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gadget
6 Antlered beast
10 Glasses, in ads
14 Popular depilatory
15 Campaign staffer
16 Rochester’s bride
17 Part of the soft
palate
18 Lady of the
knight
19 Concussions
generally aren’t
visible on them
20 Goal for some
college-bound
students
23 “What was __
was saying?”
24 Tie __
25 Rat Pack
member
29 Growing
concerns?
33 Like a used
hibachi
34 Record-setting
slugger in the
Japanese
Baseball Hall of
Fame
38 General on a
menu
39 Gadgets
40 One of 34-
Across’ 2,170
41 Ocular organs of
cephalopods, say
43 Aspirin target
44 Nocturnal
carnivore
45 Perambulates
47 Piece of cake
51 Poet’s
contraction
52 Period needed to
fulfill a request ...
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words hidden in
three long puzzle
answers
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60 “__ making this
up”
61 Spigot issue
62 Site with tech
reviews
63 Trilateral trade
agreement,
briefly
64 Tag line?
65 Grinder
66 Speed units
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deity
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valentine
message
8 Ones in charge,
for short
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Christmas gift
10 Workshop
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light up?
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“in”
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Coast Guard
rescue
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25 Trunk piece
26 Put a value on
27 Words before
“Yeah, you!”
28 Brubeck of jazz
30 Like much of
New York
31 Company with a
longtime travel
guide
32 They often have
guards
35 Self-help letters
36 Super-duper
37 1959 Ben-Hur
portrayer
39 Let out
gradually
42 Use an Enigma
machine, say
43 “Black Swan”
Best Actress
Oscar winner
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48 “No prob!”
49 Origami staple
50 Reason to trot
52 Corrida beast
53 Israeli weapons
54 Until
55 Scoop
56 Suffragist
Lucretia
57 RR station
predictions
58 Govt. health org.
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Thursday, November 3, 2016 — 5A
T E A M S T A T S
MICH
OPP
Points/Game
46.6
11.6
First Downs/Game
23.9
12.1
Rush Yards/Game
249.0
111.1
Yards/Rush
5.4
3.3
Rushing TDs
31
3
Passing Yards/Game
228.1
120.1
Completion %
63.9%
41.7%
Yards/Pass
8.0
5.0
Passing TDs
14
8
Interceptions
3
8
Offensive Plays/Game
74.8
58.1
Total Offense
477.1
231.2
3rd-down Conversions
47.7%
15.5%
4th-down Conversions
66.7%
35.3%
Sacks/Game
3.4
1.4
Kick return average
17.2
20.7
Punt return average
17.9
8.8
Punting average
42.1
38.1
Field Goals-Attempts
9-14
3-7
Fumbles/Lost
8/3
12/5
Penalty Yards/Game
43.4
46.0
Time of Poss
33:48
26:13
I N D I V I D U A L S T A T S
PASSING
Player
Cmp
Att
Yds
TD
INT
Speight
130
207
1691
13
3
O’Korn
11
15
89
1
0
Morris
4
5
45
0
0
TOTALS
145
227
1825
14
3
RUSHING
Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Smith, D.
90
450
5.0
42
5
Evans
53
424
8.0
57
3
Higdon
53
403
7.6
45
6
Isaac
66
348
5.3
34
4
McDoom
12
138
11.5
33
0
Peppers
15
131
8.7
63
3
Chesson
9
47
5.2
17
1
Hill
19
33
1.7
4
8
Henderson
4
29
7.2
13
1
Morris
3
19
6.3
14
0
Davis
2
17
8.5
10
0
Crawford
3
15
5.0
11
0
O’Korn
6
12
2.0
3
0
Hirsch
1
2
2.0
2
0
Wilson
1
1
1.0
1
0
Beneducci
1
1
1.0
1
0
Hewlett
2
-1
-0.5
0
0
Gedeon
1
-2
-2.0
0
0
Allen
1
-11
-11.0
0
0
TEAM
10
-15
-1.5
0
0
Speight
19
-49
-2.6
10
0
TOTALS
371
1992
5.4
63
31
RECEIVING
Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Darboh
38
664
17.5
46
5
Butt
29
345
11.9
26
4
Chesson
20
304
15.2
35
1
Perry
6
114
19.0
54
1
Hill
10
75
7.5
15
1
McDoom
4
53
13.3
33
0
Poggi
5
33
6.6
15
0
Evans
4
28
7.0
14
0
Wheatley
2
27
13.5
21
1
Ways
2
24
12.0
22
0
Henderson
1
23
23.0
23
0
Smith, D.
