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1 “La Vie en Rose”
singer
5 Ashtray array
10 Interest greatly
14 “There __ joy in
Mudville ... ”
15 Livid
16 Cambodian
currency
17 Lump
18 Hasbro soldier
19 Raison d’__
20 Lake Michigan
port
22 Dietary need
24 TriBeCa
neighbor
26 Backspaced over
27 1974 hit with a
Spanish title
meaning “You
are”
31 Jedi Council VIP
33 VCR successor
34 Brief meeting?
36 Army rank above
maj.
41 Told ... and a hint
to this puzzle’s
six sets of circles
44 Ivy League sch.
45 “Rebel Without a
Cause” star
James
46 Where a retriever
may be retrieved:
Abbr.
47 Blacken
49 Prepare
51 Kansas motto
word
55 Omit
57 “Moby-Dick” crew
59 Made possible
64 Italian air
65 Cumberland Gap
explorer
67 Hall of Fame
linebacker Junior
68 Copper that’s
mostly zinc
69 Corned beef __
70 Not fem.
71 __-Ball
72 Construction rod
73 Long haul
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traded
2 Vacation
destination
3 Erelong
4 Snap,
commercially
5 Michigan Stadium
nickname, with
“The”
6 Heep of trouble?
7 __ Mahal
8 Camaro roof
option
9 What 15-Across
people do
10 Former Fox
News anchor
Van Susteren
11 Ceremonies
12 Where eagles
hatch
13 Some of this and
some of that
21 JFK-to-Heathrow
flier, once
23 Dental care
name
25 Seafood found in
beds
27 Website for
handmade art
28 Electrolux
spokeswoman
Kelly
29 Pernicious
30 Something
underfoot
32 DOL division
35 Scandinavian
literary work
37 Try out
38 Toy gun ammo
39 Almost never
40 Six-part
undergrad exam
42 Money
43 Tech graduate
48 Abet, in a way
50 Grime-fighting org.
51 Spy plane
acronym
52 Toondom ogre
53 “Common
Sense” writer
54 Give a big lift
56 Uganda neighbor
58 40-decibel unit
60 Realty ad abbr.
61 “I am a very
foolish fond old
man” speaker
62 Comfort
63 “Fore!”
66 Sun or moon
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Sports
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, September 29, 2016 — 5A
WISCONSIN (4-0)
3:30, Michigan Stadium, ABC
at RUTGERS (2-2)
7 or 8 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
ILLINOIS (1-2)
3:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium
at MICH. ST. (2-1)
East Lansing, Mich.
MARYLAND (3-0)
Michigan Stadium
at IOWA (3-1)
8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
10/1
10/8
10/22
10/29
11/5
11/12
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Freshman tight end Devin Asiasi (2) made his first catch against Penn State on Saturday, a three-yard touchdown.
Asiasi settling in at Michigan
Devin Asiasi didn’t see his first
Michigan touchdown coming. In
fact, he wasn’t even supposed to
get the ball on the play.
On
3rd-and-goal
from
the
3-yard line early in the second
quarter,
redshirt
sophomore
quarterback Wilton Speight was
supposed to hit fifth-year senior
wide
receiver
Jehu
Chesson
streaking toward the right pylon.
Instead, he saw Asiasi sitting wide-
open down the middle of the field
and immediately fired it to him for
six points and the freshman tight
end’s first catch of the season.
Chesson jokingly gave Asiasi
grief for taking his touchdown
after the play, but Asiasi was busy
basking in the energy from the
110,319 fans in attendance.
“I turned around, and I (saw)
a bunch of people screaming,”
Asiasi said. “I (saw) my teammate
(senior tight end) Jake Butt right
there,
celebrated
with
him.
I definitely took time to look
around, enjoy the moment.”
The moment came out of
nowhere for Asiasi, but it was
something his coaches expected
from him before he even arrived
on campus. Tight ends coach
Jay Harbaugh said he has had
a good feeling about Asiasi ever
since he watched film on him
back in January.
“He plays fast. He’s physical,”
Harbaugh said. “He’s capable of
playing very nasty. He weighs
somewhere around 270 pounds
and still moves very, very well.
It’s a rare physical combination.
And then he has a good football
awareness about him, and he
learns well. Once I got a sense
of the fact that he’d be able
to pick things up fast enough
to contribute, it was kind of a
no-brainer that he’d be part of
the group.”
Of course, it hasn’t hurt to have
an All-American mentor like
Butt in his position group. Asiasi
calls Butt a “big brother,” and he
hasn’t hesitated to ask questions
about the offense or take small
tips from the decorated senior.
In fact, Asiasi credits Butt as the
person who sold him on joining
the Wolverines when he was still
at Concord (Calif.) De La Salle
High School.
As a result, Asiasi has found
himself getting plenty of reps
as the third tight end (behind
Butt and redshirt sophomore
Ian Bunting). Unlike his first
touchdown, though, playing time
didn’t come out of nowhere for
Asiasi — he’s been expecting to
play since he first committed.
“I came into the year with
the mindset of me getting this
playbook down and trying to
make an impact my freshman
year,” Asiasi said. “It’s not really
a surprise to me.”
