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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 3B
Team Stats
First Downs
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Forier
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Wisconsin Michigan
28 15
52/229 32/71 even though going into the
245 S1 game, Wisconsin ranked fifth
76 63 in the country in time of pos-
469 265 session and Michigan came in
8/ 36 5/335 at No.118.
2/S U/U
1/34 3/40 But the Wolverines take
1/1 0/U advantage of the time-of-pos-
4/U 3 3/AR session disparity, scoring just
10 offensive points in the first
M I C H I G A N half and allowing the Badgers
to block a 19-yard field goal.
2U-VA TAR N 1 Michigan, the worst red-zone
1/5 6 0 o team in the Big Ten, managed
2/31 14 2 1 just three points in two red-
zone trips in the first half.
Att Yds Avg Lg TD "You want to put those into
5 36 7.2 23 0 touchdowns," offensive coordi-
A UN 35 6 nator Calvin Magee said. "Soit
2 2 1 2 N hurt a lot, offensively. Any time
2 -5 -25 0 0 you're down in the red zone,
A2 -1571 2you need to put the ball in the
end zone. It was good to come
away with points the second
Na Yds Avg Lg T time, but of course you want
7 54 77 21 1 those extra few points, and we
4 53 133 25 o didn't do that today. We gotta
U UN 1US 14 0 get that down."
1 A 6 615
21 194 9.2 26 2 Wisconsin flexed its muscles
after halftime, though. The
No. Yds Avg Lg Badgers bled the clock and con-
3 120 40 48 trolled the ball for more than 22
3 120 40 64 minutes. They didn't punt in the
second half, and their only drive
No. Yds Avg Lg T that didn't end in a touchdown
6 135 22.5 33 0
6 135 22.5 33 0 FRIR
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was capped by a field goal with
1:20 left in the game.
On the other hand, the Wol-
verines only had 21 offensive
plays after the break - seven of
which came in the last minute
and a half of the blowout.
"In the second half, it just
seems like, defensively, we're
not able to get off the field,"
Rodriguez said. "Our offense,
we need to be in some rhythm,
and when we're not on the field
much offensively and the other
team is controlling the ball, it's
hard to get into a rhythm offen-
sively.
"We need to evaluate every-
thing: the players, scheme, and
try to come up with answers.
That's my job to do as a coach."
Rodriguez's job as coach is
now to get Michigan prepared
for college football's greatest
rivalry. Although the Michigan
Ohio State game traditionally
decides the Big Ten title, the
Wolverines are shooting for a
much lower goal this week:
Bowl eligibility.
"It's not a game that's gonna
be hard for either team to get
fired up for. It's Michigan and
Ohio State," Rodriguez said.
"We got a lot at stake.
"The focus this week should
be great. I just hope the play
next Saturday is."
too early.
And after halftime, the fresh-
man didn't play nearly as well
against an adjusted defense. Just
as Purdue successfully switched
schemes last week, Wisconsin
changed its techniques on the
defensive line and disguised its
safeties better.
"The techniques were
designed to keep him out of the
pocket and (give) him less time
to throw the ball," Brinkley said.
Those adjustments, coupled
with Michigan's seven minutes
of possession in the second half,
limited Forcier to just 5-of-8
passing and 49 yards.
But as he said last Monday and
echoed after the game, Forcier is
focused on improving his play
to achieve one goal: "getting the
seniors to a bowl game.
"If I have to spend 10 hours
on film this week, I'm going to
do it," Forcier said. "But we're
gonna get them a bowl game
and we're going to come out and
do what we can do against Ohio
State."
By RUTH LINCOLN
DailySportsEditor
MADISON - Michigan coach
Rich Rodriguez has said it time
and time again - the Wolverines
are a different team with Brandon
Minor in the game.
The senior tailback has battled
a high ankle sprain all year, and he
suffered a bruised shoulder during
his three-touchdown performance
against Purdue.
Those injuries NOTEBOOK
forced Minor to
disappear after just seven carries
for 26 yards against Wisconsin.
Minor was just one lowly com-
ponent of the Wolverines' dismal
rushing attack Saturday. The Wol-
verines had just 71 yards on 32 car-
ries and went without a rushing
touchdown for the first time since
losing to Michigan State on Oct. 3.
"After that first touchdown last
week, (Minor) was kind of hurt a
little bit," senior defensive end
Brandon Graham said. "He was
just telling me how I wish I could
go for you, but I was like, 'Don't
worry, we got people that's gonna
pick up where you left off.' "
One of those to pick up in
Minor's place was freshman Vin-
cent Smith.
Michigan fans have seen little
of the 5-foot-6 tailback during the
conference season. Excluding his
17 carries against Delaware State,
Smith had just 15 carries heading
into Wisconsin.
But Saturday, the pint-sized
Smith used his versatility and
flashiness in Michigan's produc-
tive first half as he pounded away
for 26 yards on seven carries.
