U-M on 'happy ride' after 1st 10-0 start since '06

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- With Michigan's 34-3 triumph implicit Nebraska connected Saturday, the Wolverines person started the play 10-0 for conscionable the 3rd clip since 1975.

The past clip Michigan was undefeated done its archetypal 10 games was 2006 nether Lloyd Carr, and earlier that was 1997, erstwhile the squad won the nationalist title on with the Huskers.

It's a agelong mode from wherever the Wolverines were aft the 2020 season, aft they went 2-4 and determination were questions of whether oregon not Jim Harbaugh would proceed coaching astatine Michigan.

"Just going 1-0, that's what we're trying to bash each week. Really proud, I'm truly arrogant of the team. I mean, the players are the ones that merit the astir credit," Harbaugh said aft the game. "I mean, they've worked truthful darn hard and it's specified a existent tight-knit group, it's fun. It's a joyful, blessed thrust that we're on.

"It's a ngo but it's a blessed mission. Not 1 that has immoderate anxiousness oregon immoderate choler oregon immoderate benignant of fearfulness to it. It's a blessed ride."

Harbaugh guided the Wolverines to a 11-1 grounds successful 2021, losing to Michigan State, and a Big Ten title triumph implicit Iowa. Michigan was capable to avenge that nonaccomplishment to the Spartans this play and is present connected a collision people with rival Ohio State. It could beryllium the archetypal clip the teams are some undefeated for The Game since 2006, erstwhile Ohio State was ranked No. 1 and Michigan No. 2.

The Wolverines person to play Illinois archetypal and Ohio State volition look Maryland earlier the Nov. 26 matchup successful Columbus. Michigan isn't looking past the Illini conscionable yet.

For the Wolverines, determination are inactive questions connected discourtesy surrounding the walk game, but a large portion of the team's occurrence has been connected the crushed with moving backmost Blake Corum. The inferior backmost had 162 yards rushing and a touchdown against the Huskers and is conscionable the 3rd Big Ten subordinate implicit the past 15 seasons to tally for astatine slightest 1 touchdown successful each of his team's archetypal 10 games.

Corum has had 7 consecutive games with 100 oregon much unreserved yards and a touchdown, which is the longest streak by a Michigan subordinate implicit the past 25 years. He had 28 attempts successful the crippled against Nebraska, and contempt the dense workload, Corum says he's much than susceptible of continuing done the past 2 games.

"I could play a full different season. No, but, you know, I'm good, I'm feeling great," Corum said. "I consciousness that I conscionable proceed to get better. You know, I dainty my assemblage truly good."

Corum's longest tally connected the time was conscionable 12 yards, but helium inactive managed to mean 5.8 yards per transportation and gave recognition to the full discourtesy for the occurrence connected the ground. "They're decidedly packing the box, 100 percent, but I person the champion violative enactment successful the country. They predominate up front, my choky ends dominate, receivers dominate, truthful erstwhile everyone's dominating, it allows maine to person occurrence and find those matchups and conscionable truly tally hard," Corum said. "Like today, determination was nary agelong ones, but it was gritty. It was gritty for sure. You know, a batch of runs successful the mediate and a batch of success."

That occurrence has propelled Michigan to different win. The play isn't implicit yet, and the Wolverines aren't celebrating, but it has fixed Harbaugh a accidental to bespeak connected the clip and effort his squad has enactment successful to crook the programme astir to get to this point.

"So overmuch hard enactment has gone into the squad being undefeated. So galore guys person conscionable done truthful much, worked truthful hard," Harbaugh said. "Some guys person been banged up on the way. So, a batch of hard enactment has gone successful and we privation to support it going. It was important for them to support this undefeated streak, this triumph streak going."