And even though he was
used to being the biggest player
on the field in high school,
Asiasi hasn’t shown any signs
of being intimidated by larger,
older opponents in his first four
college games. In fact, the biggest
adjustment for him since coming
to Michigan hasn’t occurred
on the football field — it’s been
familiarizing himself with the
culture and expectations of Big
Ten country.
Growing up in the Bay Area,
Asiasi has never seen a university
take football as seriously as
Michigan. He’s also never seen
snow before, a thought that
makes him “kinda scared.”
“It’s
crazy,”
Asiasi
said.
“Coming from the West Coast,
football’s not really (in) the
spotlight. But over here, the
football team here has a real big
spotlight on them, so it’s crazy
getting adjusted to that, getting
adjusted to that attention. I’ve
been trying to fit in, and I think
I’ve been doing a really good job.”
Asiasi said he is just one of
many kids who have left the
Bay Area “with chips on their
shoulder,”
looking
to
prove
themselves
in
schools
with
stronger football cultures.
With regular playing time as
a freshman and a touchdown
already under his belt, Asiasi
seems to be doing just fine.
JACOB GASE
Daily Sports Editor
GRANT HARDY/Daily
Bryan Mone (90) has been practicing and could return Saturday.
Defensive line close
to full strength again
The
Michigan
football
team’s defensive line has hardly
lacked bodies four weeks into
the season, rotating at least six
linemen at all times. Still, the
addition of two fresh players
back from injury in the past two
weeks has been a welcome sight.
Senior defensive end Taco
Charlton returned last week
against Penn State from an
ankle
injury,
and
redshirt
sophomore
defensive
tackle
Bryan Mone could be back
this week after a slightly more
severe undisclosed ailment.
Both players started the
season opener, but left the game
before the first half ended.
Mone, in particular, suffered a
tough break after also missing
last season with a broken ankle.
“Bryan has given so much
to this program and to this
defensive line, and he is so into
that group,” said Michigan
defensive
line
coach
Greg
Mattison. “Our players respect
him so much. For him to get the
injury that he had and to watch
him again be another guy that
has worked so
hard at training
and so hard at
getting it back,
him
being
at
practice
this
week is exciting.
“The
guys,
when they saw
him come out
with his pads
on, they see him,
they’re excited about that. That
fires them up, because they love
him. They like how he plays,
they like what it means to him.
It’s just always good to have a
guy like that back.”
It’s looking more likely by
the day that Mone will make
his return Saturday against
Wisconsin. Head coach Jim
Harbaugh said Monday that if
Mone could practice this week,
he was hopeful the defensive
tackle could play in the game,
and
Mattison
confirmed
Wednesday
that
Mone
is
indeed practicing.
If Mone at least rejoins the
rotation Saturday, he could spell
an interior line that includes
fifth-year seniors Ryan Glasgow
and Matt Godin and redshirt
junior Maurice Hurst. Those
three players have already
combined for 36 tackles (6.5 for
loss) even though Hurst missed
the opener with his own injury.
In Mone, the Wolverines would
gain another cog — one who
Mattison said had one of the
best performances of anyone in
training camp.
As for Charlton, the senior
returned to the starting lineup
and made three tackles —
including two for loss and 1.5
sacks — in Saturday’s game.
“It’s great to have him back,”
Mattison said. “I’m very, very
proud of him. I’m proud of our
training staff. He worked so hard
at getting back, spent countless
hours in the training room. You
could see him out there — it was
good to have him back.”
Recovering
from
various
injuries, Michigan was aided by
a significant talent advantage
against its four opponents so
far. If it has a full arsenal of
defensive
linemen
available
this weekend, it’ll come at the
right time. The eighth-ranked
Badgers will be by far their best
opponent of the season.
The Wolverines will counter
with a red-hot defensive line.
After
paving
the
way
for
blitzing linebackers earlier in
the season, the defensive line
garnered most of the attention
against Penn State, combining
for all six of the team’s sacks.
Mattison often notes that
sacks aren’t everything, that if
the defense can pressure the
quarterback and force a quick
throw, it can have a similar
effect. Beyond just sacks, the
defensive front should be able to
fully pressure
Wisconsin and
try
to
make
the Badgers as
uncomfortable
as Michigan’s
first
four
opponents
were.
“Sometimes,
if
you’re
pressuring,
they gotta decide, are they
gonna block the linebacker
or are they gonna block the
D-linemen?”
Mattison
said.
“This game, a number of those
sacks were four-man rushes.
There’s been a number of sacks
that we’ve left out on the field,
and our guys know that — where
that if they would have just done
this a little different, or they just
got this, they would have got it.”
That’s a scary thought for
opposing offensive lines, who
have had enough problems
handling Michigan’s rush early
on. Wisconsin’s pass blockers are
strong, but the Wolverines could
also field their deepest rotation
of the season if Mone returns.
It’s
no
secret
the
substitutions are a hallmark
of Mattison’s philosophy, and
a healthy Michigan line would
make this a battle of strength
versus strength.
