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'They didn't stop the running game': Michigan barrels past Washington to 2-0 start

Ann Arbor — Apparently Michigan players really meant it when they said they wanted the offensive identity to be physical by pounding the ball in the run game.

That was the focus in the season opener and again in a 31-10 win over Washington before 108,345 at Michigan Stadium in a prime-time game Saturday. In what was dubbed a “maize out," the fans dressed accordingly while the players broke out all-blue alternative uniforms.

But there was nothing alternative about the Wolverines’ style of play. They said they wanted to run the ball, and that’s what they did.