The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4B - September 12, 2011 o~ is onda THE QUICK BREAKDOWN M A I G \L G E The Michigan Daily football writers break down the weekend's stats that don't show up in the box score. The Denard-o-Meter measures the success of quarterback Denard Robinson, the Beef-o-Meterjudges how emotional (positive or negative) Brady Hoke was following the game and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance. r DENARD-O-METER 3/ This would be a six-out-of-four had itjust been the second half. But Denard's 2-for-9 first half hurts him. He finished with 446 yards and five total touch- Denards downs. Second-half Denard was 2010 Denard. BEEF-0-METER 2/ Michigan did come up with three big third-down stops in the second half, but Notre Dame controlled Hoke's line of scrimmage all game. The running game Brady Hokes couldn't get going without Robinson's magic, either. 0 0 HYPE-O-METER 4/4 Let's be honest. The crowd at GameDay wasn't exactly as loud or boistorous as it should've been. 4 And when Notre Dame was winning, it was pretty Big Houses quiet. But by the end, the Big House was rocking. LOOKING GOOD FEELING BLUE REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER JEREMY GALLON Jeremy Gallon caught perhaps the two most important passes of his young life on Saturday - the first was a 14-yard fade route in the endzone that the 5-foot-8 Gallon had to sky for. "He plays like he's 6-(foot)-7," Denard Robinson said after the game. And then Gallon's wide-open 64-yard wheel route set up Roy Roundtree's game-winning catch with two seconds left on the clock. Oh, and he also returned the only punt return of the night for 21 yards. Remember the name, people. One of the smallest players came up big under the lights. SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK STEPHEN HOPKINS So you're suspended the first game of the season, only to return for your first game of the season against a stingy Notre Dame defense. The running backs had eight carries all game, and Hopkins had five of them. But he couldn't find any room against the 3-4 defense, running for just 10 yards. And his best opportunity, a carry near the goal line, ended up getting stuffed and he fumbled the ball in the process. No touchdown for Hopkins. Of course, Denard Robinson picked it up for the touchdown. NOTABLE QUOTABLE I may have gone for the touchdown and gone for the win. Why not? I mean you play to win- might as well go win. - Michigan coach Brady Hoke on whether he would have called a last-second field goal. STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what Michael Stephen J. happens in the 2011 football season. Florek Nesbitt 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. Q} L51J 1. OKLAHOMA (5): When you're the reigning No.1 an off-week is as good as a win. 2. LSU (3): Northwestern State seemed like a disguise in order to get LSU's full-pad scrimmage on TV. 3. ALABAMA (1): Joe-Pa was delighted the Tide was able to "Come to Penn State!" He didn't like them running all over it though. 4. BOISEST.: Byeweek,but the Broncos needtotacea lessonfromOhio Statenext week.Beware of Toledo. 6.WISCONSIN: Badgers dominate the Beavers. There's an inappropriate joke outthere somewhere. 7. FLORIDA ST.: Why isn't UCF in this spot? They beat Charleston Southern by10 more points than FSU did. C 8. OKLAHOMA ST.: Justin Blackmon is so much better at catching a football than you are at anything. 4 t5 ATM 9. TEXASA&M: TheAggies ride their one "thrilling" win over SMU into another top-10 appearance. 10. NEBRASKA: The Huskers' started slowly only because they couldn't get over Pat Hill's mustache. S. STANFORD: Can we arrest the Cardinal for some serious nerd-on-nerd crime after they routed Duke? Michigan vs. Notre Dame (-1.5) No. 2 LSU (NS) vs Northwestern State No.3 Alabama(-11) at No. 23 Penn State No. SFSU (NS) vs. Charleston Southern No.6 Stanford (-22) at. Duke No.B8Wisconsin (-16) vs Oregon State No. 9 Oklahoma State (13) vs Arizosa No.10 Nebraska (-23) vs. Fresno State No.11 Virginia Tech (-19.5) at East Carolina No.12 South Carolina (-1.5) at Georgia No.13Oregon (-21.5) vs Nevada No.14 Arkansas (-40) vs. New Mexico No.15Ohio State (-22) vs.Toledo No.16 Mississippi State (-2) at Auburn No.17 Mich. St. (-31.5) vs. Florida Atlantic No.18 Florida (-23) vs. UAB No.19 West Virginia (NS) vs. Norfolk State No.21 Missouri at Arizona State (-5) Nlo. 2South Florida (-23) vs. Ball State No. 24 Texas (-4.5) vs. Bringham Young No.25TCU(-6.5) at. 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