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Football
Fall Saturdays iAnnAr bor are a special tine
for Michigan Wolverines fans. On these rare
weekend mornings, as the colors-slowly being to
change and leaves gradually accumulate on the
ground below, Michigan alumni, students, chil-
dren and local residents gather at Michigan Sta-
diumwithonepurposeinmind- towtchtheir
Wolverines participate in a battle and come out
victorious. This is Football Saturday.
We here atThe Michigan Daily have worked to
provide fans with a look at what's to come on this
glorious afternoon. Inside Football Saturday, you'll
fond a taste of the exensive football coverage we
bringto Michigan fans throughout the season.
Enjoy the game.
Naweed Sikora U J. Brady McCollough
Courtney Lewis Kyle O'Neill
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Kyle O'Neill
J. Brady McCollough
Courtney Lewis
Naweed Sikora Football Witers
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J. Brady McCollough Managing Editor
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X'S AND (ky(e) 0'S
Michigan Daily Sports Editor Kyle O'Neill is not a collegiate
athlete, nor is he a collegiate coach. But he was a starting wide
receiver for his winless team at Garber High School, was third
in Bay County in receptions his senior year and claims to know
something about the game of football. So, in this special edi-
tion of X's and O's, we'll let him break down Michigan's
offense to see what has and has not been working.
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Explanation: Michigan has had some great successes the past few weeks in the no-huddle/shotgun offense. While it would be
easy to think that it is because opposing defenses just drop into prevent defenses, that is not the case. In fact, in many situa-
tions - including Braylon Edwards' touchdown last weekend - Minnesota was in either a straight-up man-to-man, or a cover-two
defense. On the left, you see what Michigan was primarily facing in the first half. At any time, Michigan would face up to eight
defenders in the box - a credit to the Golden Gophers' ability to read whether Michigan was passing or running. More often than
not, Minnesota's corners would play man-on-man against the wide receivers. And more often than not, Michigan's wideouts were
able to burn them on talent alone. But, Minnesota dropped its linebackers and safeties back into zone coverage anytime they
saw pass. This allowed the Golden Gophers to not guess on its play calling, and just react. By pass rushing four (at most five),
Minnesota took away from its chances of getting a sack and left Michigan's short passes wide open. BUT, by running the
defense they did run (which was similar to Iowa's, except for Iowa safety Bob Sanders being a much bigger playmaker than Min-
nesota's safeties), Minnesota was able to deny Michigan most of the 10- and 12-yard pass routes that had been making the
Wolverines so successful.
Enter the shotgun, along with Minnesota's confusion on how to stop it. To give the Golden Gophers credit, they did not retreat
into the prevent. They stuck with what had got them there. Unfortunately, in doing so, the linebackers were no longer the factor
they once were. They were forced to guess instead of react to the play they were seeing, meaning the first five yards off the line
of scrimmage were usually wide open for screen, swing passes, or draws up the middle to Perry. This is where Michigan's depth
at wide receiver pays off. If the linebackers did not commit to the pass right away, they were taking the risk of allowing a big
play. The double-edged sword brought Minnesota down, as it was this over-commitment to the 10-yard pass that allowed Perry
the freedom he got.
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Season Averages MICH
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M I C H I G A N
PASSING
Player
Navarre
RUSHING
Player
Perry
Underwood
J. Jackson
Rembert
RECEIVING
Player
Edwards
Avant
Perry
Breaston
First Downs
Rushing Yards
Passing Yards
Offensive Plays
Total Offense
Return Yards
Comp/Att/Int
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
Time of Poss
c-A Yds TO Int
148-259 1843 13 7
Att
156
36
10
17
No.
43
28
27
21
26
1
5.4
Yds
859
208
86
66
Yds
575
454
222
288
Avg
5.5
5.8
8.6
3.9
Avg
13.4
16.2
8.2
13.7
Lg
63
35
41
18
Lg
48
71
21
36
TD
9
2
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3
TD
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1
2
3
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22.57 23.6
179.3 110.6
282.3 244.3
77 82.2
461.6 354.9
107.7 30.5
69/157/7 174/276/9
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43/45.43 35/277
31:14 29;19
KEY STATISTICS
70 Babcock
64 O'Donnell
RT
67 Maddox
62 Kruger
RG
73 Bubin
57 Simmons
LT
81 McClellan
88 Bryant
TE
No Name
Pas. Ht. Wt. Year/Eli .
LCB
21 LeSueur
29 Hall
LE
13 Stevens 9
95 van Alstyne 9
OLB
99 Woods
58 Manning
DT
90 Heuer
96 Harrison
DT
60 Bowman
93 Ofili
RE
95 Kashama
94 Massey
6 eLBs
42 Pett'43 Diggs
37Kafm:ar1 6 Burgess
RCB
30 Curry
4 Hood
Ss
25 Shazor
28 Stewart
FS
3 Jackson
19 Barringer
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1 Braylon Edwards WR 6-3 205 Jr. So.
