The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN FOOTBALL victory over UNLV Sept. 19. "It was good to see," Harbaugh said. "Get the running game going, backs running hard. When they had to, they were elusive at times. "The interior line really looked like there was more precision and less mental errors [against the Beavers]. And I thought we did play with lower pad level. We've got to keep playing lower. Move low and quick. That's what you want all 11 doing. And it was better." Michigan has consistently re- bounded from a poor rushing effort, eclipsing 100 yards or more on 16 of 22 occasions since the start of the 2005 season in which the Maize and Blue had a follow-up game after not hit- ting triple digits the week prior (there were two bowl games that do not fit this criteria). In the 22 follow-up performances overall, U-M averaged 139.0 yards per game and 4.7 yards per carry. "Shout out to my offensive line," junior tailback De'Veon Smith pro- claimed after the win over the Bea- vers. "They did a great job. They made some huge holes — holes that buses could drive through. They did a great job run blocking and pass block- ing. I'm proud of them. "[Offensive line coach Tim] Drevno definitely really yelled at them a lot during the week [before the Oregon State game], and made sure they had the right keys, the right blocking assignments. And we [the running backs] actually went into the meetings with the linemen, and Coach yelled at both of us. "It's not all their fault because the runners make the blocks good. We all