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Heavyweights collide when Irish visit Michigan

By BRIAN OREFICE
.c The Associated Press

Notre Dame comes off a season-opening win and a two-spot climb up the rankings. If the Irish want to continue those trends this weekend, they'd be wise to keep this in mind: they're not playing Kansas anymore.

The 16th-ranked Irish travel to the Big House on Saturday to take on No. 7 Michigan in a matchup with early national championship ramifications between the two winningest programs in college football.

Saturday's game will be the first of the season for the Wolverines, whose 786 all-time wins are the most of any school. Notre Dame has 762 victories, but owns the sport's highest winning percentage, .757 to Michigan's .745.

The Irish defeated Kansas 48-13 at home last Saturday, but the win hardly proved to be as impressive as the final score might indicate. Notre Dame saw a 20-0 advantage cut to 20-13 before a blocked field goal sparked the team to a strong second half.

``I don't think we'll be able to win anywhere else like that,'' said Jarious Jackson, who lived up to his reputation as a run-first, pass-second quarterback. The senior threw three interceptions in the win and gained 85 yards on the ground - just four less than he passed for.

``We definitely can't go into Ann Arbor playing like this,'' he said.

Despite their uneven performance, the Irish can take solace in a strong ground attack that saw them rush for 363 yards, 150 more than last year's average. Tony Fisher stepped in for the graduated Autry Denson and had 111 yards on 13 carries.

``We all realize the stakes will go up next week playing on the road,'' coach Bob Davie said. ``Our football team realizes it doesn't matter where we are now. It matters where we are next week.''

Michigan will be trying to avoid the pitfall encountered by fellow Top 10 powers Arizona and Ohio State a week ago: dropping out of the national title race after just one week because of a loss to a ranked opening-game opponent.

But the Wolverines will have a bit of history - not to mention 110,000-plus fans - on their side. Michigan is 82-13-2 in home openers and is the only school to have a winning record (16-11-1) against the Irish with a minimum of five meetings. Notre Dame, however, is 5-4 at Michigan Stadium.

Coach Lloyd Carr will likely look to take advantage of his talented and experienced offensive line and pound tailback Anthony Thomas against the Irish defense.

Quarterback Tom Brady, who will tie the school record of 13 consecutive games with a touchdown pass if he can throw one Saturday, completed over 60 percent of his passes last season and threw for over 2,600 yards. As consistent as the fifth-year senior is, he's being pushed by sophomore phenom Drew Henson.

Brady completed 23 of 36 passes for 267 yards in last season's game, but Notre Dame scored 31 unanswered points to start the second half in a 36-20 rout at Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 5.

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This weekend college games:

NC State 23 Texas 20 (8/28)

Penn State 41 Arizona 7(8/28)

Notre Dame 48 Kansas 13(8/28)

Florida State 41 Louisana Tech 7(8/28)

Missouri Southern 35 Ark.-Monticello14(8/28)

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QB Akili Smith signs seven-year deal with Bengals

Preseason NFL Standings

NFC	AFC
East	East
WAS...3 0 0 1.000 67 47	BUF...2 1 0 .667 73 33
NYG...2 1 0 .667 73 57	IND...2 1 0 .667 63 33
ARI...1 2 0 .333 41 96	MIA...2 1 0 .667 58 46
DAL...1 3 0 .250 56 76	NYJ...2 1 0 .667 42 46
PHI...0 3 0 .000 29 37	NE....1 2 0 .333 62 79
Central	Central
GB....3 0 0 1.000 92 45	BAL...3 0 0 1.000 57 37
TB....3 0 0 1.000 92 24	JAC...2 1 0 .667 86 43
MIN...2 1 0 .667 62 66	CLE...2 2 0 .500 75 95
CHI...2 2 0 .500 94 95	PIT...1 2 0 .333 57 70
DET...1 2 0 .333 57 66	TEN...1 2 0 .333 54 52
	CIN...0 3 0 .000 20 66
West	West
SF....2 0 0 1.000 55 47	OAK...2 0 0 1.000 28 20
ATL...1 2 0 .333 44 67	DEN...2 2 0 .500 82 73
CAR...1 2 0 .333 54 76	KC....1 2 0 .333 35 68
NO....1 2 0 .333 50 89	SEA...1 2 0 .333 74 55
STL...1 2 0 .333 65 77	SD....0 4 0 .000 65 77