2 Shawn Crable LB 6-5 223 Fr. Fr.
2 Mark Spencer P 5-11211 So. So.
3 Marlin Jackson CB 6-1 189 Jr. Jr.
3 Ross Ryan P 6-0 203 So. So.
4 Darnell Hood RB 5-11188 So. So.
5 Dave Underwood RB 6-0 220 So. So.
6 Prescott BurgessS 6-2 215 Fr. Fr.
6 Alijah Bradley RB 5-6 152 So. So.
7 Spencer Brinton QB 6-5 224 5th Sr.
8 Jason Avant WR 6-1 206 So. So.
8 Matt Wilde QB 6-2 191 So. So.
9 Tyrece Butler WR 6-3 213 5th Sr.
9 Anton Campbell RB 5-11188 Fr. Fr.
10 Troy Nienberg PK 6-2 171 5th Sr.
10 Clayton Richard QB 6-4 220 Fr. Fr.
12 Brandon Williams CB 5-11186 Sr. Sr.
12 Matt Gutierrez QB 6-4 212 So. So.
13 Jeff Kastl QB 6-3 214 So. So.
13 Larry Stevens DL 6-3 261 Sr. Sr.
14 Andy Mignery TE/P6-3 250 5th Sr.
15 Jonathan Borden LB 6-1 222 Sr. Sr.
15 Steve Breaston WR 6-1 169 So. So.
16 John Navarre QB 6-6 228 5th Sr.
17 Carl Tabb WR 6-2 171 So. So.
18 Jermaine Gonzales WR 6-2 210 Sr. Sr.
19 Willis Barringer DB 5-11193 So. So.
20 Mike Kaselitz QB 6-4 214 5th Sr.
20 Pierre Rembert RB 6-0 203 So. So.
21 Jeremy LeSueur CB 6-1 199 5th Sr.
22 Jon Shaw FS 6-0 202 5th Sr.
22 Ross Kesler WR 6-2 200 Sr. Jr.
23 Chris Perry RB 6-1 220 Sr. Sr.
24 Jerome Jackson RB 5-11197 Fr. Fr.
25 Ernest Shazor DB 6-4 218 Jr. So.
26 Mike Carl DB 6-0 195 So. So.
26 Ryan Mundy S 6-1 193 Fr. Fr.
27 Calvin Bell WR 6-1 197 Sr. Sr.
27 Quinton McCoy CB 5-9 160 Fr. Fr.
28 Jacob Stewart DB 6-0 204 Fr. Fr.
29 Leon Hall CB 6-1 170 Fr. Fr.
30 Markus Curry CB 5-11181 Jr. Jr.
31 Zia Combs CB 6-0 182 Sr. Jr.
32 Kevin Dudley FB 6-1 232 Sr. Jr.
33 Charles Young WR 5-11195 Sr. Jr.
34 Philip Brabbs PK 6-2 200 5th Sr.
35 Brian Thompson LB 6-2 212 So. So.
36 Brian Lafer W R 5-11190 Sr. Jr.
36 Scott McClintock LB 6-2 243 Jr. So.
37 Zach Kaufman ILB 6-1 234 Sr. Sr.
38 Garrett Rivas PK 5-10180 Fr. Fr.
39 Adam Finley P/K 6-4 206 Sr. Jr.
40 Obianna Oluigbo LB 6-0 224 So. So.
41 Tim Bracken RB 5-10 207 Sr. Jr.
42 John Spytek OLB 6-4 240 5th Sr.
43 Carl Diggs ILB 6-1 247 5th Sr.
45 Phil Brackins
46 Nick Upchurch
49 Brent Cummings
50 Jeremy Van Alstyne
51 Mike Kolodziej
52 Ross Mann
52 Kolby Wells
54 Mark Bihl
55 Andy Christopfel
55 Jeremy Read
56 LaMarr Woodley
57 Dave Pearson
58 Roy Manning
59 Joey Sarantos
60 Grant Bowman
62 Courtney Morgan
63 Derek Bell
64 Jeff Gaston
65 Leo Henige
66 Andrew King
66 Paul Sarantos
67 Matt Lentz
68 Patrick Sharrow
69 David Schoonover
70 Dan Simelis
71 Tom Berishaj
72 Rueben Riley
74 Demeterius Solomon
75 David Baas
76 Mike Kolodziej
77 Tony Pape
78 Gabriel Watson1
79 Adam Stenavich
80 Chris Matsos
81 Brent Cummings
82 Mike Mandich
83 Adam Kraus
84 Kevin Murphy
85 Dave Spytek
86 Jim Fisher
88 Tim Massaquoi1
89 Tyler Ecker
90 Norman Heuer 1
91 Rondell Biggs 1
92 William Paul 1
93 Alex Ofili
94 Patrick Massey1
94 Matt Studenski
95 Alain Kashama1
95 Mike Mandich 1
96 Chris Matsos 1
96 Larry Harrison[
97 Luke PerI
99 Andy Stejskal 1
99 Pierre Woods I
TE
WR
CB
LB
TE
LS
LB
OL
OL
LB
LB
OL
OLB
LB
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
LS
LB
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
WR
WR
TE
TE
TE
TE
TE
WR
TE
DL
DL
DE
DL
DL
TE
DL
TE
WR
DL
PK
WR
DL
5-7 180
5-11190
6-4 235
6-7 300
6-1 220
6-2 229
6-4 278
6-3 295
6-1 227
6-2 261
6-3 291
6-2 238
6-3 217
6-1 290
6-3 298
6-5 267
6-5 287
6-4 318
6-1 245
6-4 252
6-6 301
6-3 270
6-3 274
6-7 283
6-4 313
6-3 318
6-6 297
6-5 320
6-7 304
6-6 305
6-4 358
6-5 302
6-0 206
5-11193
6-3 242
6-5 269
6-5 240
6-7 250
6-5 249
6-4 231.
