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1 It’s often a stretch
5 Grim, as a
landscape
10 Debit card choice
14 Superstar
15 Command
16 Troublesome
tykes
17 Bad-blood
situation
18 One out for 
blood
20 Some browns
21 Number in an
outline, perhaps
22 Put in stitches
23 Variety show
array
26 Disdainful look
27 Holes in
sneakers
29 Cruising
31 Slender-
stemmed palm
32 Where to see a
wake
33 Botch
37 Lease alternative
38 Babies, or what
some babies
wear
41 Historic
beginning?
42 Kentucky Fried
side
44 Brewery fixture
45 In-groups
47 Irish New Age
singer
49 Runs aground
50 Striped quartz
53 Pork-filled pastry,
e.g.
55 Ruined in the
kitchen
57 Brooke 
Baldwin’s
network
58 Auto parts giant
61 Pearl Harbor
battleship
63 Third-generation
Genesis name
64 Remote button
with a square
65 Capital on the
Willamette
66 Pedometer
measure
67 Many millennia
68 Sky scraper?
69 Stage layouts

DOWN
1 Garage
contraption
2 What a light bulb
may mean
3 Europe’s highest
active volcano
4 Veteran seafarer
5 Cold War Baltic
patrollers
6 Coaches
7 Acknowledge
8 Account exec
9 Angel who
replaced Jill, in
’70s TV
10 “The Deer
Hunter” setting
11 Saturate (with)
12 Let off the hook
13 Late bloomer?
19 Bit of subterfuge
24 Entrechat, e.g.
25 Call at home
27 Lover of Psyche
28 Ketch kin
30 Green sign
information,
traditionally
32 Suitable
34 Raise stakes in a
game ... and a
hint to a hidden
feature of five
Down puzzle
answers

35 Like many apps
36 Cop to the crime,
with “up”
39 Address with an
apostrophe
40 Smack
43 Wings eaters’
needs
46 Aloof 
demeanor
48 “In thy 
dreams!”
49 Hung sign

50 Treat badly
51 Zest
52 Illegal firing
54 USDA 
inspector’s
concern
56 Ph.D. hurdle
59 Well-versed
artist?
60 Deadly 
slitherers
62 Fast-forward
through

