V U V S V V w I a I v - - a i w v w 2B Saturday, October 27, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Saturday, October 27, 2007I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FOOTBALL SATURDAY Two-thirdsaof the way through the season and Michigan has at least partially redeemed itself after those early- seasonlosses. Along with Ohio State, the Wolverinesare two games ahead of every other teamn theBig Ten. It's beginning to look like there willbe another classic Nov.17. in Football Saturday, Scott Bellwilllook at how cornerback Morgan Trent has.come into his own after a disappointing end to the 2006 season. We also compare the BrownJugs in our Tale of the Tape. Scott Bell * Daniel Bromwich Jack Herman " Kevin Wright We don't think the Gophers have much of a chance, but we're going to break down this matchup anyway. " "" """"" """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" " """"" " " 1111111111iI1111111111111~iiII11111111111111111i111111111111i1110~i11111llill 2007 Michigan schedule Appalachian St. (Sept. 1), L 32-34: Imagine opening the door to your dorm room and someone punching you inthe face. That's what happened at the Big House. So much for a National Championship. Oregon (Sept. 8), L 7-39: Then the person that punched you in the face added insult to injury by stepping on your crotch and spitting in your ear. Then he walks out your front door with your girlfriend and steals your laptop. And your pillow. Notre Dame (Sept. 1S), W 38-0: The defeat of the Fighting Irish did two things for Michigan. First, it gave the Wolverines confidence heading into the Big Ten season. Second, the national press switched gears from Michigan's 0-2 start to harping on how bad Notre Dame is. Penn State (Sept. 22), W14-9: For the second week in a row, the Wolverine defense held its opponent without a touchdown as Michigan beat the Nittany Lions for the ninth straight time. Michigan safety Artis Chambers had nothing to do with that, but his Big Ten ineligibility almost cost the Wolverines the game. at Northwestern (Sept. 29), W 28-16: Chad Henne returned from injury to lead Michigan to a second-half comeback win. Special thanks to the alarm clock that woke up the Wolverine defense for the fourth quarter. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 6), W 33-22: Michigan played this game like it was a bye week, as10 Wolverine contributors sat on the sidelines against the Eagles. Unfortunately for Michigan fans, this one turned into more of a contest than anyone would've imagined with Eastern Michigan pulling to within two points in the second half. 2007 Minnesota roster No. Name Pos. Year Ht./Wt. 1 Ernie WheelwrightWR Sr. 6-5/215 2 Ryan Collado CB Fr. 5-9/170 3 Harold Howell ATH Fr. 5-8/160 4 Clint Brewster QB Fr. 6-1/195 5 RJ. Buckner TB Fr. 5-11/205 6 Tray Herndon WR Fr. 5-10/180 7 Eric Decker WR So. 6-2/215 8 Adam Weber QB Fr. 6-3/220 9 Curtis Thomas S Fr. 6-1/200 11 Mike Frankberg QB Fr. 6-0/195 11 Michael Kasten WR Jr. 6-2/210 11 Desi Steib CB Sr. 6-0/195 12 Mike Chambers DB So. 6-1/190 13 Michael McKelton CB So. 5-10/185 14 Damien White WR Fr. 6-0/170 15 Jamal Harris CB Sr. 6-0/185 16 John Carlson S Jr. 6-2/220 17 Tony Mortensen QB Jr. 6-3/230 17 TJ. Wentzel FS Fr. 6-1/205 18 Justin Valentine FB Sr. 6-1/235 19 Mike Maciejowski QB Jr. 6-3/215 20 Justin Chatman CB Fr. 5-9/180 21 Daron Love DB Fr. 6-1/190 22 Duane Bennett RB Fr. 5-9/195 23 Dominique Barber S Sr. 6-0/210 24 Brody Grandas LB Jr. 25 Jay Thomas RB So. 26 Duran Cooley S Sr. 26 Reid Haviland RB So. 27 Kyle Theret S Fr. 28 Kevin Mannion ILB Jr. 28 Damola Ogundipe RB Fr. 29 Amir Pinnix RB Sr. 30 Lee Campbell DE So. 30 Marcus Sherels WR So. 31 Jordan Gaffaney LB Fr. 31 Jason Giannini K Jr. 32 Nathan Triplett OLB So. 33 Tommy Becker FB Fr. 34 Scott Jilek FS Fr. 34 Andre Tate' LB Fr. 35 Jon Hoese LB Fr. 36 Joel Monroe K Jr. 37 Eric Ellestad K Fr. 38 Blake Haudan P Fr. 40 Shane Potter S Fr. 41 Justin Kucek P Jr. 42 Logan U'u LB Jr. 43 Robert McGarry LS Sr. 44 Deon Hightower OLB Jr. 45 Thomas Hennessey OLBSo. 