Don't Mess With Tradition - krulmichael's Michigan Wolverines

[albidnis]

Nice game. How do you like the sliders...

[krulmichael]

Nice game. How do you like the sliders...

From what I've seen I love em so far. I need to play some teams that are a little more balanced (and better) than my team though to really find out about them. So far there great though. Heisman is great.

[krulmichael]

Happenings Around The Big Ten

Marshall 7 at #2 Ohio State 33
Minnesota 20 at Middle Tennessee State 3
FCS Northwest 0 at Indiana 34
FCS West 7 at #10 Iowa 47
FCS Southeast 14 at #18 Penn State 55
Illinois 16 at Missouri 17
Western Michigan 0 at Michigan State 38
#11 Wisconsin 49 at UNLV 7
Northwestern 23 at Vanderbilt 16
Purdue 14 at Notre Dame 41

Big Ten Players Of The Week

Offense: - QB#16 Scott Tolzien (rSr.) - 26/32, 292 Yds, 5 TD

Defense: - FS#22 Darius Feaster (rFr.) - 2 TAK, 2 ATK

[krulmichael]

NCAA Week 1 Recap

Top 25 Scores

#16 Pittsburgh 17 at #23 Utah 27
Marshall 7 at #2 Ohio State 33
FCS West 7 at #14 Miami 66
#13 USC 42 at Hawaii 21
#3 Texas 41 at Rice 0
FCS Southeast 14 at #18 Penn State 55
Western Kentucky 3 at #9 Nebraska 30
FCS West 7 at #10 Iowa 47
FCS Southeast 10 at #25 Houston 59
San Jose State 7 at #1 Alabama 38
Miami (Ohio) 17 at #6 Florida 3
#11 Wisconsin 49 at UNLV 7
FCS West 0 at #12 Georgia Tech 52
#24 Cincinnati 44 at Fresno State 20
New Mexico 16 at #4 Oregon 38
FCS West 14 at #21 Florida State 42
FCS West 16 at #20 Arkansas 45
#19 Oregon State 15 at #8 TCU 39
#22 North Carolina 27 at #17 LSU 17
Utah State 10 at #15 Oklahoma 45
#5 Boise State 21 at #7 Virginia Tech 0

RK	LW	Team/Votes	Rec	Points	
================================================
1	1	Alabama (40)	1-0	1504
2	2	Ohio State (21)	1-0	1442	
3	5	Boise State	1-0	1411
4	3	Texas           1-0     1399
5	4	Oregon          1-0	1321
6	8	TCU      	1-0     1106
7	9	Nebraska 	1-0	1033
8	10	Iowa	        1-0	978
9	11      Wisconsin       1-0	940
10	12	Georgia Tech 	1-0	870
11	13	USC     	1-0	833
12	14	Miami   	1-0	766
13	7	Virginia Tech	0-1	751
14	15	Oklahoma        1-0	715
15	18	Penn State	1-0	568
16	22	North Carolina 	1-0	497
17	20	Arkansas        1-0	474
18	23	Utah     	1-0	451
19	21	Florida State   1-0	428
20	24	Cincinnati      1-0	309
21	6	Florida    	0-1	304
22	16	Pittsburgh	0-1	303
23	17	LSU             0-1	273
24	25	Houston     	1-0	254
25	19	Oregon State    0-1	239

Dropped Out: None

Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia (213), Georgia (172), Auburn (132), Oklahoma State (93), Navy (29)

Players Of The Week

Offense: - QB#7 Case Keenum (rSr.) - 22/31, 425 Yds, 10 ATT, 74 Yds, 7 Total TD

Defense: - DT#99 Justin Edison (rJr.) - 9 TAK, 8 TFL, 4 ATK, 3 Sacks, 1 FF



1. Mark Ingram (Jr.) - HB - Alabama
Vs. SJSU W (38-7): 9 Carries, 30 Yards, 2 Receptions, 30 Yards

2. Case Keenum (rSr.) - QB - Houston
Vs. FCS SE W (59-10): 22/31, 425 Yards, 10 Carries, 74 Yards, 7 Total Touchdowns

3. Kellen Moore (rJr.) - QB - Boise State
At VT W (21-0): 28/44, 310 Yards, 3 Touchdowns

4. Terrelle Pryor (Jr.) - QB - Ohio State
Vs. Marsh W (33-7): 16/25, 185 Yards, 19 Carries, 80 Yards, 3 Total Touchdowns

5. Jake Locker (rSr.) - QB - Washington
At BYU W (47-9): 23/34, 352 Yards, 14 Carries, 48 Yards, 2 Total Touchdowns

[krulmichael]

