Final: Michigan 31, Huskies 10
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Final: Michigan 31, UW 10
FINAL
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Michigan 3️⃣1️⃣
UW 🔟https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
Michigan tops it off with another rushing TD
Michigan tops it off with another TD.
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
🏈 Blake Corum 💨 4 yards
📍 10 plays, 56 yards
⏰ 5:13
4Q | Michigan 31, Huskies 10https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
UW turns the ball over on downs at the Michigan 44
UW quarterback Dylan Morris threw four straight incomplete passes once the Huskies reached the Michigan 44 as they turn the ball over on downs.
Michigan gets the ball back up 24-10 with 7:01 remaining.
UW driving with less than eight minutes remaining
Down 24-10, the Huskies are driving with less than eight minutes in the game.
Dylan Morris has connected on five passes, including two each to Taj Davis and Giles Jackson. He has also scrambled for 10 yards, including one 7-yard rush on third down for a first.
UW is past midfield.
UW getting ball back after forcing three-and-out
Three plays after the Morris-Bynum touchdown, the UW defense has forced Michigan off the field with a three-and-out and will get the ball back with less than 11 minutes remaining.
Can the Huskies score again — and quickly?
Dylan Morris finds Terrell Bynum for 22-yard TD pass
The Huskies' long touchdown drought is over. Morris to Bynum, 22 yards. But Huskies trail 24-10 with 12:04 left in fourth quarter.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
(bump) https://t.co/MeRCx0cxFX
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
TERRELL BYNUM‼️
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
🏈 Dylan Morris ➡️ Bynum for 22 yards
📍 5 plays, 75 yards
⏰ 1:52
4Q | Michigan 24, Huskies 10https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
Michigan extends lead with another rushing TD
The taunting penalty comes back to haunt the Huskies.
Three plays after Hampton was penalized, Hassan Haskins and the Wolverines have extended their lead with another rushing touchdown.
UW trails 24-7 with 13:56 remaining in this one.
Third-quarter observations: No bright side for UW
Across its last seven quarters, Washington failed to score on 19 consecutive drives. It has rushed for 46 yards and 1.7 yards per carry in the first three quarters on Saturday, while allowing 304 rushing yards and 7.8 yards per carry on the other side. UW is about to be 0-2 for the first time since 2008, when it finished 0-12.
The Michigan student section heartily sang “Mr. Brightside” in the third quarter.
But there’s no bright side here.
End of third: Michigan 17, UW 3
END OF THIRD
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Michigan 1️⃣7️⃣
UW 3️⃣https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
UW penalty extends Michigan's drive
After appearing to stop Michigan on third down, UW safety Dominique Hampton extends its drive with a brutal taunting penalty.
Dom Hampton gets a taunting penalty on a play that would have forced a punt. That kind of day (or week, or two).
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan converts fourth-and-1 after UW's FG
After the Huskies' field goal, Michigan is methodically driving. The Wolverines just converted a fourth-and-1 to their 48 with their sixth rush of the series.
UW scores first points of the game on short FG
Points.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Huskies put points on the board for first time since their first possession of the season -- a 28-yard Peyton Henry FG. They trail 17-3, with 5:54 left in third quarter.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Huskies get on the board with a short FG.
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
🏈 Peyton Henry from 28 yards
📍 15 plays, 72 yards
⏰ 4:52
3Q | Michigan 17, Huskies 3https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
UW driving near red zone midway through the third
More Terrell Bynum, please.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan opens second half with all-running drive, easy touchdown
That eight-play, 73-yard Michigan touchdown drive included eight runs and zero passes.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Washington vowed to stop the run. It has not stopped the run.
That thread I said the Huskies were hanging by? I think it has snapped.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Touchdown, Michigan.
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
🏈 Blake Corum 💨 7 yards
📍 8 plays, 73 yards
⏰ 4:01
3Q | Michigan 17, Huskies 0https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
Michigan starts second half rushing into red zone
In starting the second half with the ball, Michigan has rushes of 20, 11 and 17 yards in a row to get into the red zone early in the third.
Halftime observations: UW offense can't get anything going
Washington is averaging 0.8 yards per carry.
0.8.
That’s less than one.
And for an offensive line Jimmy Lake touted as the Pac-12’s best a few weeks ago, that’s also unacceptable.
UW’s pass defense did its part in the first half, allowing Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara to complete just 4 of 10 passes for 30 yards. The Huskies recorded a goal-line stop in the first quarter as well.
But this UW offense can’t get anything going, and offensive coordinator John Donovan’s play-calling — with its wide variety of between-the-tackles plunges — certainly isn’t helping. Quarterback Dylan Morris completed a respectable 9 of 15 passes for 111 yards. But UW needs more from literally everybody else.
Halftime: Michigan 10, UW 0
Huskies trail 10-0 at halftime. Outgained 195-126 by Michigan. Out-rushed 165-15. UW hasn't scored since first possession of the season.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
HALFTIME
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Michigan 🔟
UW 0️⃣https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
It will go mostly unnoticed, but UW's pass defense has been typically stellar thus far.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Aidan Hutchinson wreaking havoc for Michigan
Hutchinson ran right past Kirkland again on third down.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Future top-15 draft pick Aidan Hutchinson.
