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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan kept pounding the ball and pounding the ball. And when it mattered most, No. 11 USC couldn't stop it.
Powered by running back Kalel Mullings, who scored the winning touchdown in the final seconds, the defending national champion Wolverines rumbled to a 27-24 victory in their Big Ten opener Saturday.
"That's a representation of who we are," Mullings said of Michigan's run-heavy game plan. "Just grit and grinding up ... grinding meat that whole time."
The Wolverines rushed for 290 yards, including 79 on the final drive.