The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Michigan's record against 1-0 new Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer; the Wolverines defeated Flor- ida 41-35 in the 2008 Capi- tal One Bowl. Football verbal commit- 4 ments that led their team to state championship games this season — Royce Jenkins-Stone and Terry Richardson for Cass Tech, Matthew Godin for Catholic Central, and James Ross at Orchard Lake St. Mary's. The women's basketball 7-0 team's record (before los- ing to Maryland Nov. 30), tying the 1999-2000 squad for the best start in pro- gram history. Michigan wins at home 8 the season— the best in the history of The Big House. The Big Ten's record in 8-4 this year's Big Ten/ACC Challenge, marking the third straight year the con- ference has bested its ACC counterparts on the hard- court (though U-M fell to 4-7 all time with its loss to Virginia). The Wolverines' red-zone 87.5 efficiency in 10 wins this season, compared to 57.1 in two losses. Combined rushing yards 2,174 for Denard Robinson and Fitzgerald Toussaint, put- ting their effort fourth among U-M duos and 246 yards shy of Gordon Bell and Rob Lytle's 2,420 yards in 1975. 16 THE WOLVERINE DECEMBER 2011 PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN BY THE NUMBERS