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) September 12, 2021
Michigan is booing that play call, up 10-0. Imagine what's been happening inside houses in Seattle.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Husky linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio is putting up Ben Burr-Kirven defensive numbers -- nine tackles so far.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Huskies attempt run on 4th down, fumble at Michigan 33
Just inexcusably weak play calling on third and fourth down, as Huskies turn the ball over on Newton fumble.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Aidan Hutchinson was literally unblocked there, which is not what you want to do against a future first-round pick.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
This is indefensible -- except by Michigan, which has had no problem defending it.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Feels like John Donovan is going to be trending tonight.
— Percy Allen (@percyallen) September 12, 2021
Every time Washington remembers Cade Otton is on the team, it's a good thing.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
UW converts 4th-and-short at own 45
After a bad first-down spot that Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh challenges, the Huskies go for it on 4th-and-short — and get it on a QB keeper by Dylan Morris.
Michigan rushes for 67-yard TD immediately after fake punt
So, that fake punt ended up being pretty important. Poor angle by Kamren Fabiculanan on a 67-yard Blake Corum TD run.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan gets a first down on a fake punt, then Corum blasts through a huge hole for a 67-yard touchdown romp. 10-0 Michigan, and Huskies are hanging by a thread.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
UW snaps ball on 4th-and-1 at own 36, but Michigan timeout leads to punt
LOL now they’re punting.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) September 12, 2021
Corey Luciano goes in at center for injured Luke Wattenberg
Wattenberg hobbles off on his own power.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Corey Luciano will go in at center for UW.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
First-quarter observations: Incompetent offense, clutch defense
Jackson Sirmon said last week that Washington would stop the run against Michigan.
In the first quarter, the Huskies didn’t do it.
Until they needed to.
Michigan rushed for 72 yards and 5.5 yards per carry, repeatedly gashing the Husky front seven. But the UW defense answered to stone the Wolverines four consecutive times on the goal line to maintain a narrow 3-0 deficit.
On the other side, UW’s offense appears just as incompetent as it did last week. Washington gained 18 yards in the first quarter and punted three times. The Huskies averaged 0.8 yards per carry, and Dylan Morris completed just 1 of 3 pass attempts for 12 yards. UW’s best offensive play was a roughing the passer penalty, and that says everything.
End of first: Michigan 3, UW 0
END OF FIRST
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Michigan 3️⃣
UW 0️⃣https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
On second-and-10 at the 1-yard line, Michigan's Christopher Hinton was called for roughing the passer on quarterback Dylan Morris to bail out the Huskies.
Ah yes, UW's go-to roughing the passer offense.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
UW gets a huge stop as Michigan goes for it on 4th-and-1 at the goal line
Tremendous goalline stand by Huskies. Michigan had 1st-and-goal from the 2.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
GOAL LINE STAND FROM THE HUSKIES! pic.twitter.com/6fJcU9KnL0
— ESPN (@espn) September 12, 2021
Whether he made it or not, what an effort by Edefuan Ulofoshio to leap and make that stop.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
And now the fourth down play is under review.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Play stands, and UW will take over at their 1.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
“Look how deep Washington plays their safety. This is why they don’t give up big plays.”
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) September 12, 2021
*Michigan goes deep for 33 yards to convert a third down*
UW's defensive linemen are currently Tuli Letuligasenoa and true freshman Kuao Peihopa.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
UW goes three-and-out for the third straight possession
Three UW possessions, three 3-and-outs. Offensive sputtering as badly as it did against Montana. And now a shanked punt.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
UW has 22 total yards and three three-and-outs.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
https://t.co/UAkCqVvMGo pic.twitter.com/oxpbwVeCTh
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
Michigan fans boo former Wolverine Giles Jackson
The Michigan crowd just lustily booed Giles Jackson, which doesn't seem very nice.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan is on the board with a long FG
Nice hit by Brendan Radley-Hiles to force the incompletion.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan is on the board with a long FG.
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 12, 2021
🏈 Jacob Moody from 52 yards
📍 5 plays, 20 yards
⏰ 1:25
1Q | Michigan 3, Huskies 0https://t.co/7SQsYSrLs1
That field goal would have been good from 65, easy.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
UW punts back to Michigan again
On third-and-10 at the Michigan 26, UW quarterback Dylan Morris took a coverage sack with no one open downfield. The Huskies punted for the second straight series.
Michigan linebacker David Ojabo beat UW right tackle Victor Curne pretty cleanly to set up that sack.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Another 3-and-out for UW. Huskies had a delay of game penalty on their first possession and an unsportsmanlike conduct on their second. Not the way to beat Michigan in the Big House.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Following a personal foul on Julius Buelow that backed the Huskies up to second-and-22, Dylan Morris completed a screen to tight end Cade Otton for 12 yards.
