The Michigan Wolverines are 9-0, heading into Happy Valley for arguably their toughest test of the season. While the air attack has been rolling this season, placing J.J. McCarthy in Heisman talk and Roman Wilson climbing up draft boards, the identity of the team last season, the run game, has not been the same.
Yes, Blake Corum leads the country in rushing touchdowns with 16. But running lanes in general have been hard to come by for Michigan’s offense, which ranks 51st with 167.1 rushing yards per game and 47th in yards per carry (4.57).
In the previous game against the Purdue Boilermakers, Michigan was held to 110 yards on the ground, with 44 yards coming on a jet sweep for Semaj Morgan.