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MICH
OPP

Points/Game
53.0
15.0

First Downs/Game
23.0
15.3

Rush Yards/Game
197.7
140.0

 Yards/Rush
4.9
3.6

 Rushing TDs
9
2

Passing Yards/Game
254.3
156.0

 Completion %
65.9%
45.6%

 Yards/Pass
8.4
5.9

 Passing TDs
8
3

 Interceptions
1
2

Offensive Plays/Game
70.7
65.0

Total Offense
452.0
296.0

3rd-down Conversions
48.8%
10.5%

4th-down Conversions
75.0%
37.5%

Sacks/Game
3.7
1.7

Kick return average
19.0
19.5

Punt return average
22.9
17.5

Punting average
41.2
35.8

Field Goals-Attempts
4-6
1-4

Fumbles/Lost
4/1
6/2

Penalty Yards/Game
31.3
60.7

Time of Poss
31:18
28:42

I N D I V I D U A L S

PASSING

Player
Cmp
Att
Yds
TD
INT

Speight
51
80
686
8
1

O’Korn
5
7
32
0
0

Morris
4
4
45
0
0

TOTALS
60
91
763
8
1

RUSHING

Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD

C. Evans
21
157
7.5
43
2

Smith, D.
27
152
5.6
42
1

Isaac
22
76
3.5
12
1

Higdon
13
64
4.9
19
1

McDoom
5
55
11.0
19
0

Chesson
5
36
7.2
17
1

Peppers
2
24
12.0
17
0

Davis
2
17
8.5
10
0

Hill
7
15
2.1
4
3

Morris
1
14
14.0
14
0

Crawford
1
11
11.0
11
0

O’Korn
3
7
2.3
3
0

Hirsch
1
2
2.0
2
0

Beneducci
1
1
1.0
1
0

Hewlett
1
-1
-1.0
0
0

Allen
1
-11
-11.0
0
0

Speight
8
-26
-3.2
3
0

TOTALS
121
593
4.9
43
9

RECEIVING

Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD

Darboh
10
204
20.4
45
4

Butt
15
192
12.8
25
3

Chesson
7
127
18.1
35
0

Perry
2
66
33.0
54
1

Hill
5
32
6.4
9
0

Ways
1
22
22.0
22
0

Isaac
1
21
21.0
21
0

McDoom
3
20
6.7
8
0

Crawford
1
18
18.0
18
0

Hirsch
1
15
15.0
15
0

Poggi
3
13
4.3
8
0

Jocz
1
12
12.0
12
0

McKeon
2
10
5.0
5
0

Bunting
2
6
3.0
4
0

Evans
2
5
2.5
3
0

Smith, D.
4
0
0.0
8
0

TOTALS
60
763
12.7
54
8

 

PUNT RETURNS

Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD

Peppers
8
173
21.6
54
1

Jocz
1
27
27.0
0
0

Perry
0
6
--
6
1

TOTALS
9
206
22.9
54
2

INTERCEPTIONS

Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD

Stribling
1
51
51.0
51
1

Hill, D.
1
27
27.0
27
1

TOTALS
2
78
39.0
51
2

KICKOFF RETURNS

Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD

Peppers
2
81
40.5
55
0

Henderson
2
28
14.0
15
0

Hill, K.
2
5
2.5
5
0

TOTALS
6
114
19.0
55
0

KICKOFFS

Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
TB

Allen
21
1354
64.5
12

Foug
7
403
57.6
2

TOTALS
20
1243
62.2
10

PUNTING

Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
Lg

Allen
10
412
41.2
55

TOTALS
10
412
41.2
55

FIELD GOALS

Player
FG
Pct.
1-19 20-29 30-3940-49 50+ Lg

Allen
4-6 66.7% 0-0
1-1
3-4
0-1 0-0 39

DEFENSE

Player
Solo Ast
Tot
TFL
SK
PBU

Peppers
19
9
28
9.5
2.5
-

Gedeon
8
17
25
4.0
2.0
-

McCray
10
9
19
4.5
2.5
3

Thomas
8
8
16
-
-
1

Winovich
4
11
15
3.0
1.5
-

Gary
5
8
13
3.5
1.0
-

Hill, D.
6
5
11
2.0
-
1

Glasgow, R.
-
11
11
1.0
0.5
-

Wormley
4
5
9
1.5
1.0
-

Godin
3
6
9
1.0
-
-

Clark
6
3
9
-
-
2

Stribling
3
5
8
-
-
1

Kinnel
4
3
7
-
-
-

Bush
2
3
5
-
-
-

Hurst
2
3
5
1.0
1.0
-

Watson
2
3
5
-
-
-

Wroblewski
-
3
3
-
-
-

Glasgow, J.
3
-
3
-
-
-

Marshall, L.
1
2
3
-
-
-

Uche
1
2
3
-
-
-

Dwumfour
2
-
2
1.0
-
-

Jones
1
1
2
-
-
-

Allen
1
1
2
-
-
-

Charlton
-
2
2
-
-
-

Hudson
2
-
2
-
-
-

Pearson
1
-
1
-
-
-

McDoom
1
-
1
-
-
-

Crawford
-
1
1
-
-
-

Smith, D.
1
-
1
-
-
-

Miller
-
1
1
-
-
-

Hill, L.
-
-
-
-
-
1

TOTALS
100
122
222 32.0 11.0
9

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3:30, Michigan Stadium

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7 or 8 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

ILLINOIS (1-2)

3:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium

at MICH. ST. (2-0)

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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, September 22, 2016 — 5A

Drevno, offense focus 
on correcting miscues

When redshirt sophomore 

quarterback 
Wilton 
Speight 

dropped back to throw on 
third-and-7 in the first quarter, 
the No. 4 Michigan football 
team showed a sense of urgency 
to redeem an early deficit. 

