2017 Michigan gameday #10: at Maryland

Fresh off of a dominating win--on the ground as well as the other side of the ball--against Minnesota, a 7-2 Michigan team heads to Maryland for a 3:30 tilt with the Terps.  It's the Wolverines' final conference meeting before the big one-two punch of Wisconsin and Ohio State to close out the regular season.

Former Michigan DC D.J. Durkin's Terps won three of their first four games, including what was originally a surprise victory over ranked Texas to start the year.  Unfortunately, things have gone off the rails from there, especially due to key injuries--Maryland has as many QBs left on the roster as Wisconsin has quality wins this year--and they've added just a single victory since.

Meanwhile, the Wolverines shook off their blowout loss at Penn State with solid defeats of Rutgers and Minnesota that featured plenty of ground-and-pound on both sides of the ball, a.k.a. Michigan's signature style.  They'll look to carry that momentum into this afternoon's contest, which seems likely to look like the last two.  Maryland has a few offensive weapons but it seems unlikely they'll get anything going against the stout Wolverine defense, while the multi-headed RB monster for Michigan should be able to carry the team to victory.

Michigan needs plenty of help to earn its way to the Big Ten Championship Game so the focus should be on what they can control:  just keep winning games.  That work continues out east this afternoon.

Let's.

Go.

Blue.