Mike is one of my favorite Michigan Players of all time. His will and perseverance were off the charts as Michigan's leading rusher. Seeing him go down on the sideline on TV was dramatic enough for the viewing audience, only imagine what the players were feeling. When something like that happens, the game seems secondary and the Wolverines played like that for 30 minutes.
After halftime the Wolverines pitched a shutout on defense and scored 21 points to win by 3 TD's when it felt like they won by 3 points. On to the Cheers and Jeers:
- Michigan won the game
- JJ threw for 300
- Blake had over 100 yards
- Bell and Schoonover had big days catching the ball
- The defensive line again was impressive stuffing the run
- and rushing the passer
- OLine gave JJ plenty of time to pass
- Okie with another impressive game
- Overlooking another opponent
- I thought Michigan's coaching on both sides of the ball was poor
- Offensive play calling was bad
- Joel Klatt called out Michigan tendencies
- IU's defense looked to be "reading Michigan's mail"
- The defensive didn't look prepared for the IU's tempo and offense
- The Big Ten officiating was again the worst in America
- Penalties were a problem, mostly on defense
- JJ never should be running against IU, I also thought he got targeted
- Michigan's LB's continue to struggle to cover in space from like 5-10 yards from LOS
- Moody that field goal should have never been blocked
- Some bad tackling on defense
- How come Michigan can't stop that WR screen that IU ran like 100 times?