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Michigan at Illinois first half takeaways: It probably should look worse

Michigan football is currently up 28-7 at the half over Illinois in a game against a team that is Rutgers levels of terrible. That, of course, adds an asterisk to a lot of the things that take place throughout the stretch of the game, but there are still some notable occurances to discuss.

Here are the takeaways through two quarters of the football.

  • Michigan’s run game came alive in the first half with both Zach Charbonnet and Hassan Haskins gashing the Illinois defense to get just about anything they wanted to get.