The talented punter will need to be in top form against the Wolverines.
It's no secret that Jim Harbaugh has lit a fire under the Michigan Wolverines, but few saw a first season this dominant coming. Harbaugh has his team at 9-2, with losses only coming at the hands of fifth-ranked Michigan State and No. 23 Utah. The fluky expired-clock loss to the Spartans has to sting especially hard, knowing that now, all other things being equal, the Wolverines would be in the driver's seat in the Big Ten East had they closed that game. (The rest of us, of course, weep at the looming prospect of being denied a Rudock Bowl in the Big Ten Championship Game.