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Game Report

UNHAPPY VALLEY
Michigan at Penn State comes down to the wire


McColgan scores a rare TD

University Park, Pennsylvania - When it comes to Big Ten play one thing that’s certain is you can throw out the records. Despite the difference in their records Michigan coach djp insisted that this would be one of their toughest games of the season. “Whenever you go into Happy Valley you’ve got your hands full.” he stated “We haven’t seen a crowd like this yet.”

The entire first quarter would be filled with the teams punting back and forth. Michigan’s entire offense was essentially Denard Robinson runs, he didn’t complete his first pass until the final play of the quarter when he connected with Koger for a 15 yard gain to the Penn State 27.

Michigan could get no closer and Broekhuizen connected from 44. Penn State would march right down the field and take the lead with a 12 yard Bolden to Royster pass. Michigan would lean heavily on Shaw and Smith and face a third and 1 at the Penn State 30. Shaw bounced outside and picked up a first down at the 27. Odoms took a bubble screen to the 22. The drive stalled there and Broekhuizen cut the lead to 1 with a 40 yarder. After Penn State turned it over on a fake punt incompletion Michigan gave it back on a Robinson fumble and Penn State extended their lead with a 21 yard Bolden to Brackett TD pass. With :30 left in the half Robinson connected with Odoms on an out route and he took it 69 yards to the Penn State 14. Michigan had :18 to make something happen. After 2 straight incompletions Robinson took off to the right and went in untouched. Roundtree couldn’t hold on to the conversion attempt and it was 14-12 Penn State with :06 left to play.

Michigan would have their first two drives end in turnovers as Robinson was intercepted and Shaw fumbled. Penn State went three and out on their first possession but didn’t waste the second as Bolden put them up 21-12 with a 69 yard pass to Suhey. Michigan would answer when a long drive was capped by a 2 yard TD run by Smith. Broekhuizen made it 21-19. Penn State would go three and out. Michigan took over at their own 33. Robinson would go over 1000 yards rushing on the season when he picked up a first down at the 50. Shaw carried to the 41. Shaw carried again to the 33 for another first down. Robinson found Stonum at the 17.

Smith picked up 5. Smith lost 2 and on third and 7 Robinson got to the 8. Broekhuizen put Michigan up by 1 with a 25 yard kick. A first down sack derailed Penn State’s next possession and they were forced to punt. Michigan took over on their own 23. On third and 12 Robinson got it to Stonum for a first down at the Penn State 36. Robinson took off and stepped out at the 16 for another first down. From there Smith carried to the 3. McColgan made the most of his rare carry by plowing over a defender and picking up the score. With 3:44 left Michigan was on top by 8 at 29-21. Michigan’s defense forced a three and out. After another Robinson interception Penn State drove down and scored on a 4 yard Bolden to Brown pass with just under a minute to play. Down by 2 Penn State would go for the conversion. Royster would plow his way in and with :56 left it was a tie game. Woolfolk returned the kick to the 32. Robinson hit Odoms to the Penn State 42. Michigan used their first time out with :44 left. Koger got wide open and Robinson found him for a first down at the 16. Smith carried to the 14 and Michigan called a time out with :02 left. Broekhuizen trotted out for a 31 yard attempt. Michigan would take a delay of game to improve the angle and Broekhuizen would split the uprights.

“We hung in there and we made plays when we needed them. We were definitely sloppy on offense but we’ll take the win. The guys really put the crowd out of their minds and played like we knew they could.”

Michigan goes to 8-0(4-0) while Penn State drops to 4-4(1-3)







