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Lili DETROIT FREE PRESS dhss -N if first in i Mi 49b7 test Michigan will find out much more about itself when it entertains Notre Dame here next Saturday. "It's hard to evaluate the game from my standpoint," Schembechler said. "We'll have to wait until next week to find out whether we've really got a ball club or not. But I'm happy to win and happy a lot of kids got to play SCHEMBECHLER was also happy the way Dickey responded to his first starting assignment. The junior quarterback completed six of eight passes for 68 yards and a touchdown.

He also ran the U-M option well in one half of action. Wangler also did a good job, completing five of six passes for 67 yards and directing the Wolverines to a pair of third-quarter scores. "Dickey and Wangler both played well," Schembechler said. "I told you quarterbacking would not be a problem. I know both of them can do the job." Another youngster who showed what kind of a job he could do was Carter, a freshman from River Beach, Fla.

The second time Carter touched the ball he returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown. Later he caught a 1 2-yard scoring toss from Wangler and had a third TD negated by penalty. "I like him, he's a cute little kid isn't he?" Schembechler asked with a wide grin. "I think he can probably break 4.4 (seconds for 40 yards). He's an unusual fella.

He's rather poised for a youngster who never faced this situation. It was good for him to have some success. But I want you to know this does not surprise me. By MICK McCABE Free Press Soorls Writer ANN ARBOR The University of Michigan football team answered a number of questions in whipping Northwestern, 49-7, Saturday in its season opener Yes, B.J Dickey can run the option. Yes, Dickey can pass.

Yes, John Wangler can pass. Yes, Anthony Carter is an outstanding prospect. Yes, U-M's defense is every bit as good as coach Bo Schembechler was hoping. And yes, the Wolverines keep on winning. The impre.JS-'ve Wolverines, ranked seventh in preseason polls, marcheu and down the field, but they were playing Northwestern, which has not won a football game since the final contest of the 1977 season.

"He's fast, very fast, but that's not the key thing. There are a lot of guys his size with his speed. But there aren't many with his hands." ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOME was expected, there were some surprises in the opening game. On only the second play from scrimmage, Schembechler actually called for a pass play Even more surprising was that the pass was completed to tight end Doug Marsh for a 15-yard gain. On their second drive of the game, the Wolverines threw two passes in a row.

Both were completed, the second one for a touchdown. It was quite a change from the past when passing was reserved for third down and long situations. "I don't know how many 9 times we threw," Schem bechler said. "Probably not as fnixrne much acueuniiM havp titf Prt MuS tnij bttcWiiiid But we're going to do that How the Tod 20 teams in the Asso- -5 "it Sr5 1 i-lik Geaago jferA. Puscas We've got gOOd receivers, I ciated Press maior college football poll think VOU'U agree With that.

Saturday's opening games (last r- r- 4. years records in parenthesesl Even with (Rodney) Feaster out of there we're pretty 1 southern cal 112-11 good." at Oregon State, incomplete Michigan opened the mas- 2 Alabama (11-11 sacre by scoring on its first at Tech nnccocci'nn a run hf 3 OKLAHOMA (11-1) 3 OKLAHOMA W.fii- vs lowa. incomplete i TCYAS Dickey on the option. Its sec- (9-3) ona score came on me woi- did not play verines' next possession. It 5 penn state was set up by a 34-yard run by piay (11-1) (9-2) tailback Stanley Edwards.

A 8 purdue beat Wisconsin. 41-20 nine-vard Dass from Dickev to (10-2) (9-3) V1 1 1 i 1 i i 7 MICHIGAN See U-M, Page 4E beat Northwestern, 49-7 9 8 NEBRASKA did not play U-M 49, Northwestern 7 9 N0TRE DAME NW Mich did not play First downs 13 25 Rushes-yards 42-120 50-347 10 MICHIGAN STATE Passins yards 69 140 beat Illinois. 33-16. 1 (9-3) hva (8-3) Keiurn varos ti Passes 11-23-1 12-18-0 11 GEORGIA (9-2-1) Punis 9-36 2-41 didnotolav Fumbies-lost 0-0 5-1 Penallies-vards 5-52 5-75 12 MISSOURI (8-4) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS beat San Diego 45-15 RUSHING Norlh western, Dennis 9-49. Mishler 10-36, Cohn 9-22, Michigan, Ed- 13 STANFORD (8-4) wards S-99 Dickey 9-85, Reid 9-52, Wool- at Tulane.

incomplete. PASSING-Northweslern Capslran 10- 1 TEXAS (8-4) 14-1 63, Strasser l-9-o, 6 Michigan, at Brigham Young, incomplete Dickey 6-8-0 68, Wangler 5-6-0. 67 Lee I- WASHNGT0N (M, ft 1 hM You can all exhale now: U-M's got a quarterback Some in the audience will be ecstatic today to learn Michigan football is in capable quarterbacking hands despite the weeks of indecision and secrecy by master Bo Schembechler B.J. Dickey is the new quarterback of Wolverines, Schembechler anointing the Ohio junior ao the successor to Rick Leach in the Michigan bowl, which was filled as usual Saturday with 100,790 football zealots ior the Wolverines' opener. 01' worry-wart Bo might have a lot of problems on his mind trying to stay in control of the Big Ten, but quarter-backing and replacing Leach, who had handled that chore for four years, shouldn't be one of them.

