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Ojemudia injury could be long-term setback

The Wolverines got a solid shutout victory over Maryland to open Big Ten play, but the defense may have suffered a serious loss in the process. Starting senior BUCK linebacker Mario Ojemudia left the game with an injury in the third quarter and the initial prognosis was not what the Maize and Blue wanted to hear.

“It looks like it could be an Achilles [tendon],” head coach Jim Harbaugh said of Ojemudia’s injury. “That’s a hard, tough rehab type of injury. I've got some experience with that one, not personally, but I’ve seen it.