Instead, down 7-0 already, 

the Wolverines’ fate was about 
to get worse. Speight took a 
jarring hit to the right elbow 
from Colorado defensive back 
Chidobe Awuzie, fumbled the 
ball for a Buffaloes scoop-
and-score. Now, just over 
three minutes into the game, 
it was 14-0, and Speight had 
to slowly climb back up from a 
hit that kept him crumpled on 
the ground long enough that 
he didn’t see the touchdown.

“I was just like, ‘Wow, that 

hurt,’ ” Speight said. “I’ve 
never been hit like that before, 
because it was completely 
blind. I didn’t see it. I had no 
idea. I was kind of in shock too 
because I kinda realized what 
happened and they were in the 
end zone dancing.”

Though Speight did get 

back and played the rest of the 
game (minus one play on the 
following drive when redshirt 
junior John O’Korn was under 
center), he was shakier than 
he has been all season. He 
threw 16-for-30 for 229 yards, 
but came close to throwing a 
few interceptions as well.

After the game, he said he 

needs to work on his throw-
aways by making sure they’re 
“100-percent 
thrown away.” 
But from the 
looks of it, his 
biggest 
issue 

was getting hit. 

“Wilton 

is 
a 
true 

competitor, 
and 
he’s 
a 

tough 
guy,” 

said offensive 
coordinator 
Tim Drevno on Wednesday. “I 
think anybody who plays the 
quarterback position has got 
to be a tough guy. You have 
to take hits you don’t want to 
happen — we don’t want (it) 
to happen. But it’s how they 
respond. That was a tough hit 
on him and he bounced back 
up and led us the rest of the 
game and took us back from 
(being) behind and I’m just 
really pleased with what he 
did.” 

Speight 
was 
only 
one 

problem in a shaky offense on 
Saturday. Some of Speight’s 
issues were due to occasional 
lapses in the offensive line, 
and Drevno said that he 
needs to work with the line to 
make sure the blockers have 
strength to finish. Despite 
a few missteps, Drevno was 
pleased overall. Because the 

offensive line places a high 
intrinsic value on making the 
correct decisions throughout 
the game, the group has a high 
ceiling. 

“It’s important for them 

to be right, not to be wrong,” 
Drevno said. “They take it 
really, really personal when 
it’s not right. Really personal. 
Which is neat, that’s the neat 
thing as a coach. They take 
pride in their work.”

On 
top 
of 
rocky 
pass 

protection, the Wolverines’ 
two best receivers, fifth-year 
seniors Amara Darboh and 
Jehu Chesson, were hardly 
able to get open. Darboh had 
just two catches, one being the 
45-yard touchdown that gave 
Michigan the lead heading 
into halftime. Chesson didn’t 
have any receptions, though 
three of Speight’s passes were 
intended for him. 

Senior tight end Jake Butt 

ended up being Speight’s go-to 
guy, but even then, Butt was 
able to lead the game with just 
87 receiving yards. Because 
the passing game wasn’t up to 
speed during the first quarter, 
most of the Wolverines’ big 
plays came on the ground.

After 
struggling 
against 

Central Florida, averaging just 
2.9 yards per run, the running 
backs were able to help out on 
the ground with 168 yards and 
three touchdowns. 

Despite the increase in 

rushing 
efficiency, 
Drevno 

would like to see a more 
holistically 
stable 
offense 

overall. 

“I think it’s 

just, 
there’s 

different 
things,” 
Drevno 
said. 

“Protection 
was one issue, 
and you saw 
that. 
You 

know, 
maybe 

just a missed 
throw, maybe 
not the right 

position timing on the route, 
not being in the right spot. But 
you know, I’m pleased. Week 
before, we threw for 312 yards. 
There’s no finer throw than 
Wilton throwing the deep ball 
in college football. That’s hard 
to do.”

Luckily for Speight, he has 

some expert coaches in his 
corner. Michigan coach Jim 
Harbaugh and passing game 
coordinator Jedd Fisch both 
come from the NFL, where 
there’s no other choice but to 
fix the passing game so that 
deep ball can break free. 

“They 
understand 
the 

expectation level, and we’re 
going to get the passing game 
fixed,” 
Drevno 
said. 
“We 

will. With Jedd and Jim and 
myself, we’re going to make 
sure we get everything back 
up to speed.”

