48 - November 21, 2011 Sportsond'iy The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com* THE QUICK BREAKDOWN I A IZ E 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-Meter judges how emotional (positive or negative) Brady Hoke was following the game, and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance. DENARD-O-METER BEEF-O-METER 4/ For two straight weeks, Michigan has dominated on defense and ran down its opponents throats. The 4 defensive line got in both Martinez's and Burkhead's Brady Hokes grill all game. Brady Hoke is one happy man. 3/4A Denards It was solid performance: four total touchdowns, one interception, 180 yards passing, 83 rushing. But he didn't 'wow' too often. He seemed like he wasjust one move away from breaking the long touchdown. HYPE-O-METER 3/4 Big props to the student section for counting down the play clock. The card stunt was pretty cool too. /. But the student section was 80 percent full. This was Big Houses Nebraska. The least you kids could do was show up. LOOKING GOOD FEELING BLUE SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER MARTAVIOUS ODOMS: Welcome back, Mr. Odoms. After breaking his arm in fall camp Odoms didn't do anything in the first half of the season from a receiving standpoint. He practiced with a cast on his arm, forcing him to clamp down on the ball. But now he's finally healthy and is breaking out of his slump. He had one catch against Iowa, but that was just the beginning for the diminutive receiver. He's scored the blow-out inducing touchdown in each of the past two weeks. He still has just five catches, but two of them are for touchdowns. That's efficeincy. The good stretch for Odoms continued after the game as well. At the postgame press conference, he revealed that he beat Denard Robinson in race two years ago. JUNIOR RUNNING BACK VINCENT SMITH: For a week, Smith was Michigan's starting running back. A 118-yard game aginst Eastern Michigan gave him that right. In the seven games that have followed, Smith has just 140 yards. He'll play as a third-down running back as was originally intended, but with redshirt sophomore Fitzgerald Toussaint now fully entrenched as the lead back, Smith's carries will continue to be few and far between. He didn't have a single carry against the Cornhuskers. He had just one against Illinois for zero yards. Though he's also known for his receiving ability, he hasn't had a catch since the Iowa game. Who would've thought a 5-foot-6, 172- pound running back would be used primarily as a blocking back? MARISSA MCCLAIN/Daily ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily NOTABLE QUOTABLE You could hear it, 'Five, four, three.' I'm like, 'Snap the ball. Snap the baIll.'"i -Fifth-year senior offensive lineman Mark Huyge on the student section counting down the play clock STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what Michael happens in the 2011 football season. Florek 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. 1. LSU (8): Kneeling the ball with 5:00 to go definitely L would have started a fight if this were NCAA 12. 2. ALABAMA: The Tide is onewin awayfrom givingus a 3-2 final score in the LSU- Alabama title-game. 5T. OKLAHOMA STATE: OU-OSU went fromhaving title game implications to Cotton Bowl implications. 7. BOISE STATE: Why give Boise aranking? Just send them to the Las Vegas bowl and get this over with. 3. ARKANSAS: S-E-C! 8. HOUSTON: Houston 1-2-3! What happens when should move up one spot Arkansas gets destroyed by for making Corso drop an LSU? S-E-C! 1-2-8! F-bomb on GameDay. URM 4. STAN no trom injured Stanfor ST. VIR VT time yo you des( top five. NFORD: Thankfully, 9. WISCONSIN: This poll bone playerswere always needs a token Big in this year's Cal- Ten team, though Wisco is d game. No.16 in the BCS standings. GINIA TECH: Any 10. OREGON: This ubeat UNC by three, weekend's loss puts the erve to jump into the Ducks six spots behind the team it just beat. No.20 Michigan (-2.5) vs.No.17 Nebraska No.1 Louiana State (-30.5) at Ole Miss No 2 nOla.State(3-27.5)atIwaStats No.3 Alabama(NS) at Georgia South No.4 Oregon(-16.5) vs. No.18 USc No. 5 Oklahoma(-14) at No. 25 Baylor No.6 Arkansas (-14.5) vs. Mississippi State So. 7 Clemson (-10) at NC State No. B8Stanford (-20.5)attalifornia No.9 VirginiaTech(-13) vs. NorthtCarolina No.10 Boise State (-20) at San Diego State No.11 Houston(-21.5) vs. SMU No.12MichiganStatet(-28) vs. Indiana So. 13 Georgia (-29.5) vs Ketucky No.4SouthGetaorina( NS) vs. The citadel No.15 wisconsin (-13.5) atIllinois Texas C-7) vs. No.16 Kansas State No.19 TCU(-35.5) vs. Colorado State OhioState (-5.5)vs.No. 21 Penn State No. 22 Southern Miss. (-22.5) at UAB No, 23 Florida State'(-18) ox. 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