4B - November 28, 2011 Spr M The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.corri THE QUICK BREAKDOWN l/ IZ E G A U 3E 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 4/4 He ran it, he passed it and he beat Ohio State. He ran for170 and threw for167 more, making just three incompletions the entire game. After the game Denard Denards said, "I'm glad I stayed." So are a lot of people. BEEF-0-METER 4/4 Brady Hokes The defense was exploited and the offense was more of Denard doing his thing instead of pound- ing the football. But Michigan beat Ohio State. That was Hoke's goal. Four-out-of-fours for everybody! HYPE-O-METER /4 The student section showed up early and the pom- poms were waving all game long. The rush on the field 4 was delayed and questionable after beating a 6-Steam, Big Houses but once you got to the field, you didn't disappoint. LOOKING GOOD FEELING BLUE THE MICHIGAN SENIORS: It has been a long road for the seniors of "Team 132." They endured everything, from the 3-9 season to Rich Rod's "You Raise Me Up" meltdown at the Michigan Football Bust in his final year. Saturday, they did what no other senior class in the past seven years could do. They beat Ohio State. Offensive linemen David Molk and Mark Huyge blocked well enough to push both junior quarterback Denard Robinson and redshirt sophomore running back Fitzgerald Toussaint over the 1,000-yard mark. Defensive linemen Ryan Van Bergen and Mike Martin combined for 13 tackles, including two for loss. Tight end Kevin Koger caught the touchdown pass that turned out to be the winning score. Wide receiver Junior Hemingway and Martavious Odoms also had TDs. But that won't be what they will be remembered for. They were Brady Hoke's first class and they were the ones that broke the losing streak. OHIO STATE FULLBACK ZACH BOREN: Michigan had some candidates who could be "Feeling Blue." Sophomore punter Will Hagerup dropped a punt. Redshirt junior guard Patrick Omameh had the holding penalty that negated Robinson's final touchdown and fifth-year senior tight end Steve Watson had the personal foul penalty on the same play. Both'~ led to the nailbiting finish. But Michigan won. The streak is over. No one on Michigan is "Feeling Blue" right now. The honor goes to Ohio State fullback Zach Boren, who wasn't particularly happy with Michigan's grenade celebration after the game. "I lost so much respect for Michigan after they won (and) threw the ball in the air acting like it was a grenade," he tweeted. "This is a great rivalry and to take it to that level of disrespect is just so uncalled for. Act like you have won before (and) treat this rivalry like it should be treated." You could have just beaten them, Zach. I 4 NOTABLE QUOTABLE To be You, I was umb. didn't know what to do." -Fifth-year senior wide receiver Junior Hemingway on his reaction after witnessing thegameclinching interception THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-1 POLL Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on. 4 1. LSU (8): It took a while to 6. HOUSTON: Projections get going against Arkansas, say Houston faces Michigan but once it did,the Honey in the Sugar Bowl. Brady Badgering was stupendous. Hoke will watch the C-USA title game very closely. 2. ALABAMA: Richardson had no TDs in the Iron Bowl 7. OREGON: The Civil -just 203 yards. War was disappointingly civil. That's expected in a 3. OKLAHOMA STATE: 28-point rout. Next week's Bedlam game is the de facto Big12 title 8. ARKANSAS: Remember game. At least the Cowboys when Arkansas had a shot don't play Iowa State. at the SEC championship game? Neither do we. 4 4. STANFORD: Luck has played his last home game. Now the school cangoback to not caring about football. 5. VIRGINIA TECH: A38-0 victory is pretty impressive, especially in the football powerhouse thatis the ACC. 9. USC: Lane Kiffin doesn't care aboutrespecting rivals. He put up 50 just for fun. 10. BOISE STATE: Nobody whines about Boise's ;r schedule when it loses a game. 4 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what happens in the 2011 football season. Michael Florek Lloyd Brady, Michigan Legend ,- - - -l''. I ,.,, f No.17Michigan(-8.5)v os.OhioState No.1LSU(-14) vs No. 3 Arkansas tle.2Alabamat(-19.5) at Aubr No.4 Stanford (-7.5) vs No. 22 Notre Dame No.6VirginiaTech (-4.5) at No. 24 virginia No. 7 Boise State (-32.5) vsnWyoming No. 8 Houston (-4.5) at Tulsa No.9 Oregon (-29.5) vs Oregon State No.10 USC (-18.5) vs UCLA' No.11 Michigan State (-7) at Northwestern No.12Oklahoma(-29)vslowaState No.13Georgia (-5.5) at No. 25 Georgia Tech No.145.Carolina (-2.5) vs. No.18 Clemson No. 15 Wsconsin(-185) vs No. 20 Pen St. No. 21 Baylor (-9.5) vs Texas Tech No. 22 Nebraska (-10.5) vs Iowa Purdue (-9.5) at Indana Ilinois(-3) atMinesota This Week Oerall Michigan Luisana State Alabama Stanford virginia Boise State Houston Oregon UcLA Michigan State Iowa State Georgia Clemson Wiscoesie Nebraska Purdue Ilinois 1-s 165-124-4 Alabama Stanford VirgnaTech Wyoming Houton Oregon USC Michigan State Iowa Sate Georgia Sfuth Carolina Poe State Baylor Nebraska Purdue llinois 15-5 165-124-4 Alabama Stanford vieginia Boise State Houston Oregon State USC Northwestern Oklahoma Georgia Tech South Carolina PoenState Baylor Nebraska Psrdun Illinois 5-10 159-130-4 Auburn Stanford VirgnaTech Boise State Houston Oregon USc Michigan State Oklahoma Georgia tiemeson Wissonsin Bayo Nebraska Purdue Minnesota 11-7 170-119-4 Louisana State Alabama Notre Dame virginia Tech Wyoming Houston Oregon USC Northwestern IowaState Georgia SoathCat-elin Peso Stato Saylor Nebraska Purdue Mineota 12-h 23-18 I, I i i i To apply to be a guest picker, e-mail trohan@umich.edu. 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