4B -- September 10, 2012
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THE QUICK BREAKDOWN
I Z E G /\ c 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 Man-o-Meter judges Michigan's "Manball," how physically it played in the trenches, and the Hype-o-Meter measures the fans' performance.
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Robinson accounted for 99 percent of the Michi-
gan offense, not including kneels, and he became
the first player in NCAA history to have three
games of at least 200 yards rushing and passing.
MAN-a-METER
The defensive line couldn't stop a nose bleed, but the
offensive line may have been worse. Aside from Rob-
44 inson, the Michigan backs rushed forjust seven yards.
Hokes It's early, but we've seen enough to be concerned.
HYPE-0-METER
2/4 How is the student section not full for the home
opener? The wave wasn't even executed correctly
- it got stuck on thefast portion, and the double
Big Houses wave was non-existant. Step your game up.
LOOKING GOOD
FRESHMAN TIGHT END DEVIN
FUNCHESS: Playing in the place
of injured tight end Brandon
Moore, Funchess had a historically
dynamic breakout game. Funchess
caught four passes, all for more
than 20 yards, and finished with
106 yards and a touchdown. He
became the first ever Michigan
freshman tight end to record a 100-
yard receiving game and the first
tight end to receive 100 yards in a
game since 1997. On his touchdown
grab, he bailed out Robinson's
underthrow by out-leaping the
defensive back to win the ball.
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GREG
MATTISON: In two games, the
Michigan defense has allowed
66 points. The Wolverines didn't
allow that many points until week
six last year. And the 25 points
surrendered to Air Force would
have been higher if not for a missed
field goal and a failed fake field
goal attempt. Air Force confounded
the defense for much of Saturday.,
and dominated time of possession
with an absurd 90 plays. Even
though the Falcons are a run-heavy
team, allowing 290 yards on the
ground is never a good thing.
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NOTABLE
QUOTABLE
"Jeremy,
after we got
off the field,
he told me
I ran ast
him. e said
need to
slow down."
- Senior quarterback Denard Robinson,
relating the reaction of redshirtjunior
receiver Jeremy Gallon to Robinson's 79-
yard touchdown run.
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 nineand so on.
1. ALABAMA (13): AirForce
coach Troy Calhoun said
Bama was more talented than
the New England Patriots.
2. USC (1): The Trojans
dropped slightly butbarely
held onto the No.2 ranking.
6. FLORIDA STATE:
Officials said they called the
Seminoles' 55=0 drubbing
due to weather. Sure.
7. GEORGIA: The Dawgs
weren't very nice hosts for
SEC newcomer Mizzou.
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3. LSU: The only score the
Tigers allowed this week
was a field goal after a
muffed kickoff.
4. OREGON: Did the Ducks
really justcroll out another
uni?No matter. They rolled
over Fresno St.
5. OKLAHOMA: The
Sooners had eight rushing
touchdowns this week. So
there's that.
8. SOUTH CAROLINA:
The Cocks exploded for
48 points and are quickly
erecting a promising season.
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9. WEST VIRGINIA: Abye
in week two? Morgantown's
couches say thanks, but still,
that's pretty lame.
10. MICHIGAN STATE: The
early king of the Big Ten.
This year, that's like being
the skinniestkid at fat camp.
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THURSDAY, SEPT.13
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 23
Senior quarterback Denard Robinson strikes a near-infamous pose during the
Michigan-Air Force game on Saturday.
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