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October 22, 2007 - 5B
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.
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* DEFENSE-O-METER
3 After some early mistakes and shoddy tackling gave the
Illini a 14-3 lead, the defense stiffened. It allowedjust 29
4 rushing yards to mobile quarterbacks Juice Williams and
Crables Eddie McGee and held Illinois tojust three second-half
points while the Michigan offense made its comeback.
CARR-O-METER
3/ Carr couldn't have been more proud oftquarterback Chad
Henne. The coach said just one word summed up the injured
4 senior's play: courageous. Although he didn't seem too
Lloyd excited to be talking to the media so close midnight, Carr
Carrs was generally pleased with his team's performance. He
even answered questions about special teams this week.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
6. WEST VIRGINIA: Unranked aweek ago, the
rts stafern ilo t Mountaineers move back into our polls after a
nonconference laugher. Unfortunately for them,
r pbia1h zed w} it rsplace they haveto travel tothe unfriendly confines of
Rutgers this week.
gec more firs-place votes, batsa solid showing
on nearlyaever ballot was enaughto vaultnche
Tigers to the top. Apparently, it's easier to top our
rankings thanto beat Auburn.
8.FLORIDA: Sosophomore quarterback Tim
Tebow is good. He beat Kentucky signal caller
Andre Woodson this weekend, and he may very
well add more impressive gamesto his Heisman
highlight taoe by the endof the year.
HYPEMETER
An incredible atmosphere at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
A Afterspending all day tailgating, the Ilini fans were readyfor
Michigan, making their presencefelt early and often. Clad
Big Houses almost completely in orange and yelling throughout the game,
the Illinois fans impressed us. Even with the clock winding down
and the game appearingto be over, mostfans stayed untilithe
clock struck zero, hopingfor some sort of miracle comeback.
PRE ASSOCIATED. O
The nation's No. 2 team faltered for the third week in a row, as South
Florida lost at Rutgers. Boston College moved up to the cursed spot
after a bye week. And with a last-second touchdown to beat Auburn,
Louisiana State moved up to No. 3.
TEAM LAST WEEK THIS WEEK
1. Ohio Slate beat Michigan at Penn Stale
State 2417
2. Boston College idle at Virginia Tech
3. Louisiana State beat Auburn 30-24 at Alabama
4. Oklahoma beat lowa State 17-7 idle
5. Oregon beat Washington 55-34 Southern Cal
6. West Virginia beat Mississippi at Rutgers
State 38-13
7. Arizona State idle California
8. Virginia Tech idle Boston College
9. Southern Cal beat Notre at Oregon
Dame 38-0
9. Florida beat Kentucky 45-37 at Georgia
11. South Florida lost to Rutgers 30-27 at Connecticut
12. Kansas beat Colorado19-14 at Texas A&M
13. Missouri beat TexasTech 41-10 Iowa State
14. Kentucky lost to Florida 45-37 Mississippi State
15. South Carolina lost to Vanderbilt17-6 at Tennessee
16. Hawaii idle New Mexico State
17. Texas beat Baylor 31-10 Nebraska
18. California lost to UCLA 30-21 at Arizona State
19. Michigan beatlIllinois 27-17 Minnesota
20. Georgia idle Florida
21. Virginia beat Maryland 18-17 at N.C. State
22. Alabama beat Tennessee 41-17 Louisiana State
23. Auburn lost to Louisiana Mississippi
State 30-24
24. Penn State beat Indiana 36-31 Ohio State
25. Rutgers beat South West Virginia
Florida30-27
Games updated through Oct. 21
3. BOSTON COLLEGE: Coming off abyeweek,
the Eagles move up a spot in our poll. We'll see
ifit lasts. After beatingup on powerhouses such
as Army, UMass and Bowling Green earlier this
season, they has to travel to Blacksburg this week.
10. SOUTHERN CAL: The Trojans absolutely
embarrassed Notre Dame 38-0, the biggest
margin of defeat inthe series' history, to get their
season back on the righttrack after afewtough
games. Muh. Sounds a little familiar.