Week 2 - Game Preview

Saturday, September 11th, 2010, 3:30 PM (EST)
National Broadcast

Corso's Pick - Michigan
Herbstreit's Pick - Notre Dame

Team Ratings
Overall: B
Offense: B+
Defense: B

Team Stats

Points Per Game: 41.0 (#23)
Total Offense: 355 (#84)
Rush Offense: 79 (#93)
Pass Offense: 276 (#63)
Total Defense: 284 (#43)
Rush Defense: 98 (#49)
Pass Defense: 186 (#49)
Turnover Diff: 0 (#54)

Key Player

WR #3 Michael Floyd (Jr.) - 97 Overall - 6 REC, 116 Yds, 1 TD, 19.3 AVG REC, 39 YAC

Injuries

MLB #58 Brian Smith (Sr.) - 86 Overall - Sprained Elbow (1 Week)

Prospects Visiting

None



Team Ratings
Overall: B
Offense: B+
Defense: B

Team Stats

Points Per Game: 20.0 (#79)
Total Offense: 361 (#99)
Rush Offense: 166 (#54)
Pass Offense: 195 (#88)
Total Defense: 194 (#22)
Rush Defense: 68 (#33)
Pass Defense: 126 (#18)
Turnover Diff: -2 (#89)

Key Player

CB #29 Troy Woolfolk (Sr.) - 84 Overall - 2 TAK, 1 INT, 1 DEF

Injuries

None

Prospects Visiting

None

[Rudi]

Great organization on this chise. Interested to see if you utilize Michael Shaw very much, he played against us in high school so its pretty cool watchin him do good. OSU still gunna beat dat ass tho

[krulmichael]

Great organization on this chise. Interested to see if you utilize Michael Shaw very much, he played against us in high school so its pretty cool watchin him do good. OSU still gunna beat dat ass tho

He's currently my 2nd back, but he didn't really impress me last when the first time he touched the ball he fumbled lol.

[Rudi]

Touche lol well give em another shot he wont disappoint

[krulmichael]

Week 2 - Game Report

Michigan Wolverines (1-0) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0)

You Want Ridiculous Turnovers? You Got Them.


Redshirt Freshman FS Cameron Gordon. You'll Remember That Name Come Seasons End.

Ann Arbor, MI (AP) - South Bend Indiana is the location for one of the greatest rivalries in sports between the Michigan Wolverines (1-0) and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0). A beautiful day for football as partly cloudy skies and a light breeze roll through Notre Dame Stadium.

The Fighting Irish won the coin toss and elected to receive first to get this game started. Michigan's defense came out the blocks slowly once again against Notre Dame's fast-paced no huddle spread offense allowing them to get to the 21 before stopping them. Just like last week against UConn, the Wolverines defense caught another break as the Sophomore K Nich Tausch missed a 38 yard field goal wide right to give the ball the Michigan's offense for the first time today. Tate Forcier and company trotted onto the field and 3 plays later they trotted right back off due to a bad pitch on an option by Forcier that gave the ball right back to the Irish's offense. After a couple plays Notre Dame found themselves on Michigan's 3 yard line, coming out in a 5-wide set, redshirt Sophomore QB Dayne Christ would make a costly mistake by throwing it to seemingly open WR before the redshirt Freshman FS Cameron Gordon jumped in front of the wayward pass with nothing but daylight in front of him for an NCAA record 100 yard interception return! 7-0 Wolverines still early in the 1st quarter as this game looks to be an exciting one.

