Michigan Wolverines 40 Ohio 34 Game Photos “THE GAME”
Nothing But Net – Week #04 – 11/21/2011 – An Underwhelming Week
The (#17) University of Michigan men’s basketball team played two games last week, and they won both of them, to move to 3-0 on the season. On Monday (11/14/2011) they beat Towson, 64-47, then on Thursday (11/17/2011) they beat Western Illinois (WIU), 59-55. No, that 2nd score isn’t a typo: they only won by 4. It was part of an underwhelming week. Sure, they won the Towson game by 17 points, but they were actually outscored after the first 10 minutes of the game. They opened with a brilliant 21-0 run to start the game, then played even with Towson for the rest of the game. The WIU game was even worse. Every time UM started pulling away, WIU grabbed the momentum back and made the game close again. Michigan never led by more than 9 points, and WIU had a lead in both halves. Not very impressive.
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M Football 2011-“Michigan” Football Returned In November to the Big House Saturday As the 18th Ranked Wolverines Demolished Nebraska’s 16th Ranked Cornhuskers 45-17
By Andy Andersen
Saturday the Wolverines threw about everything they had at the Cornhuskers including a fake field goal, a gang tackling hustling defense, special teams causing turnovers while not contributing them, and an aggressive Denard Robinson. The Huskers were unable to convert many third downs, and weren’t successful at that until the third quarter.
Denard Robinson, and Fitz Toussaint performed better than their Husker counterparts Burkhead, and Martinez. They are good, but on this afternoon, they were surpassed. The Wolverines held the ball for 41:13 minutes to The Huskers 18:39. This is just what the Wolverine coaches ordered, and the Wolverines played the game the coaches had envisioned for them in games past, but they had not yet accomplished it. They made Nebraska one dimensional and then compressed that dimension.
Michigan gained 418 yards to the Huskers 260, having a 7 game win streak going in the Big House this season.
Fitzgerald Toussaint had his fourth 100-yard game of the season, and achieved 138-yards on 29 carries, with two TDs. He is displaying the promise he has shown at practice for so long, and there is no question any more whether or not he is the featured back. He has a nice combination of moves, speed and power, and is improving every game. His last TD was an extraordinary run. He was stopped around the line of scrimmage, slid off, cut, and with a burst of speed put it in the end zone. It was a play of great effort and performance.
Michigan Wolverines 45 Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 Game Photos
Nothing But ‘Net – Week #03 – 11/14/2011 – Half An Opener
The (#18) University of Michigan men’s basketball team played their first “real” game of the 2011-2012 season on Friday (11/11/2011) vs. Ferris State, and they won 59-33. So, they’re 1-0. Yay!
Yeah, they won by 26 points, but it was only 6 points (22-16) at halftime. They played another lethargic 1st half, and only shot 27.6%. FSU pulled within 1 point (22-21) early in the 2nd half, before Michigan finally woke up. Once they got going, Michigan played well, and won going away.
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