The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com November 1, 2010 - 3B GAME STATISTICS Walk-on McGloin dismantles 'M' defense Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yds Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Kk retrns/ Yds Punt returns/Yds Comp/Att/Int Putts/Ag rumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Poss PASSING Player Robinson, D. Forcier, T. Total RUSHING Player Hopkins Shaw Totals RECEIVING Player Roundtree Grady Koger Hemngway stonum Totals PUNTING Player Playt Totas I Broekhuizen Totals KICKOFF RETURNS Player Robinson, T. Gadon Totalsd PUNT RETURNS Paer Totalsg TAKLES Dermens Mouton Van Bergen Vinopal sagesse Gordon, C. Roh Gordon, T. Rogers Avery Simmeons Pomarco Herro Ezeh Totas MICH 19 42/233 190 67 423 6/147 2/12 11/25/0 3/390 3/A 5/55 22:31 M I C H I G A N C-A Yds 11-23 190 0-2 0 112s 190 PSU 27 46/185 250 74 435 5/115 2/29 17/28/0 2/49.0 1/A 1/15 37:29 TD 1 0 1 Att 5 1 42 No. 3 2 12 1 11 Yds 191 24 14 4 233 Yds 15 36 36 60 21 15 7 190 Avg 2.8 4.0 5.5 Avg 50 18.0 60.0 70 17.2 Lg 5 4 32 Lg 6,9 19 60 60 Int 0 0 0 TD 3 0 0 0 3 TD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 By NICOLE AUERBACH we're not going to be able to move Daily Sports Writer the ball today? I think we moved it pretty good." STATE COLLEGE - ESPN Pretty good may be an under- analyst Kirk Herbstreit was just statement. one of many. The Nittany Lions posted 435 Doubters predicted that Penn yards of total offense, making it State, led by the fifth time this season the Wol- former walk-on NOTEBOOK verine defense has given up more Matt McGloin, than 400 total yards. would have trouble moving the "As a quarterback, you have ball against Michigan. to take what the defense gives Herbstreit emphasized that you, and I think I did that well point Saturday morning on tonight," McGloin said. ESPN's College Gameday, which McGloin said Michigan did a must have irritated the redshirt few things differently from what sophomore. he had seen on film last week, but His response? McGloin com- he felt prepared for the Wolverine pleted 17 of 28 pass attempts for defense overall. 250 yards and a touchdown. He The quarterback started Sat- ran for a touchdown, too. urday's game because the Nittany On the field immediately fol- Lions'regularstarterRob Bolden, lowing the game, McGloin called was knocked out of last weekend's out Herbstreit, saying he was game with a concussion. McGloin "gunning for him," trying to prove is Penn State's third-string quar- the analyst wrong. terback, but he performed above "I was a little upset this morn- expectations on Saturday. lng (when) I watched it," McGloin "When you're playing someone said after the game. "He says like Michigan, who has someone Caporusso missed their oppor- SHOOTOUT tunities, the Wolverines left Big From Page 1I B Rapids with mixed emotions after droppingthe shootout, 2-0. and I stopped and I thought I was "It was a victory in a sense for going to kick it in. I know the rule us in the third period," Michigan is you can stop as long as you don't coach Red Berenson said after do a kicking motion. ButI guess it Friday's game. "We got down two ended up hitting the goalie, com- goals and we really needed a goal ing back out and I hit it with my and we got it. That goal gave us stick (for the goal). It was too fast, a life and I don't even know how I didn't even realize it." that goal went in. And then the Riding Wolhberg's fifth goal of last-minute goal with the goalie the season, Michigan outshot Fer- out that doesn't always work, but ris State 4-1 in overtime but still it worked .. This is a tough build- couldn't find a way past Nagle, ing to win in. We have a winning forcing the Wolverines' first record in here, but when you shootout of the season. think about the last few games Ferris State took a 1-0 lead in we've played in here we've been the shootout and when senior on our heels and again we were forwards Carl Hagelin and Louie tonight." like Denard Robinson, the object of the game is to keep him off the field," McGloin said. ROYSTER'S RECORD DAY: On the second play of Penn State's first possession Saturday night, Nittany Lion senior running back Evan Royster dashed for 20 yards. On that play, Royster became Penn State's