5-11/210 6-0/195 6-0/215 5-9/180 5-10/185 6-2/215 5-7/175 6-0/205 6-3/250 5-11/165 6-1/215 5-9/185 6-3/240 6-2/245 5-11/205 6-2/210 6-2/200 5-11/190 6-2/205 6-1/210 6-1/200 6-0/200 5-10/225 6-3/215 6-3/215 5-11/215 46 John Shevlin OLB Sr. 47 Ryan Coleman LS Fr. 47 Ryan Turry ILB Fr. 48 Bryan Klitzke DB Fr. 48 Nick Tow-Arnett TE So. 50 Dan Kinsella LS Fr. 51 Eric Small DT So. 52 Jeff Tow-Arnett C So, 53 D.J. Burris OG Fr: 55 Tony Strouth DT Fr. 56 Steve Davis OLB Jr. 57 Steve Herold DT Fr. 58 Mike Sherels ILB Sr. 59 Steve Moore LB Jr. 60 Ryan Wynn OL Fr. 61 Trey Davis OL Fr. 62 Erik Kottom OT Fr. 63 Andy Brinkhaus OT Fr. 64 Steve Shidell OT Sr. 65 Jimmy Snyder OG Fr. 66 Ned Tavale OG So. 67 Nick Weber OG Jr. 68 Chris Bunders OL Fr. 69 John Jakel OG Sr. 70 Todd Meisel DT Sr. 71 Chris Mensen OL So. 6-1/225 6-1/230 5-10/205 6-1/185 6-4/250 6-3/255 6-2/280 6-2/275 6-2/280 6-0/240 6-2/225 6-0/270 6-0/240 6-2/230 6-5/240 6-2/275 6-4/300 6-3/300 6-5/290 6-2/275 6-2/320 6-6/300 6-3/305 6-5/300 6-4/275 6-5/255 73 Jason Meinke 74 Ryan Ruckdashel 75 Otis Hudson 76 Dominic Alford 77 Tony Brinkhaus 78 Ryan Orton 79 Matt DeGeest 79 Barrett Moen 80 Jack Simmons 81 Ralph Spry 82 Marc Cheatham 84 Jimmy Thompson 86 Troy Reilly 87 Kyle Moore 88 Collin McGarry 90 Raymond Henderson 91 William Van DeSteeg 93 Derrick Onwuachi 94 Willie Dyson 95 Sean McWhirter 96 Curtis Hughes 96 Matt Stommes 97 Anthony Jacobs 98 Neel Allen 99 Garrett Brown OT So. 6-5/270 , OG So. 6-5/275 DT So. 6-5/300 OT Fr. 6-3/315 C Sr. 6-3/305 OL Fr. 6-4/265 OT Jr. - 6-5/285 DT So. 6-3/270 TE Jr. 6-4/240 WR Fr. 5-11/175 WR, Jr. 6-2/205 WR Fr. 6-1/180 TE So. 6-6/255 WR Fr. 6-1/180 TE Fr. 6-4/230 DE So. 6-6/250 DE So. 6-4/255 DE So. 6-5/250 ILB So. 6-3/230 DE Fr. 6-3/250 TE Fr. 6-4/250 DE So, 6-7/270 DE Fr. 6-2/285 DT Sr. 6-3/300 DT So. 6-2/290 Morgan Trent received a lot of criticism for his play last year. Purdue (W 48-21): After a pair of not-so-dominating performances against not-so-great How the cornerback has turned the corner. teams, the Wolverines silenced critics with a huge win over the Boilermakers. The offense looked nearly unstoppable, and the defense impenetrable. The bad news: Mike Hart got hurt. Not sure who that is blocking for Michigan? Check out our ros-j ter and depth chart. Not sure who that is getting blocked by Michigan? Check out Minnesota's roster and depth chart. It's your favorite Ann Arbor watering hole against your fa aihe college football trophy - how do they match-ip? at Illinois (W 27-17): Led by a legendary effort from Chad Henne, the Wolverines showed a lot of guts in their win over Illinois, beating them in front of a sold-out crowd at night. The win put Michigan in perfect position for the rest of the year, well unless, Henne is really hurt. Minnesota (Oct. 27): Two years ago, the Gophers captured the Little Brown Jug for the first time since 1986 thanks to - surprise - a late-game, long run. First-year head coach Tim Brewster seemed excited about this game at Big Ten Media Day, but we'll see how he feels after Michigan extends Minnesota a not-so-kind welcome back to the Big House. at Michigan State (Nov. 3): No longer will the Big Ten have John L. Smith to kick around. The oft-critized coach was fired after a disappointing 4-8 season. New coach Mark Dantonio is known as a defensive guru, and at times this season, he's proved it. at Wisconsin (Nov.10): If the Wolverines had a choice of what time to play Wisconsin at Camp Randall, they probably wouldn't want a night game. Michigan got its wish because contrary to early beliefs, this game will not be under the lights. Just less time for the Wisconsin studentsto get drunk. 2007 Depth Chart Ohio State (Nov.17): There'sa good chance bothteams are once again undefeated in the Big Ten heading into this game. And you can bet Chad Henne, Mike Hart and the rest of the seniors would like nothing more than to topple No.1 Ohio State in their last home games in Ann Arbor. FS C. Thomas S. Jilek CG R. Collado D. Steib WILL J. Shevlin K. Mannion MIKE D. Hightower N. Triplett SAM S. Davis S. Moore DE DT L Campbell T. Meisel W. VanDeSteeg G. Brown N. Allen E. Small DE D. Onwauchi R. Hender- son RT EF D. Alford - J. Simmons M. DeGeest N. Tow-Arnet D. Barber J. House CB K. Theret J. Harris WR WR E. Decker R. Spry M. Sherels T. Herndon ,t WR LG Cl