(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)
Ann Arbor — Michigan needed a boost and a quick-fix from the doldrums after the beatdown at Wisconsin last week.
Not unexpectedly, Rutgers provided the perfect antidote.
The 20th-ranked Wolverines pounded the Scarlet Knights, 52-0, before 110,662 on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. It was Michigan’s first shutout since beating Rutgers, 78-0, on Oct. 8, 2016.
Just to get this out front from the start, instead of qualifying every bit of positive commentary about Michigan’s performance with “but it was against Rutgers”, it was, in fact, against Rutgers, the punching bag of the Big Ten East division.