4B - November 9, 2009 The. Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com THE QUICK BREAKDOWN M A IZE GAU GE The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Mesk-o-Meter measures the success of special teams, 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. 0 9 MESK-O-METER 1/4 Mesko and Stonum had great games, but it didn't matter. Saturday's biggest plays were Michigan's miscues. Ole- Zolt ans snavage missed an extra point and field goal, and Michigan misplayed an onside kick. Each directly altered the outcome. ROD-O-METER 3 By now, you've probably heard Rodriguez wasn't exactly. "pleased" with Purdue's Zach Reckman. Completely 4 unprovoked, the coach called out the lineman for his snarky postgame remarks. It's tough tolose three straight. HYPE-0-METER 4 I Well, it's true the game was against Purdue, but it's pretty sad when Michigan has a shot to clinch a bowl and a chunk of the student section didn't even see the Wolverines'first touch- Big Houses down. Only the White Stripes could get the crowd going. 0 0 LOOKING GOOD FEELING BLUE THE CLAWWWWWWWWWWW! Former Daily Sports Editor Naweed Sikora lost his battle with testic- ular cancer in mid-October, and a memorial service was held in his honor in Ann Arbor this weekend. He was just 27 years old. When he worked for Daily Sports, Sikora led a campaign to change Michigan fans' post-defensive stand cheer from a Florida State-like Tomahawk Chop to what he deemed The Claw, invoking the feroc- ity of a Wolverine. This was the trend for a while, but students have reverted back to the Chop. Against Ohio State, try the Claw. After all, the Wolverines need all the help against the Buckeyes they can get. THE CHOP The true meaning of this motion is not really important here. The point is, it's a thing of the past! SAIDALSALAH/Daily JAKE FROMM/ Daily WIDE RECEIVER ROY ROUNDTREE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MARK HUYGE After feeling blue for falling a yard short of the end The line is already underappreciated, so getting zone on a critical play last week, Roundtree stepped knocked off the boxscore on a replay is just rough. up his game. He more than doubled his career On a last-ditch chance, Huyge's first-down run was catches with 10 receptions for 126 yards and a score. reversed because he caught the ball on a forward pitch. NOTABLE. QUOTABLE Just (when) all the goals we had this year go down the drain a little bit. It's not over. The last two, we just trying to get to a bowl now. That's a big goal. I'll really cry if we don't." - Michigan senior defensive end Brandon Graham on what makes him teary-eyed. THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL The Michigan Daily Top 10 returns for its 10th installment this season. Each week, Daily Sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on. The results are published with first-place votes in parentheses. 6 6 6 1. Florida (6): The Gators struggled to pull outthe win, though only one staffer predicted that. ., 2. Texas (3): McCoy passed for 470yards and said C-Ya (hockey style) to Barkley inthe Heismanrace. 3.Alabama (4): The Tide have a Dec. 5 date with the Gators after beating LSU. That's all we care about. 4. Cincinnati (1): It was almost a Big East hiccup, but the Bearcats were mightier than the Huskies. 5. TCU:A focused Horned Frog is the highest form of Zen. Watch out, BCS title game. 6. Boise State: The Broncos are 9-0 for the fourth time in six years. Take note, Rich Rod. a 7. Georgia Tech: Nesbitt overcame a 4-of-14 game to win it in OT. What agamer. 8. LSU: The Tigers did us all a favor by losing to give us the game we wanted: Alabamavs. Florida. 9. USC: Barkley, future Heisman winner, went 7-of-22. Hey, Arizona State is a good team, right? 10. Iowa: Stanzi went down, and so did Iowa's BCS hopes - all because of lowly Northwestern. FILE PHOTO THE ONE-HANDED CLAW Make sure to keep your elbow up, your wrist locked, and your mouth open. 6 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict what happens in the 2009 football season. Michael Eisenstein Ruth Lincoln t- Courtney Ratkowiak m Andy Reid Michigan (-6.5) vs. Purdue No.1 Florida (-35) vs. Vanderbilt No. 2Texas (-34.5) vs. UCF No.3Alabama (-7.5) vs. No. 9 LSU No.4 Iowa (-16) vs. Northwestern No. 5 Cincinnati (-17.5) vs. Connecticut No. 6 TCU (-24.5) at San Diego State No. 7 Boise State (-21) at Louisiana Tech No. 8 Oregon (-7.5) at Stanford No.10 Georgia Tech (-15) vs. Wake Forest No.11 Penn State (-5)vs. No.16Ohio State No.12 Southern Cal (-10) at Arizona State No.13 Pittsburgh (-21) vs. Syracuse No.14Utah (-27.5) vs. New Mexico No.15 Houston (-2) at Tulsa No.17 Miami (FL) (-14) vs. Virginia No.1ISArizona(-32) vs. Washington State No.19 Oklahoma State (-7.5) at Iowa State No. 20 California (-7.5) vs.Oregon State No. 21 Wisconsin (-11) at Indiana No. 22 Notre Dame (-12) vs. Navy No. 23 Virginia Tech (-13) at East Carolina No. 24 Oklahoma (-5) at Nebraska Michigan State (-20.5) vs. Western Michigan Minnesota (-7) vs. Illinois This Week Overall Michigan Florida Texas LSU Iowa Cincinnati Texas Christian Boise State Oregon Wake Forest Ohio State Southern Cal Syracuse Utah Houston Miami Washington State Oklahoma State California Wisconsin Navy Virginia Tech Oklahoma Michigan State Minnesota 8-16-1 113-109-2 Michigan Vanderbilt Texas Alabama Iowa Cincinnati Texas Christian Boise State Oregon Wake Forest Ohio State Southern Cal Pittsburgh Utah Houston Virginia Washington State Iowa State Oregon State Wisconsin Navy Virginia Tech Nebraska Western Michigan Illinois 11-13-1 114-108-2 Michigan Florida UCF LSU Northwestern Cincinnati Texas Christian Boise State Oregon Georgia Tech Ohio State Southern Cal Syracuse New Mexico Houston Miami Arizona Oklahoma State California Wisconsin Notre Dame East Carolina Oklahoma Michigan State Illinois 9-15-1 115-107-2 Michigan Florida Texas Alabama Northwestern Cincinnati Texas Christian Boise State Oregon Georgia Tech Penn State Southern Cal Pittsburgh Utah Houston Miami Washington State Oklahoma State Oregon State Wisconsin Notre Dame Virginia Tech Oklahoma Michigan State Minnesota 9-15-1 99-121-2 Guest Picker: Rafael Nelson Michigan Vanderbilt Texas LSU Iowa Cincinnati Texas Christian Louisiana Tech Oregon Gerogia Tech Penn State Southern Cal Pittsburgh Utah Houston Miami Washington State Oklahoma State Oregon State Wisconsin Notre Dame East Carolina Oklahoma Western Michigan Illinois 9-15-1 111-111-2 ........:............. .. i To apply to be a guest picker, e-mail lincolnr@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.