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2016 RECORD 10-3, 7-2 Big Ten
COACH Jim Harbaugh (20-6 in two
seasons; career record: 78-33)
SERIES
RECORD
Michigan has won
three in a row against Penn State and
leads the all-time series, 13-7.
MOST RECENT MEETING The Wolver-
ines rushed for 329 yards and six touch-
downs and thrashed the visiting Nittany
Lions, 49-10, in the teams' Big Ten
opener last September.
EXPECTED
STRENGTHS
Wilton Speight
is back as Michigan's starting quarter-
back. The 6-foot-6, 243-pound senior
threw for 2,538 yards last season, with 18
touchdown passes and
seven interceptions. He
took some friendly ense was erratic dur-
ing a late-season swoon
in which it lost three of
four. But Speight was af-
fected by a shoulder in-
jury he su>ered at Iowa,
and even with those last
four games factored in,
he still en-
sive line in Mason Cole. On defense,
they welcome back stalwart linebacker
Mike McCray. A <@h-year senior, Mc-
Cray did it all for Michigan last year, ensive depth chart is also un-
dergoing a major overhaul, with most of
Speight's supporting cast from last year
gone. And did we mention that the
Wolverines also need to with a Michigan helmet and a
pair of matching maize-and-blue shoes.
Said the coach a@erward, "I'm not sure
the Holy Father knows a lot about foot-
ball Americano, but he doesn't need to."
Second, these are the Wolverines we're
talking about. There's always a stockpile
of young talent waiting for its chance to
shine. Their recruiting e>orts may have
slipped during the
