BillsFever
09-11-2003, 11:18 PM
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Don't look for a flea-flicker or fumblerooski when Notre Dame visits Michigan on Saturday.
The two winningest football teams in college football history tend to play the old-fashioned way, especially against each other
And that's the way the players want it.
"We're both kind of smash-mouth teams," Irish safety Glenn Earl said. "West Coast teams, Pac-10 teams like to spread you out, and use bubble screens and all that riffraff. Teams like them and us like to line up and just see who is tougher, who is the better man."
The teams have been lining up off and on since a few Michigan students traveled to South Bend in 1887 to teach the game to Notre Dame students. Though they don't play every year, the rivalry is as intense as any.
And with Michigan ranked No. 5, and Notre Dame No. 15, it's the biggest game this weekend.
In other Top 25 games Saturday, it's Fresno State at No. 1 Oklahoma; East Carolina at No. 2 Miami; No. 24 North Carolina State at No. 3 Ohio State; Hawaii at No. 4 USC; Arkansas at No. 6 Texas; Massachusetts at No. 7 Kansas State; No. 25 South Carolina at No. 8 Georgia; and Georgia Tech at No. 10 Florida State.
Also, it's Ball State at No. 11 Pittsburgh; Western Illinois at No. 12 LSU; UNLV at No. 14 Wisconsin; Utah State at No. 16 Arizona State; Washington State at No. 17 Colorado; Penn State at No. 18 Nebraska; Florida A&M at No. 19 Florida; Purdue at No. 20 Wake Forest; and No. 23 Iowa at Iowa State
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/ncaa/09/11/bc.fbc.notredame.michig.ap/index.html
The two winningest football teams in college football history tend to play the old-fashioned way, especially against each other
And that's the way the players want it.
"We're both kind of smash-mouth teams," Irish safety Glenn Earl said. "West Coast teams, Pac-10 teams like to spread you out, and use bubble screens and all that riffraff. Teams like them and us like to line up and just see who is tougher, who is the better man."
The teams have been lining up off and on since a few Michigan students traveled to South Bend in 1887 to teach the game to Notre Dame students. Though they don't play every year, the rivalry is as intense as any.
And with Michigan ranked No. 5, and Notre Dame No. 15, it's the biggest game this weekend.
In other Top 25 games Saturday, it's Fresno State at No. 1 Oklahoma; East Carolina at No. 2 Miami; No. 24 North Carolina State at No. 3 Ohio State; Hawaii at No. 4 USC; Arkansas at No. 6 Texas; Massachusetts at No. 7 Kansas State; No. 25 South Carolina at No. 8 Georgia; and Georgia Tech at No. 10 Florida State.
Also, it's Ball State at No. 11 Pittsburgh; Western Illinois at No. 12 LSU; UNLV at No. 14 Wisconsin; Utah State at No. 16 Arizona State; Washington State at No. 17 Colorado; Penn State at No. 18 Nebraska; Florida A&M at No. 19 Florida; Purdue at No. 20 Wake Forest; and No. 23 Iowa at Iowa State
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/ncaa/09/11/bc.fbc.notredame.michig.ap/index.html