The Wolverines have not missed Corum all that much.
Not in Columbus, where they ran for 278 yards, as Edwards, a sophomore from West Bloomfield, Mich., salted the game away with touchdowns of 75 and 85 yards. And not in Indianapolis, where they ran for 161 yards and controlled the game throughout against Purdue. What about the Fiesta Bowl?
“They are going to try and run the football,” TCU coach Sonny Dykes said. “It’s going to be important for us to do everything we can to get the run game stopped.” The Horned Frogs have given up more than 100 yards of rushing in all but two games this year, against Texas and Tarleton State. Only six times, though, have opponents averaged more than four yards per carry against them. But Michigan’s offensive line is coming off a second straight year winning the Joe Moore Award as the best in the country, and will be a challenge greater than any that TCU has faced in the pass-happy Big 12.
“Just being able to dominate the man in front of you, that’s kind of what we live for in this game as offensive linemen,” Michigan center Olusegun Oluwatimi said. “And run blocking is definitely more enjoyable than pass blocking.” Dykes is not wrong: Michigan wants to maul its way to a national title. Even undermanned, the Wolverines just might be capable of doing that.
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