10
21
2.1
9
0
Isaac
1
21
21.0
21
0
Asiasi
2
18
9.0
15
1
Crawford
1
18
18.0
18
0
Hirsch
1
15
15.0
15
0
Jocz
1
12
12.0
12
0
McKeon
2
10
5.0
5
0
Harris
1
7
7.0
7
0
Bunting
2
6
3.0
4
0
Johnson, N.
1
4
4.0
4
0
Peppers
2
3
1.5
5
0
TOTALS
145
1825
12.6
54
14
PUNT RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Peppers
15
257
17.1
54
1
Jocz
1
27
27.0
0
0
Evans
1
15
15.0
15
0
Perry
0
6
--
6
1
TOTALS
17
305
17.9
54
2
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg. Long
TD
Stribling
3
60
20.0
51
1
Hill, D.
1
27
27.0
27
1
McCray
1
22
22.0
22
0
Thomas
1
4
4.0
4
0
Lewis
2
0
0.0
0
0
TOTALS
8
113
14.1
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
6
168
28.0
55
0
Lewis
3
34
11.3
18
0
Henderson
2
28
14.0
15
0
Hudson
1
6
6.0
6
0
Hill, K.
2
5
2.5
5
0
TOTALS
14
241
17.2
55
0
KICKOFFS
Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
TB
Allen
53
3392
64.0
28
Foug
8
460
57.5
2
Tice
3
189
63.0
0
TOTALS
64
4041
63.1
30
PUNTING
Player
No.
Yds
Avg.
Lg
Allen
27
1138
42.1
56
TOTALS
27
1138
42.1
56
FIELD GOALS
Player
FG
Pct.
1-19 20-29 30-3940-49 50+ Lg
Allen
9-13 69.2% 0-0 5-5 3-5
1-3
0-0 45
Tice
0-1 0.0% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0
LEADING TACKLERS
Player
Solo Ast
Tot
TFL
SK
PBU
Gedeon
22
39
61
8.5
3.0
2
Peppers
31
17
48
12.5
3.5
-
McCray
18
25
43
8.0
3.5
4
Thomas
18
16
34
-
-
4
Hill, D.
20
10
30
2.0
-
2
Winovich
6
20
26
5.5
2.0
-
Glasgow, R.
5
21
26
4.0
1.0
1
Wormley
9
13
22
5.5
4.0
-
Gary
7
15
22
5.0
1.0
-
Hurst
9
11
20
6.5
3.0
-
Godin
7
13
20
2.0
1.0
-
Charlton
7
12
19
4.5
4.0
-
Lewis
11
5
16
2.5
-
3
Stribling
7
8
15
1.0
-
7
Kinnel
6
4
10
-
-
-
Clark
6
4
10
-
-
3
Watson
6
4
10
-
-
-
Metellus
6
2
8
1.0
1.0
-
Glasgow, J.
5
3
8
-
-
-
Hudson
3
5
8
0.5
-
1
Bush
3
5
8
0.5
-
-
Pearson
2
4
6
-
-
-
TOTALS
232 280 512
71
27
28
UPCOMING GAMES
MARYLAND (5-3)
3:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium
at IOWA (5-3)
8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
INDIANA (4-4)
Michigan Stadium
at OHIO ST. (7-1)
Noon, Columbus, Ohio
11/5
11/12
11/19
11/26
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Eddie McDoom has 12 carries as a wide receiver for Michigan this year.
