Redshirt freshman Erik Magnuson made his first career start at right guard in U-M's fourovertime win over Indiana, and he was the projected starter versus Michigan State.
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heat of battle don't carry technique
over.
"Over the last three to four weeks
since we opened the jobs up, we go
enough against our defense during
the normal week to see ones on ones,
and through those weeks, the guys
we started each game were the guys
that performed the best during the
week."
Game play, though, had become
a bigger determinant, and U-M's
staff liked what it saw of Magnuson
and Burzynski against Penn State,
providing them the chance to earn
the starting posts at guard. Behind
the scenes, true freshman Kyle Bosch
was also making strides, and the
coaches felt he had a chance to help
against Indiana; Bosch entered 12