all-time leadingrush- er. He ended the night with 3,518 yards, breaking Curt Warner's mark of 3,398 yards, which had stood since1982. Royster's 150 yards and two touchdowns on the ground com- plemented McGloin's passing attack well, making it easy for the Nittany Lions to build up an early lead against the Wolverines. "Evan had a great night, con- gratulations to him," McGloin said. "He really had a breakout game. That really set up the pass- es downfield. We went play action a lot tonight. Because of Evan's running, we were able to do that." Even longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who has seen Just like last weekend against Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolver- ines showed up with a heightened sense of urgency on Saturday night. In the series finale, Michi- gan jumped out to an early two- goal lead in the first period at home with goals by senior for- ward Scooter Vaughan and soph- omore forward Kevin Lynch. Vaughan's goal was his fifth of the season and ties him for the team-lead with Wohlberg. Lynch's tally was his third and was the only power play goal for the Wolverines this weekend, as the Michigan power play went 1-for-17 on the weekend. But unlike last Saturday's commanding 6-1 victory over Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolverines plenty of running backs in blue and white over the years, had praise for Royster. "That's the best he's played," Paterno said. "He's a good back, a good solid back. But he's like all of them - he needs some running room. I think he got some today, and he took advantage of it." - HAGERUP KICKING?: Redshirt freshman kicker Seth Broekhui- zen kicked off to Penn State after Michigan's first touchdown of the game, but the rest of the game, true freshman punter Will Hag- erup assumed all Wolverine kick- off duties. "Seth is struggling with that a little bit, and we practiced.(Hag- erup) quite a bit this week and he was doing pretty good," Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said after the game. "He kicked pretty well today." Hagerup said he was told prior to Michigan's second kickoff that the responsibility would be his. He said though he practiced dur- ing the week, he had "no idea" whether he'd actually handle a kickoff. "I think I did alright," Hagerup said. "It's like anything. I've been practicing a lot this year, You're going to be rusty, but I can defi- nitely get better at it." Hagerup said he expects to compete for the job this week in practice, INJURY NOTES: Nose tackle Mike Martin injured his right ankle two weeks ago against Iowa, and in the first half Satur- day, lie hurt his left one. "That's a blow because Mike makes a difference when he's in there," Rodriguez said. Martin told the Daily he would "be okay." Cornerback J.T. Floyd, whom Rodriguez said suffered a stinger, left and re-entered the game. Rodriguez also said Robinson's shoulder, which has been banged up in recent weeks, is still not 100 percent healthy. When asked about it, Robinson said he felt good. No. Yds Avg Pg 3 117 39.0 55 FG Pdt. L XP 1-1 100.0 37 4 1.1 100.0 37 4 Pts No. Yds 1 23 5 124 11 127 No. Yds 2 12 2 12 Avg Lg TD 23.0 23 0 24.8 47 0 23.9 47 0 120 9 0 let Fei Bulldc of the S ii three perio center Tht two-g rris State hang around. The ward Carl Hagelin tipped a shot ogs scored their first goal on the net that hit a Ferris State game on a power play just defender's leg and bounced in. Hagelin's score was his third of the season and proved to be the game-winner. Michigan finished "It was a the weekend with four points, but as the Wolverines look ahead to victory in a their upcoming road trip to take on Alaska-Fairbanks, Berenson iense for us knows that his team needs to th r." strive for a more consistent effort n the third." night in and night out. "Even when we had it 3-1, sure enough, they got back in the game," Berenson said. "It was a minutes into the second close-checking game. We were I on a point-blank shot from just talking about it in the locker -Travis Ouellette. room. This is what we have to e Wolverines regained their expect every night this year, in Pal lead when senior for- this league, and with this team." Solo Asst T< 5 7 1 4 2 1 2 9 4 3 2 4 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 .1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 35 42 7 P E N N S T A T E Tot 12 12 6 6 3 3 3 3 23 2 1 1 1 1a PASSING Playet C-A Ydg Ta n Totals 19-26 287 1 0 RUSHING Player Att Yds Avg Lg TO Royster 29 151 5.2 20 2 Redd 6 24 4.0 12 0 McGloin 4 17 1.8 11 1 Smith 1 3 3.0 3 0 Suhey 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 46 208 4.0 20 4 Playet No. Yds Avg Lg TD Moye 3 72 24.0 40 0 Brackett 3 37 12.3 21 0 Zag 3 32 P06 20 1 Sohsy 3 00 106 17 0 Smith 2 so 25.0 34 0 Brown ' 15 15 0 15 0 Royster 1 7 7.0 7 0 Redd 1 5 5.0 5 0 Totals 17 250 14.7 40 1 PlaNet No. Yds Avg Lg Fera 2 98 49.0 so Totals 2 98 49.0 50 KICKING Player FG Pct. Lg XP Pts Wagner 2-2 100.0 42 5 11 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg Lg TT Powell 2 51 25.5 30 0 Totals 4 115 21.5 30 0 Playes Solo Asst Tot Mauti 3 '7 10 Astorino 6 2 8 stil 2 4 6 Lynn 4 1 5 Gbadyo P A S Agbu 0 0 4 Stupar 3 0 3 Day 3 0 3 Hodgen P 2 3 Rohrbaugh 1 2 3 Massaro 0 2 2 Powell 1 0 1 Terry 0 1 1 Fagano 0 1 1 Totals 36 37 73 . SMARTER THAN US? Come to a sports meeting to prove it. EMAIL RKARTJE@UMICH. EDU FOR MORE INFO DEFENSE From Page lB when the game's on the line. "We get teams in a lot of third downs and we let them off. If we make a couple of third-down plays, then all of a sudden, we're not such a bad defense." That defense allowed 250 yards through the air to McGloin in his first career start and 150 yards rushing by senior running back Evan Royster, who also became Penn State's all-time leading rusher in the game. He had been having some- what of a down year consider- ing his success the past two seasons. Michigan allowed just his second 100-yard game of the season - the other was against Temple. "I thought that's the best he's played," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said of Royster. "I thought he had a little more running room. He had a chance to make some decisions and he had time to make some deci- sions because we stayed on BIG BEAR From Page 1B must-win for a Michigan team that has not made the NCAAs since 2008. "It's such a great rivalry," Burns said after the game. "We have the traveling trophy which .. I don't think there's too many traveling trophies at the D-I level, but that's the tip of the ice- berg. We know each other, we recruit against each other, we compete in the Big Ten." Michigan got off to a hot start riding the momentum of red- shirt junior goalkeeper Chris Blais's first career penalty-kick save. Shortly after Blais pre- served the scoreless tie, senior forward Justin Meram worked off of a defensive miscue by the Spartans, chipping it past the some blocks." For a defense that was consid- ered inexperienced and young at the beginning of the season, there aren't a lot of choices for Michigan coach Rich Rodri- guez to bring in as substitutes on long drives. In the second half, the Wol- verines rebounded to force Penn State to kick two field goals and score just 13 points. But Michigan had dug itself a hole too big to climb out of. The Nittany Lions controlled the clock all game and held the ball for nearly 15 more minutes than the Wolverines. Michigan's defense couldn't get a stop when it mattered most. "It's very frustrating, espe- cially because we've had trouble with that all season," Demens said. "That's just something we practice in practice and we just come out during game time and for some reason we just can't get off the field. "We've just got to home in on our assignments. Just really focus in. Third and long - get those receivers. Third and short - stop the runs." Spartan goalkeeper inside the left post to put the Wolverines up 1-0 late in the first half. In the second half, the Wol- verines dominated offensively, led by the strong play of sopho- more midfielder Latif Alashe. Despite starting every game of his two-year career, Alashe had yet to net a goal. But after sev- eral good offensive possessions for the Northville native, Alashe fought his way through a Michi- gan State defender to redirect senior-midfielder Alex Wood's cross to the right side of the net. "It was unbelievable," Alashe said. "I've been waiting for my first goal for so long ... Before every game some of the guys tell me, 'I think you're going to get the goal today.' Every