The Michigan Daily

Tuesday, September 4, 2007 - 5B

GAME STATISTICS

Team Stats
First Downs
Rush/Yds
Passing Yards
Offensive Plays
Total Offense
Return Yards
Comp/Att/Int
Punts/Avg
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
Time of Poss
PASSING
Totals
RUSHING
Player
Hart
Minorg
Mandtingham
Henne
Totals

MICH
23
40/246
233
62
479
146
19/37/1
3/48.7
/0
7/56
28:48

ASU
19
44/160
227
53
387
132
17/23/2
4/33.0
U/0
7/45
31:12

M I C H I G A N
C-A Yds TD
19-37 233 1
19-37 233 1

ABOVE: Sophomore Brandon Minor had 13 carries for 50 yards in nearly two quarters.
LEFT: Senior Chad Henne completed just 51 percent of his passes in Saturday's loss.

Att
23
13
2
2
40

Yds
188
57
9
-1
265

RECEIVING
Player No.
Mathews 7
nnngham 3
Mundros 1
Totals 19
PUNTING
Player
Totals
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No.
Sears 4
Massey 1
Minor 1
Totals 6
PUNT RETURNS
Player No.
DEFENSE
Crable
mnlmon
Adams
Jamison
Taylor
Harrison
Trent
Panter
Ezeh
Gigel
Brown
Warre"n
Chambers
Sears

Avg
8.2
3.8
4,5
-0.5
6.2
Avg
9.7
13.0
22.0
12.0
10.0
1.0
12.3

Lg TD
54 3
12 0
6 0
9 0
54 3
Lg TD
24 1
46 0
46 1

Yds
68
233

THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
s its second season fresh 6. WISCONSIN: The Badgers are now the hands-
ich week, Daily Sports r down faorite to win the Big Ten, thus cementing a
t place votes receiving 10 spot in the Rose Bowl, their first BCS appearance
ng nine, and so cn. The since 2000. Wisconsin still has a lot of questions to
cotnge in narenthesCsanswer. it will have time to work those out in the next

No Yds Avg
3 146 48.7 56

4
1
1
6

Yds
87
18
16

Avg
21.7
18.0
16.0
20.2

-Lg TD
31 0
18 0
16 0
31 0
Lg TD

routine 38-10 thumping of Idaho wasn't too
impressive, but they're just getting started. This
could be the fastest and most talented Trojan squad
of Southern Cal coach Pete Carroll's tenure.

 Yds Avg

Solo Asst Tot
8 2 10
4 5 9
6 1 7
4 3 7
5 1 6
3 3 6
4 1 5
4 0 4
3 1 4
3 0 3
3 0 3
1 1 2
1 0 1
1 0 1
1 0 1

3. WEST VIRGINIA: The Mountaineers possibly
have one of the most explosive backfields in all of
college football with quarterback Pat White and
running back Steve Slaton. Blink, and you could miss
these guys. They're that fast.

8. LOUISVILLE: This is why Brian Brohm came back
even after losing ex-Cardinal coach Bobby Petrino to
the Atlanta Falcons. Louisville has plenty of cupcakes
on the schedule to get ready for the Nov. 8th showdown
agisnst West Virginia in Morgantown.
9. OKLAHOMA: A iit i piting alm c>s it} poi nd
pois d tocontend f or a ie 1 crwrn E1peoiatly :d er
10. GEORGIA: The Bulldogs weren't supposed
to be good after all the talent they lost last season.
Bust after stuffing Oklahoma State 35-14. Georgia
coach Mark Richt might be a candidate for National
Coach of the Year if the Bulldogs keen this uo.

5. VIRGINIA TECH: The lokies tookthe field for the
first time since last spring's tragedy with heavy hearts.
No one can blame them for slacking in the opener. But
Virginia Tech will need to pick it up next week to get
by Maryland.

