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1 Workbench
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 ...
and a hint to
words hidden in
three long puzzle
answers
58 Homey
59 Pack firmly
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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2 Fiery flow
3 Bleu hue
4 Placate
5 Beseech, as a
deity
6 Anti-DWI gp.
7 Venetian
valentine
message
8 Ones in charge,
for short
9 Sixth-day
Christmas gift
10 Workshop
11 One who likes to
light up?
12 “__ go bragh!”
13 Chooses, with
“in”
21 Two-front, as a
Coast Guard
rescue
22 Divans
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

46 Bad bottom line
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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Sports
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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.

JACOB GASE

Daily Sports Editor

MAX BULTMAN

Managing Sports Editor

“When they 
give it to me, I 
try to make the 

most of it.”

