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That is actually good for both teams. Michigan will get a week of prep against a running QB, and OSU gets a game of film of scum's D against a running QB so that they can hopefully see what works against them.
 
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November 11. 2006 6:59AM

IU hopes transitive property applies with UM

COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMEDAY: BIG TEN FOOTBALL

AL LESAR
Tribune Staff Writer

Logical cognitive thinking goes something like this:

Ball State was one key play -- and a two-point conversion -- away from taking Michigan to overtime last week.

Early in the season, before Indiana discovered its identity, the Hoosiers beat Ball State.

Therefore, when the Wolverines travel to IU today...

Well, maybe not.

College football doesn't adhere to the logic of cognitive thinking. The game is an inexact science played by young men whose performance, often, is dictated by emotions.

Emotionally speaking, there's a lot at stake for both teams today.

No. 2 Michigan needs a victory today to hold up its part of the equation when it comes to a national heavyweight showdown with No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus next week. The Buckeyes must win at Northwestern today.

Indiana is close enough that it can taste its first bowl appearance since 1993. However, the Hoosiers must still collect one more win -- either today at home or next week at Purdue.

While Michigan's coming off its scare from Ball State, the Hoosiers are reeling from a 63-26 thumping at Minnesota, which hadn't won a Big Ten game until then. The loss came one week after IU's stunning win over Michigan State.

"If I knew the answer (about such a low after such a high), I'd sell it to a lot of coaches," Indiana coach Terry Hoeppner said. "We just didn't play very well and it all starts with me."

Hoeppner tried to offer some excuses, like it was the first flight for his team this season and the first time many of his players had played indoors, but none of those reasons seemed to hold much water.

"We're still fragile," Hoeppner said. "When something bad happens, it can be tough to handle."

There's no room for fragile when Michigan comes to town. It all starts with the Wolverines' dominating offensive line. Once it is allowed to establish itself, the way is cleared for running back Mike Hart to inflict some serious damage. As soon as the running game is on track, the door is open for quarterback Chad Henne to go to the air.

Receiver Mario Manningham will be back at full strength this week. After missing several weeks for knee surgery, he returned for spot duty against Ball State. Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said Manningham passed all the tests and will be used extensively today.

"He's an integral part of what we want to do," Carr said of Manningham, his deep threat. "He's able to set up the deep balls by catching passes in front of the defense. When they come up to stop those, it opens him up deep."

Carr has respect for an Indiana offense that has found new life from athletic quarterback Kellen Lewis. Running back Marcus Thigpen has been hobbled by an ankle injury the past four weeks, but he is expected to be ready for the Wolverines.

IU will likely be without two key players -- offensive tackle Rodger Saffold (illness) and linebacker Mike Mayberry (undisclosed injury).
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No. 2 Michigan Cruises to 34-3 Victory
By MICHAEL MAROT
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Michigan running back Jerome Jackson (24) is chased by Indiana linebacker Adam McClurg (51) during the second quarter of a college football game in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006. Michigan defeated Indiana, 34-3. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Michigan made it look easy and now comes the hard part. Steve Breaston scored on an 83-yard punt return and a 62-yard reception and Mike Hart added a touchdown run to lead the second-ranked Wolverines to a 34-3 rout of Indiana on Saturday. Next up for Michigan: A showdown at No. 1 Ohio State for a spot in the national championship game.

Michigan (11-0, 7-0) goes to Columbus with 15 wins in its last 16 regular-season games. The only blip is a not-so-easily forgotten 25-21 loss to the Buckeyes last year.

Indiana (5-6, 3-4) has now dropped 15 straight to Michigan since 1987. Unlike last week against Ball State, the Wolverines never gave their opponent a chance.

The offense easily picked apart Indiana's defense. Chad Henne was 11-of-15 for 159 yards and two touchdown passes to support Michigan's typically stout defense. The Wolverines allowed only 131 total yards, including 26 on the ground.

By game's end, most of the remaining fans on a cold, damp and windy day at Memorial Stadium were dressed in maize and blue.

Henne gave the Wolverines all they needed on the game's opening series. He led Michigan on a 66-yard drive, capping it with a 1-yard TD pass to Adrian Arrington.