McDoom relishes
role in ‘M’ offense
Eddie McDoom knew they
were saying his name, but he had
to process it for a moment first.
The freshman receiver with
a name befitting a comic book
hero had never heard a crowd
yell “dooooom” before. Not in
high school, not growing up, not
until 109,000 did it at Michigan
Stadium on Sept. 3.
“At first it sounds like ‘Boo,’ ”
McDoom said Tuesday. “When
I’m putting two and two
together, I’m like, it’s ‘Dooom,’
but it sounds like ‘Boo.’ ”
The truth is, Michigan’s
first-year
standout
hasn’t
given anyone a reason to boo.
Through eight games, McDoom
has already piled up 12 carries
as a receiver. He has taken them
for 148 yards and added four
catches for 53 yards.
The bulk of those yards
have come via the jet sweep, a
reverse or a play
designed to look
like sweep but
evolving
into
something else.
McDoom
said
his favorite so
far was a reverse
he
ran
with
fifth-year senior
receiver
Jehu
Chesson
last
week
against
Michigan State, but he has also
run a play where he mimicked a
sweep, only to go out for a pass.
McDoom said that when he
arrived on campus this summer
he didn’t realize he would be
so involved so soon. It had
been just months since he was
playing at West Orange High
School in Winter Garden, Fla.
But
Michigan
offensive
coordinator Tim Drevno saw
potential in McDoom right away.
“He’s very fast,” Drevno said
Wednesday. “Doesn’t say much.
Unbelievable worker. You put
him out there, he’ll just keep
going and going and going. He’s
a playmaker, and I knew it when
he walked in the doors, just
during training camp, you could
see he had the speed, he had the
skillset that you really like in a
football player.”
The result has been an
impact larger than might have
been expected from a freshman
with just 16 touches. When
McDoom comes into a game,
defenses have to prepare for
him to get the ball. He said that
the variations off the sweep
were installed in the beginning,
which makes sense, because
otherwise defenses could key in
on stopping the rush to the edge.
But even if defenses did know
what was coming, it would be no
guarantee they could stop him.
McDoom
considers
himself
the fastest player on the team,
though he has yet to race any
of the expected challengers.
Fifth-year
senior
receiver
Jehu Chesson has long been
considered the leader, but when
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh
was asked if McDoom was as
fast as Chesson, he posited
another option.
“How is (redshirt sophomore
linebacker Jabrill) Peppers not
the fastest guy on the team?” he
wondered.
As a competitor, it’s unlikely
McDoom would ever outright
concede the title of fastest player
willingly. But on Tuesday, he
went a step further than non-
concession.
“Jabrill is fast,” McDoom
said. “But I feel like I can take
him.”
As fast as McDoom is, he has
the confidence to match. He
declared his intentions to have
a
breakout
season
next
year
(“I’m
pretty sure I’m
going to blow
up,” he said),
and with what
he’s
shown
already,
the
possibility
is
hard
to
dispute. But he
stops short of
taking full credit for all he has
accomplished.
When asked about his role as
the go-to jet sweeper, McDoom
deflected.
“It’s not really mine,” he
said. “I just, I don’t know, I just
show the speed. Show I’m the
fastest guy here, that’s how I’m
always going to think. Speed is
my thing. So when they give it
to me, I try to make the most
of it.”
Going forward, Drevno said,
there are “lots” more things
Michigan can do out of the
jet sweep package, both with
McDoom
and
with
others.
They’re always looking to get
more dynamic, he said, and with
McDoom, dynamic seems to be
the norm.
But Drevno was also sure
to clarify that his freshman
receiver could do more than
sweeps. That speed lends itself
well to deep balls, too.