AP Preseason College Top 25

1) Florida State (1-0)(1)
3) Penn State (1-0) (3)
3) Tennessee (0-0) (2)
4) Florida (1-0) (5)
5) Nebraska (0-0) (6)
6) Texas A&M (0-0) (7)
7) Michigan (0-0) (8)
8) Miami (1-0) (12)
9) Wisconsin (0-0)(10)
10) Georgia Tech (11)
11) Virginia Tech (0-0) (13)
12) Georgia (0-0) (14)
13) Ohio State (0-1) (9)
14) Colorado (0-0) (15)
15) Arizona (0-1) (4)
16) Notre Dame (1-0) (18)
17) UCLA (0-0) (16)
18) Arkansas (0-0) (22)
19) Kansas State (0-0) (t20)
20) Alabama (0-0) (t20)
21) Southern Cal (0-0) (19)
22) Purdue (0-0) (23)
23) Virginia (0-0) (24)
24) N.C. State (1-0) (NR)
25) Arizona State (0-0) (25)

Transactions (8/30/99)

Atlanta Falcons: Waived safety Chris Byrne, defensive tackle Bob Kuberski, cornerback Rod Smith, wide receivers J.T. Thomas and Octavus Barnes, tackle Cornell Green and linebacker Lamont Green; placed center Todd McClure on injured reserve.

Carolina Panthers: Waived wide receiver Daryle Heidelburg.

Chicago Bears: Released the following 15 players: tight end Marlon Chambers, center Michael Early, wide receivers Chris Penn and Derrell Mitchell, running back Aaron Stecker, fullback Jim Finn, defensive tackles Jarett Loggins and Emile Palmer, linebacker Chris Draft, cornerbacks Quincy Coleman, Nick Ferguson and Heron O'Neal, safety Greg Williams, punter Chris Dolan, and quarterback Moses Moreno.

Cincinnati Bengals: Waived quarterback Eric Kresser, fullback Clif Groce, guard Rob Murphy; placed linebacker Greg Truitt on injured reserve; placed linebacker Tom Tumulty on the reserve-physically unable to perform list.

Cleveland Browns: Linebacker Chris Spielman announced his retirement.

Detroit Lions: Waived defensive end Jermaine Benoit, linebacker Joey Hall; defensive tackle Marc Matock and quaterback Ron Powlus; placed linebacker Matt Russell on injured reserve; placed defensive tackle Dan Owens and linebacker Kevin O'Neill on the physically unable to perform list.

Green Bay Packers: Waived linebackers Lamont Hollinquest and Louis Adams, defensive tackle Howard Burns and wide receivers Dee Miller and Zola Davis; placed center Mike Newell on the reserve-non football injury list.

Kansas City Chiefs: Signed lineman Ralph Tamm to a two-year contract; acquired tight end Mitch Jacoby from the St. Louis Rams for a conditional draft pick in 2000; released wide receiver Reggie Jones; released punter-kicker Sean Fleming.

New England Patriots: Waived fullback Brian Aikins, wide receivers Keivi Baker, Nafis Karim, Chad Mackey and Sir Mawn Wilson, quarterbacks Jim Murphy and Scott Mutryn, running backs Marques Brigham, cornerback Nate Brooks, guard Daniel Collins, defensive tackles James Grier and James Manley, tight end John Lumpkin, tackle Matt Reem, offensive lineman Brent Warren and punter-kicker Marcus Williams.

New Orleans Saints: Waived defensive tackles Marvin Coley and Troy Ridgley, guards Scott Shaw and Joe Cocozzo, cornerbacks Chris Cummings and Carlos Jones, wide receiver Alonzo Johnson, safeties Scott Gumina and Tony Maranto and tight end Roderick Lewis; placed defensive tackle Justin Ernest and tight end Tony Johnson on the reserve physcially able to perform list.

New York Giants: Waived quarterback Steve Buck, punter Brion Hurley, running back Reynard Rutherford, wide receiver Anthony Tucker and defensive end Charles Estes; placed fullback Raymond Priester and cornerback Kelvin Suggs on injured reserve.

New York Jets: Waived defensive end Mike Frederick, guard-center Doug Karczewski, wide receivers Brian Musso and Joe Douglass, linebacker Marc Megna, cornerback Del Lee and fullback Jermaine Wiggins.

San Diego Chargers: Waived receiver Rod Alexander, guard Rick Austin, quarterback Jeff Baker, cornerback Tyrone Bell, running back Brett Chappell, kicker Jose Cortez and defensive end Kendel Shello.

Seattle Seahawks: Acquired wide receiver Derrick Mayes from the Green Bay Packers for an undisclosed draft pick; released linebacker Josh Amundson, safety Ryan Sutter, linebackers Hillary Butler and Brian Rogers, defensive tackle Kevin Thomas, defensive end Jonathan Nance, wide receivers Siaha Burley and Michael Jenkins, running backs Jay Hinton and Brian Goolsby, quarterback Kevin Kreinhagen, kicker Jamie Kohl and punter Brian Moorman; placed guard Mondell Corbett on injured reserve.

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