“It’s
gonna
be
a
battle,
and we’re gonna prepare like
that,” said redshirt sophomore
defensive end Chase Winovich
on Monday. “That’s all I can
really say about that — it’s gonna
be a war every play, and I just
can’t wait for it. It’s gonna be
exciting. Our defense, I think, is
ready for it.”
JAKE LOURIM
Managing Sports Editor
“It’s gonna be a
war every play,
and I just can’t
wait for it.”
UPCOMING GAMES
T E A M S T A T S
MICH
OPP
Points/Game
52.0
13.8
First Downs/Game
23.5
14.5
Rush Yards/Game
229.8
122.5
Yards/Rush
5.4
3.4
Rushing TDs
15
2
Passing Yards/Game
238.0
147.2
Completion %
64.3%
49.1%
Yards/Pass
7.6
5.6
Passing TDs
9
4
Interceptions
1
3
Offensive Plays/Game
74.0
62.5
Total Offense
467.8
269.8
3rd-down Conversions
54.4%
12.0%
4th-down Conversions
62.5%
45.5%
Sacks/Game
4.3
1.3
Kick return average
15.7
20.0
Punt return average
23.6
17.5
Punting average
41.5
38.0
Field Goals-Attempts
4-6
2-5
Fumbles/Lost
4/1
7/3
Penalty Yards/Game
43.5
48.8
Time of Poss
32:26
27:34
I N D I V I D U A L S
PASSING
Player
Cmp
Att
Yds
TD
INT
Speight
72
114
875
9
1
O’Korn
5
8
32
0
0
Morris
4
4
45
0
0
TOTALS
81
126
952
9
1
RUSHING
Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Smith, D.
39
259
6.6
42
2
Evans
29
213
7.3
43
3
Isaac
33
150
4.5
25
2
Higdon
22
145
6.6
40
3
McDoom
7
56
8.0
19
0
Chesson
5
36
7.2
17
1
Peppers
2
24
12.0
17
0
Davis
2
17
8.5
10
0
Hill
9
17
1.9
4
4
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
TEAM
3
-4
-1.3
0
0
Allen
1
-11
-11.0
0
0
Speight
10
-17
-1.7
9
0
TOTALS
170
919
5.4
43
15
RECEIVING
Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Darboh
17
248
14.6
45
4
Butt
19
234
12.3
25
3
Chesson
8
145
18.1
35
0
Perry
4
88
22.0
54
1
Hill
6
47
7.8
15
0
Poggi
4
28
7.0
15
0
Ways
1
22
22.0
22
0
Isaac
1
21
21.0
21
0
McDoom
3
20
6.7
8
0
Evans
3
19
6.3
14
0
Crawford
1
18
18.0
18
0
Smith, D.
7
16
2.3
9
0
Hirsch
1
15
15.0
15
0
Jocz
1
12
12.0
12
0
McKeon
2
10
5.0
5
0
Bunting
2
6
3.0
4
0
Asiasi
1
3
3.0
3
1
TOTALS
81
952
11.8
54
9
PUNT RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Peppers
10
227
22.7
54
1
Jocz
1
27
27.0
0
0
Perry
0
6
--
6
1
TOTALS
11
260
23.6
54
2
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Stribling
1
51
51.0
51
1
Hill, D.
1
27
27.0
27
1
McCray
1
22
22.0
22
0
TOTALS
3
100
33.3
51
2
FUMBLE RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Hill, L.
1
9
9.0
9
0
TOTALS
1
9
9.0
9
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Peppers
2
81
40.5
55
0
Henderson
2
28
14.0
15
0
Lewis
2
21
10.5
18
0
Hudson
1
6
6.0
6
0
Hill, K.
2
5
2.5
5
0
TOTALS
9
141
15.7
55
0
KICKOFFS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
TB
Allen
29
1872
64.6
17
Foug
7
403
57.6
2
TOTALS
20
1243
62.2
10
PUNTING
Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
Lg
Allen
11
456
41.5
55
TOTALS
11
456
41.5
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
LEADING TACKLERS
Player
Solo Ast
Tot
TFL
SK
PBU
Gedeon
12
26
38
6.0
2.0
-
Peppers
22
11
33
9.5
2.5
-
Thomas
15
10
25
-
-
1
McCray
12
10
22
4.5
2.5
3
Winovich
5
14
19
4.0
2.0
-
Gary
6
9
15
4.5
1.0
-
Glasgow, R.
-
13
13
1.0
0.5
-
Godin
5
7
12
1.5
1.0
-
Hill, D.
6
6
12
2.0
-
1
Wormley
6
6
12
3.5
3.0
-
Hurst
5
6
11
4.0
2.0
-
Clark
6
4
10
-
-
3
Stribling
3
5
8
0.5
-
3
Kinnel
4
3
7
-
-
-
Charlton
1
4
5
2.0
1.5
-
Watson
2
3
5
-
-
-
Bush
2
3
5
-
-
-
Glasgow, J.
3
1
4
-
-
-
Hudson
2
2
4
-
-
-
Uche
2
2
4
-
-
-
Marshall
1
2
3
-
-
-
Wroblewski
-
3
3
-
-
-
TOTALS
129
154 283 45.0 18.0
13