The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Aud io & By THe numBeRs THe seAson 25 31 26 19 290 214 127 208 10/19 14/25 0 1 fumbles Penalties no./Lost no./yards 0/0 8/99 1/1 7/55 attendance 90,413 Cowboys Stadium 2/0 0/0 5/35 5/45 112,522 Home Massachusetts Michigan EXtRa p INts • Michigan has done well against non-conference opponents in the last two years under Rich Rodriguez, has seen the read option plenty in practice and will play well in its first bowl game in three years. Quarterback Denard Robinson, too, is healthy and will be able to show the same explosion he did in the early part of the year. Mississippi State did a great job slowing Auburn's Cam Newton in a 17-14 loss, but the Wolverines are going to score points. Unfortunately, so will the Bulldogs. Prediction: Mississippi State 38, Michigan 34 — Chris Balas U-M Football injury Report Player CB Troy Woolfolk S Jared Van Slyke LB Mike Jones CB J.T. Floyd TB Teric Jones S Mike Williams WR Martavious Odoms DT Mike Martin DE Craig Roh TB Michael Shaw OT Taylor Lewan TB Vincent Smith WR Jeremy Gallon WR Darryl Stonum WR Junior Hemingway Games Injury Missed Ankle/Leg 12 Clavicle 12 Leg 10 Ankle Four Knee Four Head 12 Foot Six Ankle Three Head None Head Two Head One Head None Arm One Ankle None Head One Gator Bowl? Out for the year Out for the year Out for the year Out for the year Out for the year Out for the year Possible Will play Will play Will play Will play Will play Will play Will play Will play 15 27 112 294 147 291 15/30 16/25 0 1 4/1 2/0 10/69 5/40 110,708 Home 6 13 19 14 161 94 138 145 13/25 11/19 5 2 2/1 0/0 5/38 5/49 80,795 Away Michigan Purdue • The bad news is, Michigan hasn't stopped anybody on defense since the wind and slop turbo-boosted the Wolverines' effort in West Lafayette. The good news is, nobody has put a serious knock on Denard Robinson in more than a month. As has been the case all season, the latter represents Michigan's best hope against the second MSU on the U-M docket. For the year to end on an upbeat note, Robinson has to be the doit-all force he was in the season's early games. Prediction: Michigan 35, Mississippi State 31 — John Borton 13 63 Michigan Notre Dame The writers of The Wolverine weigh in with their take on U-M football. Makes a terr ific gift for you r Michigan Fa n! mIcHIGAn vs. IoWA QuARTeR-By-QuARTeR comPARIson Game-By-Game first yards yards Passes Had Summary Score Downs Rush Pass Com./att. Int. Michigan 14 11 69 200 11/27 3 Alabama 41 20 232 199 11/21 0 Air Force Michigan Only $52.99 44 13 19 15 304 56 105 157 8/16 23/35 0 2 1/1 3/2 4/36 3/30 1/1 5/45 4th Qtr. 3:43 0-1 0-0 MICH-21 1st Half 14:39 6-7 1-1 MICH-22 2nd Half 15:44 3-5 1-1 MICH-25 Total 30:23 9-12 2-2 MICH-23 Iowa 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. Time of Possession 8:35 6:46 2:59 11:17 3rd-Down Conversions 1-3 1-3 0-2 4-6 4th-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 Avg. Field Position IOWA-25 IOWA-30 IOWA-31 IOWA-37 1st Half 15:21 2-6 1-1 IOWA-28 2nd Half 14:16 4-8 0-2 IOWA-35 final 29:37 6-14 1-3 IOWA-31 50,105 Away 110,922 Illinois 0 7 105 29 7/16 • I'm very interested to see how the offense stacks up against the 1 Michigan 45 21 353 174 9/15 Bulldog D, one of the best in the SEC. Against some of the best 0 defenses they Michigan State — Ohio16 faced this year 10 State, 112 Wisconsin — the 1 Iowa, 192 21/34 Wolverines struggled to move the ball early,163 163 which, combined with 1 Michigan 12 16 14/30 the defensive struggles, put them in a huge hole. Michigan 9 18 93 9/27 3 Prediction: Mississippi State 35, Michigan 95 21 Nebraska 23 20 160 166 Andy Reid 1 — 14/24 Michigan 35 18 155 234 12/18 1 • Under Rich Rodriguez, Michigan has played its best football com- 0 Minnesota 13 21 128 147 14/31 ing out of fall camp. U-M started with four straight wins in 2009 Iowa 17 17 128 and five straight wins in 2010. The 30-10 victory181 UConn to 0 over 19/26 42 23 199 314 18/23 start 2010 wasMichigan the Wolverines' most complete win of the 1 