"For being such a little guy,
especially in the Big Ten, you don't
see little backs too often," fresh-
man quarterback Tate Forcier.
"Look at Wisconsin. Twice the
size of him. But Vince played great
today. He made some key blocks
for me. He made some big plays."
Matched up against the tower-
ing Badger defense, Smith's big-
gest plays came in the passing
game. He gained impressive yards
after each catch and tallied six
receptions for 55 yards by half-
time.
The Pahokee, Fla., native's
most impressive play came when
Forcier connected with him on a
21-yard swing pass to tie the score
at 7-7 early in the first quarter.
But besides Smith's unexpected
receiving performance and sopho-
more slot receiver Roy Roundtree's
seven receptions for 56 yards, the
Badger defense shut down the
Wolverine receivers in the second
half. After notching 15 receptions
in the first half, Michigan man-
aged just six after the break.
"Our defensive line was active,"
Wisconsin defensive lineman
O'Brien Schofield said. "Guys were
running to the football and mak-
ing some plays that normally you
wouldn't think a defensive line
would make on some screens. Just
running to the receivers catching
the ball and trying to get in there."
D-LINE IMPRESSIONS: Very
rarely in college football do you
see a team relying solely on its
front four to carry its defense.
The Wolverines clearly aren't
moving in that direction under
defensive coordinator Greg Rob-
inson. But the performances
Michigan are getting upfront from
Graham and defensive tackles
Mike Martin and R-yan Van Ber-
gen makes the thought somewhat
appealing.
Despite giving up a season-high
45 points to Wisconsin, the trio
had career days.
Martin tallied a career-high
nine solo tackles, including three
for loss. The sophomore stifled
Badger quarterback Scott Tolzien
on a number of occasions.
Van Bergen's fumble-recov-
ery-turned-touchdown gave the
Wolverines critical points. It was
the first recovery turned score
since former Wolverine and two-
time Super Bowl winner LaMarr
Woodley did it against Notre
Dame in 2006.
Graham, who is easily the Wol-
verines' best player each game,
moved into second place for career
forced fumbles (seven). He now
trails just Woodley (10) for first
place.
The Badger defense couldn't
keep Graham out of the pocket
throughout the game. His two
sacks for 25 yards, four tackles for
a loss of 28 yards and his mouth
had everyone taking notice.
"They were definitely strong,"
Wisconsin tight end Lance Ken-
dricks said. "They talked a lot of
junk too. ... (Saying) 'You can't
hold me. Anybody want to hold
me? Somebody better hold me.'
Especially No. 55, Graham, he
was messing. But it was a good
time."
RED ZONE WOES: Examining
Wisconsin's 95.1 red zone conver-
sion rate would make any Wolver-
ine fan envious.
One can point to Wisconsin's
old-school, smashmouth offense
that works especially well at the
goal line.
"Welcome to Wisconsin foot-
ball," Badger head coach Bret
Bielma said. "That's what we do. It
may not be pretty."
With Minor limited, the Wol-
verines couldn't match the same
physicality at the goal line. After
going just 2-for-3 in the red zone
against Wisconsin, Michigan now
finds itself ranked last in the Big
Ten with alowly 68.9 percentage.
"It could be playcalling, you
know, it could be really anything,"
Forcier said.
The Wolverines' biggest blow
came when Michigan couldn't
convert on a first and goal from
the Wisconsin six-yard line late
in the first quarter. Michigan's
19-yard field goal attempt was
blocked.
"You want to put those into
touchdowns - any time you're
down there, you want to punch
it in," offensive coordinator Cal-
vin Magee said. "It was good to
come away with points the sec-
ond time, but of course you want
those extra few points, and we
didn't do that today. We gotta get
that down."
NOTES: Brandon Smith started
at safety in place of redshirt soph-
omore Mike Williams and had
four tackles. ...Obi Ezeh started
at linebacker after Kevin Leach
started against Illinois and Pur-
due. ... After missing last week's
game against Purdue with back
pain, Perry Dorrestein started at
right tackle Saturday.
Pint-sized Smith steps up for
injured Minor and Brown in loss
Solo Asst
6 5
9 1
8 2
5 4
5 1
3 2
2 2
2 1
2 0
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
0 1
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49 26
Wisconsin
C-A Yds
16-24 240
16.24 240
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made the most of it. You know, we
at just got a little bit of an argument,
" but me and Coach Rod are fine."
10 The most impressive part
9 about Forcier's performance
may be that it was in the absence
4 of senior running backs Brandon
3 Minor and Carlos Brown, who
were limited to a combined nine
2 carries due to injury. As a result,
2 the Badger defense focused pri-
g marily on Forcier rather than on
stopping the ground game.
But that isn't to say Forcier is
playing as well as he needs to for
the Wolverines to have a chance
s against Ohio State.
