Grade Session: Michigan Defense vs UTEP
UTEP scored 17 points against Michigan. That sounds a lot more competitive than the defensive performance actually was.
Dom Nichols
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The Game Plan: How Michigan can beat No. 11 Oklahoma
There is a version of Saturday where Western Michigan ends up being the best thing that could have happened to this team. Not because needing a Hail Mary to survive a MAC opponent was somehow good. It wasn’t. The value would be in what happened after it.
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Dom Nichols gives Michigan’s defensive front a different ceiling entering Oklahoma
The encouraging part of Michigan’s season opener was not simply that Dom Nichols had the best game of his career.
It was how he did it.
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Why Michigan’s best Week 1 performances matter with Oklahoma next
Michigan survived Western Michigan, but the more useful question now is what from that game actually carries forward. The Wolverines have a much different test coming Saturday against Oklahoma, and a few of the strongest individual performances from Week 1 came at positions Michigan desperately needed to feel better about entering the season.
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Grade Session: Postgame Analysis of Michigan Defense vs Western Michigan
Michigan's offense needed a Hail Mary to escape Western Michigan. Its defense spent most of the night making sure one miracle was enough.
That distinction matters.
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Michigan’s defensive line looks absolutely loaded
Of all the position groups Michigan fans could spend time worrying about entering the season, the defensive line should be pretty far down the list.
