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ACROSS
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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T E A M S T A T S
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
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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