The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
November 17, 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--MET ER
2/4The defense automatically gets one Obi for senior Ter-
rance Taylor's body slam. We thought only running
h acks could (allegedly) lay that kind of wood. The defen-
Obis sive line rocked out all afternoon, hut the secondary
had as many holes as the Michigan Stadium crowd.
ROD-0-METER
Rodriguez must have realized his shtick was getting
old, because he was much less sarcastic after this loss.
4~ Instead, he was just boring. No witty insights, a lot of
Rich Rods generic comments about Ohio State next Saturday and
the same answers to the same questions he's been
asked all season. Maybe he's getting sick of that, too.
HYPE-C-METER
During halftime, the Michigan Stadium press box announcer
said, "Earlier today, the attendance was 107,856." By that
time, the student section was more than half empty -
Big Houses but it was never full in the first place. Sure, the weather
was terrible and the team is bad. But for the last game in
the Big House this year, the turnout was horrendous.
NOTABLE QUOTABLE
"He just told us that he loved playing with
us and, 'Don't let a season like this happen
again.' Even if we did go 0-13, we are Michi-
gan and we stand for everything that Michi-
gan's about.... His words are very powerful,
and they'll stick with me for the rest of my
life."
-Redshirt sophomore left guard John Ferrara on senior nose
! tackle Terrance Taylor
r THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
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ASSCITEDPRSS OL
TEAM
1. Alabama (11-0)
2. Texas Tech (10-
0)
3. Florida (9-1)
4. Texas (10-1)
S. Oklahoma(9-1)
6. Southern Cal
(9-1)
7. Penn State (10-1)
8. Utah (11-0)
9. Boise State (10-
0)
10. Ohio State (9-2)
11. Oklahoma State
(9-2)
12. Missouri (9-2)
13. Georgia (9-2)
14. Ball State (9-0)
15. Texas Christian
(9-2)
16. Brigham Young
(10-1)
17. Michigan State
(9-2)
18. Louisiana State
(7-3)
19. Cincinnati (8-2)
20. Pittsburgh (7-2)
21. Oregon State
(7-3)
22. Maryland (7-3)
23. Miami (FL)
(7-3)
24. Oregon (8-3)
25. North Carolina
(7-3)
LAST WEEK
beat Mississippi
State 32-7
bye
beat South
Carolina 56-6
beat Kansas 35-7
bye
beatStanford45-23
beat Indiana 34-7
beat San Diego
State 63-14
beat Idaho 45-10
beat Illinois 30-20
beat
Colorado 30-7
beat Iowa
State 52-20
beat Auburn 17-13
beat
Miami (OH) 31-16
bye
beat Air Force
38-24
THIS WEEK
bye
at Oklahoma
Citadel
bye
Texas Tech
bye
Michigan State
Brigham Young
at Nevada
Michigan
bye
bye
bye
at utan
8. UTAH: The Utah-Brigham Young game
might be the mostcompetitive rivalry game
this weekend, andyouprobably won't even
be able to watch it. It's on the mtn., the
Rocky Mountain equivalent of theBTN.
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3.FLORIDA (2): South Carolina and former Gator
coach Steve Spurrier is known to run the score up
on opponents. Florida coach Urban Meyer gave
him a taste of his own medicine, handinghim
the worst loss of his coaching career Saturday.
bye at Penn State
beat Troy 40-31 Mississippi
beat Pittsburgh
Louisville 28-20
bye at Cincinnati
beat at Arizona
California 34-21
beat North Florida State
Carolina 17-15
beat Virginia at Georgia Tech
Tech 16-14
beat Arizona bye
55-45
lost to North Carolina
Maryland 17-15 State
Games updated through Nov.16
10. BALL STATE (1): Cardinal coach Brady
Hoke, a former Lloyd Carr assistant, is leading
an undefeated team and has a chance to makea
BCS game. So, that'sthe formula for winning?
Wonder what Mike DeBord is up to.
5. OKLAHOMA: Texas Tech knocked the Sooners
outofthe national title race late lastseason.
Oklahoma will have the chance to return the favor
thisweekend. How many great games can the Big
12 have this year? Don't answer. It's rhetorical.
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football
writers predict what will
happen in the
2008 college
football season. Dan
Feldman
Michigan (-4) vs. Northwestern Northwestern
No.1 Alabama (-21) vs. Mississippi Stale Mississippi State
No.3 Florida (-21) vs. No.24 South Carolina Florida
No. 4 Tesas (-13) at Katsas Tesas
No. 6 Southern Cal (-23) at Stanford Southern Cal
No. 7 Pest State (-36) vs. Indiana Indiana
No.8 Utah (28.5) at San Diego State San Diego State
No. 9 Boise State (-36.5) at Idaho Idaho
No. 10 Ohio State (10) at Ilinois Ohio State
No. itrOklahoma State t7) at Colorado Colorado
No.12Missouri (-275) at Iowa State Iowa State
No. 13 Georgia (-9) at Auburn Georgia
No.14 eall State 19.5) at Miami (Ohio) Ball State
No.16BrighamYoung(-5.5) at AirForce Air Force
No.17 North Carolina (-3) at Maryland Maryland
No.19 Ltuisiana State-8.5) vs.Troy Louisiana State
No.20 Florida State (-7) vs Boston College BostonCollege
Ho. 22 Cincinnati (-.5) at Louisville Cincinnati
No.23 Oregon State (3) vs. California Oregon State
No. 25 Tulsa 45 at Houston Houston
Wisconsin 14) vs. Minnesota Minnesota
Purdue (+17.5) at Iowa Purdue
Best Bet Texas
Record Last Week 13-B-i (1-0)
Overall Record 151-119-4 (7-4-1)
Courtney
Ratkowiak
Michigan
Alabama
Sooth Carolina
Texas
Southern Cal
Indiana
San Diego State
Idaho
Illinois
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Georgia
Miami (Ohio)
Brigham Young
North Carolina
Louisiana State
Florida State
Cincinnati
Oregon State
Tulsa
Minnesota
Purdue
Indiana
137-133-4 (9-2-1)
Ian
Robinson
Northwestern
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Southern Cal
Indiana.
San Diego State
Idaho
Ohio State.
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Georgia
Miami (Ohio)
Brigham Young
Maryland
Louisiana State
Florida State
Louisville
Oregon State
Tulsa
Minnesota
Purdue
Maryland
12-9-1 (1-0)
154-116-3 (9-2-1)
Nate
Sandals
Northwestern
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Southern Cal
Indiana
San Diego State
Boise State
Illinois
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Georgia
Miami(Ohio)
Brigham Young
North Garolina
Louisiana State
BostonColege
Louisville
Oregon State
Tulsa
Minnesota
Iowa
San Diego State
149-121-4 (6-6)
Andrew
Goddeeris
Michigan
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Southern Cal
Penn State
San Diego State
Idaho
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Missouri
Georgia
Ball State
Brigham Young
North Garolina
Louisiana State
Florida State
Cincinnati
California
Tulsa
Minnesota
Iowa
Tulsa
142-128-4 (3---1)
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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.