Michigan 34, Ball State 26 (Final)

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

I love listening to these Ball State radio personalities.

LOL @ clapping at the face mask penalty.

 

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

3rd and Goal from the TWO..........

 

[WaitingforKickoff]

I would like to think that Troy Smith is a little better than Nate Davis, although David did play a heck of a game...

 

[Mike80]

I would like to think that Troy Smith is a little better than Nate Davis, although David did play a heck of a game...

well in that series there when they were goal to go, you'd think Tressel would've tried a QB draw or something.

 

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

Game over. Penalty hurt quite a bit.

Wow.

 

[Steve19]

Bet there's a meltdown going on over at GoBlow

 

[fanaticbuckeye]

Bet there's a meltdown going on over at GoBlow

LabattsBleu
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(11/4/06 3:12:27 pm )
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Re: OFFICIAL THREAD: Ball State vs. Michigan
well, the kids on any D1 program are on scholarships - the difference being the University of Michigan vs. Ball State and who gets offered those scholarships.

Let's call a spade a spade - Michigan has looked terrible...OSU would be us pretty handily if we execute like this...


Edited by: LabattsBleu at: 11/4/06 3:14:37 pm

That is the most recent post from over there.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

BSU gashed Michigan on that last drive that ended with them not taking a FG and not getting the TD on 4th-and-goal. Michigan's defense looked tired in the fourth quarter...

 

[lvbuckeye]

whoa...

in football, you either get better or worse from one game to the next. this marks the 4th straight week that TSUN has gotten worse...

 

[The KSB]

Please daddy tell me once again about that dominating M_ch_g_n defense

 

[OregonBuckeye]

I keep telling people(well, anyone who'll listen) that scUM is not all they're cracked up to be. Even after their shelacking of Notre Dame I was skeptical. Their D is good but overrated and their O is average.

Ohio St.: 35
scUM: 20

 

[exhawg]

Bye week

 

[exhawg]

I keep telling people(well, anyone who'll listen) that scUM is not all they're cracked up to be. Even after their shelacking of Notre Dame I was skeptical. Their D is good but overrated and their O is average.

Ohio St.: 35
scUM: 20

I don't think scum's D is as much improved as people would like to think.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

NO. 2 MICHIGAN 34 BALL STATE 26

Ball State turns it into a ballgame late

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Larry Lage
ASSOCIATED PRESS




ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? Michigan got caught peeking ahead and turned a tuneup against Ball State into quite a test.
Trailing by just eight points, the Cardinals? Nate Davis threw incomplete on fourth-and-goal with 2:46 left and couldn?t connect on a final-play desperation heave, allowing the secondranked Wolverines to escape with a 34-26 win yesterday.
Michigan quarterback Chad Henne acknowledged that the hype about the much-anticipated matchup Nov. 18 at No. 1 Ohio State has been tough to ignore.
"I think that is a lot of the reason why we weren?t focused," he said.
Running back Mike Hart declined to be interviewed, and defensive end LaMarr Woodley said, "I definitely believe that it was a wake-up call."
With its guard down, Michigan (10-0) gave Ball State an early lead and let the fivetouchdown underdogs make a late charge.
Hart ran for 154 yards and a TD and Brandon Minor rushed for 108 yards and a score to help the Wolverines avoid what would have been an upset for the ages. Henne was 17-of-25 passing for 155 yards with a touchdown and an interception that the Cardinals ran back for a score in the first quarter.
"Ball State did an outstanding job of staying in the fight and the game," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "When you run for 352 yards and hold your opponent to (47 yards rushing), the score should be different."
Hart?s first fumble in two years and Henne?s interception helped Ball State take a 9-7 lead. Michigan?s defense gave up a 54-yard TD and a 62-yard pass that led to the Cardinals pulling to eight points midway through the fourth quarter.
Ball State coach Brady Hoke, a former assistant at Michigan, wasn?t interested in talking about a moral victory. "We?re going to play to win every game, so it?s disappointing," Hoke said.
Davis was 18 of 34 for 250 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Dante Love had six receptions for 107 yards and a score.
Michigan trailed for just the second time this season, then seemed to pull away with 17 points on three straight drives in the second quarter. Hart?s 1-yard run midway through the third quarter put the Wolverines ahead by 19, but they managed only a field goal the rest of the way. The Cardinals drove deep again with a chance to score a touchdown and two-point conversion that would have tied it.
Davis? pass from Michigan?s 7 on fourth down was wide of Love, giving the Wolverines the ball back with an opportunity to run out the clock.
They couldn?t. Ball State got the ball back at its 45 with 16 seconds left. After two incomplete passes, Davis? throw into the end zone was intercepted by Ryan Mundy.

 

[sandgk]

Manningham just came into the game for the first time.

Worth reporting from this game.
Manningham did suit up, did make the field, did not catch a ball. As expected by many he only ran straight cuts per GoBlue's message board.

Catch more of the Manningham show next week on the road versus Indiana.