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4B - October 4, 2010
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
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
Denards
On Saturday against Inidiana, sophomore Denard Rob-
inson became the first quarterback in college football
history to run for 200 yards and pass for 200 yards in
two regular-season games in a college career. The best
part? He'll have plenty of opportunities to do it again.
ROD-O-METER
2 After the game, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez
was all business - again. It almost defeats the
Rich Rods purpose of having a Rod-O-Meter when Michigan
wins every week. Rodriguez, once again, didn't get
too high on the offense or too low on the defense.
HYPE-O-METER
2 Sellout? Indiana claimed to sell out this game
but the stands told a different story. The Indi-
g ana tailgate scene must be something else, as the
Big Houses stands were about two-thirds full until the end of
the first quarter, when they finally filled up.
LOOKING GOOD
FEELING BLUE
PLAY OF THE GAME
REDSHIRT JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER JUNIOR HEMINGWAY
With about a minute left, Hemingway made what
is undoubtedly the biggest catch of his collegiate
career. See 'Play of the Game' to see exactly
how the play went down. But that wasn't all -
he had another long score right after halftime.
Teammates tease the wideout for looking more
like a tight end, and he almost got caught at
the goal line but eluded the Hoosier defenders
for the score. Hemingway prompted his coach
to say after the game that the wide receiver
may have "the best ball skills on the team."
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GREG ROBINSON
After what was almost definitely the worst defensive
performance of the season for Michigan, Greg
Robinson refused to talk to the media. He repeatedly
said "No," when approached and literally scurried
away from reporters outside the stadium. All other
assistants were available, including Tony Gibson.
"I'm happy we won the game, I'm disappointed how
we played at certain times on defense," Gibson said.
Shouldn't coach Robinson be accountable, too? Would
that be so hard? Please stop making coach Rodriguez
answer for you. Until then, you're staying here.
NOTABLE
QUOTABLE
I'm probably
going to die at
a pretty young
age because of
football. It's fine,
though.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP 10 POLL
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.-
1. ALABAMA (10): The 6. NEBRASKA: The Huskers
Tide easily took care of No. stayat No.6 butwillbe
7 Florida behind two Mark tested entering the meat of
Ingramtouchdowns. their Big12 schedule.
With less than 30 seconds remaining, Michigan called for three ver-
tical routes with redshirt junior wide receiver Junior Hemingway split
out to Denard Robinson's right. Hemingway ran his route down the
field and Robinson threw the ball up for grabs, but behind Hemingway.
So Hemingway adjusted and jumped to catch the ball, then fell down to
the four-yard line to complete the 42-yard pass. The Wolverines scored
the game-winning touchdown on the next play.
2. OREGON (2): LaMichael
James mightbe Denard's
biggest Heisman competitor. t
He had ala-huge day.
3. OHIO STATE: Ohio State
lost Terrelle Pryor for a bit,
but Illinois is so bad that it
didn't matter.
7. OKLAHOMA: With a
victoryover Texas, the
Sooners are now in the
national conversation.
8. AUBURN: The Tigers'
94-yard TD passwas
the longest play from
scrimmage in school history.
4. BOISE STATE: When 9. ARKANSAS: The
does Boise playanother Razorbacks have another
relevantteam? Probably in shot at a signature win
the Fiesta Bowl. against Auburn in two
weeks.
- Michigan sophomore linebacker Craig
Roh, laughing, when asked whether he
enjoys last-minute victories.
S. TCU: The Horned
Frogs had just a 6-0 lead
athalftime over Colorado
State, and quarterback Andy
Dalton was unimpressive.
10. LSU: Another nailbiter
should be in store this
weekend against Florida.
STAFF PICKS
The Daily football writers do their
best to predict what happens
in the 2010 football season.
Nicole
Auerbach
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No.19 Michigan (-10.5) at Indiana
No.1 Alabama (-7) vs. Florida
No. 2 Ohio State (-20) at Illinois
No. 3 Boise State (-37) at New Mexico St.
No. 4 Oregon (-4) vs. No. 9 Stanford
No. 5 TCU (-30) at Colorado St.
No. 8 Oklahoma (-4) vs. No. 21 Texas
No.10 Auburn (-30) vs. LA Monroe
No.11 Wisconsin at No. 24 Michigan State
No.12 Louisiana St. (-16) vs. Tennessee
No.16 Miami (Fla.) (-3) at Clemson
No.17 Iowa (-7) vs. No. 22 Penn State
No.18 USC (-11.5) vs. Washington
No. 23 North Carolina St. (+3) vs. Virginia Tech
No. 25 Nevada (-21) at UNLV
Northwestern (-4) at Minnesota
This week
Overall record
Indiana
Alabama
Ohio State
Boise State
Oregon
Colorado St.
Texas
Auburn
Michigan State
Louisiana St.
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
USC
Virginia Tech
Nevada
Minnesota
11-5
56-34-2
Ryan
Kartje
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio State
New Mexico St.
Oregon
TCU
Oklahoma
Auburn
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
USC
North Carolina St.
Nevada
Northwestern
7-9
52-38-2
Tim
Rohan 1
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio State
Boise State
Oregon
Colorado St.
Oklahoma
Auburn
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
USC
Virginia Tech
UNLV
Northwestern
11-5
51-39-2
Joe'
Stapleton
Indiana
Alabama
Ohio State
Boise State
Stanford
Colorado St.
Oklahoma
Auburn
Michigan State
Louisiana St.
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
USC
North Carolina St.
UNLV
Northwestern
10-6
56-34-2
Guest Picker:
Chris Armstrong
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio State
Boise State
Stanford
TCU
Texas
Auburn
Wisconsin
Louisiana St.
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
USC
Virginia Tech
Nevada
Northwestern
6-10
22-17-2
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