MI gets it done, with a dominant 31-14 win over Penn State.
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Fortunately, Jake Rudock had one of his best games of the season and the offensive explosion was enough to get the Wolverines out of Bloomington with a double overtime win over the Hoosiers. – Ohio State wins with a win at MI AND a MI State loss at Penn State.
In the month of November Rudock has been very good, completing 71.8 percent of his passes with a 10.94 yard per attempt average and a 198.1 passer rating. He would run through a brick wall for us, and we’d do the same for him.
If you’d have said MI would be in position to win a Big Ten title back in August, you’d have been labeled a Harbaugh Happy Homer. That led to another connection between the two, this one resulting in an 11-yard score, 51 seconds before the break.
MI Wolverines safety Jabrill Peppers. While the Wolverines still couldn’t run – 87 total yards, 39 from the true tailbacks – they still were able to move the ball for 343 yards. Sione Houma ran four times for 9 yards. Tough sledding, and not much left in the tank here.
They want answers for play calls that didn’t quite work, and that’s understandable. Each one had a catch for at least 25 yards, too. MI football is unmistakable in this day of read option running games and spread the field five-wide passing attacks. “Everybody sees what happens Saturday, but on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, everything just comes together”. And probably more than that after the films get a good look. Michigan’s not moving bodies and it’s not creating holes. Instead, he honored his pledge, and since his freshman year in 2013 has started every Penn State game at quarterback.
But, again, it’s a two-way street here. “We were more aggressive”.
The Penn State Nittany Lions entered the day unbeaten at home for the 2015 season.
The Dukes got 3-pointers from L.G.
Rudock and tight end Jake Butt, who scored the first touchdown on a 26-yard catch, agreed that focusing on the mission at hand on the road begins at practice.
“Just getting them on campus is most important. The players have got to step up on the field, so we’ve got to make those plays”. These guys have been terrific. Maurice Ways also made a reception, as did Da’Mario Jones.
Charlton, who had two sacks, said, “I can attest to what they said”. The former walk on leads the country in most defensive categories, including his outstanding 15.5 sacks.
James Ross is playing buck linebacker now, but we can still categorize him here. He also lined up a bit at the old-fashioned strong-side linebacker. The wildcat – the Lions’ most successful rushing formation two weeks ago against Northwestern- was stuffed back into offensive coordinator John Donovan’s bag of options.
MI rotated Ben Gedeon into the game on the inside with Desmond Morgan and Joe Bolden.
The Lions have 19 players committed for this upcoming signing class. McGovern is one of a handful in line to graduate early and enroll at Penn State in January. Spartans coach Mark Dantonio kept it under wraps this entire past week as Cook suited up and took warm-ups Saturday but was said to have little velocity on his throws.
Cornerback Jourdan Lewis had four tackles and a pass breakup, adding to his single-season record total, which is now 21. He led touchdown drives in the crucial spots, setting a tone in the first quarter, taking the lead back before the half and taking advantage of a short field midway through the fourth quarter. So that’s a mistake, and it was costly.
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It took Ohio State 10 plays to reach the end zone on a 1-yard burst up the middle by Elliott.
