This wasn’t about scoreboard points, or style points. This was about patience and poise and passing a test.
Michigan did what it had to do and showed what it had to show. More power running from Blake Corum. Revived pass-rush pressure from the defense. And perhaps most important, steady growth from sophomore quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
The Wolverines didn’t light things up against Iowa, but when they had to, they shut things down. Against the one-dimensional Hawkeyes (all defense, nary a speck of offense) on the road, it was enough. By the end, it was more than enough, as No.