From the banks of the quite frozen Red Cedar River tonight at Munn Arena, what should have been the battle for second place in the CCHA takes place between the Michigan State Spartans and the Falcons of Bowling Green. BGSU appears to be coming in sort of flat after consecutive losses to UIC and Notre Dame. MSU has had a week to rest after a rather successful trip to Ohio, with wins over OSU and Kent, where the idea of "team offense" seems to have taken hold for the Green and White. Nine different players (8 forwards, 1 defenseman) con- tributed to the Spartans' 16 goal output in the two victories, led by Anson Carter with four and Kelly Harper with his first career hat trick in the victory over Kent. Carter, in particular, needed the rest after returning from the WJC in Prague on Wednesday and then playing in both games on Friday and Saturday. With BGSU's loss last night and Lake Superior tying OSU, the Spartans still havea two-point edge on the Lakers and three on the Falcons for second place in the CCHA. A victory tonight would be a much-needed boost heading into the home-and-home with Michigan next week (first place isn't totally out of the question, butit's fading real damn fast). Since someone mentioned in a recent posting the existence of a DivI College Hockey Manual, does anyone out there know how I might obtain a copy of the 1993-94 edition? G. M. Finniss Michigan State University WVU '87, UTenn '92, MSU who the hell knows when? Question of the Day: So how many morons will there be in Rich Stadium today for the Raiders-Bills game without shirts on? Answer: At least five. I mean, they have to spell out the name of the home team, don't they? Just hope they don't decide to spell out "Buffalo." Wind chill of -40 for game time.