The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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������ michigan football attempts or more in the same season since 1996 when Clarence Williams had 202 and Chris Howard garnered 160, but with no performer coming off a successful campaign, the Wolverines could go that route in 2013. ���It can work and I never said it couldn���t, but my preference was to use a primary runner,��� Borges said. ���I���ve been in situations where I was at Auburn where we had two dynamic players, and we found a way to get them both on the field, found them ways to get them the football. One of them rushed for 1,000 yards, the other one rushed for over 800 yards and caught 35 passes. ���However it works, we���ll find a way to get the best kids on the field. We have a blueprint for how we���d like our offense to go, but that blueprint is not cast in stone. We will make it work based on the offensive personnel we have.��� Toussaint rushed for 514 yards in 10 games last season before suffering his ��� 2013 Football Schedule Date Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Opponent Central Michigan Notre Dame Akron at Connecticut Minnesota at Penn State Indiana at Michigan State Nebraska at Northwestern at Iowa Ohio State broken leg in week 11 against Iowa. He is expected to play in Michigan���s season opener Aug. 31 against Central Michigan based on early reports from U-M���s coaches, but even if he is 100 percent, Toussaint will likely split time with five-star freshman Derrick Green or another ball carrier. The Maize and Blue used four tailbacks in 2012, and will expect to use that many again. ���Even if you do survive physically, you���re going to have to come out of a game for a little while and you can���t have a huge drop-off. That���s what we���re trying to get; we���re trying to get deeper,��� Borges said. ���Where if we lose a lineman, you put another guy in there and there���s not a huge drop-off. Where if you lose a tailback and you put another guy in there, and there���s not a big drop-off. Even at quarterback where if you lose a guy and put another one in there and your offense doesn���t disintegrate. ���That doesn���t happen overnight, particularly when the offense is changing, and there will be some growing pains, but we���re going to get to that point.��� Though he isn���t the runner Robinson is, senior quarterback Devin Gardner still produced on the ground too, rushing for 101 yards and seven touchdowns in five games under center, and he will continue to carry the football in some capacity. ���We���re transforming our offense, but we���re not completely changing our offense,��� Borges said. ���You saw a closer version of it towards the end of the season, but we���re going to stay up with