Michigan vs. Northwestern: OT Drama Hides Wolverines’ Offensive Flaws
Michigan still hopes to win 10 games this season and desperately needed a victory after two consecutive losses.
The game was a victory, but the Michigan offense is still searching for ways to protect Gardner and consistently move the ball behind a lackluster offensive line.
With only two games remaining, including a season finale with Ohio State, those answers can’t come soon enough.
Michigan Wolverines vs. Northwestern Football Game Day
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Michigan at Northwestern
Date: Saturday, Nov. 16 | Time: 2:30 p.m. CST |
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All-Time Series: U-M leads, 54-15-2Last Meeting: Michigan 38, Northwestern 31 (OT) (Nov. 10, 2012 – Ann Arbor, Mich.) |
Northwestern (4-5, 0-5 Big Ten) NUSports.com Roster Schedule/Results |
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Michigan Football: Can Any Quarterback Survive This Offense?
Borges seems confident that Michigan is on the right path: “We’ll have the guys here to run any system we want but there is a transitional phase. What we tried to do is implement what we want to do now. We’re two years behind because we didn’t do it from the beginning with that comes some growing pains.”
Unfortunately, those growing pains include Gardner running for his life, just like Robinson last year.
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Michigan (6-3, 2-3 Big Ten) and Northwestern (4-5, 0-5 Big Ten) both enter this game stinging from narrow losses to the same Big Ten opponent. The Wildcats fell victim to a Hail Mary pass by Nebraska, while the Wolverines saw their 19-game home winning streak ended last week by the Cornhuskers.
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