But Michigan was only getting started.

After forcing an Indiana punt, Hart capped a 62-yard drive with a 4-yard scoring run to make it 14-0 less than 11 minutes into the game.

Indiana failed for the second straight week to become bowl eligible. The Hoosiers haven't played in a postseason game since 1993, the longest current bowl drought in the Big Ten.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Kellen Lewis finally got the Hoosiers going late in the first quarter by taking Indiana on a 52-yard drive that ended with Austin Starr's 39-yard field goal to make 14-3 early in the second quarter.

It was just about the only thing Indiana did right.

Henne answered with a 62-yard TD pass to Breaston, who had gotten open behind Leslie Majors, to make it 21-3. Breaston caught three passes for 103 yards and sealed the win early in the third quarter when he caught a punt at his own 17, broke one tackle, found a seam in the middle of the field, cut right and outran two Hoosiers down the sideline to make it 28-3.

The Hoosiers never threatened again.

Michigan's last score came on Jerome Jackson's 1-yard run late in the third quarter, a play that sent Hoosiers fans home early. Jackson rushed eight times for 65 yards.

Lewis was 16-of-33 for 105 yards with one interception and was sacked five times.

A service of the Associated Press(AP)
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MICHIGAN 34 INDIANA 3
Wolverines return to health in tuneup against Hoosiers

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Scott Priestle
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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</IMG> Michigan?s Leon Hall (29) breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for Indiana?s James Hardy.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ? Mike Hart waited five weeks for this: The Michigan running back looked around the huddle yesterday and saw receivers Mario Manningham and Steve Breaston, quarterback Chad Henne, tight end Tyler Ecker and tackle Rueben Riley.
An offense that was scattered by injuries the past month was reunited just in time.
"We knew there was a lot on the line today," Hart said. "We had to play well for next week."
The newly healthy Wolverines rolled to 246 yards in the first half and crushed Indiana 34-3 in Memorial Stadium, running their record to 11-0 and building some momentum for the regular-season finale Saturday at Ohio State.
With 1:28 left on the clock, the Michigan cheerleaders began a "Beat the Buckeyes" chant. The fans around the visitors? locker room serenaded the Wolverines with it as the clocked ticked to 0:00.
Football fans throughout the region have waited a lifetime for this: No. 1 Ohio State against No. 2 Michigan, the winner of The Game advances to the Bowl Championship Series title game.
"Everybody around us was looking forward to this matchup," Breaston said. "It was kind of hard to keep the younger guys focused, but I think we were able to do that."
Breaston scored his first two touchdowns of the season and showed the big-play ability he has teased with often through the years, catching a 62-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and returning a punt 83 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.
Hart, the second-leading rusher in the Big Ten, ran for 92 yards, including 61 yards and a touchdown on two tone- setting drives in the first quarter.
Henne completed 11 of 15 passes to six different receivers, including TD passes to Breaston and Adrian Arrington.
"We knew we had to get back on our jobs," Breaston said.
After the Wolverines (11-0, 7-0) admittedly let their focus lapse last week against Ball State, Indiana (5-6, 3-4) served as a decent warm-up for next week. The offense had the chance to get in sync. The defense, rarely threatened this season, got acclimated to a dual-threat quarterback and a wide-open offense: Freshman Kellen Lewis and the Hoosiers formed an effective scout-team version of Troy Smith and the Buckeyes.
The Wolverines sacked Lewis five times, allowed only 26 rushing yards and did not allow a play of longer than 13 yards.
"We wanted to come in and take control of the game," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "I think we did that."
The first time they got the ball, Hart and the Wolverines drove 10 plays for a touchdown. The second time, they drove 11 plays for a touchdown. When Indiana kicked a field goal, Henne answered with the 62-yard TD pass to Breaston.
It was Henne?s first completion of more than 30 yards in five weeks. He threw only three TD passes in the previous four games and averaged 167.5 yards. He missed Manningham, who was sidelined for three games and limited in a fourth because of a knee injury; and Ecker, who sat out five games because of a sore foot. Riley, the right tackle, missed one game and part of another because of an ankle injury.
"It was big to get a game under their belts," Hart said. "It was huge."
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