The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com POctober 6, 200
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-0-METER ROD-0-METER HYPE-0-METER
It's a shame we're bashing the defense's performance A reporter asked an on-edge Rodriguez why he was more upset in After Michigan's great comeback against Wisconsin
by giving no Obis. Ezeh registered15 tackles, includ- his postgame press conference than afterotherlosses. "I'm in charge 2/ last Saturday, the crowd was still riding high early.A
j"' ing 4.5 for a loss. But the defense allowed 501 yards4/ of the program, and we didn't play well today," he snapped. "So, I'm 4 quick 14-3 lead fueled the e xcitement, but it didn't take
Obis to the Fighting Illini. At least they were in good enough Rich Rods mad. Is there somethingwrong with that? I meanyouwant metobe Big Houses long for Illinois to quiet the Wolverine faithful. Hope of
shape to keep allowing those yards all afternoon. happy when we lose? It ain'tgonna happen.It ain't gonna happen." another comeback kept everyone involved a little long
8-5B
er
than normal, but it was still pretty empty at the end.
NOTABLE QUOTABLE
"You think I like standing there watch-
ing that? You think I want to stand and
watch us drop the ball? I mean, you
think it hasn't been addressed? I mean,
you've got to be kidding me. I've never
j' seen nothing like it. And I don't know
if you can work on it more than we're
working on it."
- Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez, ranting about how
his team needs to work on reducing turnovers.
ASSCITEDPRSS*OL
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
6. LOUISIANA STATE: The Tigers head to The
Swamp for aprimetime showdown with SEC
powerhouse Florida this Saturday. This SEC
matchup willbe aperfectgame for the SEC-lovers
to wax notically about the L-reat SEC. Woo. SEC!
TEAM
1. Oklahoma (5-0)
2. Alahama (6-0)
3. Missouri (5-0)
4. Louisiana State
(4-0)
S. Texas (5-0)
6. PennState (6-0)
7. Texas Tech (5-0)
8. Southern Cal (3-1)
9. Brigham Young
(5-0)
10. Georgia (4-1)
11. Florida (4-1)
12. Ohio State (5-1)
13. Vanderbilt (5-0)
14. Utah (6-0)
15. Boise State (4-0)
16. Kansas (4-1)
17. Oklahoma State
(5-0)
18 Virginia Tgcho(5-1)
19. South Florida (5-1)
20. Auburn (4-2)
21. Wake Forest (3-1)
22. North Carolina
(4-1)
23. Michigan State
(4-1)
24. Pittsburgh (5-0)
25. Ball State (6-0)
LAST WEEK
beat Baylor4-17
beat Kentucky
17-14
beat Nebraska
52-17
bye
beat Clsrados38-14
beat Purdue20-6
beat Kansas
State 58-28
beat Oregsn 44-10
beet Utah State 34-14
bye
beat Arkansas 38-7
beat Wisconsin 20-17
beat Auburn 14-13
THIS WEEK
Texas
bye
Oklahoma State
at Florida
Oklahoma
at Wisconsin
Nebraska
Arizona State
New Mexico
Tennessee
Lsuisiana Stale
Purdue
at Mississippi State
at Wyoming
U1. OKtLAHOUMA (12): eTse Sooners won a
conference road game, but itwas at Baylor. This
weekend's Red River Shootoutwill revealtwhether
they deservesuch a high ranking.
8. SOUTHERN CAL: The Trojans had 597 yards
of offense againstOregon this week. They would
have doubled that had they played Michigan. Can
the Big Ten just drop its Rose Bowlitie-in to save
embarrassment?
beat Iowa State
beat Texas
A&M 56-2
beat Weste
Kentucky 27
lost to Pitt
burgh 26-2
lost to Vanderbil
lost to Navy 2
beat Connei
cut 38-12
beat Iowa16
beat Soutl
Florida 26-
beat Toledo 3
35-33
5
sg
Colorado
at Missouri
3.MISSOURI: The Tigers earn their hrst win in
Lincoln in 30 years. Not if you're measuring by the
amount of saliva projectiled between the players.
Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel alleged a
Cornhusker spat on him during pregame warmups.
r! bye
-13
s- Syracuse
21
t14-13 Arkansas
4-17 Clemson
cti- Notre Dame
-13 at Northwestern
h bye
21
1-0 at W. Kentucky
Games updated through Oct. 5
10. VANDERBILT: We'll just leave it to a sign
seen at the Commodores' win over Auburn last
Saturday. "The geeks shall inherit the turf."
STEXAS: The Longhorns won arconference road
game, but it was at Colorado. This weekend's Red
River Shootout will reveal whether they deserve
such a high ranking.
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football
writers predict what
happens in the 2008
* college football
season.
Dan
Feldman
Courtney
Ratkowiak
Ian
Robinson
Michigan (-3) vs. Illinois Illinois Michigan Illinois
No.1 Oklahoma (-27) at Baylor Baylor Baylor Oklahoma
No 2 Alabama (-17) vsKentucky Alabama Alabama Alabama
No.4 Missouri (-11) at Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska
No.5 Texas (-13.5) at Colorado Colorado Texas Colorado
No. 6 Penn State (-135) at Purdue Penn State Penn State Purdue
No.7Texas Tech (-75) at Kansas State Texas Tech TexasTech . Texas Tech
No.8 Brigham Yuung (-30) at UtahState Brigham Young Utah State Utah State
No.9 Southern Cal (-17) vs Oregon Southern Cal Southern Cal Southern Cal
No.10 South Florida (-14) vs Pittsburgh South Florida Pittsburgh South Florida
No.12Florida(-25) at Arkansas Florida Arkansas Arkansas
No.13 Auburn (-4.5) at Vanderbilt Auburn Auburn Auburn
Nol4OhioState (-1 5) at No.18 Wisconsin Ohio State Wisconsin Ohio State
No.15 Utah (-12) vs. Oregon State Oregon State Utah Utah
No.17 Boise State (-24 5)vsLouisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Boise State Boise State
No. 20 Virginia Tech (-28) vs. W. Kentucky W. Kentucky W. Kentucky W. Kentucky
No. 21 Oklahoma State (-25) vs. Texas A&M Oklahoma State Texas A&M Texas A&M
No.22 Fresno State (-23) vs. Hawaii Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State
No. 24 Connecticut (-7) at North Carolina North Carolina Connecticut North Carolina
Michigan State (-8) vs. Iowa Michigan State Michigan State Michigan State
Idiana(7Tat Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
Best Bet North Carolina Penn State Texas Tech
eod ThisWeek 12 -00-11-0 (1-0)
OverallRecord .-59-2 (4-2) 81-62-2 (5-1) 82-61-2 (5-1-1)
Nate
Sandals
Illinois
Oklahoma
Alabama
Missouri
Colorado
Purdue
Texas Tech
Brigham Young
Southern Cal
South Florida
Florida
Auburn
Wisconsin
Utah
Boise State
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
Fresno State
North Carolina
Michigan State
Minnesota
Texas Tech
9-12-0 (1-0)
83-60-2 (3-3)
Josn
Sotsky
Michigan
Baylor
Alabama
Missouri
Texas
Penn State
Texas Tech
Brigham Young
Southern Cal
South Florida
Florida
Auburn
Wisconsin
Utah
Louisiana Tech
W. Kentucky
Texas A&M
Fresno State
North Carolina
Michigan State
Minnesota
Texas A&M
9-12-0 (0-1)
72-71-2 (1-5)
U"T' J/ L \T L/
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.
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