Forcier missed a few throws
when receivers got behind the
T ,nt defense, according to Magee.
a 1 He also struggled with negative
rushing yardage. Though Forcier
was sacked just twice (once on
L9 TO third down), he lost 24 yards on
15 N the ground and hurt Michigan
12 o at times by pulling the ball down
12 0
Att
26
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Yds
151
62
15
12
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Yds
98
62
65
8
7
240
Avg
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12.0
1.0
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Avg
70
150
I 0
12
33
Lg TD
8 0
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No. Yds Avg Lg
1 34 34.0 34
1 34 34.0 34
No. Yds Avg Lg TD
2 55 27.5 29 0
1 /s 1s.0 1s 0
3 70 23.3 29 0
No. Yds Avg Lg TD
2 5 2.5 5 0
2 5 2s5 s 0
Solo Asst
3 4
2 s5
5 1
1 3
3 0
4 0
2 1
2 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
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From the Editor: In celebra-
tion of Michigan-Ohio State
Week, we dove into the Daily
archives to find game stories
from seminal Michigan wins
in the series. Here's the story
from the Wolverines' 86-0 vic-
tory in 1902, one ofFielding H.
Yost'sfamous "PointA Minute"
teams. We hope you enjoy the
quirky writingstyle of the era.
What will we do,
What will we do,
We'll rub it into O. S. U.
That's what we'll do.
Thus sang the Michigan
rooters yesterday afternoon in
answer to the old Wah-hoo yell
raised proudly by 2,000 wearers
of the scarlet and gray.
And rub it in they did with
both hands and feet by the abso-
lutely unhoped for score of 86 to
0.
The Ohio rooters began to
arrive at 9:30 a. m. and special
train followed special train at
short intervals until the whole
city was thronged with the
excursionists. They overran the
campus in all directions and
penetrated into every building
including the Anatomical Labo-
ratory.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the
crowd began to stream out
toward Ferry Field and by a
quarter past two every inch of
available room on the big stands
and bleachers was occupied,
the late comers being forced to
stand up along the wire fences
enclosing the field.
The O. S. U. rooters filled
the whole east half of the south
bleachers and part of the grand
stand while the supporters of
Michigan swarmed on both
sides of the field.
The rooting before the game
was by far the best ever heard
on Ferry Field, song answering
song, and yell answering yell in
never ending succession. Michi-
gan seemed to have a shade the
best of it principally on account
of their forces being on both
sides of the field where the could
applaud each others efforts.
The O. S. U. band and the
Michigan band took turns at
working up the enthusiasm and
at 2:15, when the Michigan men
trotted on the field, followed
almost at once by the Buckeyes
the excitement was at the high-
est pitch.
The halves agreed upon were
35 and 25 minutes. O. S. U. won
the toss and chose to defend the
east goal.
Michigan having had no dif-
ficulty in stopping the visitors
rushes decided to punt at ()
expectingtowinonanexchange
of punts or else regain the ball
on downs and so advance more
rapidly than by a rushing game.
McLaren, the veteran half-
back, who had grown gray in
his service on the O. S. U. team,
became obstreperous at this
juncture and it looked for a
minute as though there would
be a little trouble but Hoagland
warned him for rough playing
and Hinkey gave a short lecture
to the two captains and the play
went on.
As usual Sweeley punted at
once and as usual the Ohians
were held for downs. While
Cartet was getting his hand ban-
daged, Weeks called for a play
and it went just the same with
only 10 men in the line-up...
0. S. U. has come and gone
and Michigan is eighty-six more
points to the good. We won
the game fairly and squarely,
and every point was contested
freely. But the overwhelming
victory was almost as much of a
surprise to Michigan as to Ohio
State. We had expected victory,
but had hardly hoped for a land-
slide.
This decidedly removes all
doubts as to the team being in
the best of shape next Saturday.
The apparent slump of a week
or so has done the team a great
deal more good than a week of
ordinary practice. It has brought
the team and the rooters to a
thorough realization of the fact
thatthe stiffestkind of work and
absolute unity must be the price
of the championship. This spirit
pervaded the team yesterday,
and the rooters did their full
share in encouraging them.
The rooting was much better
yesterday than it has been at any
time this year, a fact due in great
measure, no doubt, to the suc-
cessful singing.
STANDINGS
Team Big Ten Overall
Ohio State 6-1 9-2
Iowa 5-2 9-2
Penn State 5-2 9-2
Wisconsin 5-2 8-2
Northwestern 4-3 7-4
Michigan Slate 4-A 6-5
Minnesota 3-4. 6-5
Purdue 3-4 4-7
Illinois 2-6 3-7
Michigan 1-6 5-6
Indiana 1-6 4-7
Big Ten Results
Ohio State 27, Iowa 24 (OT)
Michigan St. 40, Purdue 37
Penn State 31, Indiana 20
Northwestern 21, Illinois 16
Minnesota 16, South Dakota St.13
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