UW's second-and-long offense has been tremendous tonight.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Terrell Bynum in at WR for second series
Terrell Bynum is in the game.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Former Seahawk offensive lineman and new NFL Hall of Famer Steve Hutchinson was honored on the field during the break. He played for Michigan.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Gordon, Ulofoshio help force Michigan into first punt
Beautiful PBU by Kyler Gordon to end that drive. UW's inside linebackers were Edefuan Ulofoshio and MJ Tafisi on third down there.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Huskies open with false start, go three-and-out
UW's first offensive drive features a delay of game, a TFL, a 12-yard run and an errant pass. Three-and-out.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Uninspiring 3-and-out for Huskies on their first possession.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 12, 2021
Taj Davis and Giles Jackson start, not Terrell Bynum or Jalen McMillan.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Michigan kicking off to UW to start
Michigan wins toss, defers. UW's captains were Ryan Bowman and Edefuan Ulofoshio.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
These poms are really pomming. pic.twitter.com/Dm6BhKoqJE
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 12, 2021
Ladies and gents, Big Flag SZN is officially back pic.twitter.com/Q3c5CbzSYd
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
QB Sam Huard taking snaps with second team
FWIW, Sam Huard is taking snaps with the second-team offense in warmups.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
UW starting OL the same as season opener
UW's starting offensive line looks to be the same as the season opener: LT Jaxson Kirkland, LG Julius Buelow, C Luke Wattenberg, RG Henry Bainivalu, RT Victor Curne.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
UW LB Daniel Heimuli, who was injured in fall camp and didn't play against Montana, is in uniform tonight.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
'Big House' filling up
Filling up fast. pic.twitter.com/LoEVk6L5cg
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 11, 2021
WRs Bynum and McMillan going through full warmups
UW wide receivers Terrell Bynum and Jalen McMillan are going through full warmups. Rome Odunze, who was also listed as week-to-week, doesn't appear to be here.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
UW running back Sean McGrew is once again in uniform. Was basically a healthy scratch last week.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
UW safety Dominique Hampton warming up
UW safety Dominique Hampton is also warming up. He wasn't available last week.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
UW receivers Terrell Bynum and Jalen McMillan on field in cleats during warmups
UW wide receiver Jalen McMillan is on the field in cleats as well.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 11, 2021
Getting Bynum back would be huge for the Huskies. https://t.co/I8ENxqoV86
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) September 11, 2021
What to watch for when Washington attempts to rebound against Michigan, plus Mike Vorel’s prediction
Establishing the run
Remember that running attack that was supposed to be the lifeblood of the Husky offense this season? Well, it didn’t show up in last weekend’s loss to Montana, mustering just 65 rushing yards and 2.4 yards per carry. And while Richard Newton carried the ball 17 times, there was little variety in a supposedly stacked running back room. Redshirt freshman Cameron Davis received just four carries, Kamari Pleasant didn’t get one and sixth-year senior Sean McGrew didn’t play for reasons that were not explained.
Here's what else to watch for during Saturday's game.
To understand what the Michigan game means, UW Huskies need only explore their past
Jimmy Rodgers understands what the Michigan game means.
On Sept. 17, 1983, he saw it. He felt it.
A few minutes prior to the second game of the season, Rodgers — a junior safety from Aloha, Ore. — found his head coach sitting alone on a bench in a darkened hallway connected to the Husky Stadium tunnel. Don James was 50 years old, his hair gradually graying, in the early stages of his ninth season in Seattle. His Huskies had won 10 games each of the past two years, and kicked off the 1983 campaign with a dominant 34-0 shutout of Northwestern a week prior.
Notebook: Explaining Sean McGrew’s unexpected absence
Sean McGrew was Washington football’s lone representative on the watch list for the 2021 Doak Walker Award, which honors college football’s premier running back. In four games last fall, he led the Huskies in attempts (43), rushing yards (227), yards per carry (5.3), rushing touchdowns (4) and rushing yards per game (56.8). A sixth-year senior, he was dressed and available for Saturday’s season opener.
Come kickoff, McGrew didn’t play.
Likewise, Kamari Pleasant — another sixth-year senior — only saw the field on special teams. The rushing duties were split exclusively between Richard Newton (17 carries, 62 yards, 3.6 yards per carry) and Cameron Davis (four carries, eight yards) instead.
In his weekly news conference Monday, Husky head coach Jimmy Lake said, “I would expect Sean (McGrew) to get some reps here moving forward.”
History suggests UW Huskies can bounce back after embarrassing Montana loss
In the entire chaotic history of college football, just six ranked FBS programs have lost to FCS opponents.
The first was the 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions, ranked No. 20 and defending a national championship, who lost to Cincinnati 14-3. Penn State shook off an 0-3 start to beat Washington in the Aloha Bowl 13-10.
The second was the 2007 Michigan Wolverines, ranked No. 5 nationally before Appalachian State left “The Big House” with a season-opening 34-32 win, widely considered the biggest upset the sport has ever seen. After falling at home again the next week against Oregon, the Wolverines ripped off eight consecutive wins, before ultimately defeating Florida 41-35 in the Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day.
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