10B - September , 2010
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom ,
THE QUICK BREAKDOWN
MAIZE GAUGE
The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Spread-o-Meter measures the success of quarterbacks, 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.
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SPREAD-O-METER
ROD-O-METER
4/4
Denars
Michigan fans finally saw what a prototypical spread
offense quarterback looks like. Sophomore Denard
Robinson played almost a perfect game, going19-for-22
in the air and rushing for197 yards. He set the Michigan
record for rushing yards in one game for a quarterback.
4/
Rich Rods
Rodriguez was all smiles during his postgame press
conference Saturday night. He couldn't have been
happier for Robinson, and he didn't have anything
bad to sayabout his defense, which surprised critics
and held a good Connecticut team to just 10 points.
HYPE-O-METER
4 The Big House hosted the largest crowd in football history
f on Saturday, and there was no shortage of electricity. During
the stadium's re-dedication ceremony, fans witnessed two
Big Houses flyovers. Then, Brock Mealer led the Wolverines out of the
tunnel. Oh, and it got pretty loud whenever Denard took off.
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LOOKING GOOD
FEELING BLUE
PLAY OF THE GAME
SAM WOLSON/Daily TONY DING/AP
QUARTERBACK DENARD ROBINSON QUARTERBACK TATE FORCIER
It's a good thing Robinson joined Twitter this week. Television announcers drew attention to the
After a record-setting performance, his name was fact that Forcier appeared to be sulking on the
the top trending topic worldwide Saturday night. sidelines with a towel over his shoulders - instead
Talk about an electric first career start. Robinson of cheering on his teammates during Michigan's
was dominant in every facet of his game, so don't win. He sang The Victors with the student section,
be surprised if you happen to see a lot of classmates but since Saturday night, transfer rumors have
walking around with their shoelaces untied on the begun circulating around campus. His father
first day of classes. It's all in honor of @shoelace_16. denied the rumors to multiple reporters Saturday.
Denard Robinson took the snap and headed up field. To his left,
Martell Webb ran to the hole to block a linebacker. To his right, Vincent
Smith jumped to the outside and set another block to free up Robinson,
who sprinted through the hole.
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NOTABLE
QUOTABLE
"It's deja vu all over
again. West Virginia,
Pat White, 3rd down
and 15 and they run
the quarterback
draw. Here we go
again."
- Connecticut coach Randy Edsall,
who regularly faced Rodriguez's West
Virginia teams when they were Big East
foes.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
The Michigan Daily Top 10 returns for its first installment this season. Each week,
Daily Sports staffers will 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.
1.ALABAMA (10): The
Crimson Tide didn't even
need Mark Ingram to crush
San Jose State.
6. FLORIDA: John Brantley
struggled inhis firststart
replacing that one dude who
lookslike amonk.
2. BOISE ST. (2): Boise 7. OREGON: The Ducks had
worked its magic againwith 59 points athalftime and
alate touchdown to knock quacked their way to a72-0
Va. Tech out of our top-10. win.
3. OHIO STATE: Marshall 8. NEBRASKA: Freshman
did have that blocked FG QB Taylor Martinez pulled a
right?Right?? Denard Robinson: he threw
for 136 yards and ran for 127
4. TEXAS: Insert Sam more.
McGuffie joke here. Texas
rocked Rice in its season 9. OKLAHOMA: Demarco
opener. Colt McCoy who? Murray ran for over 200
yards, but the Sooners only
5. TCU: Did you see those won by seven points.
TCU unis? The Horned
Frogs beat the Rodgers 10. IOWA: At least they
brothers and a ranked didn't almost lose to
Oregon State team. Northern Iowa again.
Once he reached the second level, Robinson used a Kelvin Grady
block to scoot past the defenders, untouched, and into the endzone for
a 32-yard touchdown run.
I Sophomore Denard Robinson runs ina 32-yard touchdown run in the second quarter Saturday
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STAFF PICKS
The Daily Football writers do their
best to predict what happens in the
2010 Michigan football season.
Nicole
Auerbach
Michigan record
Michigan Final AP ranking
Big Ten Champion
Big Ten second place
Big Ten third place
Surprise Big Ten team
Michigan Bowl Fate
Michigan Offensive MVP
Michigan Defensive MVP
Michigan Freshman of the Year
Heisman Winner
National Champion
ACC Champion
Big 12 Champion
Big East Champion
Pac-10 Champion
SEC Champion
6-6
Unranked
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwestrn
Dallas Classic Bowl
Vincent Smith
Craig Roh
Stephen Hopkins
Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
Alabama
Virginia Tech
Texas
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Alabama
Ryan
Kartje
7-5
Unranked
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Purdue
Insight Bowl
Smith
Roh
Cam Gordon
LaMichael James, Oregon
Ohio State
Miami (Fla.)
Nebraska
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Florida
Tim'
Rohan
7-5
24th
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan
Insight Bowl
Denard Robinson
Mike Martin
Cullen Christian
Jake Locker, Washington
Alabama
Miami (Fla.)
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Alabama
Joe
Stapleton
8-4
21st
Ohio State
lowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Texas Bowl
Smith
Ryan Van Bergen
Hopkins
Noel Devine, West Virginia
Florida
North Carolina
Texas
Pittsburgh
USC
Florida
Each week, the Daily Football writers and one student guest picker will predict which teams will win in Top-25 matchups. To apply to be a guest picker, please e-mail
naauer@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.