day, I go in with the mentality that today is goingto be the day." After Alashe's goal put the HAPPY VALLEY From Page lB back with a 37-yard field goal from redshirt freshman Seth Broekhuizen to come within four. Penn State widened the gap considerably when it scored 14 unanswered points to end the half. The Wolverines were look- ing at a 28-10 deficit entering the break. "In the seem, Shoe started to scramble and everyone came up to defend the run," Koger said. "Arid he saw me at the last second and gathered himself and threw me a perfect pass." Unfortunately for the Wol- verines, despite the offense coming alive, the defense couldn't get the key stop they needed to get back in the game. After being helped by a defen- sive holding penalty on Michi- gan, the Nittany Lions scored on a five-yard run by sopho- more Michael Zordich. The offense answered once again on a sneak by Robinson after a sustained drive to bring Wolverines up two, Michigan couldn't hold off a fierce Spartan attack, which controlled the ball and tempo for the rest of regula- tion. After missing a penalty kick earlier in the game, junior Spar- tan forward Domenic Barone redeemed himself with a pair of second-half goals, the second of which sent the game into over- time. With the momentum on Michigan State's side, the Wol- verines looked to make a state- ment early in overtime. "I was thinking we just need- ed to settle it down and play our game," sophomore midfielder Hamoody Saad said. "They came up with two goals and changed the whole game and it seemed like we were on our back feet, soI after that, I wanted the team to settle down." the Wolverines to within two touchdowns. Rodriguez got in the face of his defense before they went back on the field after Robin- son's score. He knew if the unit got a stop there, the offense had a good chance of making it a one-touchdown gAme. "We were at the point where we had a little momentum in the game and needed a key stop," Rodriguez said. "And I was talking to the guys a little bit." Whatever he said, it worked. The defense forced a punt for the first time since the begin- ning of the second quarter. Robinson held up his end of the bargain, leading the Wol- verine offense on an 11-play drive, culminating in a four- yard touchdown run, the sophomore's third rushing touchdown of the game. "That Robinson kid is a heck of a football player," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said after the game. Robinson's score brought the game to within a touch- down, the Wolverines' smallest deficit since the first quarter. But the Nittany Lions took the field on their next drive and kicked a field goal, making it a two-score game once again. With one last chance to bring it to within a score, Michigan went three-and-out and Penn State ran the clock out to end the game. The struggles on defense overshadowed another impres- sive performance from Robin- son, who ended the game with 381 total yards and four touch- downs. The loss leaves Michi- gan with an uphill battle in the Big Ten and still looking for answers on defense. But with most of the mistakes on defense being attributed to youth, it appears the unit can do little but try to grow up in a hurry. Either way, Robinson said the loss won't make the Wol- verines panic. "We're a team, we're a fam- ily," Robinson said. 'You can't break a family even though there's going to be some downs and outs. You don't break a family." Michigan seemed to settle more than 35 yards out found down nicely as solid defense its way between the goalie's sparked the Wolverine offense. outstretched arms and the top Three promising breakaways crossbar. from Meram, early in overtime, "This means that we're grow- were thwarted by the Spartan ing, and I think we're finally getting to get our self our own name," Hamoody said about the win. "I've been "It used to be always Michi- gan State, Michigan State. Mich- waiting for my igan was never really heard of. Finally, I felt like this year we first goal for SO had it ... we really needed to win these last games, and I think long. we came together and finally answered." The Michigan senior class could not have been sent off in defense. better fashion. 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