“When I look back on my career of playing catch with people, that was right up there with my dad”, Harbaugh said, according to ESPN.
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Given how rocky his first season in Lincoln went, Nebraska head coach Mike Riley was in major need of a win over a solid non-conference opponent. But we have large goals, we want to win the Big Ten championship, we want to win it all. Yet a win this week could be huge for shoring up Michigan’s current status as one of the country’s elite teams in 2016. Despite three new starters in the secondary, the Buckeyes have already tied the school record for pick-sixes in a season with four. If not for a slow start last week, MI would have covered against Colorado.
Perhaps the same could be said of the MI defense, which having surrendered 195 yards in the first quarter alone, also played a role in the Wolverines falling behind by 14 points in Saturday’s first quarter. “So they’re really worth (one and a half games) and that’s why it’s a championship game every game”.
“Whether they come back or not, we’re going to prepare like we always prepare for this game and we’re going to get it done”, linebacker Jake Cooper said. All four players’ scores that counted for the team, finished in the top ten on the player leaderboard, with the highest being a second place finish by Jackie Rogowicz (Yardley, Pa.).
In the previous era, the start of Big Ten play would elicit upperclassmen telling the younger players the games would be more physical and they needed to increase focus.
October 1: Wisconsin at Michigan – Are the Badgers in the early stages of a downfall or will they be proving the naysayers wrong?
But Penn State had one big run left.
October 29: Michigan at Michigan State – Little needs to be said about this one.
October 29: Nebraska at Wisconsin – The Badgers have been through the gauntlet but could stand in the way of the Huskers and the West Division title.
MI is off to a 3-0 start following a 45-28 win over Colorado.
A look at some of the storylines as the game approaches. “He’s just getting more comfortable and becoming who he is on the football field”. It could be the same deal once again. Wisconsin owns a 3-0 record for the first time since 2011 as it enters Big Ten play, but it now faces a daunting stretch of games to start its conference slate and, just for kicks, has a full-fledged quarterback controversy between Bart Houston and Alex Hornibrook. Iowa has a Big Ten-best eight-game regular season conference winning streak. That’s far from a guarantee, but it’s a good first step for the former MI defensive coordinator. I think we missed our chance to catch MI asleep at the switch last weekend, and they’ll be ready to roll tomorrow. “They are a great defense, well-coached and things like that”.
On the very next play, Henne completed a pass to Carl Tabb near the left sideline, but Tabb couldn’t get out of bounds before being brought down.
On defense, cornerback Jourdan Lewis finally makes his 2016 debut after missing the first three games with back and hamstring strains. Penn State has looked decent to the start the season, with their lone loss against Pittsburgh in a shootout. He’ll need to beat one of the East Division powers to feel safe.
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Expect to see MI continue having a successful season and competing for a Big Ten title.