Brown not intimidated by 
Penn State’s spread offense

Don Brown would like to 

make one thing clear.

When Penn State and its 

spread offense visit Michigan 
Stadium 
on 
Saturday, 
the 

Nittany Lions shouldn’t expect 
to have their way. Not in terms of 
formations, not in terms of pace, 
not if Brown has anything to say 
about it.

“You’ve got to understand, 

these spread teams, what they 
want you to do is they want you 
to line up in one of two looks,” 
Brown said. “That’s what they 
want, and that’s exactly what I’m 
not going to do, OK? So let’s get 
that straight. We’re going to be 
extremely multiple, we’re going 
to stay on the aggressive side and 
that’s how we’re going to go.

“… These guys want you to line 

up in quarters and a static front 
and kick your you-know-what! 
We’re not doing that! And if it is, 
it’ll be over my dead body!”

Those are strong words, but 

right now, Brown is speaking 
from a position of strength. He 
heads the nation’s No. 19 scoring 
defense and No. 24 total defense, 
and if you take out the big plays 
that have so far burned the 
Wolverines, those numbers are 
even more impressive.

Brown’s 
reputation 
as 
a 

tinkering 
blitz 
master 
has 

proven apt so far. His unit is tied 
for third in the country in tackles 
for loss and tied for 10th in sacks. 
This week, he is expected to get 
an All-American back in senior 
cornerback Jourdan Lewis, and 
if Lewis does indeed return from 
a nagging injury that has kept 
him out all season, he could be 
a key boost to the man coverage 
Brown’s corners play.

Pro Football Focus’ college 

football tweeted Wednesday that 
the Wolverines’ current corners, 
senior Channing Stribling and 
fifth-year senior Jeremy Clark, 
are their top two at the position 
in the Big Ten, but Lewis’ return 
can help in an important way.

For all the success Michigan 

has had on defense, its opponents 
have found ways to beat it on key 
big plays. Central Florida did it 
on the ground. Colorado did it 
through the air. Lewis is one of 
the country’s best cover corners 
and, at his best, can virtually 
take away one side of the field.

Brown says, ideally, the big 

plays wouldn’t happen at all. He 
is confident that the unit will be 
better three weeks from now 
and even better three weeks 
after that.

“The arrow is pointing up,” 

Brown said. “Even on the couple 
run mistakes we talked about, 
right? It’s not like somebody 
was punching us in the mouth, 
now, and knocking us off the 
ball. It’s hit your gap, but when 
you’re moving, we’re subtly 
moving and grooving up front 
and learning how to deal with 
this block and that block and 
this guy is going from D gap to 
B gap to C gap. We’re doing a lot 
of that, and it takes a little bit of 
time to be right.”

Saturday, he’ll face a Nittany 

Lions team that plays with the 
same up-tempo style his last 
two opponents have used to 
occasional explosive success. 
But in both cases, the Wolverines 
have been able to regroup and, 
save for a handful of plays, shut 
down the spread.

Against 
Colorado, 
Brown 

said, he observed the Buffaloes’ 
tempo slow down based on the 
looks they saw from Michigan’s 
defense.

“When you’re coming enough 

they don’t want to get — it’s like 
hitting your head against the 
wall,” he said. “You don’t want 
to run a bad play into a tough 
look. And it’s not like we’re 
going to sit there.”

Normally, 
matchups 

involving 
a 
spread 
offense 

revolve around the question of 
how to defend its tempo.

But if Brown’s philosophies 

hold, the game breaks down to 
a whole other question, one the 
defensive 
coordinator 
posed 

rhetorically on Wednesday.

“Who’s 
controlling 
the 

tempo now?”

“We’re going to 

make sure we get 

everything back 

up to speed.”

KELLY HALL

Daily Sports Editor

Offensive coordinator notes pass 
protection, route running as issues

SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily

Wilton Speight finished 16-for-30 on Saturday and took three sacks.

Defense’s leader vows to control tempo in Saturday’s game

AMANDA ALLEN/Daily

Don Brown says he’s prepared for yet another up-tempo spread attack.

MAX BULTMAN

Managing Sports Editor