Following the turnover score Notre Dame's offense would chug down the field again, but the Wolverines defense has been playing a bend, but don't break defense so far this season as the Irish would trust their kicker enough to try a 55 yard field goal and he certainly would redeem himself by booting it through as Michigan allowed it's first points of the season. 7-3 Wolverines. After picking up a nice first down, for the second straight week the Junior HB Michael Shaw would cough up the football on his 1st carry again! Notre Dame got great field position once more as they were on the Wolverines 47 going under a minute left in the 1st quarter as Coach Kleinbauer shook his head in disgust. Once again Notre Dame found themselves in goal line range and once more the Wolverines defense stepped up stopping them. The very sporadic Tausch this time from 22 yards out hit the uprights as he was denied and it would be Wolverines ball still 7-3, unbelievable! Another solid drive by the Wolverines in the making, but disaster almost struck again as the redshirt Sophomore HB Michael Cox got his first touches of the season in replace for the 2nd string Michael Shaw, but he fumbles as well! Luckily the Wolverines fell on the football but Coach Kleinbauer has to be livid with his HB's (aside from thge starting Sophomore Vincent Smith). 2 sacks in a row would force the Wolverines to try a long 54 yard field goal. The left-footed redshirt Freshman K Brendan Gibbons booted it right down the middle but just short as he missed it. Both teams would end up going back and forth for the rest of the half before the rising freshman FS Cameron Gordon picked off his 2nd pass of the game and Forcier got his offense into scoring range as Gibbons made the 48 yard field goal this time with both teams going into halftime with the Wolverines leading 10-3.

Michigan received the ball and started from the 22 to start the half. Just like last week after the half, Sophomore QB Denard "Shoelaces" Robinson stepped onto the field to run the offense. The results weren't nearly as good as last week's though as after picking up a quick first down the offense stalled and were forced to punt the ball back. The Wolverines defense continued to frustrate Crist though as he threw his 3rd pick of the game, this time to another redshirt Freshman, CB Justin Turner giving his offense the ball at their 40. Robinson trotted back onto the field as it looks like Coach Kleinbauer wanted to give him another shot. After picking up a huge gain through the air Robinson would run an option and just like Forcier did in the first half, pitched it right to the defender to give the Fighting Irish offense another shot. This game has been turnover mania. On that note, Crist threw his 4th pick of the game, this time it was to the stud Sophomore DE Craig Roh who was playing the flats and had daylight as he returned it 39 yards highstepping his way into the endzone giving his team a little breathing room, 17-3 Wolverines.

Few extra notes from the game:

Both teams went on a scoring tear in the 4th quarter.
Cameron Gordon picked off Crist for a 3rd time (Crist threw 6 total).
A total of 9 turnovers this game (6 from Notre Dame, 3 from Michigan).

EA Sports: NCAA Football 11 Video

Box Score
- 7 - 3 - 7 - 10 - 27
- 3 - 0 - 0 - 13 - 16


Players Of The Game
- FS #4

Cameron Gordon - 4 TAK, 3 INT, 1 TD, 1 DEF

- OLB #5

Manti Teo - 8 TAK, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR


Player Stats

QB#5 Tate Forcier - 10/15, 150 Yds, 6 ATT, -15 Yds, -2.5 AVG, 1 FUM
QB#16 Denard Robinson - 2/3, 42 Yds, 3 ATT, -11 Yds, -3.6 AVG, 1 FUM
HB#2 Vincent Smith - 18 ATT, 89 Yds, 4.9 AVG, 1 FUM
HB#20 Michael Shaw - 6 ATT, 40 Yds, 1 TD, 6.6 AVG, 1 FUM
HB#15 Michael Cox - 1 ATT, 3 Yds, 1 FUM
FS#4 Cameron Gordon - 4 TAK, 3 INT, 1 TD, 1 DEF
CB#29 Troy Woolfolk - 1 INT
DE#88 Craig Roh - 3 TAK, 1 TFL, 1 INT, 1 TD
CB#2 Justin Turner - 5 TAK, 1 INT, 1 DEF
CB#12 J.T. Floyd - 6 TAK, 1 TFL, 1 Sack
K#34 Brendan Gibbons - 2/4 FG, 3/3 XP, 46 Long



