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September 29, 2008 - 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 Rod-o-Meter
judges how emotional (positive or negative) Rich Rodriguez was following the game and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance.
DEFENSE-O-METER
3 This game was billed as a matchup between Michigan's
Barwis-ized defense and the traditional Big Ten bruisers on
4 Wisconsin's offense. At the end of the day, the Badgers had their
Obis arms at their hips. The Wolverines could have given up at lot
more points in the first half, but they still allowed 200 yards.
ROD-O-METER
4 Rodriguez brought a towel to the postgame press confer-
ence because he was still soaked after getting a cooler
4 dumped on him. He had the media laughing and he even
Rich Rods asked his wife to help him answer a question. And long after
the game, he stuck around the stadium to sign autographs.
HYPE-O-METER
This would have been four Big Houses, except for the boos
as the team headed to the locker room. The block 'M' was
4 better than expected, and the place was rocking in the fourth
Big Houses quarter and after the game. But there is rarely a good rea-
son to boo the home team in college, and this wasn't one.
NOTABLE QUOTABLE
"It's like a videogame. I've never
played in front of 110,000 before,
- so it's nothing like I've ever
experienced."
- Freshman tight end Kevin Koger on what it was like
to come back in front .of raucous crowd at Michigan
Stadium Saturday afternoon.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
ASOCIATD PRSPL
6. PENN STATE: The Nittany Lions proved
they weren't aproductnofaweak nonconference
schedule, but they benefited from one ofnthe best
home-field advantagesagainstIllinois. Howwill
they handle going on the road this weekend?
TEAM
1.Oklahoma<(4-0)
2. Alabama (5-0)
3. L6uisiana State
(4-0)
4. Missouri (4-0)
5. Texas (4-0)
6. Peon State (5-0)
7. Texas Tech (4-0)
8. Brigham Young
(4-0)
9. Southern Cal (2-1)
10. South Florida
(5-0)
11. Georgia (4-1)
12. Florida (3-1)
13. Auburn (4-1)
14. Ohio State (4-1)
15. Utah (5-0)
16. Kansas (3-1)
17. Boise State (3-0).
18. Wisconsin (3-1)
19. Vanderbilt (4-0)
20. Virginia Tech
(4-1)
21. Oklahoma State
(4-0)
22. Fresno State (3-1)
23. Oregon (4-1)
24. Connecticut (5-0)
25. Wake Forest (3-1)
LAST WEEK
beat TCUJ3S-10
beat Georgia
41-30
beat Mississippi State
34-24
bye
beat Arkansas52-10
beat"llinois38-24
bye
bye
lost to Oregon
State 27-21
beat North Caro-
lina St. 41-10
lost to Alabama 41-30
lost to Mississippi 31-30
beatTennessee14-12
beat Minnesota 34-21
beat Weber
State 37-21
bye
bye
lost to Michigan 27-25
bye
beat Nebraska 35-30
Tray>
THIS WEEK
at Baylor
Kentucky
bye
at Nebraska
at Colorado
at Purdue
at Kansas State
at Utah State
Oregon
Pittsburgh
bye
at Arkansas
at Vanderbilt
at Wisconsin
Oregon State
at Iowa State
Louisiana Tech
Ohio State
Auburn
Western Kentucky
Texas A&M
the firstcranked teamthey played in Texas
Christian. Maybe Big12 play won'tstop them from
booming along, like intraconference games did for
several highly-ranked SEC teams.
8. TEXAS TECH: The Red Raiders' offense looks
prolific. But who can really tell when your best
nonconference opponentis Southern Methodist?
3. MISSOURI: It'll be interesting to see how the
Tigers handle tough conference foes when they're
notsneakingup on everybody, like they did last
year. And by tough, we don't mean Kansas State
next week
14. LOUIINA r
10. SOUTH FLORIDA: With West Viginia's
downfall, the Bulls are on track to win the
Big East. Maybe they could send Bill Martin
a check to cover some of Rich Rodriguez's
beat UCLA
beat Wast
State 6
beat Louisvi
lost to Nav
A36-31 Hawaii
hington at Southern Cal
3-14
lle 26-21 at North Carolina
y 24-17 bye
Games updated through Sept. 27
12, so when Bobby Petrino gets the Razorbacks
rolling, we can see this great matchup every
year.
WEEK 5 STAFF PICKS
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football
writers do their best
to predict what happens ' -;
in the 2008 college
football season.
Dan
Feldman
Courtney
Ratkowiak
Ian Nate
Robinson Sandals
Josn
Sotsky
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No.9 Wisconsin (-6.5) at Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan
No.1 Southern Cal (-25.5) at Oregon State Southern Cal Oregon State Southern Cal Oregon State Southern Cal
No.2 Oklahoma(-8) vs.No.24 TCU TCU TCU TCU Oklahoma Oklahoma
No.3 Georgia (-7) vs. No.SAlabama Alabama Alabama Georgia Alabama Alabama
N4 florida (-23) vs. Mississippi Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
No.5 Louisiana State (25) vs. Mississippi St Mississippi St. Louisiana State Mississippi St. Mississippi St. Mississippi St
No.7Texas (-28) vs. Arkansas Texas Arkansas Texas Texas Texas
No.12 Penn State (-15) vs. No. 22lllinois Illinois Illinois Penn State Illinois Penn St
No.13 South Florida (-9) at North Carolina St North Carolina St. North Carolina St. South Florida South Florida North Carolina St
No.14 Ohio State(-8) vs. Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Ohio State Minnesota
No.15 Auburn (-7) vs. Tennessee Auburn Tennessee Auburn Auburn Auburn
No1 Wake forest (-16) vs. Na Wake Forest Wake Forest Navy Wake Forest Wake Forest
No.17Utah (NL)gys Weber State . Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah
No. 20 Clemson (-11.5) vs Maryland Maryland Clemson Clemson Maryland Clemson
No.23 tast Carolina (-11) vs. Houston Houston East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina Houston
No. 25 Fresno State (-3) at UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA Fresno State Fresno State
Purdue (+1) at Notre Dame Purdue Notre Dame Purdue Purdue Notre Dame
Northwestern (+7,5) at Iowa Northwestern Iowa Iowa Northwestern Northwestern
Michigan State (-8.5) at Indiana Michigan State Michigan State Michigan State Michigan State Michigan State
Best Bet Michigan State Illinois Michigan State Purdue Auburn
Record Last Week 11-8-0 (1-0) 9-10-0 (1-0) 8-11-0-(1-0) 13-6-0 (0-1) 12-7-0 (0-1)
Overall Record 73-49-2 (3-2) 72-50-2 (4-1) 72-50-2 (3-1-1) 74-48-2 (2-3) 63-59-2 (1-4)
Remember, if you want your chance to be a star, e-mail danfeld@umich.edu. If you're chosen and can beat at least two of us, you'll stay on for another week.
The longest tenured guest picker will get a prize at the end of the season.