arguably season. Like fall camp, the Jan. 1 Gator Bowl has given Michigan five weeks to prepare for one opponent, so expect a better team than the one that took the field against Wisconsin and Ohio State. However, Mississippi State plays strong defense and will bring a balanced offensive attack — traits that have given Michigan problems throughout the season. Michigan will not have the firepower to outlast the Bulldogs in a tight game. Prediction: Mississippi State 31, Michigan 28 — Josh Helmholdt Vide o En han ced Michigan 1st Qtr. Time of Possession 6:25 3rd-Down Conversions 3-3 4th-Down Conversions 0-0 Avg. Field Position MICH-25 2nd Qtr. 8:14 3-4 1-1 MICH-19 3rd Qtr. 12:01 3-4 1-1 MICH-27 sITuATIon TABles 2/1 5/45 Home thEWoLVErinE.Com U-M 2/0 7/50 113,833 gamE WEEk poLL IOWA Plays 19 11 Rushing yards 73 32 fIRST anD Ten Passing Plays yards avg. Plays 10 191 19.1 29 264 13 79 6.1 24 111 THIRD-DOWn effICIenCy 3rd & 2-5 3rd & 6-9 3rd & 10+ M/a Pct. M/a Pct. M/a Pct. 5/6 83.3 1/2 50.0 2/2 100.0 4/8 50.0 1/3 33.3 0/2 0.0 avg. 3.8 2.9 0/0 6/55 Home What is the best Big Ten bowl matchup? 3rd &1 1/0 3/44 86,160 TCU vs. Wisconsin (Rose) Away M/a Pct. 1/1 8/104 U-M 1/2 50.0 40% 1/0 7/69 48,801 IOWA 1/1 100.0 Arkansas vs.9/68 State (Sugar) Ohio 2/1 Away 27% 1/0 3/21 113,016 Michigan State vs. Alabama (Capital One) ReD Zone eFFIcIency 1/0 3/35 Home (InsIDe 20-yARD lIne) 13% Poss. TDs fGs Michigan vs. Mississippi State (Gator) U-M 4 4 0 17% Iowa 4 2 1 331 votes Top four responses shown Totals yards 9.1 4.6 avg. Totals M/a Pct. 9/12 75.0 6/14 42.9 M ovin Ta r g e g T ThewOLveRI ne.cOM | APRIL Fift h-Y has A big ear Senior Jer em impact As U-m y Gallon 's top rec eiver TH e fu TuR BRIGH e Is T thewolver Junior Qb ine.com | octo devin Gar ber 2013 | $3.95 Stepped dner Up Final mo in the Season's Great Pro nth, Showing mise For 2013 PlAy cHART (no. oF PlAys) MICHIGan •3-1 U-M30 Robinson rush for 40 yards to the IOWA30 •3-17 IOWA37 Gardner pass complete to Roundtree for 37 yards to the IOWA0 •1-10 U-M39 Gardner pass complete to Gallon for 51 yards to the IOWA10 •2-4 U-M34 Gardner pass complete to Gallon for 31 yards to the IOWA35 •1-10 IOWA43 Gardner pass complete to Gallon for 31 yards to the IOWA12 •1-10 IOWA29 Gardner pass complete to Funchess for 29 yards to the IOWA0 yards ...................................................u-M IOWa (- ) Yards...............................................................2 8 0-5 Yards.............................................................35 29 6-9 10 By the Numbers Michigan Vs. Notre Dame Yards..............................................................9 10-19 Yards.........................................................9 11 all-time head to head 20-29 Yards.........................................................2 Gator Bowl's rank among the best bowl matchups 1 IOWa this season, accordin Winning percentage 30-39 Yards.........................................................3 •3-2 IOWA20 Vandenberg pass complete to Fiedorowicz for 1 School G W L T Pct. Yards.........................................................1 ing to Rivals.com college foot37 yards to the U-M43 40-49 0 U-M 1,227 884 36 .7351 or more Yards ..............................................1 ball editor Mike Huguenin. vIDeo: click play to watch on the interactive edition 307 50 0 ND 1,181 844 295 42 .7324 Years since multiple * Both Michigan andwolVerIne THe Notre Dame went • Page 9 U-M defenders had 7-5 this season. 100 tackles or more in the same year — Sam Sword (109), Jarrett Irons (106) and Marcus Ray 2010 FootbaLL sChEDuLE (104) in 1996 — until safety Date Opponent Time/TV By John Borton You have to keep scoring." Jordan Kovacs (112) and lineSept. 4 Connecticut W, 30-10 ichigan athletics director David BranIt felt like an NBA All-Star game for a backer Jonas Mouton (111) acSept. 