QB#10 Dayne Crist - 31/45, 349 Yds, 1 TD, 6 INT, 6 ATT, 4 Yds, 0.6 AVG
HB#5 Armando Allen - 9 ATT, 69 Yds, 7.6 AVG, 5 REC, 27 Yds, 5.4 AVG, 27 YAC
WR#18 Dubal Kamara - 6 REC, 79 Yds, 1 TD, 13.1 AVG, 31 YAC
DT#67 Louis Nix - 3 TAK, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks
DT#95 Ian Williams - 5 TAK, 2 TFL, 1 Sack
OLB#45 Darius Fleming - 3 TAK, 3 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 FR
FS#26 Jamoris Slaughter - 6 TAK, 1 FF, 1 DEF
FS#15 Dan McCarthy - 3 TAK, 1 FF
OLB#5 Manti Teo - 8 TAK, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR
SS#22 Harrison Smith - 9 TAK, 1 FR, 1 DEF
K#40 Nick Tausch - 1/4 FG, 1/2 XP, 55 Long

[krulmichael]

Happenings Around The Big Ten

Big Ten Week 2 Recap

FCS Northwest 10 at Purdue 44
FCS Midwest 17 at Northwestern 41
FCS West 3 at Minnesota 28
FCS Northwest 10 at Illinois 45
#15 Penn State 13 at #1 Alabama 34
Florida Atlantic 9 at Michigan State 17
#12 Miami 3 at #2 Ohio State 29
Iowa State 6 at #8 Iowa 20

Big Ten Players Of The Week

Offense: - HB#21 Jason Ford (Jr.) - 26 ATT, 212 Yds, 3 TD

Defense: - FS#5 Cameron Gordon (rFr.) - 4 TAK, 3 INT, 1 TD, 1 DEF

[krulmichael]

NCAA Week 2 Recap

Top 25 Scores

UTEP 31 at #24 Houston 38
FCS West 7 at #13 Virginia Tech 59
#23 LSU 24 at Vanderbilt 17
Wyoming 7 at #4 Texas 42
Idaho 0 at #7 Nebraska 42
#10 Georgia Tech 30 at Kansas 13
FCS East 0 at #20 Cincinnati 44
UNLV 6 at #18 Utah 37
FCS Midwest 3 at #22 Pittsburgh 52
#15 Penn State 13 at #1 Alabama 34
UL-Monroe 3 at #17 Arkansas 33
#5 Oregon 34 at Tennessee 27
Virginia 14 at #11 USC 20
#19 Florida State 36 at #14 Oklahoma 48
#12 Miami 3 at #2 Ohio State 29
USF 20 at #21 Florida 35
FCS Southeast 3 at #6 TCU 52
Iowa State 6 at #8 Iowa 20

RK	LW	Team/Votes	Rec	Points	
================================================
1	1	Alabama (36)	2-0	1500
2	2	Ohio State (24)	2-0	1443	
3	3	Boise State (1)	1-0	1340
4	4	Texas           2-0     1278
5	5	Oregon          2-0	1275
6	6	TCU      	2-0     1157
7	7	Nebraska 	2-0	1098
8	8	Iowa	        2-0	1040
9	9       Wisconsin       1-0	985
10	10	Georgia Tech 	2-0	945
11	11	USC     	2-0	874
12	14	Oklahoma   	2-0	734
13	13	Virginia Tech	1-1	718
14	16	North Carolina  1-0	620
15	17	Arkansas	2-0	573
16	18	Utah     	2-0	527
17	12	Miami           1-1	508
18	20	Cincinnati     	2-0	438
19	15	Penn State      1-1	408
20	21	Florida         1-1	354
21	22      Pittsburgh    	1-1	313
22	23	LSU     	1-1	286
23	24	Houston         2-0	274
24	19	Florida State   1-1	222
25	UR	West Virginia   2-0	210

Dropped Out: Oregon State (#25)