B.J. Dickey has plenty on the ball when he throws it and a lot behind it when he's running with one. He might not be a copy of Rick Leach but there were days, remember, when Leach was a blurred facsimile of himself and Bo wished for something else. In the popular vernacular, Dickey was something else. B.J.

dazzled pitiful Northwestern with his passing and running, blowing out the Wildcats so quickly that by halftime he had blown himself out of the game. Satisfied that B.J. was his man, Schembechler let him sit out the remainder of the game. Victory in the first game of their 100th year of football came that easily for the Wolverines. They outhit, outran, outpassed and outsmarted Northwestern whenever they chose, which was almost any time they got near the ball.

Wildcats are hopeless as ever It was little more than a fancy, dressed-up scrimmage, the Wildcats remaining incapable of challenging a class team, or anyone for that matter, in the Big Ten. A year ago there was talk of tossing winless Northwestern out of the conference the school simply can't compete; the talk didn't convince anybody, and here is Northwestern as helpless, hopeless as ever. Still, the Wildcats furnished a mat for B.J. Dickey to do Ktt giving Northwestern. Pouios 3- vs Wvomina.

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MSU wakens to top mini? play that's what happens early in the season. "But we hope to improve, because we can't possibly play like we did today and be successful." SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK Bert Vaughn, stepping into the spot Eddie Smith had occupied the past three autumns, threw an interception on his first passing attempt and that set up the 41 -yard field goal by Kirk Bostrom that staked Illinois a three touchdown underdog to a 3-0 lead. Before the afternoon was over, though, Vaughn had completed 14 of 27 passes for 233 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown to Samson Howard and a 29-yard TD to Mark Jones. "He had two interceptions, said Rogers, "which we can't stand. One time he didn't know what to do and threw in desperation, but all in all, I'd say he got a passing grade.

Morten Andersen tied a MSU school record by kicking four field goals from 35, 52, 22 and 19 yards and for awhile it By CHARLIE VINCENT Free Press Sports Writer EAST LANSING The Big Ten season was a full 30 minutes old Saturday afternoon before the Michigan State Spartans appeared to realize it was underway. Lightly regarded Illinois took a 10-3 lead before MSU, preseason pick to contend for the conference championship, seemed aware the season had, indeed, began. Once aware the season was in progress, though, Michigan State proceded to delight the 71,125 fans in Spartan Stadium with an impressive mixture of passing and running, eventually routing the Illini, 33-16. The performance, nevertheless, was a cut below championship quality and MSU coach Darryl Rogers didn't hesitate to say so. "I do not think we were very sharp or very crisp either on offense or defense," he conceded.

"The defense played well for awhile but then we'd break down and let them have the big Central blanks his thing and alleviate fears that Michigan might be weaker this year because it has lost scoring punch. The Wolverines no doubt will lack the offensive command they showed enroute to a Big Ten co-championship and a Rose Bowl Berth, but the early evidence is they will not suffer at quarterback. "I never said quarterbacking was a problem for us." said Schembechler "The thing is, we have two quarterbacks and neither is the dominant guy I like 'em both Dickey and Mike Wangler He wouldn't say Dickey will be his quarterback next week, and it's appeared he might be the only offensive weapon in the Spartans' arsenal. His 35-yarder tied it 3-3 and that was all MSU had to show for its first five possessions. Illinois, meanwhile scored on one of those big plays that is giving Rogers headaches.

TAILBACK MIKE HOLMES took a pitchout at the Illini 25 and somehow found himself wide open, only one official and Spartan safety Mark Anderson between him and the end zone. The official got out of the way and Holmes ran right through Anderson's arms to score standing up. Vaughn, who threw just four times in the first quarter, began to open up the Spartan offense and with just 3:39 left in the first half he completed a 72 yard drive that took just five plays, by scrambling away from three would-be tacklers and hitting Howard in the end zone. Anderson's 52-yard field goal, the longest of his career, put MSU ahead for good on the final play of the first half Though the Spartans, who Michigan St. 33, Illinois 16 now P'a non-conference op- in msu Ponents Oregon, Miami of First downs i6 m.

