COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT / AROUND THE NATION : Toledo Player Out of Hospital After Asthma Attack in Game

DeJuan Goulde, a Toledo defensive end who had an asthma attack during the Rockets’ 35-12 loss to Syracuse, was released from the hospital Friday.

Goulde collapsed on the sidelines and was down for about 15 minutes before the game was called off with 1:28 remaining Thursday night.

While medical crews attended to Goulde, who was having trouble breathing, players from both teams stood quietly on the field. Goulde was taken off on a stretcher and remained at Toledo Hospital overnight for observation.

Toledo’s team physician Roger Kruse said Goulde had a bronchial infection and was cleared to play. Goulde had 10 tackles.

Kruse said Goulde would be able to play in the Rockets’ next game at Ball State on Sept. 18.

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The talk leading up to the Notre Dame-Michigan game has centered on quarterbacks. That suits Anthony Thomas just fine.

Thomas is the star running back for No. 7 Michigan. And how the Wolverines fare in their opener against 16th-ranked Notre Dame today could depend upon him.

The running game didn’t go well during the first few days of training camp and Coach Lloyd Carr didn’t hide his ire.

Carr said part of the problem developed because of changes in the offensive line, but some of the problem was with Thomas.

“We expect a lot of Anthony,” Carr said. “He’s a big-time running back, but he has to perform like one on every play.”

Thomas heard similar complaints last season. After a serious talk with Carr late in the season, Thomas rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns in Michigan’s 45-31 win over Arkansas in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

“I think our running game is going well now,” Thomas said. “It was a little ragged early in camp, but we’re getting our reads better.”

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Texas’ kicking game problems are fixed, Coach Mack Brown says. Not that Stanford was counting on exploiting them anyway.

“I think they’ll probably have cured that one by the time we get to them,” Stanford Coach Tyrone Willingham said of Texas’ school-record three blocked punts led that to the Longhorns’ season-opening loss to North Carolina State.

“We’ll make sure we focus on not having one of ours blocked,” Willingham said.

An accurate assumption, Brown said.

“He’s right,” said Brown. “Needless to say, we’ve been sending 13 rushers at our punter this week, and not one has been blocked.”

Brown says he fixed the problem by putting more experienced players on the punt team.