Others Receiving Votes: Georgia (174), Oregon State (163), Auburn (139), Oklahoma State (95), Navy (63), Clemson (32), Rutgers (26), Cal (2)

Players Of The Week

Offense: - HB#23 Andre Ellington (rSo.) - 33 ATT, 156 Yds, 5 REC, 85 Yds, 4 TD

Defense: - FS#5 Cameron Gordon (rFr.) - 4 TAK, 3 INT, 1 TD, 1 DEF



1. Mark Ingram (Jr.) - HB - Alabama
Vs. PSU W (34-13): 31 Carries, 139 Yards, 3 Touchdowns, 3 Receptions, 84 Yards

2. Case Keenum (rSr.) - QB - Houston
Vs. UTEP W (38-31): 28/43, 349 Yards, 4 Touchdowns, 20 Carries, 50 Yards

3. Kellen Moore (rJr.) - QB - Boise State
At VT W (21-0): 28/44, 310 Yards, 3 Touchdowns

4. Terrelle Pryor (Jr.) - QB - Ohio State
Vs. Mia W (29-3): 21/32, 193 Yards, 2 Touchdowns, 13 Carries, 51 Yards

5. DeMarco Murray (rSr.) - HB - Oklahoma
Vs. FSU W (48-36): 18 Carries, 63 Yards, 4 Receptions, 116 Yards, 2 Total Touchdowns

[Hasselbeck]

Six picks for Crist? Yikes.

[Rudi]

Ohio State dumped Miami 29-3, damn.

oh nice win.

[krulmichael]

Hard Hitting Safety Joseph Davis First To Commit To UM

Ann Arbor, MI - Earlier today Coach Kleinbauer talked to :4star: Safety prospect Joseph Davis (#8 SS in country) and word is out that Coach Kleinbauer offered a scholarship to the young man and he committed right on the spot, stating, "This may be the greatest day of my life. To put on that winged helmet has been a dream of mine ever since I started playing football in pop warner."

Coach Kleinbauer has been impressed with what he's seen from Davis over the past couple of weeks, "He's got decent speed and from the highlights I've seen he can certainly lay a hit.". A friend of Davis' had this to say, "This is the happiest I've seen Joseph...we talked a few days ago and he had told me Coach (Kleinbauer) had called him and they talked for a good 20 minutes. ...Coach Kleinbauer told him that safety wise the team is pretty stacked, but early playing time wasn't an issue for James."

Wolverines fans hope this is the first of many recruits that they sign this season and the word is out that several running backs are being targeted by Coach Kleinbauer as he tries to get his grinding runner for the pro-style offense.

James Davis will be majoring in Engineering.

[krulmichael]

Week 3 - Game Preview

Saturday, September 18th, 2010, 12:00 PM (EST)
Local Broadcast

Corso's Pick - Michigan
Herbstreit's Pick - Michigan

Team Ratings
Overall: B
Offense: B+
Defense: B

Team Stats

Points Per Game: 23.5 (#64)
Total Offense: 659 (#102)
Rush Offense: 272 (#51)
Pass Offense: 387 (#77)
Total Defense: 627 (#75)
Rush Defense: 152 (#45)
Pass Defense: 475 (#93)
Turnover Diff: 1 (#42)

Key Player

WR #12 Roy Roundtree (rSo.) - 86 Overall - 8 REC, 100 Yds, 1 TD, 12.5 REC AVG, 50.0 Game AVG, 34 YAC, 1 Drop

Injuries

None

Prospects Visiting

#41 Ryan DeLoach (OLB - :4star - Quincy, IL



Team Ratings
Overall: D
Offense: D+
Defense: D

Team Stats

Points Per Game: 10.0 (#109)
Total Offense: 275 (#116)
Rush Offense: 66 (#115)
Pass Offense: 209 (#113)
Total Defense: 539 (#58)
Rush Defense: 137 (#35)
Pass Defense: 402 (#66)
Turnover Diff: 3 (#20)

Key Player

CB #1 Jonte Green (rFr.) - 63 Overall - 2 TAK, 2 INT

Injuries

None

Prospects Visiting

None