S.OREGON: The Ducks'offense continues to cut
through its schedule, making the Michigan defense
look a little less bad every week. Oregon willneed
to keep attacking, though: It plays Southern Cal and
Arizona State over the next two weeks.
Staff Picks recap: Scott Bell's pretty ridiculous run continued this week. He extended his lead over the
closest picker to10 games. He's now an incredible 28 games above .500. Almost as surprising, he's
just 2-5 with his best bets. So a word to the wise: Pick everything he picks except for the one he's sup-
posedly most confident with. Daniel Bromwich and Kevin Wright both had great weeks, too. Their 13-8
records distanced them from Jack Herman (can you say dismal?) and the celebrity picker for a tight
race for second place. They're also the only two writers whose best bet records are above .500.
Engineering sophomore Alex Szypa won't be back next week as guest picker. He only bested Herman,
but he did escape with a best-bet victory thanks to his school loyalty. If you'd like to be in the running
to replace Szypa, e-mail the football beat at footballbeat07@umich.edu to get in the pool of potential
participants.
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football
writers do their best a:
* to predict what happens
in the 2007 College
football season.
Scott Daniel
Bell Bromwich
1ac CKevi
Herman Wright
Sex
Szypa
No.24Michigan(-2) vs. ILLINOIS
No.1 OHIOSTATE(-17)vs. Michigan State
No. 2 South Florida (-2) vs. RUTGERS
No. 4 Oklahoma (-29.5) vs. IOWA STATE,
No. 5 LSU 00.5) vs. No.18Auburn
No. 6 S. CAROLINA (-3.5) vs. Vanderbilt
No.7 Oregon (-11.5) vs. WASH INGTON
No. 8 KENTUCKY (+6.5) vs. No.14Florida
.,o. 9 WEST VIRGINIA(-24)vs. Miss. St.
No.10 California (No Line) vs. UCLA
No.13 USC (-17) vs. Notre Dame
No.15Kansas(-3.) vs. COLORADO
S.15MISSOURI (-.5)vs. No.22 T.Tech
No.19 Texas (-25) vs BAYLOR
No. 20 Tennessee (PK) vs. ALABAMA
No. 23 Cincinnati (-9.5) vs. PITTSBURGH:
o.25 Kansas St. (+3) vs. OKLAHOMA ST
Iowa (+7) vs. PURDUE
WISCONSIN(-23.5)vs Northern Illinois
Penn State (-7.5) vs. INDIANA
Northwestern(-0) vs. E. Michigan
test tat
Record Last Week
Overall Record
Michigan
Michigan State
South Florida
Oklahoma
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Oregon
Florida
West Virginia
California
Southern Cal
Colorado
Missouri
Texas
Alabama
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Indiana
Northwestern
Texas
15-6-0 (0-i)
9971-4(2-5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Rutgers
Oklahoma.
Loxi lana. Stata
South Carolina
Oregon
Florida
West Virginia
California
Southern Cal
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Alabama
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Purdue
Northern Illinois
Penn State
Northwestern
Oregon
13-8-0 (1-0)
89-81-4 (-2)
Illinois
Michigan State
Rutgers.
Oklahoma
Louisiana State
South Carolina
Oregon
Kentucky
Mississippi State
California
Notre Dame
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
.......Al.a b.am a..........
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Iowa.
N. Illinois
Penn State
Northwestern
Rutgers
8-13-0 (1-0)
82-88-4 (2-5)
Michigan
Michigan State
South Florida
Iowa State
Auburn.
Vanderbilt
Oregon
Kentucky
Mississippi State
California
Southern Cal
Colorado
Missouri
Baylor
.Alabama
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Northwestern
South Florida
13-8-0 (0-1)
89-81-4 (4-3)
Michigan
Michigan State
South Florida
Oklahoma
Auburn_
South Carolina
Washington
Kentucky
Mississippi State
California
Southern Cal
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
.Alabam.
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Penn State
Eastern Michigan
Michigan
9-12-0 (1-0)
83-87-4 (2-5)
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