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MAIZE GAUGE
The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box-
score. The defense-o-meter measures the intensity of the defense, the Carr-o-meter judges Lloyd Carr's
demeanor following the game and the hypemeter measures the fans' game performance.
DEFENSE-O-METER
Unfortunately, we can't have negative Crables. But
the defense couldn't get any worse. Any adjust-
ments or improvements we saw in the second half
Crables against Appalachian State were simply illusions.
CARR-O-METER
For the second week in a row, Carr took an unusu-
ally long time before coming into the press con-
4 ference. But once there, he opened up.
Lloyds Carr discussed the difficulties inherent in defending a
Carrs spread offense, called out one writer for saying he was
too old and told a story aimed at his granddaughter's
second-grade classmate Peter. He might not have
been happy, but he was certainly in rare form.
HYPEMETER
It looked like the crowd was headed for a four-out-of-four when
2/ they showed up in full force after last week's debacle. The fans
4 were mostly wearing maize, and even forced a timeout from Ore-
Big Houses gon on its first drive deep in Michigan territory. But then they start-
ed booing and eventually headed for the exits. We were impressed
with how many people stayed until the end of the game, though.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
L 716. CALIFORNIA: Is the perrenial order of the Pac
o10being challenged? It could be if the Golden
Bears can keep gaining momentum going into
conference play. California has circled Nov.10 on
its calendars: Southern Calis coming to Berkeley.
1. LOUISIANA STATE (6): Gains the top vote
after one staffer ranked Southern Cal third, the
Tigers were dominant over Virginia Tech. Not
only did the victory catapult them to the topp
spot, it kicked the Hokies out of the Top 10.
ASSOCIATED PRESS O
Virginia Tech moved down nine spots after a blowout loss to Louisiana
State, Oklahoma moved up a couple spots after a dominant win over
Miami and Texas Christian dropped out after alossto Texas.
TEAM
1. Southern Cal
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8. WISCONSIN: Close call, Badgers. Nevada-
Las Vegas came withinatouchdown ofending
Wisconsin's winningstreak,whichnowsits at11.
Even so, the Badgers are still the best bet to win the
Big Ten title, thus clinchingaspot in the Rose Bowl.
3. OKLAHOMA:Are youkidding?When didthe
offense get this good?If Oklahoma can put up 51
points against Miami (Fla.), there's no telling how
far thisteam can go. The Sooners willlook to the
BCS Championshipby the end of the year.
10. PENN STATE: Apparently a win over an
overrated Notre Dame squad warrants a spot in
the Daily Top Ten. The Nittany Lions crushed
the Irish 31-10 in Happy Valley. Penn State plays
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5. WEST VIRGINIA: Alacklusterfirsthalfwas
followed by an offense explosion in last week's
contest against Marshall.Ifquarterback Pat White
and runningback Steve Slaton cankeep torching
defenses, this team could be very special.
2. Louisiana State
3. Oklahoma
4. West Virginia
S. Florida
6. Texas
7. Wisconsin
8. California
9. Louisville
10. Ohio State
11. UCLA
12. Penn State
13. Rutgers
14. Nebraska
15. Georgia Tech
16. Arkansas
17. South Carolina
18. Virginia Tech
19 Oregon
20. Clemson
21Boston College
22. Tennessee
23.Georgia
24. Hawaii
25. Texas A&M>
beat Virginia Middle Tennes-
Tech 48-7 see State
beat Miai (FL) 51-13 Utah State
beat Marshall 48-23 at Maryland
beat Troy 59-31 Tennessee
beatTCU34-13 at Central Florida
beat UNLV20-13 The Citadel
beat Colorado Louisiana Tech
State 34-28
beat Middle Tennes- at Kentucky
see State 58-42
beat Akron 20-2 at washington
beat BY U 27-7 at Utah
beat Notre Dame31-1O Buffalo
beat Navy 41-24 Norfolk State
beat wake For- Southern Cal
est20-17
beat Samford 69-14 Boston College
bye at Alabama
beat Georgia16-12 South Carolina State
lost to Louisiana Ohio
State 48-7
beat Michigan 39-7 Fresno State
beat Louisiana- Furman
Monroe49-26
feat N.C. State 37-17 at Georgia Tech
beat Southern Mis- at Florida
sissippi 39-19
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beat Louisiana at UNLV
Tech 45-44
beat Fresno Louisiana-Monroe
State 4745
Games updated through Sept. 9
Staff Picks recap: Mad props to Todd Karazim, who proved himself more than a worthy adversary this
past week. Everyone was impressive, but Karazim outdid us all, picking two-thirds of the games cor-
rectly, which is really an insane feat. He will certainly be back next week to continue picking against
the football writers, and we'll see if he can stay on for yet another week. Herman nearly completed a
Big Ten sweep, nailing every game other than Michigan-Oregon and Penn State-Notre Dame. Brom-
wich and Bell rocked similar picks, while Herman took the road-less-travelled route to finish with the
same record. Wright continued his tradition of picking California as his best bet-every week, and it
failed him once again. Bell also put his chips in the Golden Bear basket (he also picked them to win the
National Championship, by the way), but those were the only two to miss the best bet.
