Michigan rolls BYU 31-0, moves to 3-1

“It’s been a roller-coaster, that’s for sure”, wide receiver Mitchell Juergens said of the first month of the season.

What more is there to say here? “They couldn’t have given any more”.

Remember all those wacky late-night Pac-10/12 games under the lights that you have come to love? “Things weren’t clicking. We just couldn’t get into a rhythm”.

Nebraska’s Drew Brown tied an NCAA record with five field goals in the first half.

The idea that a season is pointless if the team does not make a New Year’s Six bowl is an outrageous expectation for just about any team.

“Our mindset is the same every game, regardless of the numbers they put up”, senior defensive end Mario Ojemudia said. Jocz, he said, “may be our smartest guy on the team”.

But in this particular game, it wasn’t going to happen.

On the first drive, he executed a handsome play fake and held the ball on third down before hitting tight end Khalid Hill over the middle down to the 1, before running the touchdown in himself two plays later. They are 10th in rushing defense, giving up just 82 yards per game, and fifth in passive defense, giving up 121.8 yards per game. In the first half it was really poor concentration on our part resulted in big plays and penalties. Life was great, except there was a game to be played. But it would be nice if the stars come in shining their brightest, and so far, they aren’t. The Wolverines could not score and neither could BYU. It was the third overall and second home win for Jim Harbaugh, who is in his first season as the Michigan head coach.

Against three notable opponents this year, BYU was averaging 310 yards passing and 122 yards rushing. Utah appears to be one of the top teams in the country, and Michigan outgained them 355-337 in the opener.

“I didn’t see (tackling) being the big issue”, Mendenhall said.

Defensive backs Micah Hanneman and Michael Wadsworth led the defense, each posting 10 tackles each. The D might not have been its normal dominant self against the run, but it more than got the job done with three takeaways and big stops against the passing game – UNT went nowhere. 31 to zero. Perhaps BYU should have just slept through their alarms at the team hotel, because it honestly looked like the Cougars had fallen asleep while playing. “Our injuries reflected that”. In 504 games since 1975, BYU has been shut out just twice. “A credit to their staff having their team prepared the way they were”.

Of the Cougars’ 12 possessions, 11 ended in punts.

It was there Darboh became a football standout at Dowling Catholic High School, a consensus 4-star receiver, and a recruiting target for the Michigan Wolverines. BYU captains were Adam Hine, Bronson Kaufusi and Trevor Sampson….

Travis Wilson, Utah: Though TCU and Texas Tech players piled up a ton of stats, the honor here goes to the Utes’ quarterback who masterfully directed the 62-20 vivisection of the Ducks in Eugene.