Bruce Mason of The Detroit News has three reasons Michigan can win the Big Ten championship, and three reasons Michigan State can emerge as the conference champion.
MICHIGAN
DEFENSE DOMINATES
Defensive coordinator Don Brown takes over a defense that ranked tied for second in the nation last year in third-down percentage (27.6), third in pass defense (158.5 yards), forth in total defense (280.7) and 16th in rush defense (122.2).
Michigan should be even better in 2016.
The Wolverines have two of the country's best defensive players in hybrid linebacker-safety Jabrill Peppers and cornerback Jourdan Lewis, who led the country’s No.