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FORMATION NOTES: All gun or pistol until some goal line snaps on which Michigan went under center. Rutgers ran every front known to man.
That's definitely a thing! Whatever it is! I may have been less than diligent at sussing out what every front actually was.
Short yardage featured three tight ends and sometimes Erick All would motion back to fullback. All gets after it as a blocker but I mean… Michigan has fullbacks on the roster.
Michigan had the usual mix of 3 WR, 1 TE and 2 WR, 2 TE snaps. McKeon's injury meant it slid a little bit more towards the former. A couple of two-RB snaps saw Michigan with a slot guy in the backfield.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: OL the usual Runyan/Bredeson/Ruiz/Onwenu/Mayfield. No Hayes rotation until very late. Spanellis got a few late snaps so he's most or all of the way back from injury.
QB went Patterson, Milton, Sessa with McCaffrey out. Slightly odd they didn't spend one of McNamara's games here.
RB was a near-even rotation between Turner, Charbonnet, Wilson, and Haskins. Turner and Charbonnet got almost all the early snaps; Haskins got in late and is probably going to be a backup option in more competitive games.
WR also a near even rotation with Bell, DPJ, Black, and Collins all getting about half the snaps. Jackson and Sainristil each had about 10, some of them with the first team but mostly on the second team. TE saw Eubanks get more snaps than any other skill guy; Erick All and Schoonmaker filled in for McKeon, mostly All. Muhammad got in late.
[After THE JUMP: an oasis in the desert! Possibly the mirage of one!]
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