Game Notes Nuggets
• Michigan has achieved its second 9-0 start under head coach Jim Harbaugh (2016). It’s the third time in the last 25 seasons that U-M has reached the 9-0 mark (2006, 11-0).
• U-M has scored points on its opening possession in seven of nine games this season. Five of those seven scores have been touchdowns.
• U-M is even more dangerous after the break, having outscored teams 84-6 in the third quarter and this season. In the last month (four games), U-M is outscoring its opponents 100-3 in the second half. The defense has not surrendered a touchdown in the third quarter this year and has allowed just six in the fourth quarter.
• Dating to this time last season, U-M has averaged better than three rushing touchdowns per game (42 rushing TDs in 13 games). The team has 29 in nine games of 2022 and scored 13 in the final four games of 2021.
• Blake Corum ranks fourth in the country in rushing yards (1,187), 27th in yards per carry (5.96), and first in total touchdowns (17). He is also the best chain-mover in the country, having picked up an FBS-best 77 first downs, and has 13 runs of 20-plus yards (tied-second most, nationally).
• Corum has produced 13 of Michigan’s 48 explosive offensive plays (20-plus yards). He has at least one run of 20-plus yards in seven of nine games this season; Colorado State limited him to a 19-yard rush and he had a long run of 17 yards against Michigan State.
• PFFCollege credits Corum with 56 missed tackles forced on 199 carries this season, second-most among Big Ten backs (Chase Brown, 62) and seventh overall. Corum has 59 fewer carries than Brown.
• The service grades Corum as the highest-rated player in the FBS at any position, offense or defense, (93.4).
• So far this season, the offensive line has paved the way to an average of 6.02 yards per sack-adjusted carry, and 6.6 yards per play overall. U-M (465.7 yards per game) has outgained opponents (242.4) by more than 220 yards per game, on average.
• The men up front have permitted just 40 negative plays on 637 offensive snaps (4.4 per game, or on 6.3 percent of all offensive snaps). When the line does allow a sack, it comes on an average of 4.77 seconds to throw, the 10th-most time when considering passers with at least 100 dropbacks.
• Opponents have pressured a U-M passer 18 times (10 sacks, eight hurries) across 36 quarters of play. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy averages 4.16 seconds to throw, the 10th-most time among FBS…
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