6-6 240
6-5 288
6-2 261
6-2 255
6-3 262.
6-8 260.
6-4 190.
6-5 259
6-3 241.
6-0 206.
6-3 321
6-0 206
6-4 198
6-5 238
5th Sr.
5th Sr.
So. So.
So. So.
Sr. Jr.
Sr. Jr.
So. So.
Sr. Jr.
Sr. Jr.
Fr. Fr.
5th Sr.
Sr. Jr.
Jr. So.
5th Sr.
5th Sr.
Jr. So.
Sr. Jr.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
So. So.
Jr. So.
Fr. Fr.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
So.,So.
So. So.
5th Sr.
Sr. Jr.
So. Fr.
5th Sr.
So. So.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
5th Sr.
Fr. Fr.
Fr. Fr.
So. So.
Jr. So.
Sr. Jr.
Jr. So.
So. So.
5th Sr.
So. So.
So. So.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
Sr. Sr.
Jr. So.
Jr. So.
So. So.
Sr. Jr.
Sr. Jr.
Jr. So.
PUNTING
Player
Finley
Rivas
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No.
LeSueur 6
PUNT RETURNS
Player No.
Breaston 13
Hall 4
DEFENSE
Player
Curry
Reid
Jackson
Woods
Diggs
PASS DEFENSE
Player Int
LeSueur 2
Curry 2
Shaw 1
Shazor O
Stewart 2
Yds
404
18
Solo
17
30
29
28
23
Yds
87
0
0
0
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Lg
87
0
0
Brk-
4
6
2
3
6
Avg
16.8
4.5
Asst
3
12
9
14
10
Lg TD
55 O
12 O
Tot
20
42
38
42
33
up TD
2
O
0
0
0
6-4 231 5th Sr.
PROCRASTINATION
STATION
ILLINOIS
MICHIGAN
0
35-
No. Yds Avg Lg
26 1010 39.8 50
3 105 35.0 38
Yds Avg Lg TD
155 25.8 45 0
For this week's matchup, coach Kyle O'Neill led the Fighting Illini and J. Brady McCollough took the helm for the Wolverines.
PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES:
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Michigan coach J. Brady McCollough:
To a man, I kicked Coach O'Neill's ass
today. In his defense, nobody could
have beaten me. I had a chip on my
shoulder, and after the last game I
played against O'Neill - he was up
35-0 when I quit the game - I had my
back against the wall.
I knew O'Neill would come out with
his patented no-huddle attack, and I
was ready for it with my "Cover MAX"
zone defense. When we won the toss,
I chose to kick the ball off to him
because I wanted to show him what
we were made of early, and we did.
DE No. 13 was outstanding, and the
secondary played a wonderful game.
It was S No. 3's 12th best game since
he's been at Michigan.
Last night in the team hotel, I was
making my rounds and I came upon
the room of FB No. 32. I said, 'FB No.
32, I had a dream about you last
night, and you scored three touch-
downs in tomorrow's game.' FB No.
32 said, Coach, I'll do my best to
score three touchdowns, but you have
to give me the rock.' And sure
enough, I gave him the rock and he
scored three touchdowns.
I have a lot of dreams. Dreams about
football, running the football, some-
times with the fullback, sometimes
with the running back, sometimes on
a reverse ... what?
Illinois coach Kyle O'Neill: Well we
entered this game with a lot of goals.
We met two of them: Have good break-
fast - I had steak, over-easy eggs and
fresh-squeezed orange juice - and get
Michigan WR No. 1 to autograph my hat
- which he did ... nice guy. Questions?
Coach McCollough went into a nice zone
defense, and Michigan DE No. 13 made
It impossible to run any type of offense.
That was over-easy eggs, yes. And no, I
have nothing against scrambled.
No, this was not my most embarassing
loss ever. I lost by three points once to for-
mer Seattle Seahawks coach Brian Camp-
bell, of the University Towers Conference.
I did not have my pregame ritual of listen-
ing to Sting's "Seven Days." We listened
to that "Its getin harder to breathe"
song instead'... I mean, shit, it's on the
radio so much ... how in the hell am I sup-
posed to get it out of my head? Cause
you know, it's cold outside, and I've prob-
ably got no one to love (insert'some crap-
py lyrics here) and like, woah I'm just
from the windows to the walls going
crazy. I mean where has the good music
gone?!?! No, I am not done with this
press conference. Get your hands off me
... Everybody's workin for the weekend
... everbody wants to ... AHHHH!!!!
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