Ohio and Notre Dame before ZZZil ul 40l4o returning to Big Ten play 27 24-028 15-1 against Michigan on Oct 6. Fumbies-ios. "I dominated the second half, penames vards 4-65 6-73 Rogers said they made no individual leaders halftimp adjustments RUSHING Illinois Holmes 5 70. MSU 1W1U1IIIK aujUSLIIiclllb. smith 14 84 Hughes ti 72 "The ow start, he said, PASSING Hlinois, Weiss 5-11-0, Mc- cuitougn 9 15-0 Vaughn 14-27 2 was because of our 4-27 ence at quarterback and at inln0l5 3 7 0 6-i6 offensive tackle and because MMMtoSrom field goai'41 ,0 ,0 we're learning a new mix of Msu-Anoersen neid aoai 35 plays, learning to mix running III Holmes 75 run (Bostrom kick) MSU-Howard 32 pass from Vaughn and passing and not JUSt gOOUt (AMsu-Andefsen field goal 52 there and think 'pass' all the Bo Schembechler to take WM favorite's roll MSU Andersen field goal 22 timp MSU Hughes I run (Andersen kick) MSU Andersen field goal 19 III Homes 2 run (run railed) MSU Mark Jones 29 pass from Vaughn (Andersen kickl A 71.125 EVEN WITHOUT halftime See MSU, Page 4E By BRIAN BRAGG Free Press Snorts Writer MT, PLEASANT Nobody liked the way the Mid-American Conference football schedule was set up, and now Western Michigan likes it even less.

The Broncos' offense was thoroughly embarrassed by Central Michigan's veteran defense here Saturday and the Chippewas walked away with a 10-0 decision in a much-too-early showdown between a pair of the MACs top teams. Central's offense didn't generate much excitement, either, but a 35-yard second-quarter touchdown run by Willie Todd and a 33-yard fourth-quarter field goal by Novo Bojovich were enough to get the Chips on the right track to what they hope will be a conference title. The difference in the season opener was apparent to both coaches pleasantly so to CMU boss Herb Deromedi and painfully so to Western mentor Elliot Uzelac. Bid, Shoe breeze in rich Marlboro Kif "if -J not clear why he continues to tease But if B.J doesn't get run over by a bike on campus, you can bet he'll be Bo's boy A sturdily built 5-1 12, 188-pounder, B.J suggests a stronger, truer passing arm than Leach possessed He showed he can run well, too He's quick afoot He does not show as much stutter-stepping as Leach, but he's faster and more powerful. Of course, running and throwing against Northwestern is like playing downwind in a gale, the Wildcats being incapable of hindering almost anything you want to do to 'em.

Still, it takes some precision to hit a moving target under any conditions and some expertise to look stylish while doing it. B.J had all of that. He connected on six of eight passes for 68 yards and one touchdown, ran the ball nine times for 85 yards and two more touchdowns, and long before the first half was done, the ol' Blues began thinking they were ready for more serious assignments, like Notre Dame next week. Dickey convinced me early in the second period. Schembechler already had suggested he would be more daring this fall, allowing Dickey to throw a pass only two plays into the season.

He darts, shoots and zips Then, with the Wolverines carrying a 21-0 lead, B.J. rolled out to his right, stepped up and zinged a dart into the belly of Ralph Clayton, who had cut sharply, left to right, deep in the Northwestern secondary It went for 1 7 yards. On the next play, the kid who played backup to Rick Leach for two years pulled back with the snap of the ball, stepped tentatively to his right, saw a hole open in the Wildcat line, shot through it and zipped down the sideline for 36 yards to score. When Dickey was done, Wangler, a senior from Royal Oak came on and hit five of six passes and another score. If you had seen that, you would have no doubt at all that quarterbacking will not be a concern for the Wolverines and Schembechler can save his tears for his offensive line, which truly hurts He has four giants missing from the blocking unit because of injury, and until they return, he can't be comfortable about this football season As it is, he admits Michigan has plenty going for it "We've got fine receivers, maybe our best ever, good backs, good kicking and defense (which led the nation in 1 978)" he said.

The scrimmage with Northwestern proved nothing to him; in fact, it seemed to bore him as much as it did tens of thousands who left early to return to their picnic grounds around the stadium. "It's just hard to evaluate a game like that," he said. "When we got to 49 points it was not right to do anything else but let everybody play We did that. "Next week.tf eft get into the meat of things," he said. That means Notre Dame.

He would love to be bored by a game with Notre Dair. uur aeiense aiaa iremen- blamed Bid's loss in the Belmont, which ended his Triple Crown hopes after posting victories in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, on a safety pin which hurt one of the colt's front feet and put See MARLBORO, Page 7E NEW YORK (UPI) -Spectacular Bid avenged his defeat by Coastal in the Belmont Stakes Saturday when he pulled away to an easy victory over five rivals to take the $300,000 Marlboro Cup at Belmont. The big gray colt, ridden by champion jockey Bill Shoemaker, stayed close to the early pace in the 1 1-8 miles race, took command on the far turn and extended his winning margin to five lengths over General Assembly in 1:46 3-5, slightly more than a second off Secretariat's track mark of 1 45 2-5, set in the inaugural Marlboro in 1973. Coastal, the colt who snapped Bid's 12-race winning streak in the Belmont on June 9, closed to finish third and was followed by Cox's Ridge. Text and Star de Nas-kra.

Trainer Bud Delp had jj 7 jTVivJ dous job," exclaimed Deromedi. "I just can't say enough about them. They put tremendous pressure on the quarterback. It was one of the truly outstanding defensive performances by a Central Michigan University football team." AT THE other end of ttoe building, Uzelac perused the post-game statistics. "Look at that," he moaned, "Six first downs Seventy-two yards rushing This may be one of the worst offensive performances I don't know f'm gonna take a long look at our offense.

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