loser of the OSU-U-M clash will be going to the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Dec. 26.

Jim Hawliins ground and combined for 194 yards total offense. It was total dominance by the U-M defense, which posted its third straight shutout for the first time since 1973. "I don't know how good we are," Schembechler said, "but this buoys our confidence. We beat those other six teams in row, but it wasn't like beating this one. We never shut anyone down like we did today in the second half.

It was three plays and punt." Instead of trying to blitz, Schembechler and his staff decided on the six-defensive-backs strategy. "We knew the way they play. If you come awfully hard (blitz) they have ways of picking you," Schembechler said. "The only way you can cover those recivers is with four active kids working hard. I would not recommend it unless you have four really quick secondary backs who can run.

"I think the most important thing is our kids can cover and See U-M, Page 6H An impish Bo won't discuss what surprises await Bucks By MICK McCABE Free Press 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 Wolverines at least a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. But after Saturday's performance, the Wolverines were thinking only of roses. And the subject will be roses next week, when U-M takes on Ohio State for the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl berth In another nationally televised affair.

In Herrmann, the Wolverines (8-2 overall and 7-0 in the Big Ten) were facing a quarterback who has thrown for more yardage than any other in NCAA history. But before 105,831 fans and a national TV audience, the Wolverines held him to just 129 yards in 21 completions. They also intercepted four of Herrmann's passes, and they did not allow the Boilermakers a single first down in the second half. THE U-M STRATEGY was to remove a defensive tackle and a linebacker and insert defensive backs Gerald Diggs and Evan Copper. "That was coach McCartney's idea (Bill McCartney, the ANN ARBOR The gentlemen in the blue blazers looked stunned.

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. 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. defensive coordinator). I don't want to take any credit for it," What the body snatchers from the Fiesta, Peach, said U-M head coach Bo Schembechler.

"The only thing I Sugar and Liberty Bowls saw was a one-sided massacre that had to make even the big, bad Buckeyes of Ohio wanted to know was how in the world were we going to stop the run. But one thing I said was they we were not going to panic if they got a few yards on us." State wonder and worry what will happen next weekend when Michigan makes its all-important biennial pilgrimage to Columbus. Purdue (7-3 and 6-1 did get a few yards rushing on U-M very few. The Boilermakers gained only 65 yards on the Never, in their wildest dreams, did the bowl scouts imagine the Wolverines could so completely dominate powerful Purdue. Neither, for that matter, did Mr.

Go, Dluc iron it on Just one regular season Glenn Schembechler, the man in charge. "I can't believe it," the coach confessed as he sipped his victory Coke and contemplated yet another chance at the Rose Bowl. "I just can't believe it." It was, indeed, incredible. Boilermakers not so mighty game left for the University of Michigan the big one against Ohio State next Saturday for the Big Ten championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl. To help get you Michigan 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 Michigan colors the special U-M iron- This, after all, was Purdue, unbeaten in the confer ence and proud possessor of Mark Herrmann, merely the most prolific passer in Big Ten history. And, on the other side of the line, after all, was the Michigan defense, young and inexperienced. The de 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. Instead, the standard capacity crowd at Michigan on in Thursday's Free Press. Antidotes for football fever Can't stand the wait till next Saturday's Michigan-Ohio 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 call the plays of the Michigan, Michigan State bands. Feel better? Stadium and the millions more who tuned in via national TV, saw the men of Michigan play defense as no Bo Schembechler team has ever played defense Free Press Photos by ALAN KAMUDA U-M's Robert Thompson (99) sacks Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann for seven-yard loss. top 0 teams before. "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 How the top 20 teams in the Press college football poll fared Saturday (records In parentheses): 1 Georgia (10-0-0) beat Auburn, 31-21. 2 Southern Cal (7-0-1) vs. Washington, inc.

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, CMU regains title, 22-10 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 championship 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 with a superb option-play performance that left the Broncos frustrated again in their quest for a conference title.

(8-0-1) (9-1-0) (9-1-0) (9-1-0) (7-2-0) 6 Notre Dame beat Alabama, 7-0. 7 Ohio State beat Iowa, 41-7. 8 Pittsburgh beat Army, 45-7. 9 Penn State beat Temple, 50-7. 10 Oklahoma beat Missouri, 17-7.

See CENTRAL, Page 7H U-M's Stanley Edwards celebrates after scoring Wolverines' 1st TD. (8-2-0) (8-1-0) Michigan beat Purdue, 26-0. Baylor 12 high school scoreboard 13 Following are the results of this weekend's high school 14 Brother Rice routs Central Rod Wings lose: George Lyle scores two goals for the Red Wings, but Detroit loses to the Flyers, 5-2. Story on Page 2H. football semifinals.

Winners all go on to the finals Nov. 29 15 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 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 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 16 at Rice, inc. Brlgham Young (8-1-0) vs.

Colorado inc. South Carolina (8-2-0) beat Wake Forest, 39-38. North Carolina (9-1-0) beat Virginia, 26-3. Purdue (7-3-0) lost to Michigan, 26-0. UCLA (6-2-0) at Arizona night.

S. Methodist (7-2-0) at Texas Tech, inc. Mississippi St. (8-2-0) vs. Louisiana 55-31.

Florida (7-2-0) beat Kentucky, 17-15. 17 18 19 If SU wins: Michigan State upset the Minnesota Gophers on the road Saturday. Story on Page 3H. 20 By HAL SCHRAM Free Press Sports Writer Brother Rice High, playing the role of opportunists, 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.

The Warriors of coach Al Fracassa, gunning for their second state title In four years, pounded Detroit Central, 49-12, in one of the biggest routs in state playoff history. It was the 11th straight victory for the Catholic League champions and sends them into the Class A finals opposite Dearborn Fordson in the Silverdome, Nov. 29. QUARTERBACK DAVE YAREMA had another great day, hitting on nine of 1 4 passes for 1 57 yards and four touchdowns, all coming in the first half, as Rice sped to an unbelievable 35-6 lead at the intermission. "We played an almost errorless first half," beamed Fracassa after the game.

"You can't explain everything that happens in high school football. We simply cut down on our mistakes of a week ago as our kids came to play and you see what happened." See BROTHER RICE, Page 5H 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 Farmington 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. Munising (11-0) defeated Middleville (10-1), 27-14, in Grand Rapids.

Championship 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 stop BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

(AP) Sixth-ranked Notre Dame ended Alabama's quest for an unprecendented third straight national championship Saturday, scoring on Phil Carter's two-yard plunge in the second period two plays after a fumble recovery to beat the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide 7-0 Saturday. The triumph gave Notre Dame an 8-0-1 record and sent the Irish into the Sugar Bowl against top-ranked Georgia, which boosted its record to 1 0-0 by defeating Auburn 3 1 -2 1 to win the Southeastern Conference title. Alabama, which had won the last three SEC crowns and eight of the last nine, suffered its second setback in 10 games overall. It marked the third time in eight years that a loss to Notre Dame knocked Alabama out of a shot at the national championship, and it gave the Irish a 4-0 record against the Crimson Tide in the epic series between two of college's all-time powers. 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.

inside, outdoors: 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. While most folks were indoors watching college football Saturday, several thousand Michiganians took to the woods for the opening of the 1980 firearms deer season. Page 10H.

Our Swanii is 5 for 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 the eight semifinal playoff games. it-.