Free Press sports writer Michael Cohen breaks down Michigan football’s 31-10 win over Washington and looks at few players who helped or hurt their stock Saturday at Michigan Stadium:
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K Jake Moody: It’s always a good sign when the head coach goes out of his way to praise the kicker in his postgame news conference. Moody rewarded Jim Harbaugh’s show of faith by blasting a 52-yard field goal to open the scoring for Michigan midway through the first quarter. With a 10 mile-per-hour wind at his back, Moody’s career-long kick sailed high through the uprights and might have been good from 60 yards or more.