When it comes to running the ball, Michigan football is as good as it gets in college football and frankly the Wolverines have an unfair advantage.
Michigan football loves to run the damn ball. It’s part of the Wolverines’ identity. Jim Harbaugh has even been seen wearing a shirt with that exact saying.
Harbaugh has always believed in that physical brand of football. It’s how his teams played at Stanford and in the NFL with the 49ers.
Michigan football started that way too. Maybe, Harbaugh overthought it a little bit when he tried to turn the offense into speed-in-space.