Seeing deep balls thrown his
way seems to fit with McDoom’s
plan for a breakout 2017, but for
now, the freshman is enjoying
every sweep, reverse or decoy
play thrown his way.
“I didn’t know I was going
to make this much of a splash,”
McDoom said. “I’m just taking
every day as a gift. I’m just going
with it.”
D-Line gears up for home stretch
At
this
time
last
year,
Michigan defensive line coach
Greg Mattison had to deal with
injuries on a line that had a lot of
talent but questionable depth.
With Bryan Mone out all of
last season with a broken leg
and Ryan Glasgow sidelined
mid-season with a torn pectoral
muscle,
Mattison
had
to
scramble to find capable bodies
to fill run gaps. Those problems
became
paramount
last
November, when running backs
like Indiana’s Jordan Howard
and Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott
— both of whom are now starting
in the NFL — ran roughshod
over the Wolverines.
A year later, though, Mattison’s
biggest worry was whether his
beloved Chicago Cubs would win
Game 7 of the World Series on
Wednesday night.
“I don’t want to jinx them,”
Mattison said. “I just know last
night, in the seventh inning,
my wife tried to talk to me and
I wouldn’t speak to her. ‘Let me
concentrate on this.’ ”
Stress
levels
have
been
through the roof for Cubs fans
the past few weeks, but Mattison
now has plenty of time to join
them — his work life couldn’t be
going much better.
In recent terms, Michigan’s
defensive line is as healthy as
it has ever been this late in the
season. Other than Mone, who
is still practicing but has battled
through nagging injuries all
year, the Wolverines’ four-man
line has a completely healthy
two-deep rotation.
Those eight players make
up what might be the best
defensive line in the country,
accounting for 33 tackles for loss
(for perspective, that’s as many
as Iowa’s entire defense). More
strikingly, there often appears to
be no noticeable dropoff from the
starters to the backups. Redshirt
sophomore
Chase
Winovich
leads the defensive line in tackles,
and redshirt junior Maurice
Hurst leads it in tackles for loss,
despite
both
playing
mostly
second-team snaps.
Given the injury struggles
Michigan has faced both last
year and in years past, Mattison
is very pleased not to have to
worry about his position group’s
health again.
“It’s as well as can be
expected,” he said. “These kids
are very, very physical football
players, and they’ve gone against
some big offensive linemen,
some physical offensive linemen.
Having the ability to rotate them
has allowed for them not to have
60 or 70 reps. Getting off on
third down has allowed us not to
have to play 10, 12 extra reps.”
The line has been so effective
that none of the players had to
overexert themselves through
the first seven games of the
season. Playing Michigan State
last Saturday was one of the
first times they were tested, as
Spartan running back LJ Scott
did some damage with 139 yards
and a touchdown.
By the end of the game,
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh
saw a few cracks in his
defense’s armor.
“I do feel we have some things
that we can address and coach and
be better at,” he said. “I thought
we got a little tired up front. …
Throughout the team, it was good
for our defense to be tested.”
According to Mattison, the
defensive linemen didn’t need
to be told that. They felt like
stopping
the
running
game
was their responsibility, and
they recognized that they were
missing tackles and playing too
high up front.
As it works to correct those
mistakes, the defensive line is
showing that its late-season
freshness is more than just a
physical advantage.
“Mentally
and
physically,”
Mattison said. “They (all) come
to meetings every day ready to go.
They all practice with the kind
of intensity that we want, the
alertness we want. It’s a special
group. … They love playing
together, they have respect for
each other. They know the bar’s
very high for them.
“Some people, when people
gain a few yards every once
in a while, they’d say, ‘Ah, no
big deal.’ This group takes it to
heart, and that’s what I think
separates them.”
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Ryan Glasgow is healthy for November after suffering a pectoral injury in 2015.
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Managing Sports Editor
“When they
give it to me, I
try to make the
most of it.”