11 at Notre Dame W, 28-24 don probably doesn't want to invest in while, Indiana ringing up 572 yards of ofcomplished the feat this fall. Sept. 18 Massachusetts W, 42-37 new stadium scoreboards this quickly, folfense on its own, including 288 yards passThe Big Ten's Sept. 25 Bowling Green W, 65-21 lowing a mega-million remake of Michigan ing and three touchdowns by quarterback bowl record Oct. 2 at Indiana W, 42-35 Stadium. He'll have technicians checking Tre Roberson. since 2003; the conference Oct. 9 Michigan State L, 34-17 the meltdown, though, after the Wolverines In the end, Michigan Stadium breathed posted a losing record from Oct. 16 Iowa L, 38-28 and Hoosiers left them smoking. one major sigh of relief in a game that left 2003-08 before going 4-3 in Oct. 30 at Penn State L, 41-31 U-M surged to a school-record 751 toSafety Jordan Kovacs and lineits denizens breathless. 2009. Nov. 6 Illinois W, 67-65 tal yards in stiff-arming the high-scoring "A lot of frustration," noted Hoke, as deCurrent Wolverines backer Jonas Mouton both Nov. 13 at Purdue W, 27-16 Hoosiers, 63-47. Devin Gardner fired away fensive-minded as they come. "Sickening, that have previously topped 100 tackles this season for the Wolverines. Nov. 20 Wisconsin L, 48-28 through the air (21-of-29, 503 yards, two sick feeling, that kind of thing. You don't traveled to a bowl game, inPHOTO bY ERiC bROnSOn/ Nov. 27 at Ohio State L, 37-7 bROnSOnPHOTO.COM win championships without playing defense, cluding eight fifth-year seniors. Jan. 1 Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. and we didn't play good defense today." Oct. 20, 2013 thewolver ine.com | december 7th 14 2013 | $3.95 BIG PlAys (25 yARDs oR moRe) no Score 0 1 2012 | $3.95 Wild Ride Wolverines Survive Record-Setting Shootout M 19-31 23 tHE WoLVERINE 63 • pagE 13 The Wolverine Now, our digital newsletter, is published every Sunday (game reports) and Wednesday (scouting reports) during football season on TheWolverineOnDemand.com. 47 touchdowns) and scrambled past the defensively hapless Hoosiers on the ground (15 carries, 81 yards, three TDs) for another school record of 584 individual total yards. Wideout Jeremy Gallon snagged 14 catches for a Big Ten-record 369 yards and two TDs, and the Wolverines played just enough defense in the end to win. Safety Thomas Gordon's two fourth-quarter interceptions set up Gardner's game-clinching plunge into the end zone and then put away what seemed like Indiana's 100th charge downfield. "Coach [Brady] Hoke always reminds me we need more," Gardner acknowledged. "Coach [Fred] Jackson came up to me and said it's going to be like a basketball game. But they did enough, on this day, to move on at 6-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten. Indiana delivered an early airmail reminder of its quick strike ability. Starting QB Nate Sudfeld (8-of-19, 122 yards) gunned a 59-yard touchdown strike to wideout Cody Latimer in the opening five minutes, putting the Wolverines in rally mode. Little did anyone know, that marked the tiniest snowflake on the iceberg, for both teams. The Wolverines wasted no time, either. Set up by a 44-yard kickoff return by sophomore Dennis Norfleet, the Wolverines covered the other 56 in five plays, Gardner bolting in on a keeper to square the scoreboard at 7-7. U-M then demonstrated big-play ability of its own, Gardner tossing a quick pass to Gallon, who bolted away for 70 yards. With the skies opening into a downpour at Michigan Stadium, Gallon then made a juggling grab redshirt junior Devin Gardner set a U-M record by passing for 503 yards in the win over Indiana, marking the first time a Michigan quarterback had thrown for even 400 yards, much less for 500. photo by lon horwedel send to: The Wolverine • circulation dept. • P.o. box 2331 • durham, nc 27702 Please send the following subscriPtion: q One-year subscription for me at $52.99 q One year gift subscription for the recipient listed to the right. total $_________________ q My check or money order payable to The Wolverine is Please call 919-688-0218 for delivery options outside the U.S. enclosed. 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