Stat of the game: Michigan started six possessions on its 40-yard line or better, and the Wolverines scored touchdowns on all six of them.
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For now, however, NU’s focus must exclusively be on Rutgers, which won seven consecutive matches until falling at Maryland this week and sliced through the Cats en route to a 4-2 road win in the two teams’ October 16 regular-season meeting.
On third-and-goal at the four-yard line, Rudock scrambled up the middle out of the pocket. If we can get enough to be a bowl team, I want that for the seniors. “I’m strong, you know, I’m (not) gon’ give up just because that one man is in front of me”.
No. 16 Michigan took advantage of early field position and needed three plays to take a 7-0 lead on Rutgers, a quick drive that ended with Jehu Chesson’s 13-yard touchdown catch from Rudock. The Scarlet Knights have tried just about everything, including blitzing more than they would prefer, but little has worked.
The one problem, above all else, for Michigan football this season was their inability to get anywhere via the pass game. On most occasions, the Wildcats have gotten what they needed.
Defensively, Wisconsin forces the most “bad shots” among conference teams.
“Our backs are on the wall right now”, said senior defender Henry Herrill after his team’s disheartening 2-1 defeat by Wisconsin on Wednesday dropped them to the 5th seed.
And if there was any question about that fact, the Wolverines’ head coach dispelled those notions Saturday night at “The Big House”, both during and after the 49-16 blowout of Rutgers.
“The touchdown was a great athletic play and a great courage play”, said Harbaugh.
“It was a fake sweep (to Peppers)”, said Rudock, “and it wasn’t exactly how we thought it would be”.
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Rudock completed his second touchdown pass with two minutes left in the half, an 8-yard pass to Amara Darboh that gave the Wolverines a 22-point lead.
Bleacher Report provided scoring updates, highlights and analysis throughout the game.
A pair of goals in the final five minutes lifted the Penn State field hockey team over Indiana 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Wednesday.
Rutgers, meanwhile, couldn’t do a thing.
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“Those guys did a great job of putting up the wall up front”, Rudock said of his blockers. “It looked like play that he’d be sacked in the backfield”.
