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Snyder: Michigan's running game takes big step forward

Mark Snyder and Shawn Windsor analyze Michigan's 35-7 win over Oregon State on Saturday, Sept.12, 2015. Video by Mark Snyder/DFP

Usually, Jim Harbaugh is doing the talking around the Michigan football team.

On Saturday, it was listening that made him smile.

As he walked the sideline and heard the U-M offensive linemen, their words were like music to his football-loving ears.

"The offensive line was seeing it," he recalled later. "They commented over on the sideline. You overhear them say, 'De'Veon (Smith) is running hard, he's making people miss, he's running through contact.