Published Oct 30, 2007
Michigan Newsstand - October 30
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Angelique S. Chengelis & Dave Dye • The Detroit News
It does not take hours of research to determine how vital the running game is in determining the winner of the annual Michigan-Michigan State grudge match.
FOOTBALL
Mark Snyder • The Detroit Free Press
Even as they enter rivalry week, Michigan football players remain focused on their ultimate goal: the Big Ten championship.
Ethan Conley • The Lansing State Journal
It's no secret that beating Michigan is at the top of every Spartan's "to-do" list. Soon after his hiring last November, first-year Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio put a clock in the MSU practice facility that has been counting off each second until Saturday's kickoff
Ethan Conley • The Lansing State Journal
By all accounts, after a disastrous 0-2 start to the season, the 2007 Michigan Wolverines were finished. But rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated.
Michael Rosenberg • The Detroit Free Press
Last December, at the all-state football banquet at Ford Field, Mark Dantonio paused in the middle of his speech and turned to his right.
Mark Snyder • The Detroit Free Press
Asked about the Paul Bunyan Trophy, given to the U-M/MSU winner since 1953, the Wolverines had little to say.
Detroit Free Press News Services
Will Johnson wants to beat Michigan State for all the usual reasons.
The Detroit Free Press
"If you're going to talk trash, you've got to back it up on the field so you can talk later. They didn't do that, and so we can do our talking now. And I'm telling you how it is. We took it to them."
Mark Snyder • The Detroit Free Press
Did you grow up cheering for one team or another?
Angelique S. Chengelis • The Detroit News
Michigan's Carr says Henne (shoulder), Hart (ankle) getting better but plans to wait and see.
Joe Smith • The Detroit Free Press
"It's playing for that Paul Bunyan Trophy. It may not mean that much to people outside the state of Michigan, but people who played in the game….
Zach Silka • The Toledo Blade
Michigan plays for a trophy that may share some likeness to one of their teammates this weekend, but in the bigger picture, they are playing each week for something else -a Big Ten title.
John Heuser • The Ann Arbor News
Rivalry week means more focused players, coaches and, in the instance of the University of Michigan and Michigan State, it ends with a game of rare intensity.
Jeff Arnold • The Ann Arbor News
Continuing what has become almost a weekly tradition, a University of Michigan football player stepped behind a microphone Monday, predicting Mike Hart's return to the lineup.
Scott Bell • The Michigan Daily
If the pressure of a rivalry game is supposed to seep through, the Michigan football team sure isn't showing it.
UPCOMING OPPONENT
Joe Rexrode • The Lansing State Journal
Mark Dantonio said it to his team Sunday, then repeated the message to the media Monday, when asked if he would play up the fact that none of his players have a win against Michigan.
Joe Rexrode • The Lansing State Journal
Michigan week has arrived just in time for the Michigan State football team.
Joe Rexrode • The Lansing State Journal
Coach John Macklin led the Michigan Agricultural College Aggies to their first win over Michigan in 1913, then directed a 24-0 blowout in Ann Arbor in 1915, and it looked like a power shift might be under way.
Shannon Shelton • The Detroit Free Press
Mark Dantonio's question to his players Sunday hit them where it hurt most.
Shannon Shelton • The Detroit Free Press
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio called on fans to show their support this weekend.
HOCKEY
Courtney Ratkowiak • The Michigan Daily
Billy Sauer has been often criticized for being inconsistent.
Antoine Pitts • The Ann Arbor News
Freshman goalie Bryan Hogan took his biggest steps to rejoining the University of Michigan hockey team over the weekend.
AROUND THE NATION
John Niyo • The Detroit News
On the one hand, this has got to be about the stupidest (expletive) rule in NCAA history. On the other hand, well wait, what?!?! You mean they're not even allowed to use their hands? "$#@%&!"
Mark Schlabach • ESPN.com
Tacky or tactically brilliant?
Cory McCartney • SI.com
From Knowshon Moreno and Georgia solving Florida, to Sylvester Croom and Mississippi State knocking off Kentucky, it was a Dawgs-day afternoon in the SEC.
Associated Press • SI.com
Nebraska QB suffered shoulder injury against Texas
Associated Press • SI.com
Florida State backup quarterback Xavier Lee was suspended two games for a violation of team rules on Monday.
Dennis Dodd • CBS Sports
If Matt Ryan becomes the king of college football, he might be late to his own coronation.