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football
writers battle each other
and against the year's
first guest picker - LSA
senior Todd Karazim -
with their piCks against Scott DanielJack
the spread. Bell Bromwich Herman
Kevin
Wright
Karazim
Michigan (-8) vs. Oregon Oregon Michigan Michigan Oregon Michigan
No. 2 LSU (-12.5) vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Louisiana State Virginia Tech Louisiana State
No.3 West Virginia (-24) vs. MARSHALL West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia
No. 4 FLORIDA (-26.5) vs. Troy Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
No.5 OKLAHOMA (-10.5) vs. Miami Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Miami Oklahoma
No. 6 Wisconsin -25.5 vs. UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV UNLV
No. 7 TEXAS (-9) vs. No.19 Texas Christian Texas Texas Texas Christian Texas Christian Texas
No. 8 LOUISVILLE (-41) vs. Mid.Tenn. St. Middle Tennessee State Louisville Louisville Middle Tennessee State Louisville
No.10 California (-14) vs. COLORADO ST. California California California California California
No.11 GEORGIA (-4.5) vs. South Carolina Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia South Carolina
No.12 OHIO STATE (-29) vs. Akron Ohio State Ohio State Akron Ohio State Ohio State
No.13 UCLA (-7.5) vs. Brigham Youn UCLA UCLA Brigham Young UCLA UCLA
No. 14 PENN ST. (-17.5) vs. Notre Dame Penn State Penn State Notre Dame Penn State Penn State
No. 15 RUTGERS (-17) vs. Navy Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Navy Rutgers
No.16 Nebraska (-8) vs. WAKE FOREST Nebraska Wake Forest Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska
No.17 AUBURN (-7) vs. South Florida South Florida Auburn Auburn Auburn South Florida
No. 20 Hawaii (-27.5) vs. LA. TECH Hawaii Hawaii Louisiana Tech Hawaii Hawaii
No. 21 GEORGIA TECH vs. Samford Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
No. 22 Boise St. (-3) vs. WASHINGTON Boise State Boise State Boise State Boise State Washington
No. 23 TEXAS A&M (-17.5) vs. Fresno St. Texas A&M Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State Texas A&M
No. 24 TENNESSEE(-10.S) vs. South. Miss Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
No. 25 CLEMSON (-27) vs. La.-Monroe Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Louisiana-Monroe
NORTHWESTERN (-10) vs. Nevada Northwestern Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada
MINNESOTA (-8.5) vs. Miami (OH) Miami Miami Miami Miami Minnesota
MICHIGAN STATE (-18) vs. Bowling Green Michigan State Michigan State Bowling Green Bowling Green Bowling Green
IOWA (-22) vs. Syracuse Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa
Indiana (0) vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN Indiana Indiana Indiana Western Michigan Western Michigan
ILLINOIS (-22) vs. Western Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois
PURDUE (-29.5) vs. Eastern Illinois Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue Purdue
Best Bet California Florida Indiana California UCLA
Weekly record 17-11-1 (0-1) 17-11-1 (1-0) 17-11-1 (1-0) 18-12-1 (0-1) 19-9-1 (1-0)
Overall record 17-11-1 (0-1) 17-11-1 (1-0) 17-11-1 (1-0) 16-12-1 (0-1) 19-9-1 (1-0)