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BIG TEN STANDINGS
Team BigTen Overall

Indiana
Iowa
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Ilinoin
Michigan
Minnesota

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

BEST OF THE BLOG
Readers of blog The Game (visit us at michigandaily.com) had their fair
share to say about the game. Here's the best of what we read:

THIS WEEKEND'S RESULTS
Appalachian State 34, MIcHIGAN 32
Ohio State 38, YOUNGSTowN STATE 6
Wisconsin 42, WAsHINGTON STATE 21
Penn State 59, FLoRIDA INTERNATIONAL 0
Michigan State 55, Alabama-Birmingham 18
IowA 16, Northern Illinois 3
Indiana 55, Indiana Slate 7f
Northwestern 27, Northeastern 0
Purdue 52, Tledo 21
Bowling Green 32, Minnesota 31
Missouri 40, Illinois 34

AROUND THE NCAA
CALIFORNIA OUT RUNS VOLS IN A
REVENGE-FUELED PERFORMANCE: Led
by senior running back Justin Forsett's
156 yards on the ground the Golden
Bears blew bast the Volunteers 45-31,
erasing the memory of Cal's embar-
raasing 35-18 lone to Tenneauee last
season. With the game knotted at 14,
the Volunteers made a grave miatake:
actually punting to the super-shifty
DeSean Jackson, who took advantage
of the opportunity by promptly bust-
ing a 77-yard return for a touchdown.
The breath-taking return sparked the
Bears, who quickly pulled away from
the Volunteers.
TEXAS AVOIDS HUMILIATING DEFEAT
TO ARKANSAS STATE: With a comfort-
able 21-3 lead in the fourth quarter, the
Longhorns let their foot off the gas,
allowing the Indians to stage a furious
comeback. Tallying 10 unanswered
points, Arkansas State reached within
a touchdown of Texas. With less than
one minute remaining, Longhorn
senior Brandon Foster recovered an
onside kick to derail any chance at an
upset that Arkansas State had. Texas
quarterback Colt McCoy completed
22-of-33 attempts, racking up 223 yards
through the air, two touchdowns and
two interceptions.
HAWAII QUARTERBACK ADDS HIS
NAME TO LIST OF HEISMAN HOPE-
FULS: Senior Colt Brennan torched the
Northern Colorado secondary for 416
yards and six touchdowns. And that
was just in the first half. The Warriors
record-setting field general didn't play
down in the second half, as Hawaii
demolished Bears 63-6. Although many
consider Brennan's numbers to be a
product of the system instead of talent,
putting up those kind of statistics in
one half has turned heads around the
nation.

"What is wrong with you people? Why don't
you just admit that Appalachian was a really
good team and beat agood team? We are proud
of our Mountaineers!!!!!" - Bobby Barnes
"If Carr gets out of this without getting canned,
he's a frickin' magician and there is no way for
him to ever be fired." - Wilson
"App State was good, UM should still have won
by at least 2 touchdowns. I'm embarrassed,
disappointed and wondering how on earth will
the rest of September go...Will we win any-
thing?" - Dhrw
"No one is mentioning that ASU came with
2 back-to-back Div 1AA National Champion-
ships. I am sorry this embarrasses you but
maybe you should suck it up and realize that
a good team played a better game yesterday!
I have long followed Michigan Football and I
too felt ASU would probably be beat badly and
hoped that our fans kept things in perspective
and realized that we were not supposed to win
against Michigan @ the "Big House" or any-
where else. But to make fun of Appalachian
State only makes your loss seem bigger!" -
Tom Needham
"Michigan has had tons of embarrassing
defeats. It may the winningest program in col-
lege football history but it is also known for
having lost the most games it should' have
won. If you go back into the early 20th century
you'll find the Wolverines lost plenty of games
to crappy teams, many much worse than App.

State, which, let's not forget, is about to take
it's third straight national title. Of course you
don't have to go that far to find embarrassing
Wolverine defeats..." -Leo the Lion
"As it has been said, '(Michigan coach Lloyd)
Carr can't win the big games.' " - Leo A
Lindquist
"Has anyone else stopped to notice that we are
0-3 since Bo's passing?" - Jason
-
"I have watched U-M games for 60 yrs - and
back when they really had some lousy teams,
and 1 and my whole family graduate from U-M.
And I have been saying 'Our Coaches Do Not
Have To Be Michigan Men!' for a long time. I
think Carr should have been fired a long time
ago; we sure passed up some good, young,
aggressive coaches!" - Richard Wiltse
"Telling Michigan that Appalachian State will
prove themselves
$0.02...
Predicting an Appalachian State win over #5
Michigan:
$0.25 and a cup of coffee...
Payday for just showing up in Ann Arbor:
$400,000...
Seeingthelookoneverybody'sfacewhenAppa-
lachian State makes Michigan eat CROW:
Priceless...
There are some things money can't buy,
for everything else there's
MASTERCARD"
- CASEY Orourke

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