Here are three things Michigan should focus on when facing Minnesota on Saturday.
Michigan is coming off of a crucial win against USC last weekend, 27-24. The 3-1 Wolverines are at home again for the fifth game in a row when they host rival Minnesota. The Gophers are coming off of a lopsided home loss to Iowa in which the Hawkeyes ran all over Minnesota. PJ Fleck knows Michigan also wants to run the football and will look to pull all the stops to not allow that to happen.
Michigan fans want to see some excitement out of its pass game -- we will touch on that later -- but the Wolverines are going to need to run the football and play great defense to win games in 2024. The run game has gained confidence and the running backs got their mojo back after the past two weeks. Michigan has run for 301 and 290 yards, respectively the past two weeks.
Minnesota's starting quarterback set records at New Hampshire before transferring in to become the Gophers' starting quarterback. He's been better than what Minnesota had last season and has recorded 836 yards and five touchdowns -- but has thrown three interceptions. Michigan is one of the worst teams in all of college football throwing the football through four weeks. Alex Orji just threw for 32 yards last weekend in a win over USC. While running the football is the Wolverines' bread and butter, Michigan needs some sort of breakthrough passing the pigskin.
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