Odoms hauls one in, Robinson in space

Michigan (7-0(3-0)) at Penn State (4-3(1-2))
Oct 23, 2010 1 2 3 4 F #8 Michigan 00 12 07 13 32 Penn State 00 14 07 08 29 Top Performers Michigan QB Robert Bolden WR Derek Moye Penn State QB Denard Robinson WR Martavious Odoms	Team Stats Comparison MICH PSU First Downs 28 9 3rd Down Efficiency 9-17 2-11 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 0-1 Total Yards 607 377 Passing Yards 282 311 Rushing Yards 325 66 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-35 0-0 Turnovers 4 0 Time of Possession 25:35 10:25
Scoring Summary SECOND QUARTER SCORING MICH PSU 8:08 (MICH) S. Broekhuizen 43 Yd FG 03 00 3:09 (PSU) E. Royster 11 Yd pass from R. Bolden (C. Wagner kick) 03 07 2:38 (MICH) S. Broekhuizen 39 Yd FG 06 07 0:47 (PSU) B. Brackett 20 Yd pass from R. Bolden (C. Wagner kick) 06 14 0:05 (MICH) D. Robinson 14 Yd run (2-Pt failed) 12 14 THIRD QUARTER SCORING MICH PSU 2:27 (PSU) J. Suhey 69 Yd pass from R. Bolden (C. Wagner kick) 12 21 0:39 (MICH) V. Smith 2 Yd run (S. Broekhuizen kick) 19 21 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING MICH PSU 7:42 (MICH) S. Broekhuizen 25 Yd FG 22 21 3:43 (MICH) J. McColgan 3 Yd run (S. Broekhuizen kick) 29 21 0:55 (PSU) J. Brown 4 Yd pass from R. Bolden (2-Pt) 29 29 0:00 (MICH) S. Broekhuizen 36 Yd FG 32 29
Michigan PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT D. Robinson 12/30 282 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Robinson 21 198 9.4 1 M. Shaw 22 96 4.3 0 V. Smith 14 29 2.0 1 J. McColgan 3 2 0.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Odoms 4 116 29.0 0 D. Stonum 4 83 20.7 0 R. Roundtree 2 42 21.0 0 K. Koger 2 41 20.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. Banks 5 2.0 0 0 R. Van Bergen 4 1.0 0 0 W. Campbell 3 1.0 0 0 J. Kovacs 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LG S. Broekhuizen 4/4 2/2 14 44 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 W. Hagerup 3 126 42.0 0 KICK RETURNING RET YDS AVG TD T. Woolfolk 2 50 25.0 0 M. Odoms 2 38 19.0 0 PUNT RETURNING RET YDS AVG TD M. Odoms 3 25 8.3 0 Penn State PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT R. Bolden 17/26 311 4 0 K. Newsome 0/1 0 0 0 A. Fera 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Royster 15 64 4.2 0 J. Brown 1 10 10.0 0 D. Moye 1 -2 -2.0 0 R. Bolden 3 -6 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E. Royster 7 47 6.7 1 D. Moye 4 111 27.7 0 J. Suhey 2 84 42.0 1 B. Brackett 2 54 27.0 1 D. Smith 1 11 11.0 0 J. Brown 1 4 4.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Astorino 11 0.0 0 0 C. Colasanti 10 1.0 0 0 S. Morris 10 0.0 0 0 J. Crawford 10 0.0 0 0 N. Sukay 5 0.0 1 0 D. Thomas 3 0.0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LG C. Wagner 0/0 3/3 3 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 A. Fera 8 361 45.1 0 KICK RETURNING RET YDS AVG TD C. Powell 4 85 21.2 0 S. Green 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURNING RET YDS AVG TD J. Brown 1 2 2.0 0

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Michigan 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 28	vs Connecticut	Won, 27-20
Sep 4	at Notre Dame	Won, 55-48
Sep 11	vs Akron	Won, 51-07
Sep 18	vs Bowling Green	Won, 48-09
Sep 25	at Indiana	Won, 38-34
Oct 2	vs Michigan State	Won, 37-34
Oct 9	vs Iowa	Won, 31-27
Oct 23	at Penn State	Won, 32-29
Oct 30	vs Illinois
Nov 6	at Purdue
Nov 13	vs Wisconsin
Nov 20	at Ohio State

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AROUND THE NCAA
Week Nine

Top 25 Scores
Upsets in Bold

#15 Oregon 48, #2 USC 38
#20 Missouri 30, #3 Nebraska 27
#5 Boise State 45, Louisiana Tech 14
#6 Oklahoma 34, Colorado 0
#25 Texas A&M 42, #7 Texas Tech 32
#8 Michigan 32, Penn State 29
#9 Ohio State 37, Minnesota 14
Arizona 41, #11 UCLA 14
#12 Utah 27, Air Force 17
#13 TCU 31, UNLV 6
Auburn 41, #14 Ole Miss 34
Michigan State 20, #16 Iowa 17
#17 Cincinnati 35, Syracuse 3
#18 Georgia 21, Florida 17
Connecticut 16, #19 West Virginia 13
#22 Stanford 38, Washington 13
#23 Florida State 42, NC State 30
#24 Miami 14, Virginia 3

