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. IN I 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. T 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. 0 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 0 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.