Hot off the Presses
Big 10 Teams in Bold

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 26, 2010
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Wisconsin (35)	7	0	1499
2	4	Georgia Tech (25)	8	0	1293
3	8	Michigan (1)	8	0	1238
4	6	Oklahoma	8	0	1176
5	5	Boise State	7	0	1127
6	2	USC	6	1	945
7	9	Ohio State	8	1	941
8	3	Nebraska	7	1	897
9	10	Alabama	7	1	890
10	12	Utah	8	0	868
11	15	Oregon	7	1	803
12	13	TCU	8	1	787
13	7	Texas Tech	7	1	727
14	18	Georgia	8	1	636
15	17	Cincinnati	7	1	620
16	20	Missouri	7	1	610
17	14	Ole Miss	7	1	491
18	11	UCLA	6	2	466
19	21	Virginia Tech	6	2	457
20	22	Stanford	6	2	433
21	--	Auburn	7	2	399
22	25	Texas A&M	7	1	399
23	23	Florida State	6	2	392
24	24	Miami	5	3	344
25	--	Arizona	6	2	298

Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia(252), Connecticut(197), Oregon State(187), Nevada(160), Iowa(152), LSU(104), Northwestern(22)

Dropped Out: Iowa(#16), West Virginia(#19)


Heisman Watch

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 26, 2010
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
D. Murray	HB	Oklahoma		210-976 19TD, 4 Rec TD
T. Potts	QB	Texas Tech		255/414 3304Yds 28TD 6INT, 1 Rush TD
T. Pryor	QB	Ohio State		146/237 1950Yds 25TD 7INT, 3 rush TD
C. Ponder	QB	Florida State		204/299 2425Yds 24TD 7INT, 8 Rush TD
C. Newton	QB	Auburn		193/292 2346Yds 23TD 1INT, 3 Rush TD

Players of the Week
MLB J. Franklin Arkansas 4tkl 4tfl 6atk 2sck
QB S. Garcia South Carolina 31/49 408Yds 5 TOT TD

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AROUND THE BIG 10
Week Nine

Scores

Conference Games
Michigan 32, Penn State 29
Ohio State 37, Minnesota 14
Northwestern 41, Indiana 17
Michigan State 20, Iowa 17
Illinois 13, Purdue 10

Non-Conference Games

Inactive
Wisconsin

Standings

Big Ten Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 26, 2010
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Wisconsin	7-0	1.000	4-0	274	100	W7
Michigan	8-0	1.000	4-0	319	208	W8
Ohio State	8-1	.880	4-1	310	113	W2
Northwestern	7-1	.870	3-1	301	175	W3
Michigan State	5-4	.550	2-3	278	222	W1
Illinois	3-5	.370	2-3	162	167	W1
Minnesota	3-6	.330	2-3	160	243	L2
Iowa	5-3	.620	1-3	240	126	L3
Indiana	5-3	.620	1-2	256	179	L1
Penn State	4-4	.500	1-3	214	160	L1
Purdue	4-4	.400	0-4	214	151	L4

Players of the Week
ROLB C. Norman Michigan State 4tkl 2tfl 2atk sck fr
QB D. Persa Northwestern 25/38 293Yds 4TD

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NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 26, 2010
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Wisconsin	7	0	1.000
2	4	Georgia Tech	8	0	.994
3	7	Michigan	8	0	.989
4	6	Oklahoma	8	0	.983
5	5	Boise State	7	0	.975
6	2	USC	6	1	.969
7	9	Ohio State	8	1	.961
8	13	Oregon	7	1	.957
9	10	Alabama	7	1	.953
10	3	Nebraska	7	1	.951
11	15	Utah	8	0	.925
12	14	TCU	8	1	.919
13	8	Texas Tech	7	1	.916
14	22	Missouri	7	1	.913
15	17	Cincinnati	7	1	.897
16	11	Ole Miss	7	1	.896
17	18	Georgia	8	1	.893
18	24	Auburn	7	2	.872
19	--	Texas A&M	7	1	.868
20	19	Virginia Tech	6	2	.863
21	12	UCLA	6	2	.859
22	21	Stanford	6	2	.854
23	23	Florida State	6	2	.839
24	25	Miami	5	3	.821
25	--	Arizona	6	2	.816

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Quote: Originally Posted by Lupine

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